"Alexandria ad Aegyptum", D. Clarke, "Bull. Fac. Arts Farouk I Univ.", vol. V : [recenzja]

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D. C l a r k e , Alexandria ad Aegyptum (Bull. Fac. Arts Farouk I Univ. vol. V p p . 99—102).

n o t seen.

J . D r e s c h e r , Topographical notes for Alexandria and district (Bull. Alex. 38 [1949] p p . 13—20).

n o t seen.

Vorläufiger Bericht über die Ausgrabungen in Side im Jahre 1947 b y A r i f M i i f i d M a n s e l , E m i n B o s c h and J a t e I n a n , A n k a r a 1951 (cf. С. В. W e l l e s , Amer. Journ. Arch. 57 [1953] p . 300 ff.).

T h e t e x t s give a lot of information on t h e civic s t r u c t u r e a n d t h e t o p o g r a p h y of t h e city. T h e city was divided into f o u r phylai, w i t h n a m e s deriving f r o m t h e local m o n u m e n t s , each w i t h its ge-rousia. I t possessed its notables: E r y n i a n u s Lollianus w i t h his wife Quirinia P a t r a of equestran r a n k . T h e y b o t h came f r o m

cru-saders.

E . v a n ' t D a c k , Notes sur les circonscriptions d'origine grecque en Egypte ptolémaïque (Studia Hellenistica ed. L. C e r f a u x et

W. P e r e m a n s ; No. 7 [1951] p . 39—59).

T h e a u t h o r examines t h e following questions: 1. w h a t are t h e indications supplied b y t h e sources referring to t h e dioikêsis (an a d m i n i s t r a t i v e t e r r i t o r y colonized b y t h e Greeks); 2. which k i n d s of functionaries are found in the a d m i n i s t r a t i v e staff in each of t h e three merides of t h e F a y o u m ?.

E . v a n ' t D a c k , Recherches sur les institutions de village en Egypte ptolémaïque (Studia Hellenistica ed. L. C e r f a u x et W. P e r e

-m a n s , No. 7 [1951] 1—59).

This article is concerned w i t h two questions: 1. W h a t was t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i v e staff of t h e village ? W h a t sort of functionaries are t o be m e t there ? 2. H o w f a r t h e Ptolomies realized t h e admini-strative decentralization of t h e χώρα ? Are t h e royal functionaries t o be m e t only in t h e chief cities or also in t h e less i m p o r t a n t places ? A. F u k s , Dositheos son of Drimylos: a Prosopographical Note (JJP

V I I — V I I I [1954] 205—209).