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H . I. B e l l , Philanthropia in the Papyri of the Roman period( H o m m a g e à J o s e p h Bidez "et à F r a n z C u m o n t coll. L a t o m u s vol. I I , p. 31 — 37, Bruxelles 1949).
T h e s t u d y of t h e p a p y r i of R o m a n epoch in w h i c h t h e t e r m φιλαν-θρωπία occurs, shows t h a t t h e r e are i n s t a n c e s m a n i f e s t i n g sincere e f f o r t s of t h e R o m a n g o v e r n m e n t t o c o m b a t abuses of t h e admini-s t r a t i o n or t o f a v o u r t h e economic r e c o v e r y of t h e c o u n t r y . E l b e r t L u c a s d e K o c k , Die Kosmeet in Egipte Diss.
Ley-de 1948 p. 178. n o t seen.
J . S с h e r e r, Les institutions politiques de Ptolémais à Г époque
romaine ( B I F A O 41 (1942) p. 66 — 71).
n o t seen.
J . S с h e r e r, Idiologue et archiereus ( B I F A O 4 1 (1942) p. 60 — 66). n o t seen.
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H e n r i H e n n e , PSI 901 et la police de la pêche dans VEgypte
gréco-romaine dans ses rapports avec la religion ( R a c c o l t a di scritti
i n o n o r e d i Girolamo Vitelli I , p. 184 — 191).
T h e f i s h e r m e n w h o either in p u r s u a n c e of a c o n t r a c t concluded w i t h t h e s t a t e ( J o h n s o n ) or in consequence of t h e i r joining t h e fisher c o r p o r a t i o n or u p o n e n t e r i n g on their official duties were obliged t o t a k e a n o a t h u p o n n o t c a t c h i n g f i s h t h o u g h t t o be sacred, t a k e in this p a p y r u s a second one, w i t h o u t d o u b t on t h e occasion of a n a d m i n i s t r a t i v e or judicial e n q u i r y . T h e a u t h o r explains t h e m e a n i n g of t h i s o a t h f r o m t h e religious p o i n t of view.
R o g e r R e m o n d o n , UÉgypte et la suprême résistance du
christianisme ( V — V I I siAcle A. D.). ( E x t r a i t d u Bull, de l ' I n s t i
-t u -t f r a n ç a i s d'Archéologie orien-tale vol. 51 1952).
T h e a u t h o r is i n t e r e s t e d in t h e question for how long a n d in w h a t m a n n e r p a g a n i s m s u r v i v e d n o t in f o r m of s u p e r s t i t i o n s , or r e m -n a -n t s of w i t c h c r a f t i-n t o w -n s a -n d villages i-n Christia-n E g y p t , b u t
