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T h e p u b l i c a t i o n c o n t a i n s 34 acts. № 1 (493 ? p. Chr.) is a tabella dotis. This t a b l e reads in v. (1) tab(ella) [rfo]fis Geminiae Ianuarillae sponsae simul cum iuliano [inf]antium sponsum procreandorum cause a n d in (v. 13) fit omnis summa [doti]s fol{les) [duo]d[ecim milia e]g\o sponsus i'u]Z[ia]n[u]s [accepi]. № 2 (394) concerns a sale of a slave. T h e sellers are D o n a t i a n u s a n d S a t u r n i n u s , w h o in se susciperunt presentibus suscribturis et secum sustulerunt nihil
quesibimus ex eodem pretio ( = nihil quaesiverunt ex codem pretio) quiquam amplius deberi responderunt a pridie quam venderent abae-runt possedeabae-runt iu]risque corum fueabae-runt et ex] hac [die in nomine] Geminius Felix]. T h e b u y e r is Felix Fortuni cibis Tuletianensis w h o emit puerum unum nomine Fortinis coloris candidum annorum circiter plus minus sex non erroneum neque malis moribus costitutum neque caducum f o r auri solidům unum et fo(les) septingentos aureos. № I I I — X X X I I (between t h e m № X I a n d I Y ) are sales t h e object of which is (p. 97) particella agrorum ex culturis Mancianis (Titii) in fundo tuletianense [qui esi] sub dominio (Sempronii) t h a t m e a n s jus mancianum distinct f r o m dominium fundi. T h e y do n o t refer t h e r e f o r e t o translatio rei b u t t o translatio juris. T h e editors supply t h e edition of these d o c u m e n t s w i t h a brilliant c o m m e n t a r y , a n a l y z i n g t h e p a r t i c u l a r t e r m s of these c o n t r a c t s as t h e „cultura Manciana"''' w i t h reference t o t h e „sermo procuratorum''' D'Aïn-el-D j e m a l a , t o t h e {cultor Mancianus) f r o m „ D'Aïn-el-D j e n e n - E z - Z i t o u m (p. 113), t h e С J X I , 63 (62), 1 a n d t h e rule f r o m H e n c h i r - M e t t i c h (p. 116), f u r t h e r t h e i r p a r t i c u l a r clauses r e l a t i n g t o t h e g a r a n t i e s of t h e v e n d o r (p. 143) as habere licere (p. 169), auctoritas, poena duplae (p. 170) etc. As these d o c u m e n t s derive f r o m t h e later epoch a n d f r o m a province s u b j e c t t o the V a n d a l s , their l a n g u a g e is f a r f r o m good L a t i n , t h e clauses however are, as t h e c o m m e n t a r y shows, nevertheless a d a p t e d t o the f o r m s of t h e classical epoch. I t m a y be p o i n t e d o u t t h a t t h e c o m m e n t a r y contains also v e r y interesting r e m a r k s on p. 189 ff on „ c a d r e s économiques et s o c i a u x " espe-cially on t h e legal position of w o m e n a n d Christianity.
№ X X X I I I c o n t a i n s an a c c o u n t , № X X X I V a calculation t a b l e .
A. E . R . В о а к — H . С. Y о u t i е, Two Petitions from Karanis (Raccolta di scritti in onore di Girolamo Vitelli p. 317 f f ) .
T h e f i r s t p e t i t i o n (316 A. D.) is addressed t o a praepositus Aure-lius Gerontius b y AureAure-lius Isidorus against six fellow villagers for assault a n d r o b b e r y . H e alleges t h a t t h e m a l e f a c t o r s h a d no
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v a n c e against him b u t were d r u n k a n d felt secure f r o m punishe-m e n t b y reason of t h e i r wealth. I n t o x i c a t i o n w a s in t h e P t o l e punishe-m a i c period (cf. m y Strafrecht p . 15) an a g g r a v a t i n g c i r c u m s t a n c e , in t h e R o m a n period an e x t e n u a t i n g one (cf. Μ о m m s e n , Strafrecht p . 1043). I n our t e x t t h i s seems to be t h e case. I n t h e second peti-t i o n (lapeti-te I I I cenpeti-t, e a r l y I V cenpeti-t. A. D.) d i r e c peti-t e d peti-t o peti-t h e beneficiarius (στατίζων) Taesis charges an uncle a n d his f a m i l y w i t h f r a u d a n d assault. H e r p a r e n t s h a d died while she was still an i n f a n t a n d her f a t h e r ' s b r o t h e r Chaeremon h a d a p p r o p r i a t e d her p a t e r n a l inheri-t a n c e . D u r i n g her legal m i n o r i inheri-t y (v. 12) ετι την καταδεη ήλικίαν άγουσα, (cf. m y a r t . Sav. Ζ. X X X V I I p. 180; Law I p. 125) she m a d e no a t t e m p t t o assert her r i g h t t o t h e i n h e r i t a n c e b u t a f t e r coming of age she p r e s e n t e d two successive p e t i t i o n s t o t h e benefi-ciarius t h e n holding t h e d e c a d a r c h y . W h e n t h e l a t t e r ordered C h a r e m o n t o m a k e r e s t i t u t i o n , his i n s t r u c t i o n s were ignored (cf. O x y 37, B G U 168 a n d W e n g e r, Rechtshist. Papyrusstudien p. 140; Gen. 31) — t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s were provisional orders (cf. m y a r t . J o u r n . J u r . P a p . V p. 152).
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H . I. B e l l , A Requisitioning order for Taxes in Kind ( A e g y p t u s X X X I fasc. 2 (1951) p. 307 f f ) .
T h e d o c u m e n t is, as it is called in t h e t e x t itself, an έπίσταλμα a n d belongs t o t h e same class as the e n t a g i a p r e s e r v e d in t h e A p h r o d i t o p a p y r i regularly r e f e r r e d to in the letters of t h e A r a b governor K u r r a h b. S h a r i k , e x c e p t t h a t t h e y are bilingual. T h e p r e s e n t re-quisitioning order is addressed b y a Copt p a g a r c h of t h e Arsinoite n o m e t o a Copt.
P . Ε . Η u s s e 1 m a n, Some Coptic Documents Dealing with the Poll-Tax. (Chronique d ' E g y p t e X X X I fasc. 2 p. 332).
T h e s e d o c u m e n t s a t t e s t i n g t h e existence of t h e p o l l - t a x in t h e A r a b period do yield one or two p o i n t s of i n t e r e s t on t h e m a n n e r of t h e collection of t h e t a x . W e h a v e here t h e a c t u a l p a y m e n t of a m o n e y t a x in goods. Clearly this t a k e s place in w h a t we m a y call t h e collecting agency. T h e Michigan p a p y r i are not receipts b u t are orders w r i t t e n b y t h e a b b o t t o t h e „ b r o t h e r of t h e p o l l - t a x " dire-cting t h e m t o receive t h e commodities offered in p a y m e n t of t h e
