302 R. TAUBENSCHLAG
F r o m these examples t h e most i n t e r e s t i n g is t h a t in Lill. 29 I , 3 where b y t h e m e a n s of a legal f i c t i o n a slave is t r e a t e d as a f r e e m a n in order t o be sued in a law suit. N o t e w o r t h y are also t h e a u t h o r ' s r e m a r k s on t h e sale on credit (p. 230).
M. N. T o d , The Progress of Greek Epigraphy 1952—1953 (.JHS L X X V [1955] 122—152).
J . M o d r z e j e w s k i , Les travaux de Raphael Taubenschlag (Sym-bolae R. Taubenschlag dedicatae = Eos 48, 1 [1956] 1—16).
E . S e i d l , Juristische Papyruskunde. 12 Bericht: Neuerscheinungen (von September 1952 bis September 1955) (SDHI X X I [1955] 428—477).
This excellent s u r v e y will be of high use f o r every papyrologist.
A. A r t h u r S c h i l l e r , Zum gegenwärtigen Stand der juristischen Pa-pyrusforschung: Coptic Documents. A Monograph on the Law of
Coptic Documents and a Survey of Coptic Legal Studies 1938—1956 (.Ztschr. f . vgl. R w . 60 [1957] 190—211).
T h e a u t h o r deals in this article w i t h t h e f u n d a m e n t a l S t e i n w e n t e r ' s m o n o g r a p h , Das Recht der koptischen Urkunden ( H a n d -b u c h der A l t e r t u m s w i s s e n s c h a f t , hgg. von M ü l l e r — O t t o — B e n g t s o n , X A b t . , 4 Teil, B d . 2 München 1955) a n d records a t greater l e n g t h t h a n S t e i n w e n t e r f o u n d space for, t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n s of the se-veral scholars in ihe Coptic legal field d u r i n g t h e years since t h e publication of t h e a u t h o r ' s Prolegomena, a n i n t r o d u c t i o n to t h e s t u d y of Coptic legal i n s t i t u t i o n s in 1938. N o t e w o r t h y are S c h i l -l e r ' s notes on t h e tfuestion posed b y S t e i n w e n t e r , w h e t h e r f u r t h e r s t u d y of Coptic t e x t s is j u s t i f i e d . As he p o i n t s out t h e f u r t -her s t u d y of Coptic d o c u m e n t s wili m a k e it possible t o distinguish t h e Hellenistic-Byzantine f r o m t h e n a t i v e E g y p t i a n substance of the L a w in t h e Arabic period.
W. M ü l l e r , Papyruskunde (Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Scariften der Sektion Altertumswissenschaft, H e f t 8; Berlin [1957], 87—93).
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T h e a u t h o r gives us a v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g history of t h e collection of the p a p y r i in t h e Museum in Berlin before t h e war a n d i n f o r m s us t h a t t h a n k s t o t h e efforts of F . Z u c k e r a n d J . S t r o u x the whole collection h a s been restored a n d t h e editions of t h e p a p y r i f r o m Berlin will be c o n t i n u e d , so t h a t we m a y expect t h e X t h •volume of t h e B G U n e x t y e a r .
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E . G r e n , Bibliografisk översikt (Eranos L V [1957] 66—114). I n t h i s s u r v e y t h e a u t h o r m e n t i o n s (p. 79) t h e booklet b y Mo-d r z e j e w s k i , Polish Papyrology in the Years 1945—1955 (Warsaw 1955).
R . T a u b e n s c h l a g , Survey of the Literature chiefly from 1953 till 1955 (JJP 9—10 [1956] 477—526).
R . T a u b e n s c h l a g , Survey of the Papyri chiefly from 1953 till 1955 (JJP 9—10 [1956] 527—580).
J . M o d r z e j e w s k i — H . K u p i s z e w s k i , Session internationale des droits cunéiformes et de la papyrologie juridique à Varsovie (2.-4. 12. 1955) (JJP 9—10 [1956] 589—593 a n d IVRA 7
[1956] 635—642).
J . M o d r z e j e w s k i , Eine internationale Tagung über juristische Papyrologie und Keilschriftrecht in Warschau (von 2. bis 4. De-zember 1955 (Staat u. Recht J h r g . 1956, 7. B e i h e f t 930—940).
ι J . M o d r z e j e w s k i , La papyrologie juridique en Pologne 1945—1955
IVRA 7 [1956] 150—154).
W. S c h u b a r t , Die Schreiber der griechischen Papyri (Wissen-schaftliche Ztschr. der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Witten-berg. Gew.-Sprachw. Y I I / 1 [1957] 169—171).
This article contains very interesting r e m a r k s on professional writers in E g y p t , writers of books, writers of applications a n d writers of letters.
