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p o r a r y w i t h t h e e v e n t s t h e y describe. If t h e y do belong t o t h e A c t a l i t e r a t u r e , t h e y s u p p l y a concrete e x a m p l e t h a t t h e A c t a Alexan-d r i n o r u m were originally w r i t t e n a t t h e same t i m e as t h e e v e n t s t h e y describe (such was t h e s u p p o s i t i o n of H . M u s u r i 11 о). A n d e v e n if t h e y do not belong t o this class of l i t e r a t u r e , t h e y m i g h t still h a v e f o r m e d a model f o r t h e m in spite of t h e difference of t o n e (the A c t a are always antiimperial).
No. 2436, a m o n o d y w i t h musical n o t a t i o n , is published j o i n t l v b y E . G. T u r n e r , who gives t h e t r a n s r c i p t i o n a n d account of t h e t e x t , a n d b y R . P . W i n n i n g t o n - I n g r a m , who gives t h e a c c o u n t of t h e music. F r o m t h e t e x t of t h e early second c e n t u r y only t h e second c o l u m n is b e t t e r p r e s e r v e d . I t c o n t a i n s a m o n o d y addressed t o a chorus which is b i d d e n t o d a n c e . T h e editor supposes t h a t we h a v e here a pre-Hellenistic lyric, p r o b a b l y a lyric f r o m a s a t y r - p l a y . I t seems t h a t t h e t e x t is classic b u t t h e music t h a t of a l a t e r epoch, a n d so t h e p a p y r u s is p e r h a p s p a r t of a book of e x t r a c t s for singing (like t h e Oslo P a p y r u s published Symbolae Osloenses X X X I , 1—87).
T h e last t e x t in this v o l u m e , No. 2437, is a small f r a g m e n t of Callimachus, Hecale, s u p p l e m e n t i n g P . O x y 2217 a n d 2398.
Those t w o n e w v o l u m e s are a w o r t h y c o n t i n u a t i o n of t h e long series of t h e O x y r h y n c h u s P a p y r i . T h e scholars are g r e a t l y i n d e b t e d t o t h e editors for p r e p a r i n g so p r o m o p t l y this splendid publication a c c o m p a n i e d b y p e n e t r a t i n g c o m m e n t a r i e s a n d excellent p l a t e s . [A.
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P . M. F r a s e r , A Ptolemaic Inscription from Thera (The Jour-nal of Egyptian Archeology vol. 44 (1958) p p . 99—100). T h e a u t h o r publishes t h e p r e a m b l e of a decree of t h e n o r m a l honorific t y p e e n g r a v e d on t h e u p p e r p a r t of a stele of grey m a r b l e belonging t o t h e M u s e u m in T h e r a , a n d expresses opinion t h a t t h i s inscription m a y be assigned t o t h e t i m e s of P h i l o p a t o r or E p i p h a n e s . [C. K . ]
PAPYRI FROM ROMAN PERIOD
E m i l K i e s s l i n g , Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägyp-ten (VI B d . H e f t 1 (1958), H e f t 2 (1960).
The f i r s t a n d second p a r t s of v o l u m e 6 c o n t a i n 327 d o c u m e n t s (Nos 8964—9290). T h e one t h i r d of t h e m c o n t a i n s t h e p a p y r i t h a t
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concern p r i v a t e law, penal law a n d legal p r o c e d u r e . T h e rest of t h e d o c u m e n t s concern a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , t a x e s , a r m y etc. E a c h p a r t is preceded b y a useful i n d e x which enables t h e r e a d e r t o m a k e t h e best possible use of t h e compiled m a t e r i a l . This v o l u m e is espe-cially wellcomed because it brings t h e d o c u m e n t s published d u r i n g t h e last w a r a n d t h e r e f o r e a t present h a r d l y accessible. [ H . K . ]
Sergio D a r i s, Intorno a due papiri mitografici (Aegyptus 39 (1959) p p . 1 8 - 2 2 ) .
T h e a u t h o r gives an i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of P . S t r a s b . W . G. 332 ( J . S c h w a r t z , Studi in onore di A. Calderini e R. Paribeni vol. I I , p p . 1 5 1 - 1 5 6 ) a n d of P S I 1398. [A.Ś.]
Sergio D ar i s, Dai papyri inediti della racolta milanese (Aegyptus 39 (1959) fasc. 1 - 2 p p . 9 - 1 7 ) .
T h e edition c o n t a i n s 5 p a p y r i . N o . 50 ( I I cent. A.D.) is a f r a g -m e n t of t h e I l i a d H , 4 2 7 - 4 4 1 ; Nos 51 (87/88 A.D.) a n d 52 (I cent. A.D.) are loans of m o n e y ; No 53 ( I I cent. A.D.) is a f r a g m e n t of a receipt d r a w n b y a certain libertus Theonos, Πέ;σης - ή ς έπ',γονης for his patronus. T h e m o n e y is paid b y m e a n s of t h e τραπεζίτα·.. T h e p a p . no. 54 (7 N o v . 449 A.D.) is a f r a g m e n t of a p e t i t i o n t o a riparius. [ H . K . ]
B. R . R e e s , Η . I. B e l l a n d J . W . B a r n s , The Merton Papyri. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the Collec-ction of Wilfred Merton, vol. I I . D u b l i n . Hodges Figgis a n d Co. L t d . 1959, p p . X I V + 2 0 9 , pi. 46.
T h e f i f t y p a p y r i composing t h i s v o l u m e — t h e c o n t i n u a t i o n of t h e v o l u m e I of t h e Merton P a p y r i edited in 1948 b y Η . I. Bell a n d C. H . R o b e r t s — belong t o t h e collection of t h e late Mr. Wilfred M e r t o n . T h e whole collection of t h e p a p y r i , published a n d un-published, was p u r c h a s e d before t h e owner's d e a t h b y Sir Chester B e a t t y a n d n o w f o r m s p a r t of t h e Chester B e a t t y L i b r a r y in D u b l i n . T h e second v o l u m e of t h e Merton P a p y r i , like t h e f i r s t one, h a s been edited in consideration of t h e needs of t h e p a l e o g r a p h y of t h e
