282 JOURNAL OF PAPYROLOGY
This is an a c c o u n t of a curious inscription f r o m E g y p t coming f r o m a metropolis, on w h i c h Adolf Wilhelm h a d a l e c t u r e in t h e A c a d e m y of V i e n n a e n t i t l e d „ D i e Gedichte des Ptolemagrios aus Panopolis" (Anz. d. öst. A k . d. Wiss. phil-hist. K l . J h g . 1948 № . 22). T h e a u t h o r assumes t h a t P t o l e m a g r i o s as f a r his origin is concerned, was an E g y p t i a n belonging in t h e έπικεκριμένοι of t h e metropolis who p r o b a b l y b y v i r t u e of an official e x a m i n a t i o n were specially f a v o u r e d a n d in c o n t r a s t t o o t h e r E g y p t i a n s were n o t m o r e consi-dered as peregrini dediticii. T h e peregrini dediticii were n o t organised in an a u t o n o m o u s c o m m u n i t y which did n o t preclude f r o m a m o n g t h e m t o rise t o a higher s t a t u s .
R i t a C a l d e r i n i , Βουλευτικά ( A e g y p t u s X X X I 1951 p . 1 — 4 1 ) . I n this article t h e a u t h o r deals w i t h t h e p r o b l e m s concerning βουλευτικά such as t h e period for which t h e βουλευταί u s e d t o be elected, t h e age a t w h i c h t h e y were eligible a n d t h e q u e s t i o n is considered w h e t h e r citizens of foreign cities can be elected t o t h e senate in a n o t h e r city.
J a c q u e s S c h w a r t z , Un préfet ď Egypte frappé de damnatio memoriae sur le règne d'Hadrien (Chronique d ' E g y p t e № . 53 (1952) p. 254 — 256).
D u r i n g e x c a v a t i o n works a t L u x o r (winter 1950 — 51) Mr. Z a k a r i a Ghoneim, t h e Chief I n s p e c t o r of t h e „Service des A n t i q u i t é s " disco-v e r e d a complete t e x t of a d e d i c a t i o n . I t was p u b l i s h e d in t h e Orien-talia (1951) p. 454 b y J e a n L e c l a n t . T h e d e d i c a t i o n b e a r s t h e d a t e of 29 T y b i of t h e 10th year of H a d r i a n t h a t is 2 4 t h J a n u -a r y 126 A. D. -a n d t h e n -a m e of t h e t h e n p r e f e c t is completely h a m m e r e d o u t . T h e a u t h o r shows, t h a t t h e „ d a m n a t i o memoriae"''' concerns t h e son of C. Vibius M a x i m u s who was t h e p r e f e c t of E g y p t b e t w e e n 124 a n d 126 A. D.
A. S t e i n , Die Präfekten von Ägypten in der römischen Kaiser-zeit B e r n 1950.
T h e a u t h o r gives in this work a list of p r e f e c t s since A u g u s t u s till Diocletian. T o this is a d d e d a well i n f o r m a t i v e m a t e r i a l on t h e i r office, their careers, t h e i r t e r m of office a n d their l a t e r life. N o t e -w o r t h y are also his r e m a r k s on t h e d e p u t y - p r e f e c t s a n d their
