"Le testament d'Antonius Silvanus et le problème de l'exécution testamentaire en droit romain classique", M. Rouxel, "Annales de Fac. de Droit de l'Univ. de Bordeaux, Série juridique", no 3-4, 1952; no 1, 1953 : [recenzja]

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Ε . P r i t s c h & О. S p i e s , Das Findelkind im islamischen Recht nach al-Kasani (SA a.d. Zt. f . vgl. Rv. L V I I [1954] 77—101). Although this s t u d y deals w i t h t h e situation of t h e foundling in t h e Islamic law it also refers t o its s i t u a t i o n in t h e old and new B a b y l o n i a n law as well as in t h e Greek a n d E g y p t i a n law, p. 77—8. So f a r as t h e l a t t e r law is concerned it is on the base of the litera-t u r e p . 77 a n d of litera-the Gnomon of litera-the Idios Logos § 41, 107.

H . J . W o l f f , Verpachtung von Mündelvermögen in Attika (Festschr. H. Lewald 201—208), (Basel, 1953).

T h e article makes use also of t h e papyrological material (cf. p . 20418) and is therefore of interest for t h e papyrologists.

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M. R o u x e l , Le testament ďAntonius Silvanus et le problème de Гexécution testamentaire en droit romain classique (extr. des Annales de Fac. de Droit de VUniv. de Bordeaux, Série juridique, Nos 3 — 4 , 1952 No. 1, 1953).

T h e t e s t a m e n t of Antonius Silvanus d a t e d 142 A.D. designated the person of H i e r a x as a procurator. T h e word procurator is h u t a translation of t h e word έπίτροπος. I t is beyond a n y d o u b t t h a t t h e E g y p t i a n law k n e w t h e executor of a t e s t a m e n t . T h e a p p o i n t m e n t of Antonius Silvanus as a t e s t a m e n t a r y executor meets perfectly w i t h t h e Greco-Egyptian law. B u t t h e execution of a t e s t a m e n t corresponds also to t h e general principles of t h e classical R o m a n law; t h e n his a p p o i n t m e n t as a procurator is n o t c o n t r a r y to this l a w .

P. M. F r a s e r , An Inscription from Cos (Bull. Soc. Arch. Alex. 40 [1953] 36—62).

The a u t h o r speaks of t h e j o i n t will of a certain P y t h i o n a n d a priestess being p r o b a b l y simultaneously his wife. This t y p e of t e s t a m e n t is a t t e s t e d u p to now only in R o m a n E g y p t considered for an original p h a e n o m e n o n of t h e G r e c o - E g y p t i a n law; its appe-arance in t h e Greek domain of t h e Hellenistic period s u p p o r t s t h e idea t h a t t h e joint-will t a k e s its origin f r o m Greece.