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r e g i s t r a t i o n of e n s l a v e d i n d i g e n e s , c) t h e f r a g m e n t s of s i m i l a r προ-σ τ ά γ μ α τ α c o n t a i n e d i n t h i s p a p y r u s .
H . H u n g e r , Die Logistie — ein liturgisches Amt (Pap. Graec. Vindob. 19799/19800) (Chronique d'Egypte N o . 64 [1957] 2 7 3 — 2 8 3 ) . T h i s p a p y r u s ( f r o m t h e y e a r A . D . 325) is t h e f i r s t e v i d e n c e t h a t t h e λογιστεία w a s a l i t u r g i c a l o f f i c e . I t c o n t a i n s a n a p p l i c a t i o n , d i r e c t e d p r o b a b l y t o t h e άρχοντες a n d t o t h e βουλή of H e r m u p o l i s M a g n a , i n w h i c h t h e λογιστής f r o m H e r m u p o l i s j u s t i f i e s h i s deci-sion t o give u p h i s o f f i c e .
Cl. G o r t e m a n , Médecins de cour dans VEgypte du I I Ie siècle avant J.-C. (Chronique d'Egypte N o . 64 [1957] 3 1 3 — 3 3 6 ) .
I n t h i s a r t i c l e t h e a u t h o r m a k e s also u s e of t h e p a p y r i ; cf. o n " r o y a l d o c t o r s " m y Law2 6 3 2 / 6 3 3 .
J . B i n g e n , Le papyrus du gynéconome (Chronique d'Egypte N o . 64 [1957] 3 3 7 — 3 3 9 ) .
I n t h i s a r t i c l e t h e a u t h o r s h o w s — o n t h e b a s i s of P . H i b . 196 w h i c h h e r e s t o r e s — t h a t t h e g y n e c o n o m e s w e r e o f f i c i a l s w h o i n t h e a u t o n o m o u s cities of E g y p t ( p e r h a p s i n A l e x a n d r i a ) w e r e i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h a n a c t of r e g i s t r a t i o n i n t h e c i t i z e n b o d y .
B . A . v a n G r o n i n g e n , Quelques notes sur le papyrus ďOxyrhynm chus X X I I 2342 (Chronique d'Egypte N o . 64 [1957] 348—351) T h i s a r t i c l e c o n t a i n s s o m e i n t e r e s t i n g c o r r e c t i o n s t o t h e p a p y -r u s c o n c e -r n e d , w h i c h is of legal c h a -r a c t e -r (cf. m y Law2 1 3 78 2; 3921 4).
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F . P r i n g s h e i m , Symbol und Fiktion in antiken Rechten (Studi in on. P. Francisci I V [1956] 2 1 1 — 2 3 6 ) .
I n t h i s v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g s t u d y t h e a u t h o r d i s c u s s e s t h e s.c. " v e r -d a c h t e " -d e s i g n e -d , i n v e n t e -d f i c t i o n ( p . 218) a n -d s.c. l i t e r a l f i c t i o n . A n e x a m p l e of t h e f i r s t k i n d of f i c t i o n is o f f e r e d b y t h e Πέρσαι της έπιγονης; e x a m p l e s of t h e s e c o n d k i n d a r e q u o t e d on p p . 222-224
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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).
