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r e s t j u r i s t s : p . 224 on racial a n d religious mixture, as is shown b v such a n a m e as t h a t of Hellenomemphites; p . 225 on t h e curse of Artemisia; p . 227 on SB 5022 which records the existence of a σύ-νοδος νεανίσκων έκ τοϋ Όσφιείου, a society which looks like an Egyp-t i a n a d a p Egyp-t a Egyp-t i o n or imiEgyp-taEgyp-tion of Egyp-the Greek e p h e b a Egyp-t e ; p . 229—230 — on intermarriage of b r o t h e r a n d sister.
S. R . K . G l a n v i l l e — T . C. S k e a t , Eponymous Priesthoods of Alexandria from 211 B.C. (J.E.A. 40 [1954] 45—58).
The a u t h o r s restrict their survey to Alexandria, beginning w i t h t h e year 211—210 B.C. in which P t o l e m y I V Philopator inaugu-r a t e d a new pinaugu-riesthood, the Athlophoinaugu-ros, in commemoinaugu-ration of his m o t h e r , t h e f a m o u s Berenike, whose m e m o r y has been more effectively inimortalized b y the p e n of Callimachus.
Η . I . B e l l , Cults and Creeds in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Liverpool 1953).
This volume consists of four public lectures delivered in t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Liverpool during F e b r u a r y 1952. Lecture I deals w i t h t h e P a g a n Amalgame, Lecture I I — with the Jews in E g y p t , I I I — the p r e p a r a t i o n for Christianity, I V — The Christian T r i u m p h . T h e most interesting lectures t o u c h also problems which are for t h e j u r i s t s of highest i m p o r t a n c e : p . 5 on t h e s.c. petition of Arte-misia ( U P Z No. 1). According to W i l c k e n ' s probable interpre-t a interpre-t i o n of interpre-t h e d o c u m e n interpre-t interpre-the wrong done b y interpre-the m a n interpre-to his dead d a u g h t e r consisted in pledging her m u m m y as security for a d e b t , on which he h a d defailed (cf. Law2 271). T h e v e r y words
Artemi-sia's recall those of t h e law as given b y H e r o d o t u s ; p . 5 on πολιτεύ-ματα, racial groups (lists given b y L e s q u i e r , Les institutions mi-litaires de VEgypte sous les Lagides p. 319—28; H e i c h e l h e i m , Die auswärtige Bevölkerung im Ptolomäerreich [Klio Beiheft 18] 1928); p . 22—3 on d y n a s t i e cults, t h e difference between the Egyp-t i a n and Egyp-the Greek culEgyp-ts of Egyp-t h e PEgyp-tolemies; p . 33 on loans beEgyp-tween Jews where no interest is charged; p . 34 on the manumission of a Jewess a n d her two children in consideration of a sum paid b y t h e synagogę (Oxy. I X 1205); p . 37 a discussion over the question whether the J e w s were members of t h e citizen body in Alexandria; p . 43 on the o a t h of a J e w b y t h e E m p e r o r T r a j a n n o t y f y i n g t h e
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d e a t h of his son to the authorities; p . 50 on relations between t h e g o v e r n m e n t a n d organized religion in b o t h t h e Ptolemaic a n d the R o m a n period; p . 55 on the dynastic cult of the Ptolemies, t h e distinction between t h e Greek and E g y p t i a n f o r m of worship; a distinction has to be made in t h e R o m a n period also; p . 57 — The living E m p e r o r was not officially described as god; p . 57 — Those E m p e r o r s who are deified a f t e r d e a t h , f r o m Julius downwards, were o f f i c i a l l y worshipped; and the most i m p o r t a n t discussion on p . 82: like t h e Greeks, t h e R o m a n s were very tolerant of opinion as such ( R o m a n and Greek tolerancy of a n y f o r m of religion).
J . T o n d r i a u , Quelques problèmes religieux ptolémaïques (Aegyptus X X X I I I (1) [1953] 125—130).
The a u t h o r refers t o t h e following questions: 1. T h e enigma of t h e „ d y n a s t i c " cult (p. 125), 2. The divinity of Arsinoë I I as a
god-dess (p. 127), 3. A propos the Ptolemaia (p. 128 ff.).
R . M a r i c h a l , Les P. Genève lat. 5 et 7 (Chronique ďEgypte X X X , No. 60 [1955] 346—360).
The a u t h o r presents new supplements and new corrections to t h e s e p a p y r i a n d comes to t h e conclusion t h a t the P. Gen. lat 5 should be approached to t h e γραφαί των χειρισμών which the go-v e r n m e n t d e m a n d e d ego-very year f r o m t h e clergy. Since in those inventories are f o u n d t h e statues of gods a n d heroes, it means t h a t P . Gen. l a t . 5 is a n i n v e n t o r y of a r t objects, of f u r n i t u r e a n d u n d o u b -t e d l y of -the " -t r e a s u r y " of -t h e -temple. P . Gen. la-t 7 is n o -t a n admi-nistrative i n v e n t o r y . I t is t h e series of mythological i n f o r m a t i o n s referring above all to Hermes. I t is either a " g u i d e " or a catalogue more or less thorough.
M. T. C a v a s s i n i , Lettere cristiane nei papiri greci d'Egitto (Aegyp-tus X X X I V , (2) [1954] p p . 266—282).
T h e article comprises a collection of all Christian letters known b y now. Our letters represent also a d o c u m e n t a t i o n of t h e pro-gressive development of Christianity a n d the consequent progres-sive decline of t h e paganism.
