"On the date and circumstances of the Prefect's letter : P. OXY. 2016", A. Segré, "J. E. A.", XXVI, 1940 : [recenzja]

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"On the date and circumstances of

the Prefect’s letter : P. OXY. 2016", A.

Segré, "J. E. A.", XXVI, 1940 :

[recenzja]

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for the performing of this duty with all his property. T h e σίτου èy8o\tv-s is proposed by professional è/So^eîç, private buying agents organized in professional associations.

E. K I E S S L I N G , Der Nachtwächterdienst in Aegypten. Forschungen und Fortschritte X V ( 1 9 3 9 ) , p. 34-5.

There are no documents showing the existence of night-watchmen in Egypt in the Ptolemaic period. T h e lack of documents is however compen-sated by a literary source: Strabo X V I I , 797. Strabo refers that among the four indigenous officials in Alexandria there was ννκτΐρινοs στρατηγός. In the Roman period we find commanders of the night-watch who are now called νυκτοστραι-ηγοί also in other towns. T h e night-watch was a liturgical official, which means that anyone who had an income of a certain amount, was obliged to take over this office. As a compensation for his services, the night-watchman received an indemnification. T h e night-watch was responsi-ble for his faults. ( C f . Ε. Kiessling R. E. Sup fil. V I I , 678ff.).

H . K O R T E N B E U T E L , Archisomatophylakes, R. E. Suppl. V I I , p. 46-49.

W . L . W E S T E R M A N N , Romanos. R. E. Suppl. V I I , p. 1625ff. F. D O L G E R , Das Fortbestehen der Έτηβολη in mittel-und

spätbyzan-tischer Zeit. Studi in memoria di A l d o Albertoni. Vol. II ( 1 9 3 9 ) , p. Iff.

Dölger proves the continuation of the s.c. επιβολή, that is, allotment of lands of peasants who left their rural parish or were insolvable, to the peasants who were still solvent of the same rural parish, till the X I I cent,

( c f . on imßο\η also Lewis J.E.A. vol. X X I X ( 1 9 4 3 ) , p. 71-73).

A·. S E G R É . On the date and circumstances of the Prefect's letter : P. OXY. 2016. J.E.A. X X V I , 1940, p. 114.

O X Y . 2016 was translated from a Latin edict and very probably the edict was directed at least to the part of the Empire under the rule of Diocletian. T h e edict refers to a collection of 38 pounds of gold as aurum coronarium.

Ο . M . P E A R L , Varia fiafiyrologica. Trans. Am.Philol.Ass. L X X I ( 1 9 4 0 ) , p. 372ff.

T h e article consists of three notes : the first note pertains to Aberd. Ostr. 75 a-d, the second deals with metrological significance of "donkey," the third with the chlamys as a symbol of civic privilege or professional dignity.