"Gräko-ägyptische Landpachtverträge byzantinischer Zeit aus der Sammlung 'Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer'", H. Gerstinger, "Wiener Studien", LXIX, 1956 : [recenzja]

376 R. TAUBENSCHLAG

is a f r a g m e n t (?) of a n a c c o u n t (?). No. 39 ( I V c e n t . A.D.) is a f r a g m e n t of a l e t t e r a n d c o n c e r n s a m a n d a t e (cf. m y Law2

393 ff.).

P . S a n z , Griechische literarische Papyri christlichen Inhaltes 1, Biblica, Väterschriften und Verwandtes (Mitteil. aus der Papyrus-sammlung der Nationalbibliothek in Wien [Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer] I V . Folge, 1946) 137 p p .

T h i s edition c o n t a i n s Greek l i t e r a r y p a p y r i f r o m t h e Christian e r a .

H . G e r s t i n g e r , Gräko-ägyptische Landpachtverträge byzantinischer Zeit aus der Sammlung "Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer" (repr. f r o m

Wiener Studien L X I X [1956] = Festschrift f . Albin Lesky). T h e a u t h o r p u b l i s h e s here t h e following p a p y r i : P . G r a e c . Y i n d o b . 26267 (A.D. 552) is a f r a g m e n t of lease of s e e d - l a n d ; on t h e f o r m έκουσίως και οίύθαιρέτως see t h e ed. ad 1. 3 a n d t h e l i t e r a t u r e quo-t e d quo-t h e r e ; as quo-t o κατά κοινωίαν (1. 8—9) i.e. on j o i n quo-t p r o p e r quo-t y con-c e r n i n g t h e o t h e r a r o u r a e , see t h e analogous t e r m s in leases of houses; on societas unius rei see m y a r t . ZSS L I I (1932) 64 ff.; on γη έ'μβροχος a n d αβροχος see m y Law2 363.

P . Graec. Y i n d o b . 26260 (A.D. 573) is a c o n t r a c t of lease. I t is e v i d e n t f r o m t h e a r r a n g e m e n t s on t h e r e n t t h a t a colonia partiaria is c o n c e r n e d , or — as t h e editor t h i n k s — a simple loc.-cond. ope-rarum: t h e lessee u n d e r t a k e s t h e obligation t o do all t h e w o r k on t h e leased l a n d in t i m e a n d in order a n d he shall receive f o r a cer-t a i n p a r cer-t of cer-t h e h a r v e s cer-t as γεωργικός μισθός. T h e r e s cer-t of cer-t h e crops a n d some συνηθείαι a r e , on t h e whole, t o be delivered t o t h e p r o -p r i e t o r of t h e l a n d . On t h e clause επί δσον χρόνον βούλει see m y Law2 379.

P . Graec. V i n d o b . 25657 ( Y I c e n t . A.D.) is a lease of a vine-y a r d . T h e t e x t h a d b e e n p a r t i a l l vine-y p u b l i s h e d b vine-y W e s e l l vine-y , Wiener Studien 9 (18887) 260 f f . N o t e w o r t h y is t h e clause in 1. 22—24: Εί δέ καταφρο[νήσω — δίχα γεωργίας κτλ. p e n a l clauses i n case t h e lessee did n o t f u l f i l his obligation or was in d e l a y as t o his d u t i e s (cf. Ross.-Georg. I I I , 51) — t h e n t h e lessor should h a v e a g a i n s t h i m t h e f u l l r i g h t of disposal w i t h o u t a n y p a y m e n t of t h e wages i.e. t h e r i g h t t o expel h i m or t o l e n d t h e l a n d t o a n o t h e r lessee.

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P . Graec. V i n d o b . 25674 ( V I c e n t . A.D.) is a lease in w h i c h t h e r e n t is m e a s u r e d o u t in p a r t s in crops; m o r e o v e r , t h e lessor is t o give d i f f e r e n t a d d i t i o n a l g i f t s .

J . G e r s t i n g e r , Zehn byzantinische Urkunden und Briefe aus der Sammlung "Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer" in Wien (Symbolae R. Taubenschlag dedicatae = Eos 48, 1 [1956] 197—216).

T h e a u t h o r p u b l i s h e s t e n d o c u m e n t s a n d l e t t e r s f r o m t h e " P a -p y r u s E r z h e r z o g R a i n e r " collection. P . Graec. V i n d o b . 25673 ( V I — V I I c e n t . A.D.) is t h e e n d of a p r o m i s s o r y n o t e or sale on delivery w i t h αλληλεγγύη- a n d πραξις-clause.

P . Graec. V i n d o b . 25664 ( V I c e n t . A.D.) is a sale on d e l i v e r y ; P . Graec. V i n d o b . 25663 (2nd half of t h e V I c e n t . A . D . ) is also a sale on d e l i v e r y m a d e b y a lessee who holds in p a r t n e r s h i p w i t h a n o t h e r person (έκ γεωργικού μου μέρους; cf. m y Law2 389 ff.). P .

G r a e c . V i n d o b . 25204 (2nd half of t h e V I c e n t . A.D.) belongs ίϋ

t h e s a m e c a t e g o r y . P . V i n d o b . 31497 (A.D. 542) is a loan εις ίδιάν και άναγκαίαν χρεόαν (cf. m y Law2 349): t h e d e b t o r a c t s w i t h a

su-r e t y μετ' έγγυητοϋ και αναδόχου; see on these t e su-r m s m y Law2 412!;

41517). P . Graec. V i n d o b . 26252 (553 A.D.) is a r e c e i p t on προχρεία

in a loc.-cond. operis (cf. m y Law2 3802 2: p a r t i a l p a y m e n t in a d v a n c e ) ;

t h e e m p l o y e r is t h e c h u r c h , a c t i n g b y its οικονόμος (on a g e n c y cf. m y Law2 307, 310—11, 312); n o t e w o r t h y is t h a t t h e w o r k e r agrees

t o r e p a y t h e προχρεία in case of his failure t o p e r f o r m his d u t i e s (cf. m y Law2 379). T h e r e p a y m e n t should t a k e place άτοκεΐ; t h e

e d i t o r explains t h i s b y t h e C h r i s t i a n φιλανθρωπία of t h e e m p l o y e r . P . Graec. V i n d o b . 26265 (2nd half of t h e V I c e n t . A.D.) is a l e t t e r of a l a n d o w n e r ( p a g a r c h ?) in t o w n t o his officials t o deliver, w i t h t h e m o s t possible speed, t h e r e v e n u e - c o r n t o t h e s t a t e - g r a n a r i e s t h a t t h e w r i t e r avoid p e n a l t i e s f o r d e l a y . T h e l a s t lines of t h e l e t t e r d e a l w i t h t h e u n l a w f u l b e h a v i o u r of t h e z y g o s t a t e (the m o n e y --weighing official) a t t h e a c c e p t a n c e of m o n e y - t a x e s a n d allude — as t h e editor p r e s u m e s — t o C.I. X I I I (559 A.D.) w h e r e u n l a w f u l p r a c t i c e s of these officials a r e r e p r i m a n d e d . P . G r a e c . V i n d o b . 31496 ( V I I c e n t . A.D.) is a l e t t e r w i t h o u t legal i m p o r t a n c e . P . Graec. V i n d o b . 28875 ( V I I c e n t . A.D.) is a l e t t e r of a h i g h e r cler-g y m a n t o a bishop w h o c a m e t o A r s i n o ë for a cure of his illness. P . Graec. V i n d o b . 28921 ( V I I c e n t . A.D.) is a receptům nautarum