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R e m a r k a b l e are G i l l i a m ' s suggestions in t h e r e a d i n g s : of t h e m a r r i a g e c o n t r a c t № . 434, of t h e c a m p record of i n h e r i t a n c e № . 435 on p . 433 „ t h e possibility m a y be s u g g e s t e d t h a t t h e indi-v i d u a l entries are copies or e x t r a c t s of r e t u r n s m a d e in t h e i r own u n i t s b y t h e heirs or l e g a t e e s " ; of t h e loan № . 438 (cf. A r a n · g i o - R u i z , Studi Solazzi p. 256). № . 440 seems t o b e p a r t of t h e s a m e d o c u m e n t as № . 435. T h e t w o t a b l e t s in № . 462 c o n t a i n i n g a f r e e d m e n ' s c e r t i f i c a t e a r e in G i l l i a m ' s view a r e c e i p t for t h e v i c e s i m a : he w o u l d r e a d : Antonius Antoni lib(ertus) Hermes ann(is) X X X X manumissus vindictis prefecti Aeg(ypti) (vicesi· mam) solb(it). p(ublicum) (vicesimae) lib(ertatis) p(opuli) R(omani) accepi Chalcedonius Aug(ustorum) n(ostrorum) verna ab . . [.
A. T r a v e r s a , I papiri Peyron del Museo Egisiano di Torino ( R a c c o l t a di s c r i t t i i n onore di Girolamo Vitelli, p . 235 f f ) . T h e a u t h o r gives in t h i s article c o m p l i m e n t s t o t h e p a p y r i f r o m Torino e d i t e d b y W i l c k e n in U P Z . T h e m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g a r e t h e c o m p l i m e n t s of T o r . 14 (p. 242). H e gives a r é é d i t i o n of t h i s t e x t e d i t e d b y W i l c k e n as U P Z 195 (119 B . C.). H e gives also a t r a n s l a t i o n .
R . T a u b e n s c h l a g , Les Publications officielles du stratège dans l'Egypte gréco-romain ( J o u r n a l of j u r . p a p . Y 155 f f ) .
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Ε . N e u f e l d , The Hittite Laws (translated into English and Hebrew tvith Commentary). L o n d o n L u z a c e t Co L t d . 1951. This b o o k , a l t h o u g h it m a k e s n o use of t h e p a p y r i a n d t h e p a p y r o -logical l i t e r a t u r e (cf. Biblica, vol. 33 fasc. 1 p. 150 — 154), i t wili nevertheless be of m u c h i n t e r e s t f o r t h e p a p y r o l o g i s t s ; so t h e discussion on j o i n t r e s p o n s i b i l i t y or collective responsibility (cf. J o u r n . J u r . P a p . V, 125) p . 116; on slaves, t h e i r c a p a c i t y of p e r f o r m i n g j u r i s t i c acts a n d of c o m m i t t i n g delicts p . 120; t h e i r c a p a c i t y t o conclude a m a r r i a g e union w i t h a free w o m a n p. 121; t h e p o w e r of t h e f a t h e r over his children p. 123 w i t h reference t o a n article of K l í m a p . 1234 8; on t h e materna potestas p . 128; on
igno-SURVEY OF LITERATURE 1 9 5 1 - 1 9 5 2 2 7 3 ranee of t h e offence p . 133; t h e liability of occupiers of t e r r i t o r y p . 135; k i d n a p p i n g a n d t h e f t of slaves p . 138; r u n a w a y slaves p. 139; a r r a l - b e t r o t h a l p . 143; m a r r i a g e b y u s u s p . 146; m a r r i a g e w i t h a slave p . 148; j u s t i f i a b l e homicide p. 153; f i n d i n g s a n d p u b l i c i t y p. 161, esp. 1 6 2l e l; t h e f t a n d d a m a g e of f r u i t a n d f r u i t trees p . 175;
c a t t l e going a s t r a y p . 179; expulsion a n d r e - a c c e p t a n c e of son b y t h e m o t h e r p. 184^ l e v i r a t e p. 191.
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A l e x a n d e r S c h a r f f a n d A n t o n M o o r t g a t , Ägypten und Vorderasien im Altertum (Weltgeschichte in E i n z e l d a r -stellungen) Verlag F . B r u c k m a n n , M ü n c h e n 1950.
This s t u d y is d i v i d e d i n t o t w o p a r t s , t h e a u t h o r of t h e f i r s t p a r t is A. S c h a r f f a n d of t h e second A. M o o r t g a t . S c h a r f f in Geschichte Ägyptens von der Vorzeit bis zur Gründung Alexan-driens deals w i t h t h e r e m o t e a n t i q u i t y of E g y p t ( a b o u t 5.000 — 2850 B . C.), n e x t w i t h t h e t i m e d e t e r m i n a t i o n of t h e E g y p t i a n h i s t o r y , t h e h i s t o r y of t h e Old E m p i r e ( a b o u t 2850 — 2052 B . C.), t h e E t h i o p i a n period a n d w i t h t h e P e r s i a n period u p t o A l e x a n d e r t h e G r e a t a n d t h e f o u n d a t i o n of A l e x a n d r i a .
T h e second p a r t Geschichte Vorderasiens bis zum Hellenismus b y A n t o n M o o r t g a t deals w i t h t h e early h i s t o r y of t h e Minor Asia u p t o t h e epoch of Hellenism a n d is divided i n t o t h r e e sub-divisions. T h e f i r s t subdivision: Minor Asia f r o m t h e beginnings u p t o t h e t i m e of H a m m u r a b i I. p r e h i s t o r y , I I t h e early h i s t o r y , I I I t h e t i m e of t h e f i r s t d y n a s t y of U r , I V t h e A c c a d i a n world-e m b r a c i n g world-empirworld-e, У t h world-e sumworld-eric r world-e s t o r a t i o n , V I t h world-e W world-e s t world-e r n Semites as t h e rulers over t h e b i - s t r e a m l a n d A. t h e struggle of E l a m for t h e p r e d o m i n a n c e , t h e n e w d y n a s t i e s in Isin, L a r s a , B a b y l o n , Mari, U r u k , E s c h n u n n a k , B. t h e Old A s s y r i a n E m p i r e a n d its C a p p a d o k i a n t r a d i n g colonies, t h e g u a r d i a n s of t h e in-digenous t r a d i t i o n C. t h e E l a m i t i c p r e d o m i n a n c e , K u d u r - M a b u g a n d his sons W a r a d s i n a n d R i m s i n , D. H a m m u r a b i of B a b y l o n E . t h e decline of t h e E m p i r e of B a b y l o n u n d e r t h e successors of H a m m u r a b i a n d t h e r e t r o s p e c t i v e view on t h e h i s t o r y of Sumer-A k k a d a n d B a b y l o n ; V I I as t o t h e chronology of t h e O r i e n t a l h i s t o r y . Second subdivision: Minor Asia u n d e r t h e rule of m o u n t a i n - t r i b e s . (I t h e stage a n d t h e b e a r e r s of t h e n a t i o n a l a n d political revolution,
