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Ε . S e i d l , Die Jurisprudenz der Statthalter Aegyptens in der Prin-zipatszeit (estr. da Studi in on. di U.E. Paoli, Firenze 1955). I n t h i s s t u d y t h e a u t h o r deals w i t h t h e question w h i c h were t h e m e t h o d s a d o p t e d b y t h e j u d g e s of E g y p t w h e n passing t h e i r s e n t e n c e s . H e reviews t h e t e x t s in t h e i r chronological order a f t e r t h e governors in whose n a m e s t h e p r e s e r v e d v e r d i c t s were p a s s e d . H e also r e m i n d s t h a t t h e v e r d i c t s were always issued b y a con-silium so t h a t t h e a u t h o r s h i p of a v e r d i c t could as well be ascri-b e d t o t h e governor himself as t o an a n o n y m o u s j u r i s t ascri-belonging t o his a t t e n d a n c e .
E . S e i d l , Zum juristischen Wortschatz der alten Aegypter (Festschr. F. Dornseiff [1953] 320—329).
I n E r m a n n - G r a p o w , The Egyptian Language is given a le-x i c o n a n d its vol. I V c o n t a i n s a collection of words following t h e i r m e a n i n g a n d p r a c t i c e . One column deals w i t h " l a w " , t h e o t h e r w i t h " e a r n i n g , p r o p r i e t y a n d l o s s " .
T h e a u t h o r reviews several legal t e r m s such as: agency, a d m i n i n i s t r a t o r , g u a r d i a n , ownership a n d possession, p u r c h a s e , e x p r e s -sions f o r g r a t u i t o u s deeds, corn-loan, lease, m a n d a t e , f u l f i l l m e n t of a c o n t r a c t , animllation of a c o n t r a c t , several t e r m s f r o m t h e sphere of t h e law of i n h e r i t a n c e , t h e l a w of m a t r i m o n y a n d t h e p e n a l l a w .
D . C o h e n , Schets van het notariaat in het oude Egypte (Ars n o t a r i a -t u s У) ( A m s -t e r d a m 1955).
T h e b o o k is divided i n t o f i v e p a r t s : I . t r e a t s of t h e h i s t o r y of E g y p t , I I . of acts, I I I . of t h e office of a n o t a r y and t h e n o t a r i a l a c t s , I V . of keeping a n d r e g i s t r a t i o n of t h e acts. T h e f i n a l p a r t Y gives e x a m p l e s of a c t s .
M. L o w e n s t e i n , Le notariat en Egypte selon les papyrus (Anuario de der. civ. I V [1951] 724 ff.).
n o t seen.
R . C a l d e r i n i , De interpretibus quaedam in papyris (Aegyptus X X X I I I (2) [1953] p. 341 ff.).
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I n t h i s article t h e a u t h o r gives a list of i n t e r p r e t e r s w h i c h we m e e t in t h e p a p y r i a n d stresses t h a t t h e y were employed for t h e t r a n s l a t i o n of d o c u m e n t s f r o m E g y p t i a n i n t o Greek as well as f r o m L a t i n i n t o Greek. This article is closely linked w i t h m y ar-ticle The interpreters in the papyri (Charisteria Sinko [1951] 361 ff.).
A l v a r o d ' O r s , Epigrafia juridica griega y romana ( I V ) (1950—1953) (exc. e x SDH I X X [1954] 403—484).
This w o r k comprises t h r e e p a r t s : P a r t I — Generalia, P a r t I I — " N o t i c i a s r e g i o n a l e s " a n d P a r t I I I — " N o t i e i a s t e m a t i c a s " . Under I I § 17 t h e a u t h o r (p. 425) refers t o E g y p t a n d p. 442 — p a r -t i c u l a r l y -t o -t h e legisla-tive a c -t i v i -t y of -t h e Lagides.
M a r c u s N . T o d , The Progress of Greek Epigraphy 1950—1951 (.Journ. Hell. Stud. L X I V [1954] 59—84).
I n t e r e s t i n g are t h e r e m a r k s on p. 80 discussing t h e v e x e d que-s t i o n of double citizenque-ship. On p . 84 t h e a u t h o r p o i n t que-s out t h a t t h e E g y p t i a n a n d N u b i a n sections of t h i s survey, compiled b y P . M. F r a s e r are published in J.E.A. X X X V I I I , 115 ff.
P . M. F r a s e r , Bibliography: Greco-Roman Egypt, Greek Inscrip-tions (J.E.A. X L [1954] 124—141).
J . R o b e r t — L. R o b e r t , Revue des Etudes Grecques, L X V , (1952) No. 304—305 p. 63—75.
T h e a u t h o r s review a m o n g o t h e r s : vol. V, p a r t I I I No. 8245— —8963 Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten, n a c h d e m T o d e F r i e d r i c h P r e i s i g k e ' s f o r t g e s e t z t v o n F r i e d r i c h R i l a b e l , b e a r b e i t e t v o n F r . B i l a b e l fertiggestellt u n d herausgegeben von E m i l K i e s s l i n g ; M. L a u n e y , Le décret d ' u n politeuma OGIS 739 (Bull. 1949, 221); N . N. T o d , J.E.A. X X X V I I (1951) 86—99: An ephebic inscription from Memphis; J . S c h w a r t z , Ann. Ant. 50 (1950), 401—410: Épitaphes grecques d'Egypte; Z a k i A l y , ABS, 46 (1951), 219—231: Apropos of a Greek inscription from Hermopolis Magna; A. B a t a i l l e , Chronique d'Egypte X X V I (No. 52) (1951) 325—353: Thèbes gréco-romaine; J . L e c l a n t , Orientalia 20 (1951) in a r e v i e w of t h e Fouilles et travaux en Egypte 1950—1951 I p p .
