S U R V E Y O F P A P Y R I " 7 W h i l e P a r t I has m a d e available the text of three l o n g rolls, P a r t I I supplements it w i t h a series of t w e n t y - f o u r f r a g m e n t s . T h e inclusion of the latter has led t o a revision of the table of the papyri, in w h i c h the chronological d i s t r i b u t i o n of the rolls a n d the f r a g m e n t s is indicated. T h e indexes a n d the classified list of t h e tax-payers, w h i c h are in effect alpha-betical ledges, a i m at completeness.
H . K O R T E N B E U T E L , Ein Kodizill eines römischen Kaisers. Berl. Inv. 8334. A b h . d. Preuss. A k a d . d. W i s s . P h i l . hist. K l . № 13, B e r l i n , 1939.
K o r t e n b e u t e l publishes an exemplar codicillorum, an i m p e r i a l letter of a p p o i n t m e n t , probably by the E m p e r o r D o m i t i a n , c o n c e r n i n g the pro-m o t i o n of the prefect L . L a b e r i u s M a x i pro-m u s t o the senatorial r a n k a n d to the r a n k of a consul suffectus (feci te [con^legam consulatus mei) cf. however, Stein, Zu dem kais. Ernennungsschreiben in P. Berl. 8 8 3 4 , A e g y p t u s X X ( 1 9 4 0 ) , p. 5 I f f .
M . R O S T O V Z E F F - B . W E L L E S , The Excavations at Dura Europas. P r e l i m i n a r y R e p o r t of the Seventh a n d E i g h t h Seasons of W o r k . N e w H a v e n : Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y Press. C h a p . X I , P a r c h m e n t s a n d P a p y r i , pp. 426-438.
O n p. 4 2 7 the a u t h o r s publish p a r c h m e n t № 4 0 w h i c h belongs t o the same year as p a r c h m e n t 21 ( c f . Arch, du droit oriental I ( 1 9 3 7 ) , p. 261-2 8 8 ) . P a r c h m e n t 40 ( 8 6 / 8 7 A . D . ) , a t r i m a r t y r o s syngraphe, is a Sialptai·; a n d contains the same provisions a n d reflects the same legal r e q u i r e m e n t s as the G r e c o - E g y p t i a n δια<'.pcai·;. L i k e the E g y p t i a n 8ιαίρ<σιτ, it consists of an identification of the c o n t r a c t i n g parties, a statement of the p r o p e r t y to be d i v i d e d , a list of the portions of each heir d r a w n by lot, certain conditions applicable to all, a n d at the end a statement of title (κνρΐίία-clause) a n d the penalties for breach of c o n t r a c t ( r e f u s i n g to abide by the s e t t l e m e n t ) . Title-guarantees are r e g u l a r l y l a c k i n g . T h e D u r a - t e x t differs o n l y in m a t t e r s affected by local practice. I t employs the " p r o t o c o l " - f o r m (δΐίίλοντο-ίκόντ«) w h i c h w a s used also in P t o l e m a i c times in E g y p t b u t w h i c h gave w a y later t o a variety of other types, most c o m m o n l y f o r the SialptaK the " h o m o l o g y . " T h e closing phrase, ϊχ(ΐ St και άντισνγγραφον, also is a D u r a peculiarity, the precise significance of w h i c h is u n k n o w n . A t the end are n a m e d the witnesses, the same t h r o u g h o u t as in P a r c h m e n t № 21, w h i c h h o w e v e r omits the t h i r d j u d g e , D a n y m i s . I n c o n f o r m i t y w i t h D u r a practice there are listed first the officials of the office w h e r e the d o c u m e n t w a s d r a w n a n d recorded, here the R o y a l c o u r t . T h e three private witnesses f o l l o w .
