Part v. of F. Preisigke's Sammelbuch Griechischer Urkunden aus Aegypten 1 (Nos. 5175-6000) 'completes vol. i.; it is to be hoped that vol. ii., which is to contain the indispensable indexes, will not be long delayed. Few of the minor editions of papyri, etc., have now failed to be inserted in this valuable corpus; but, e.g., C. Wessely's publication of the Dresden papyri has been omitted. This part includes a number of Wessely's publications in Wiener Studien, a revised text of some Berlin papyri badly edited by K. Magirus, many unpublished mummy-tickets, and thirteen unpublished papyri, mostly in the collection of Prof. O. Gradenwitz, of which 5675 contains an ordinance of Ptolemy Epiphanes about the duties of police-officers. The missing beginning of 5219 has turned up, and been published by G. Lefebvre.2 5223, 7 is to be restored διὰ ὁμολόγου λαογραφίας. In 5232 Seppius Rufus is idiologus, not praefect. 5236 and 5237 probably fit together. 5245 is a petition, not a loan. 5267, 2 τῆσδε τῆς [ἀντιδι]αλλαγῆς is to be restored from 5671, 17. 5338, 11 IIeßixov is more likely to represent the known Arsinoite village Βεβρύχων than Φεβίχων. The village in 5356, 9 near Theadelphia is probably Philoteris wrongly spelled. In 5659, 6 σiTopópov is more likely than VTоpóρov. In 5677 (probably from Oxyrhynchus, not ὑποφόρου. Hermopolis) the abbreviated tax at the end of 11. 10 and 16 is vik(s), and oa in ll. 11 and 17 is presumably for ó a(úrós). In 5681, 20-1 1. év|Taûða èv T for ev | Tave. . . . The date of 5692 is about A.D. 216-7, the same archidicastes being mentioned in B.G.U. 614, and [vπoxeipli is likely in 1. 13. Talvews is probable in 5982, 3-4. The second volume of the Milanese school of Papyrology 3 is mainly concerned with private letters, and begins with the publication of three unedited specimens in the British Museum by A. Calderini, whose decipherments are not perfect (e.g. P. Lond., 852, 3-4 really has exápn(v) λaßúv 1 Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, 1915. 2 Annales du service des antiquités de l'Égypte, xiii., pp. 221-4. σου ἐπιστολὴν ὡς ὑγιαίνεις | καὶ ἀπρόσκοπος γεγονώς 1). There are three general articles on various aspects of GraecoEgyptian letters, and a detailed list of them arranged according to date with indexes by Calderini and M. Mondini. G. Castelli contributes two juristic articles on bona materna and the Roman will of A.D. 131, recently published by S. de Ricci, and there is a good bibliography of papyrology for 1915 and part of 1916, which comes down later than that of H. I. Bell for 1914-15.3 2 A contract for the purchase of a slave in A.D. 154 (the regnal year in 1. 10 seems to be §) has been published with a facsimile by S. Eitrem.1 The systematic publication of the Herculaneum papyri at Naples has been brilliantly inaugurated by the director, D. Bassi, in a handsome volume illustrated by some successful photographs. The texts are Philodemus Tepi κακιῶν and περὶ θανάτου δ', much of the latter being well preserved. 5 6 Of books and articles largely dealing with papyri, A. Stein's Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Verwaltung Aegyptens unter römischer Herrschaft is mainly concerned with the Roman conquest and its effects, the causes of the special position assigned to Egypt, and the official use of Latin and Greek in that country. An inscription from Bulgaria serves F. Preisigke as the text for an elaborate discussion of the phraseology of subscriptions such as legi, 7 1 A revised text of these three papyri by the present writer will shortly appear in the Class. Rev. 2 Un papyrus latin inédit in Comptes rendus, 1914, pp. 524-33. 3 Journ. of Egypt. Archaeol., iii., pp. 129 sqq. + Ein Sklavenkauf aus der Zeit des Antoninus Pius. Kristiania: J. Dybwad, 1916. 5 Herculanensium voluminum quae supersunt collectio tertia, i. Milano: U. Hoepli, 1914. 6 Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler, 1915. 7 Die Inschrift von Skaptoparene in ihrer Beziehung zur kaiserlichen Kanzlei in Rom in Schr. d. Wissensch, Gesellsch. in Strassburg, Heft 30. Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, 1917. I owe my knowledge of this to Mr H. I. Bell. recognovi, etc., and their Greek equivalents, in the light of modern German bureaucratic methods. An index of Arsinoite officials from Augustus to Diocletian has been issued by F. Paulus,1 and the new evidence concerning the praefecti Aegypti is summarised by J. Offord.2 Ptolemaic policeadministration is discussed by M. Engers,3 and an excellent general sketch of The Byzantine Servile State in Egypt has been written by H. I. Bell. In the juristic field A. Steinwenter has discussed the relation of Roman law to GraecoEgyptian practice in regard to Urkundenwesen,5 P. Jörs ἀρχιδικασταί and χρηματισταί, and E. Rabel δίκη ἐξούλης. R. Taubenschlag's Das Strafrecht im Rechte der Papyris I know only from a review by T. Thalheim." The second part of J. H. Moulton and G. Milligan's Vocabulary of the Greek Testament, illustrated by the Papyri,10 covers B-A. Several more or less popular books of a general character dealing with papyrology have been issued, notably C. M. Cobern's The New Archaeological Discoveries and their Bearing upon the New Testament,11 a handsome and well illustrated volume of 700 pages. The first half deals with the story of modern discoveries of papyri and the new light on the language of the New Testament, and gives a full account of ancient New Testaments and other early Christian documents from Egypt. The second half is concerned with the results of excavations in cemeteries, towns, etc., principally in Asia Minor, but reverts to papyri near the end. The 1 Prosopographie der Beamten des 'Apoiolтns vouós. Borna-Leipzig : R. Noske, 1914. 2 Ancient Egypt, 1917, pp. 122-3. 3 Mnemosyne, 1917, pp. 257-71. 4 Journ. of Egypt. Archaeol., iv., pp. 86-106. 5 Beiträge zum öffentlichen Urkundenwesen der Römer. Graz.: U. Moser, 1915. 6 Zeit. d. Savignystiftung f. Rechtsgeschichte, 1915, pp. 230-339. 8 Leipzig and Berlin: Teubner, 1916. 9 Berl. phil. Woch., 1917, pp. 625-6. 10 London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1915. 11 New York and London: Funk and Wagnalls, 1917. book to some extent covers the same ground as Deissmann's Light from the East, but emphasis is laid on the more recent discoveries. The author, who has visited Egypt and Palestine, and incidentally supplies translations of a few Greek and Coptic papyri, etc., which he obtained himself, writes as an enthusiast; and, despite a good many errors in points of detail and the imperfect correction of the proofs, which should be remedied in a later edition, he has collected a great deal of valuable information, which is presented in a lively and interesting manner. On the other hand C. Wessely's Aus der Welt der Papyri,1 though written by a specialist, is disappointing, the information being mainly based upon the Rainer collection alone. The bibliographies which are appended are too imperfect to be of much use, and the book, which is severely criticised by F. Zucker,2 is not a trustworthy introduction to the subject. Some popular lectures on papyri were published by J. H. Moulton 3 shortly before he fell a victim to 'intensive' submarinewarfare. F. Preisigke's Antikes Leben nach den ägyptischen Papyri I know only from a favourable review by M. Gelzer.5 An article by the present writer on The Future of Graeco-Roman Work in Egypt '6 gives a preliminary account of the forthcoming P. Oxy. xiii. and P. Tebt. iii., and of a proposed comprehensive work on the geography of GraecoRoman Egypt. Other publications in active preparation include P. Soc. It. v., P. Lille i. fasc. 3, J. Lesquier's work on the Roman army in Egypt (a companion volume to his Institutions militaires de l'Egypte sous les Lagides), and my classification of published Greek and Latin papyri, ostraca, etc., from Egypt, both literary and non-literary. 1 Leipzig: H. Haessel, 1914. 2 Woch. f. klass. Phil., 1917, pp. 952-5. B. P. GRENFELL. 3 From Egyptian Rubbish-heaps. London: Kelly, 1916. 5 Berl. phil. Woch., 1917, pp. 815-7. 6 Journ. of Egypt. Archaeol., iv., pp. 4-10. E |