"Epigrafia giuridica greca e romana", G. I. Luzzatto, Milano 1942 : [recenzja]
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S a l v a t o r e R i c c o b o n o jr., IIgnomon delVidios logos, P a l u m b o 1951.
The a u t h o r determines t h e aim of his work as: t o collect t h e
complete bibliographies on t h e Gnomon; t o r e p o r t extensively all
the questions, also t h e already t r e a t e d b y others and their a t t a i
ned r e s u l t s ; t o f r a m e historically t h e activity of t h e idios logos; to
set off t h e problem of t h e character of t h e original document. The
a u t h o r fulfilled his task in a way which deserves t h e highest
acknowledgement in every respect. H a v i n g described in t h e introduction
the m o n u m e n t ; having determined t h e time of its origin, having
analysed t h e meaning of t h e t e r m G n o m o n a n d having considered
t h e question w h e t h e r the Gnomon is a Greek translation of a L a t i n
archetype, t h e a u t h o r enters u p o n t h e d e t e r m i n a t i o n of t h e
position a n d f u n c t i o n of t h e idioslogos on t h e basis of t h e provisions
of t h e Gnomon a n d other sources. Continuing he gives t h e t e x t
of t h e G n o m o n a n d t h e till now f i r s t translation into t h e I t a l i a n
language, t h e n he proceeds t o t h e i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of t h e G n o m o n
on t h e ground of t h e literature and other sources. I n his c o m m e n t a
r y t h e a u t h o r did overlook neither questions which are suggested
by t h e particular prescriptions of t h e G n o m o n nor works which
would t o u c h these questions so t h a t this c o m m e n t a r y will b e c a m e
in t h e f u t u r e an indispensable guide for everybody, who would be
interested in w h a t e v e r problem regarding this m o n u m e n t .
G. I. L u z z a 11 o, Epigrafia giuridica greca e romana, Milano 1942
(R. Universita di Roma, Pubblicazioni deW Istituto di diritto romano,
dei diritti deW Oriente mediterraneo e di storia del diritto vol. X I X ) .
This very i m p o r t a n t work is divided into two p a r t s . T h e f i r s t one
contains 9 chapters f r o m which chapter I on t h e relations between
R o m e a n d t h e R o m a n provinces, R o m a n and local law, chapter I I I
on t h e capacity of inherit b y t h e R o m a n people and chapter I X
on t h e t e s t a m e n t of Ptolomaeus Alexander I I t h e king of E g y p t
JOURNAL OF PAPYROLOGY
in favour of Rome — are the most interesting for the papyrologists.
The second part contains a valuable discussion on the edict from
Nazareth, the Augustian edict from Cyrene and the inscriptions
from Rhodos.
In this interesting article the authors resume the discusion on
the meaning of the term προστάγματα βασιλέων in the Gmon. § 37
and they establish that there are numerous reasons in favour of
the mature translation of this expression as „the ordinances of the
kings". On the contrary the arguments in favour of the
interpretation of these words as meaning „the imperial edicts" are not
sufficient.
By the elimination of the doubtful! reading — the line 15 of the
inscription SB 7337 does not contain a letter between the words
των νομών and δ ν τρόπον — the meaning of this text becomes
perfectly clear. The complaint of the cultivators of Prosôpite and
of Bubastite aimed at the functionaries of these two nomes and
more particularly at the fiscal agents who draimed them.
Lexical studies of Greek words in Coptic are relatively rare. The
author wants to call attention to a noun and its related verb that will
demonstrate the value of semantic study of Greek in Coptic texts.
This are κάνων and κανονίζειν. On the basis of a Coptic papyrus of
the 7-th century A. D. he establishes that κανονίζειν means „ t o
regulate", „ t o rule", „to line up", „ t o coach". As the author remarks
he ows thanks to prof. B e r g e r for the participation in a
conversation which eventually led to this conclusion.
L. W e n g e r , Aus 50 Jahren juristischer Papyrusforschung (Aus Antike und Orient. Festschrift Wilhelm Schubart zum 75 Geburtstag her . von S. Morenz, Leipzig Otto Harrasowitz 1950 , pp. 133 - 145 ). (...truncated)