First edition of a wine account extending over six columns. Columns i–iv (iv is lost) record the sale of vintage wine and columns v–vi payments to the parties involved (intermediaries, administrators, camel drivers, and donkey drivers) made with the profits from the sale of wine. The vineyards are located in the area of Karanis. The account was most likely written in 194 CE using the back of the land administration register SB XII 10892 edited by Anna Świderek in JJP 16/17 (1971) and republished by the author JJP LIV (2024). Keywords: wine account, wine production, wine prices, land transport, Karanis (Arsinoites).
The article presents the first edition of two Coptic ostraca held in the collection of the Dnipro Museum: one contains a fragmentary copy of Jesus’ apocryphal letter to Abgar and the other is a tax receipt from Djeme, dated to 717 AD. Keywords: Dnipro Museum, Coptic ostraca, Egypt, apocrypha, tax receipt.
This article offers a list and commentary to imperial laws preserved on papyrus between Constantine the Great and Justinian. The aim of the presented work was to collect both constitutions and secondary witnesses, that is mentions of law, if they could be indeed identified as a piece of legislation. The work is divided into sections grouping the material according to its genre and type. The initial section of the catalogue contains fragments that have been categorised as legal literature, encompassing excerpt from the Theodosian Code, literature pertaining to the Codex Theodosianus, and other compilations of imperial legislation. The second section consists of the documentary papyri, which are divided into three parts: generally binding laws, rescripts, and references. The collation of a compendium of papyrological witnesses of imperial laws permitted the drawing of some general conclusions regarding the scope of the use of these constitutions in Egypt. One of these is dedicated to the circulation of the Theodosian Code. The recent publication of new fragments of the Theodosian Code, coupled with analysis of their provenance, has allowed a more optimistic assessment of the Code circulation than was previously proposed. A further conclusion is reached regarding the process of communicating general laws and obtaining imperial rescripts in the province. The papyrological evidence provides a comprehensive reconstruction of the chain of communication, extending from the emperor to the praetorian prefect, governor, strategos, and lower officials otherwise known thanks to the C.Th. and the Code of Justinian. The rescripts, when collected, reflect the changes undergone between the Tetrarchy and Justinian's reign, demonstrating that there were no discrepancies between the theory and practice of their application. The interpretation of these sources in their respective contexts, such as the archives and scribal traditions to which they belonged, facilitates a more comprehensive understanding of the dissemination of laws among the subjects of Roman emperors.
This is a revised edition of the Byzantine papyrus letter SB XXVI 16519 (P. Berol. 25706), which addresses matters pertaining to taxation and a riot that occurred within the context of circus races. The new readings allow for the identification of a cohort of magicians as the cause of the unrest, whom the crowd probably believed to have employed magical incantations with the intention of influencing the outcome of the race.
