Papyrology - Reviews


  1. Settling a Dispute: Towards a Legal Anthropology of Late Antique Egypt. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994. (New Texts from Ancient Cultures 1.) Pp. x + 150, 5 plates. $44.50. ISBN 0-472-09590-0 (hb). $24.95. ISBN 0-472-06590-4 (pb). By Traianos Gagos and Peter van Minnen. Reviewed by Roger Bagnall. From BMCR.
  2. Michigan Papyri XVI: A Greek Love Charm from Egypt (P. Mich. 757). American Studies in Papyrology no. 30. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1991. Pp. xiii, 161, One plate. ISBN 1-55540-547-9. By S.I. Johnston. From BMCR.
  3. Egypt in Late Antiquity, Roger S. Bagnall. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. Pp. xii, 370. ISBN 0-691-06986-7. Reviewed by David Frankfurter, Institute for Advanced Study. From BMCR.
  4. The Demography of Roman Egypt. Roger S. Bagnall and Bruce W. Frier. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. 354. $49.95. ISBN 0-521-46123-5. Reviewed by Tim Parkin -- Victoria University/Wellington NZ tim.parkin@vuw.ac.nz
  5. Magika Hiera. Ancient Greek Magic & Religion. Edited by Christopher A. Faraone and Dirk Obbink. Oxford 1991. Pp. xiii, 298. ISBN 0-19-504450-9. Rev. by G. Dickerson
  6. Literacy in the Roman World: Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series, no. 3. J.H. Humphrey (ed.). Pp. 198; 9 fig. (available from the editor of the Journal of Roman Archeaology). Rev. by C. Williamson
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