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Re-edition of a badly damaged fragment with remains of two columns from the Acta Alexandrinorum. The fragment appears to tell the story of an Alexandrian Greek embassy facing the emperor Claudius in the aftermath of the Alexandrian riots in 41 CE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the first part of the article the principal characteristics of the papyrus lexica are fully examined. The second part offers an analysis of the gloss μμέλλιισσσσααιι in P.Oxy. XV 1802 ++ LXXI 4812, in order to illustrate some of the main problems connected with the exegesis of the lexicographic texts. Finally a detailed list of the papyrus lexica is provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A sequel to a series of notes on high-ranking persons who flourished in Late Antique Egypt (the first instalment appeared in APF 51/1 (2005) 87--94). This series refers to the alleged Oxyrhynchite dossier of Fl. Flavianus; the identity of the person who gave his name to the ''oikos of Theon''; a new attestation for Fl. Strategius II, masqueraded under a misreading; the problem of the Hermopolite comes or comites named Demetrios; and a ghost-dux. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]