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equallynecessaryforelaborationofappropriatecomments,instruc-
tionsforlocalauthorities,andintroductoryrules.Eventhedispatchof
thetextforpublicationtotheprovincesrequiredsometime.Tedate
preservedinthesecondcolumnofthepapyrusshowsadelaybetween
thepublicationofthatlegalactinRome(11thJuly212)andthe
πρόθεσicofthesameactinAlexandria(10thFebruary213).Itiseasy
toimagine,then,thatthecompleteintroductionintotheadministrative
routineandintothepracticeofjuristsofsucharevolutionary(and
atthesametimeimprecise)actastheConstitutioAntoninianamust
havetakenmorethanoneyear.*
TemostvitalproblemoftextualcriticismoftheConstitutio
AntoninianainP.Giss.40isconnectedwiththedescriptionof
thenatureandextentofthegrantofcitizenship.Teinterpreta-
tionoflines8-9ofthetextisofdecisiveimportanceforthatissue.
Tisproblemhasbeenalreadyanalyzedmanytimes.Temonograph
byH.Wolfisanattempttodealwiththatpassageinadetailedway.
TelaterworkbyBuraselisalsocontainsanextensivechapterdedicated
tothecontentsoftheC.A.,without,however,anytextualcriticismof
thepapyrus.Anarticlebythepresentwriter,ontothesamesubject
appearedlater.72
ItisnecessarytoemphasizeherethatthepresentstateofP.Giss.40
isworsethanatthetimeoftheeditioprinceps.Itisthereforeabsolutely
necessarytousetheplateinthefirstedition.However,theuseofthe
platecannotentirelyreplacetheinspectionoftheoriginal.73
AuswirkungenderCA,wieauchimmersiezudatierenist,sofrühnichterwartet
werdenkönnen”;K.Buraselis,ϴείαδωρεά,p.120-148.
*Forarecent(2016)interpretationoftheuseconddecree”oftheP.Giss.
40astheconclusivepartoftheConstitutioAntoninianabyP.vanMinnensee
below,chapterX.
72H.Wolf,DieConstitutioAntoniniana…,p.521sqq.;Buraselis,ϴεία
δωρεά,l.cit.;A.Łukaszewicz,ZumP.Giss.40I9(ConstitutioAntoniniana),
JJP20,1990,p.93-101.
73Tepresentwriterwishestoacknowledgethepossibilityofinspectionof
theoriginalofP.Giss.40withthekindpermissionoftheUniversitätsbibliothek
Giessen.
