CONTENTS

PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
LIST OF PLATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
TABLE OF PAPYRI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
NOTE ON THE METHOD OF PUBLICATION AND LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS . . . . xv

TEXTS

I. EDICTS AND CIRCULAR LETTERS (1405–1411) . . . . . . . . . I
II. THE SENATE OF OXYRHYNCHUS (1412–1419) . . . . . . . . . 26
III. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS (1420–1431) . . . . . . . . . . . 71
IV. TAXATION (1432–1448) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
V. DECLARATIONS TO OFFICIALS (1449–1464) . . . . . . . . . 134
VI. PETITIONS (1465–1470) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
VII. NOTIFICATIONS TO ARCHIDICASTAE (1471–1475) . . . . . . . . 206
VIII. HOROSCOPES AND CHARMS (1476–1478) . . . . . . . . . . 229
IX. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE (1479–1495) . . . . . . . . . . 237
X. MINOR DOCUMENTS:

(1) The Senate of Oxyrhynchus (1496–1501) . . . . . . . . 253
(2) Official Documents (1502–1514) . . . . . . . . . . 255
(3) Taxation (1515–1546) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
(4) Declarations to Officials (1547–1555) . . . . . . . . 270
(5) Petitions (1556–1559) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
(6) Registration of Contracts (1560–1562) . . . . . . . . 275
(7) Horoscopes and Charms (1563–1566) . . . . . . . . . 277
(8) Orders and Demands for Payment (1567–1578) . . . . . . 278
(9) Private Correspondence (1579–1593) . . . . . . . . . 282

INDICES

I. KINGS AND EMPERORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
II. CONSULS AND ERAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
III. MONTHS AND DAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
IV. PERSONAL NAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292