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Bernard P. Grenfell, Arthur S. Hunt & Harold I. Bell
Part XVI of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri brings you face-to-face with the daily grind of Byzantine Egypt. You will read the actual complaints, tax disputes, and desperate requests for food sent by real people living 1,500 years ago.