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Egypt Is The Richest Source Of Primary Documents For The Economy, Society And Everyday Life Of The Late Antique Mediterranean World. Its Thousands Of Papyri Provide Insight Into Aspects And Topics Ignored By Ancient Authors. This Handbook Is An Indispensable Tool In Navigating These Documents, Which Use A Host Of Complex Systems To Date Legal Transactions. Extensive Tables And Lists Help The Reader Understand The Use Of Consulates, The Indiction Of Cycle, Eras, And Dates By Imperial Reigns. Other Formal Aspects Of The Documents, Including Christian Invocations And Sworn Oaths, Are Also Fully Covered.--book Jacket. Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Cycle Of 312 To 327 -- Ch. 3. Development Of The Indiction System, 327-ca. 380 -- Ch. 4. Indiction Year -- Ch. 5. Meaning Of [actual Symbol Not Reproducible] -- Ch. 6. Regnal Dating And Oaths -- Ch. 7. Oxyrhynchite Eras And Local Counts -- Ch. 8. Era Of Diocletian And Of The Martyrs -- Ch. 9. Consulates, Postconsulates, And Postconsular Eras -- Ch. 10. Invocation Formulas -- App. D. Appearances Of Consulates In The Papyri, 284-641 -- App. G. Imperial Oath Formulas In Byzantine Papyri -- App. I. Saracene Era (hijra) -- App. J. Datings By The M

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Author

Roger Shaler Bagnall; K. Klaas Anthony Worp

Publisher

Brill Academic Publishers

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9789047412526

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Science, Humanities