Documentary and Literary News on Clysma1

I- P.Oxy. XVI 1905 (Clysma during the 4th century AD) The starting point of this study is the tax schedule P.Oxy. XVI 1905 (Fig. 1). The monetary data in this document allows us to date it to 356/57 or 371/72, although there are reasons to favour the later date. Taxes are apportioned according to groups of arourai (a unit of area of about 1/5 ha). Fig. 1 P.Oxy. XVI 1905 ; Courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society and Imaging Papyri Project, Oxford. © All rights reserved The photography is ...