Prefectural edict on procedure at the assize TM 16545Oxyrhynchos27. März 111

Of those who are infirm or who wish to be released for other reasons, let the village scribes give the names under oath, with the strategos supervising. Those who take refuge under false names will suffer no mere monetary penalty, since they are deceiving the clemency of the most manifest of gods, Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus. Those entered in the registers will have no excuse if they wish to obtain a postponement, having long known the appointed date of the assize (conventus). I forbid bribery in all matters, and this is not the first time I prohibit this crime. Those who previously obtained friends of the prefect as judges and whose cases were not completed shall apply to Julius Maximus, chief of the staff (archistator), my friend; the others [shall apply] to those of the [...] posted [...] when the assize has ended, whoever has not managed to be heard will be able to be judged before the strategos of the nome. If the judges are to blame for the delay, I shall detain them until they complete the hearings. Let it be posted. Year 14, Pharmouthi 1.