Status quaestionum and the present study -- Jerusalem, Herodium, Jericho, and environs -- En Gedi, Mahoza, and Kephar-Baru -- Epistolary culture in Roman Judaea -- Language and literacy in Roman Judaea -- Appendix A: Significant documents of the Bar Kokhba discoveries: signatories and writers -- Appendix B: Signatories and writers listed by name.