Notary work in the ancient world

The article is devoted to historical and legal documents on the notary, their significance for regulation of multilateral social relations in the Ancient World. We consider the origin and development of notaries on the example of a separate normative act of the Ancient World. The analysis of normative documents that have a significant test of time makes it possible to identify the historical aspects of the notary formation, the awareness of its necessity in the public system of legal relations. The book of the eparchy is such a document