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Volume / Number: S / 1779

CLA 1779
Shelfmarks
  • Ann Arbor, Mich. USA University of Michigan P. 5604 b Ro
  • New Haven, Conn. USA Yale University, Beinecke Library P. CtYBR 1158 Ro
Script Ancient Cursive
Date I–II (80 - 120)
Origin and Provenance

Origin uncertain. Purchased in London from a Cairo dealer in 1931. Now accepted as a legal compilation or commentary.
CLA Vol. S
TM Number TM 63275
Support Papyrus
Contents Fragmentum Iuris Romani.
Script Commentary

Script is calligraphic ancient Roman cursive leaning to the right: A has a tiny third stroke; the form of ꝺ is a forerunner of the uncial; E rises well above the headline; the uprights of I and U begin with a tiny forestroke; M is made in four staccato strokes; the oblique of N begins well to the left of the uprights and is somewhat sinuous; o is characteristically small and compressed; the top of P scoops down from the upright; the bow of q is thin and its tail descends sharply to the right from the head-line; S is made in two strokes.
Notes

☛P. Mich. 7 456. ☛Á. D’ors, Emerita 19 (1951), p. 1–14. ☛G. M. Parássoglou, Stud. Pap. 13 (1974), p. 32–33 no. 1. ☛Cavenaile, CPL 231. ☛DCLP.
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