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Volume / Number: 11 / 1657

CLA 1657
Shelfmarks
  • New York, N. Y. USA Pierpont Morgan Library Amherst Gr. 28
Script Early Half-Uncial
Date IV–V (380 - 420)
Origin and Provenance

Written probably in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire, presumably in a centre of legal studies. Formerly in the collection of Lord Amherst of Hackney.

CLA Vol. 11
TM Number TM 64590
Support Papyrus
Contents Fragmentum Iuris Romani (?).
Script Commentary

Script is early sloping half-uncial of the distinct type seen in the Fragmentum de Formula Fabiana (CLA 8.1042, CLA 10, p. 27): G is uncial, its tail tiny; the foot of L extends horizontally below the following letter; m is squarish; r is broad, the shoulder square-topped with c-like ending; the top of t has a downward thickening at both ends.

Notes

☛Formerly Norfolk, Private collection Amherst number unknown.

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