Volume / Number: 2 / 246
CLA | 246 |
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Shelfmarks |
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Script | Early Half-Uncial |
Date | V (401 - 500) |
Origin and Provenance |
Origin uncertain. Found at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. |
CLA Vol. | 2 |
TM Number | TM 62693 |
Support | Papyrus |
Contents | Sallustius, Bellum Catilinarium (6.2.6–7). |
Script Commentary |
Script shows an early stage of half-uncial, with letters varying greatly in size and yet producing a calligraphic effect. There is a tendency to inflate the bows of round letters and to compress the vowels. Very striking are the angular shapes of m and r, also seen in the Vienna and Berlin leaves of De Formula Fabiana (CLA 8.1042 and 10.**1042) and in other legal fragments. |
Notes |
☛Cavenaile, CPL 32. ☛Seider, Paläographie II.1, no. 40, pl. XXII. |
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Last modified | 22 June 2017 |