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CLA 386
Shelfmarks
  • Naples Italy Biblioteca Nazionale 108500 / 1055
Script Rustic Capital
Date I med (ante 79) (28 - 78)
Origin and Provenance

Written in Italy before 79, the date of the eruption of Vesuvius. Unrolled in 1808 by G. Casanova and in 1820 by V. Orsini. Drawings made by F. Celentano in 1820 and by R. Biondi in 1856. Twelve drawings exist.

CLA Vol. 3
TM Number TM 66487
Support Papyrus
Contents Oratio in Senatu Habita ante Principem.
Script Commentary

Script is a neat small Rustic capital: A is not barred; the tail of G turns up to the right; D, M, and N are broad; E, R, and S are slender; Q is very round; U is pointed.

Notes

☛F. Costabile, Atti XVII Congresso Intern. Papirlogia, Naples 1984, p. 591–606. ☛DCLP.

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