Catalog Record: michigan.apis.4393 [xml]
Title | Deed |
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Author | Unknown |
Citations | |
Inv. Id | P.Mich.inv. 442 |
Support/Dimensions | 1 papyrus ; fr. 1: 22 x 21.2 cm; fr. 2: 10 x 9 cm; fr. 3: 4.3 x 7.7; 3.7 x 7.2 cm; fr. 4: 5 x 4.3 cm. |
Condition | fr. 1: Badly mutilated papyrus; although it has the lower margin. The pattern of the lost portions at the bottom of this papyrus gives the impression that it was vertically folded few times and it broken off before being unfolded. There are some dark blots at several parts. The left side is suffered damages and ink abrasion more than other parts. There is no kollesis.;fr. 2: Small scrap of light brown papyrus; it has the left margin; badly damaged at the top and right; fibers are severely frayed at the top; broken off at the bottom. Only few words are preserved from the text; where many words either washed out or lost. It was vertically folded twice at the beginning of the text and at the middle. There are some small holes. ;fr. 3: Two small fragments of bright brown color; most of the text on fragment is washed out; only few letters are preserved, some of them are illegible. Second fragment has few illegible letters; the fibers on this scrap is either frayed or removed.;fr. 4: This small fragment papyrus has the left margin; there is a comparatively a big lacuna at the middle. The text is mostly lost and only some few letters are preserved. |
Lines | 13 lines |
Recto/Verso | Source of description: Recto - verso |
Hands | Written along the fibers in medium-sized semi cursive letters; two hands wrote the document, first hand is fast and practiced with ligatures used comparatively thin nib; second hand is rough and used thick nib with detached larger letters. First hand is characterized by V-shaped kappa with a curve descending from the right stroke; while kappa in second hand is Y-shaped with a stroke descending from center point; omega is small with two semi-circles; in second hand it is large oval; eta is H-shaped in the second hand while it���s a vertical stroke with a central bar ends with a curved stroke facing right; lambda in first hand is formed by drawing an oblique stroke descending right with a separate reverse short slanting stroke. The interlinear space in second hand is about twice of the first. No diacritical marks or abbreviations are attested. Verso is blank |
Origin | Unknown |
Language | Greek |
Date | IVth-Vth Century A.D. |
Note (general) | Location: Ann Arbor |
Note (general) | Pub. status: Under research; contact institution |
Subjects | Documentary; Papyrus |
License | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
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