| Isocrates, Panegyricus |
| Isocrates |
| Isocrates, Panegyricus (Or. IV) 14-16 |
| Schwendner GW, Literary and non-literary Papyri, Mich. Diss., pg. 19-24, no 8, 1988
-- In ll. 2-3 it is better to read MHDE[N DI]A[FERW-];[TWN] ALLWN" or less probable
"MHDE[N DI]AFE];[RWN] ALLWN"; l. 10 In the lacuna the space is for 2 or 3 letters
(5 in the edition). I suspect that the scribe wrote "K[AI ] TRAPESTHAI, but then erased
"K[AI]". (NL after the restoration of papyrus) |
| P.Mich.inv. 4493 |
| 1 papyrus ; 10.5 x 15. 3 cm |
| A sigle column of a medium to dark brown roll of good quality. The papyrus is damaged
by holes and tears, especially along vertical lines of fold. The right edge is broken
evenly and may represent the edge of a kollema. |
| 25 lines |
| Source of description: A; Recto |
| A section of the lower margin 2.3 cm deep, probably representing the original width,
remains intack; and on the right the intercolumnar space is preserved to a width of
1.1 cm. The width of the column, measurable in ll. 10-14, which alone are complete,
is about 9 c,. The letter count per line is 22-26. There are no accents. High stops
are used to mark sentence ends or mid-sentence breaks. All stops appear to be in the
same black ink as the text, and all may have been written at the same time as it.
The script is a practised and quite rounded book-hand of the general type commonly
referred to as sloping oval. The line height (0.2 cm), the interlinear space (o.3
cm), and the sloping stance of the letters are quite consistently maintained. The
scribe paid more than average attention to the evenness of the right margin; he inserted
line-fillers. The original scribe wrote the diaeresis in 19, the only instance of
an initial iota or upsilon copied by him. In the only instance where iota-adscript
could be written (24), it has been omitted. The line height (0.2 cm.), the interlinear
space (0.3 cm.), and the sloping stance of the letters are quite consistently maintained.
Nu at line end is regularly written as a suprascript bar, probably with one exception
(l. 16). The flattened effect of the writing is accentuated by its bilinearity. In
most letter forms and in overall attractiveness the writing closely resembles P. Oxy.
XI 11376 (III) and, to a lesser extent, Seider, II, Pap. 43 (III) - which is, however,
of a more angular type. |
| Unknown
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| Greek |
| IIIrd century A.D.
|
| Location: Ann Arbor |
| Pub. status: Recto; Verso is blank |
| + 3755 |
| Isocrates.--Panegyricus.; Literary; oratory; Papyrus |
| Recto medium |
| Recto large |
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