The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Part II

NOTE ON THE METHOD OF PUBLICATION AND LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED

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IN the present volume a few slight modifications of the method followed in its predecessor have been introduced. Of the new literary texts some are given in a double form, an exact transcript of the original being accompanied by a reconstruction in modern style. In other cases, where this more elaborate system appeared for various reasons to be unnecessary, and in the extant literary fragments, ordinary type alone has been employed. Here words have been separated from each other, and where possible, supplements of the lacunae missing portions/gaps added; but no stops, breathings, or other lection signs have been inserted which are not found in the original. Corrections, if written in a hand different from that of the body of the papyrus writing material made from the papyrus plant, are printed in a smaller type; if not, in the same type as the rest of the text.

The non-literary texts are given in modern form with accents, breathings, and stops. Abbreviations and symbols are resolved; an index of the latter will be found at the end of the book. Iota adscript the vowel 'iota' written as a full-sized letter is reproduced wherever it was written; otherwise iota subscript the vowel 'iota' written below a letter is printed. Additions and corrections are simply incorporated into the text, and their occurrence is recorded in the critical notes. Faults of orthography are corrected in these notes wherever they seemed likely to cause any difficulty. Square brackets [ ] indicate a lacuna gap, round brackets ( ) the resolution of an abbreviation or symbol, angular brackets < > the omission in the original of the letters enclosed; double square brackets [[ ]] indicate that the letters within them have been erased in the original, braces { }, that the letters so enclosed, though standing in the original, should be omitted. Dots placed inside brackets represent the approximate number of letters lost or erased. Dots outside brackets indicate mutilated or otherwise illegible letters. Letters with dots under them are to be considered uncertain.