TM 62631v

Roll (a reused literary roll)
Classical, prose, philosophy, dialogue

P.Oxy. 881v

Plato, Ly.

201-250

Oxyrhynchus

Physical Features

Sigla:
~ The figure is mostly measured, but has some element of approximation.
~~ The figure is measured, but is an approximation of the average line length of a verse text.
* The figure is calculated.
** The figure is calculated, but on the basis of a small amount of evidence.
‡ Calculations of the total columns in a roll or the roll’s length are given for a single work unless otherwise specified. The question of what a bookroll may have contained is non-trivial and these calculations must therefore be used with consideration and caution.

Column Width (cm)	Intercolumn (cm)	Width from Column to Column (cm)	Letters/Line	Leading (mm)	Letter Height (mm)
5.1			17.18 (14-20)		n/a

Column Height (cm)	Upper Margin (cm)	Lower Margin (cm)	Roll Height (cm)
**16.6(?)

Lines per Column	Letters per Column	Columns Extant	Estimated Columns in Roll‡	Roll Length (m)‡
≥18		1

Scribal Features

Adscript & Nu-movable

At present, we provide limited data on scribal features. Details like orthography, use of trema, abbreviations, sigla, and the like are captured in the database but have not been reviewed or curated. These will be added in due course.

Adscript Usage	Adscript Hypercorrection Examples	Nu-movable Usage
Indeterminate		Added but only exx are before vowels or at stop

Punctuation

>>Remarks here. Differentiate prose and poetry possibly, maybe with separate templates? ref to TM Online publication. Popups to explain the headings.

Paragraphus	Marking Full Breath Pause	Marking Lesser Breath Pause	Multiple distinctive dots	Marking Speaker Change
Paragraphus marks speaker change	Dot	Indeterminate		Paragraphus + dicolon

Punctuation Grade (for Prose Texts excepting Dialogue)	Punctuation Summary (for Poetry & Dialogue)
	Speaker change marked, breath pause marked

Script quality

The script evaluation approximates the evaluative measure implied by the Diocletian pricing edict, which differentiates the cost of hiring a scribe into three categories:

1 — “best writing”
2 — “second quality writing”
3 — “writing a petition or legal document”