Andocides, On the Mysteries

Abstract

This very small papyrus fragment is evenly torn at several edges, but no margins are visible. Writing is preserved on the recto only, about three letters each in a set of six lines. The hand is outstandingly regular — more so, perhaps, than that of any piece in this collection: Preserved portions are virtually stoichedon, with tops and bottoms of letters matching and evenly spaced, and letters lined up beneath one other, almost forming columns as well as rows. Letter shapes are comparable to those of Turner’s Manuscripts ², § 26, though smaller. The style is biblical majuscule.