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Excerpt from New Classical Fragments: And Other Greek and Latin Papyri IN the following pages uncial texts are printed as they were written, except that words are separated from each other. As regards non-literary texts, we have ventured upon an extension of the method adopted by the Berlin editors. Not only have accents, breathings, and punctuation been added, but the resolutions of szgla and abbreviations have been introduced into the text, the words or letters supplied being included within round brackets. Only in those cases where amounts have been written out both in words and signs, the latter are retained in the text: elsewhere they are relegated to footnotes. Iota adscript is repro duced wherever it was actually written; otherwise iota subscript is printed. The originals have also been followed in the dots over letters, lines over figures, and other lection signs which from time to time occur. Lacunae are indicated by square brackets U. Dots placed within them represent the approximate number of letters lost. Dots outside the brackets indicate mutilated or otherwise illegible letters. Whenever enough of a partially obliterated letter remains to afford at any rate negative evidence, the dot has as a rule been placed in this position. Letters with dots underneath them are to be considered uncertain. Those about which, though partially lost, there was no doubt, have not been distinguished by dots. Faults of orthography are corrected in the footnotes; but variations which could cause no difficulty have not always been noticed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemis