scars

From: Rick Strelan (r.strelan@mailbox.uq.edu.au)
Date: Fri Oct 03 1997 - 10:44:52 EDT

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I have frequently come across characters (esp in the papyri) who identify
themselves (especially in official notices of birth or death) as ASHMOS or
as having a scar (OULH) somewhere on their body/face. This looks pretty
common, so I assume the classicists among us can tell me what that all
means.

In what sense can a city be ASHMOS (Acts 21:39)?

Thanks in advance

Rick Strelan
Brisbane

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