From: l. j. swain (x99swain@wmich.edu)
Date: Sat Nov 18 2000 - 14:15:07 EST
A couple of quick corrections to what I wrote. First, sorry about the
subject line. Other corrections I've entered into the text below.
> Dr. Mann,
> I hope I have the same facsimile you do, I don't own one so I checked
> the image online. You are quite right in noting that the H of ZWH has
> been skipped and a superscript H has been added to correct the error.
> Obviously a minor case of eye-skip on the part of the copiest--seeing two
> H side by side copied only the second, presumably. The superscript I
> think is later, although how much later I couldn't tell from the
> photograph. But if you note the shape of the H is different, with
> shorter ascender/descender strokes and guessing from the picture, which
> view may need to be corrected were I looking at the real mccoy, it seems
> to me that the nib of the pen is cut a bit thicker causing the
> appearance of a "fatter" stroke. You'll also notice in the rest of the
> line that the scribe is getting somewhat careless in the shape of his H
> which are beginning to look a lot like his N; look at the middle of the
> line with the ZWH HV TO PHWS where the two H are very close in form to
> the N of HN; so close that unless I knew the language I would say they
> are about the same, only the crossbar on the H is not as slanted as the
> N, that's the only give away.
>
> So to answer your question, looking at the photograph I would say that
> the correction is later (although I have no clue from the photograph how
> much later) and done by someone else. I also don't know what has been
> published on this, so you may want to check and see if someone has done
> a study or transcription of this papyrus from a paleographical point of
> view. I would be interested in your results.
>
> To determine the date of the correction one would look at shape of the
> letter to determine not only a different hand but is it a different
> script as well, ink (is it blacker, browner, bluer?), erasures, and so
> on.
>
> I hope that helps at least somewhat.
>
> Larry Swain
>
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