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When is Latin "qu" transcribed as "κο", "κοι" or "κυ" in Greek?
The most common transcription of Latin qu into the Greek alphabet seems to have been κου in general, but there are some others: κο as in κοις for quis, κοι as in κοιιδ for quid, and κυ as in κινκυε ...
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Identifying papyrus in image from my computer
Digging through my computer, I found this image, named PK8r.jpg.
I assume P stands for "Papyrus" and K for "Köln", but I couldn't find it online, neither on Kölner Papyri nor as a ...
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What does this bit of papyrus say?
Below is a bit of P.Oxy.2076. Full image of that papyrus here.
I read it as:
ϹΑΠΦΟ[
Β
ΜΙΤ̣I̤ΝΥΔΥ[...
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