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Edition of 2026-11-03

Papyrology desk · 2026-11-03

A second PHerc. 306B area opens for collaborative reading

Following the PHerc. 306B prize announcement, a separate contributor shared a flattened mesh, traced lines, ink images and CT images for another area of that scroll. The post describes roughly nineteen square centimetres across neighboring turns 50 and 51, separate from the winning line, with a main row of apparent letters and additional rows nearby. The materials were offered for model fine-tuning, surface extension and experiments with other readers. This is a newly shared research area, not another awarded submission or an independently verified transcription. The accompanying question about identifying a known work remains speculation rather than an established identification.

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