Numbers in red chalk and a gloss on ancient military ranks
Scattered numerals above, an inverted note defining chiliarch, prefects and the legion
The upper part of the leaf carries loose red-chalk numerals and plus signs arranged in a small column. Toward the foot, written inverted, is a short glossary of ancient military terminology explaining that a chiliarch is the head of a thousand, naming prefects and captains, and giving the legion as six thousand. The page is largely blank with heavy staining.
On this page
Loose numerals and plus signs
A scatter of figures in red chalk (3, 5, 1, 9, 6, 8) together with plus signs is jotted across the upper leaf, apparently a fragment of calculation or tallying.
Gloss on the ranks of the ancient army
An inverted note explains terms of the classical army: a chiliarch is the leader of a thousand; prefects are captains; a legion numbers six thousand. It reads as a vocabulary gloss on military organisation.