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This line contains several ligatures
which make the letters more difficult to identify. Notice how the
long stroke of the letter b flows straight into the down
stroke of the following s. Also notice how the cross stroke
of the first e in accepisse connects to the down
stroke of the following p. The final letters sse
are all also ligatured. This final e is somewhat different-looking
than the normal e, due to the ligaturing that has occurred.
A simlar e can be found at the end of line 5.
The text of this line marks the beginning of the contract. The soldier
here is stating that he has received the money for the loan. As
in line 1, we can reconstruct some of the text that is lost. Here
we expect to see the debtor identify himself (e.g. I, so-and-so,
son of so-and so; or I, so-and-so, a soldier in some legion
of the army). So, line 2 might read something like:
[ Name + some kind of identifier ] scribsi me accepisse
Keep in mind that the portion of this line that has been lost should
be roughly the same length as the portion of line 1 that has been
lost.
Next:
Line 3
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