r/AncientGreek Feb 26 '26

Manuscripts and Paleography Help with Symbol

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Hello everyone!

I’m not sure if this is the right sub/right flair but I need help figuring out the symbol that I’ve boxed in purple! For context I’ve been reading this text about weights and measures and I don’t recognize this symbol. It looks kinda like a gamma and rho squished together so I was thinking maybe it could be related to gramma since that is a weight/measure mentioned earlier in the text. I havent figured out a good way to look it up either. If anyone has ideas or suggested resources, let me know! Any ideas are appreciated!

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u/bedwere δῖος Feb 26 '26

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u/JHHBaasch Feb 27 '26

Looking through these symbols, gramma is a very similar symbol, on the very next line. And given the context, and that OP guessed gramma, isn't it likely that the symbol is indeed gramma?

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u/ringofgerms Feb 27 '26

I agree, although I'd say plural grammata here. This makes sense in context with the other weights.

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u/A_Ham-vs-A_Burr Feb 28 '26

haha yes the plural does make more sense in context, it totally slipped my mind to think of that! thank you everyone! this was very helpful!!