Studies on De Balneis Puteolanis

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This is Valencia (7r) vs Bodmer (6r). They follow the same layout throughout, with a decorated rectangular border around the images. In this case (as in a few others), there is a middle band dividing the image in two. Valencia often adds some text label, but rarely in the middle as is the case here. This is a regular Latin note about the bath. However, the Bodmer version on the right does something rather different. What is this?



I think it's most likely intended as pseudoscript? The sequence on the left does seem to have something numeric about it, like numerals on the bottom with repetitive extra bits on top. Overall a rather strange choice, since the baths are supposed to be in Italy. Am I missing something?

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Was gonna post the same... Pseudo Kulfic was very popular at the time...