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Portions of fifty leaves (of which twenty-eight are substantially preserved) out of an original total of 108, of a codex containing the books of Numbers & Deuteronomy, written in a small & good hand which cannot be later than the middle of the second century, with two columns to the page. It is thus the earliest extant MS, of the Greek Bible with the exception of fragment 957, & the earliest example of a papyrus codex at present known. It contains portions of Numbers from v.12 onwards (principally xxv.-xxxvi.) & of Deut.i.20-.17, xviii.22-end. A few fragments of this MSS are in possession of the university of Michigan. It is noteworthy that while the text of Numbers is most akin to that of B, in Deuteronomy it is conspicuously not in agreement with B, but rather with G & Θ.
Illustrated is Folio 63. This web-page opens on recto side & turns over to the verso side. On F63r, column 2 is the more complete, and almost complete at the bottom of column 1.
Reading from the column 1, 5th line from the bottom, to Column 2, line 6:
... ΗΝ ΚΣ Ο ΘΣ ΤΩΝΠΑ|ΤΕΡΩΝ ΗΜΩΝ ΔΙΔΩ|σΙΝ ΗΜΩΝ ΟΥ ΠΡΟΣΘΗΣΕΣΘΕ ... | ... ΡΩΜΑ Ο ΕΓΩ ΕΝτΕΛΛΟΜΑΙ ΥΜΙΝ ΚΑΙ ΟΥ|Κ ΑΦΕΛΕΙΤΕ ΑΠ ΟΥΤΟΥ | ΦΥΛΑΣΣΕΣΘΕ ΤΑΣ ΕΝΤΟ|ΛΑΣ ΚΥ ΤΟ ΘΥ ΗΜΩΝ | οσΑ ΕΓΩ ΕΝΤΑΛΛΟΜΑΙ | ημΩΝ ΣΗΜΕΡΟΝ ΟΙ Ο|ΦΘαΛΜοι ...
This reads Deut. 4.1 (part) to 2. It is the beginning of passage Deut 4.1-14, Moses' command to obedience. The relevant part is highlighted HERE.
(Notice the use of Nomina sacra (overlined) in this copy of the Septuagint.)
Folio f63v includes (Col 1) Deut.4.6-10, & (Col 2) Deut.4.10-14.