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Split a/b

GC: The a attestation includes a coherent core of A-related witnesses and several incoherencies. The b attestation is split into a relatively small A-related part and the Byzantine mainstream with possible independent ancestry from an earlier strand supporting a. The word order seems to have changed several times in both directions.

TP: There is no criterion to assess which word order prompted the fluctuation.