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51 P. Genova 2 = Trismegistos 63098 = LDAB 4301



Introduction

Medical treatise. Fragment (6.5 x 15 cm) of a papyrus roll broken on the upper and left sides. The verso preserves the ends of 26 lines from the lower part of a single column (on the recto, a fragmentary register: PUG 2.59). The text provides a brief and summary description a capite ad calcem of limited portions of the body, specifying, case-by-case, the number of the bones involved. This fragment was probably part of a practical manual De Ossibus (περὶ σκελετοῦ) deigned to aid anatomical teaching. The hand is an informal bookhand with cursive tendencies assignable to the 1st cent. AD.

DCLP transcription: 63098 [xml]

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1[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]αι
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣ς
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ọυ(*)
5[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣  ̣  ̣[- ca.3 -] κ̣αὶ το[  ̣  ̣  ̣]ογ
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩](*)   ̣ ῥάχεως [  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]φε
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩](*) [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ονες(*) β πήχεις β
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣ ιβ ἑκά<σ>του δακ(τύλου) γ(*)
10[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]χ̣ειρα(*) τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐσ-
[τιν ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ φ]αινομέναις
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]δετο(*) καὶ τὸ πλεῖσ-
[τον ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣  ̣ καὶ ἀφερέσεις
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] ὡ̣ς ἐπὶ τὸ πολὺ φαινο-
15[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩](*)   ̣ετο   ̣  ̣  ̣τουμ̣ενα ἰσχία β(*)
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣  ̣ πόδες ὀστέα   ̣  ̣(  )σας̣
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]   ̣ ιβ(*) καὶ μετὰ τοῦ δύο
[εἶναι τὰ κνήμ]ης(*) καὶ περόνης πέρα-
[τα](*)   ̣  ̣δ̣α{ν}(*) τὸ<ν> αὐτό\ν/ ἐστιν ―
20[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]μενα(*)· τῶν γὰρ ἐν τῷ
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]υ̣ν ἐστιν(*)· ἄλλα(*) πάντα
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩](*) [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]α̣ι̣(*)· τὰ δὲ καθ’ ἁρμονία<ν>
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]  ̣  ̣(*) ὥστ’ εἶναι καὶ του-
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ ὀ]δόντων εἰς ὅμοια
25[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ωπων(*) κα  ̣
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ κα]θ’ ἁρμον[ί]α̣ν̣

Apparatus


^ 4. [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ες Migliardi Zingale 1980, 6 prev. ed.
^ 6-7. or τὸ [στρ]ογ|[γύλον ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
^ 7-8. or [περι]φε|[ρ-⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
^ 8. or [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩βραχί]ονες Marganne 1981, 339
^ 9. [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ σπονδύλω]ν̣ ιβ ε  ̣α του δακ(  ) (or δακ(τύλου)) Migliardi Zingale 1980, 6 prev. ed.
^ 10. or [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] χ̣εῖρα, or [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ἀντί]χειρα
^ 12. or [συνεδέ]δετο
^ 13-15. or [ἐκφύσε]ι̣ς̣ (or [προσθέσε]ις)(*) καὶ ἀφερέσεις (l. ἀφαιρέσεις) | [τῶν φαλάγγων] ὡ̣ς̣ ἐπὶ τὸ πολὺ φαίνο|[νται ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
^ 15. or κ̣ρ̣α̣τοῦν̣, κ̣ρατούμενα ἰσχία β Migliardi Zingale 1980, 6 prev. ed.
^ 17. or [σπόνδυλοι τοῦ θώρακο]ς ιβ, or [τὰ τῶν πλευρῶ]ν̣ ιβ
^ 18. or [τὰ τῆς κνήμ]ης
^ 18-19. [ἐπὶ τῷ   ̣  ̣  ̣ τῆς κνήμ]η̣ς καὶ περόνης πέρα |τι Migliardi Zingale 1980, 6 prev. ed.
^ 19. or π̣ό̣δ̣α{ν},   ̣νδ̣αν Migliardi Zingale 1980, 6 prev. ed.
^ 20. or [κατὰ τὰ φαινό]μενα, or [ταῦτα δὲ τά φαινό]μενα
^ 21. or [προσώπῳ ν]ῦ̣ν ἐστιν
^ 21. or ἀλλά
^ 22. or [ὀστέα ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
^ 22. or [οὕτως κεῖντ]α̣ι̣, or [ὁμοίως κεῖντ]α̣ι̣
^ 23. or [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩τῶν ὀστέω]ν̣ (or [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩τῶν ὀστέω]ν̣, ἢ̣)(*), or [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩διάκειντ]α̣ι̣
^ 25. or [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ προσ]ώπων, or [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ ἀνθρ]ώπων

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Notes

  • 1-6.

    The lacuna probably contained a description of the vertebrae (see Andorlini 2006, 87).

  • 9.

    ‘Twelve’ (ιβ) would correspond with the number of the thoracic vertebrae (cf. Gal. Ossibus 13 [2, 763.9-12 K]), but it could also refer to the bones of the hands (see Andorlini 2006, 87-8).

  • 12-5.

    It is difficult to point out the precise topics under discussion here; we can only say that the author seems to oppose ἀφαιρέσεις (‘amputations, removals’) and ἐπιφύσεις / προσθέσεις (‘accretions, attachments’); see Andorlini 2006, 89.

  • 15.

    The beginning of this line remains obscure, but we would expect the femur (μηρός) to be mentioned, see Andorlini 2006, 89.

  • 17.

    The number twelve may refer either to thoracic vertebrae, or, more probably, to ribs (αἱ πλευραί), see again Gal. Ossibus 13 (2, 763.9-12 K).

  • 19.

    It is by no means easy to define what is meant by τὸν αὐτόν.

  • 20.

    τῶν γὰρ ἐν τῷ marks the transition to a new textual section dealing with a different region of the body, maybe the face (πρόσωπον), see Gal. Ossibus 5 (2, 752.14-5 K).