Introduction
Collection of opinions. A damaged papyrus fragment (9.5 x 16 cm), broken off on all sides except for the top, where the upper margin survives to a length of 2.7 cm. It preserves remains of 32 lines arranged in a column and written on the recto along the fibers. No lecture sign occurs; in ll. 6, 11, 20, 24, 31 a blank space is left to indicate the end of a section. After a brief introduction enouncing general statements about medical art and practice, the papyrus lists four opinions of various auctoritates (Nikeratos of Athens, Antoninos of Kos, and two unknown physicians from Thessaly and Miletus) on therapeutical herbs (liquid asphalt, Syrian cedar, plane tree and white poplar, respectively). The same opinions occur in the same order – but without any mention of the name of the physicians – in Dsc. MM 1.73-81 W. The fragment is written in a neat severe style of medium size, slightly slanting, assignable to the beginning of the 3rd cent. AD.
DCLP transcription: 64026 [xml]
τῶν ἀξίον(*)῾ϊστορίας ἀπεμνη-
[μ]ό̣νευσεν, οὐ μόνον τ̣ῶν [πρὸς]
[νό]σον(*) ἀπ̣α̣λλαγή̣ν, ἀλλὰ̣ [καὶ τ]ῶν
5[πρ]ὸς τὸν β̣ίον τεινόντων καὶ̣
[τὴ]ν̣ ὑγε̣ία̣ς τήρησιν.
[Νι]κ̣ήρατος γοῦν ὁ Ἀθηνα[ῖό]ς
[φη]σ̣ι̣ τ̣ὴν ὑγ̣ρὰν ἄσφαλ[τον δύ-]
[να]μ̣ι̣ν ἔχειν ἁρπακ̣[τικὴ]ν
10[πυ]ρὸς ὥστε καὶ ἐκ δια[στή]μα-
[τος] ἁρπάζειν.
[Ἀ]ντώνυμος δ[ὲ] ὁ Χ<ῶ>ος [τὴν κε-]
[δρί]αν(*) φησίν θεραπεύε[ι]ν̣ [ἀν-]
[δρι]κῶς(*) τὰς ἐπὶ τῶν τετ[ραπό-]
15[δω]ν̣ ψώρας καὶ κ[υ]νῶν [καὶ βο-]
[ῶν] καταχρειομένην [καὶ τοὺς]
[ἐπ’ α]ὐτῶν κροτῶνας δι̣[αφθεί-]
[ρει]ν̣ καὶ τὰς ἐπὶ τῶ̣ν̣(*) λοφ̣[ού-]
[ρω]ν γ<ε>ινομένα̣ς ἑλκ̣[ώσεις]
20[ἐπο]υ̣λ[οῦ]ν.
[ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ος δ(*) ὁ Θεσσαλὸς̣ τ̣ο̣[ὺς τοῦ](*)
[πλατάνου φησ]ὶ χνοῦς τῶν [φύλ-]
[λων κ]αὶ τῶ[ν σ]φ[αιρίω]ν ἀκ̣[οὴν]
[καὶ ὄψ]ιν παρεμπεσό[ντας](*)
25[λυμαίνεσθαι].
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]η̣ δ(*) ὁ Μιλ[ή]σιός [φησι](*)
[τὸν φλοιὸν] τῆς λεύκ[ης] καὶ(*)
[τῆς αἰγείρου τμη]θέν[τ]α [καὶ]
[ἐνσπαρέν]τ̣α ἐν π[ρ]ασ̣[ιαῖς]
30[κεκοπρισμέναις] ἐν πα[ντὶ]
[καιρῷ μύκητας φύει]ν.(*)
[ -ca.?- ] ̣ ̣ ̣
Apparatus
^ 2. l. ἀξίων
^ 4. l. [νό]σων
^ 12-13. l. Ἀντώνινος δὲ ὁ Κῶος, [ ̣ ̣] ̣ντώνυμος (or [Π]α̣ντώνυμος or [Ἐρ]α̣τώνυμος) δ[ὲ] ὁ Χῖος αὐ[τὴν]|[ὑγρ]άν Gerhard 1935, 94
^ 13-14. [δρα]|[στι]κῶς Gerhard 1935, 94
^ 18. ἱκανὰς ἐπὶ τὰ Gerhard 1935, 94
^ 21. δ̓ papyrus
^ 21. τα[ -ca.?- ] Gerhard 1935, 94
^ 22-24. [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ ̣υγχνου̣ς τωι[ -ca.?- ]|[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]αγ ̣ ρω ̣φ ̣ε̣ι̣ναι (or ἔ̣φη̣ ε̣ἶ̣ναι)|[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]ιν παρεμπεσ̣o ̣ ̣ Gerhard 1935, 94
^ 26. δ̓ papyrus
^ 26. Μιλ[ή]σι[ος -ca.?- ] Gerhard 1935, 94
^ 27. [ -ca.?- ] ̣τῆς λεύκ[ης -ca.?- ] Gerhard 1935, 94
^ 28-29. [ -ca.?- ]θέντα[ -ca.?- ]|Traces 3 lines prev. ed.
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Notes
- 13-14.
[ἀνδρι]κῶς: see Dsc. MM 1.77.3 W.
- 15-16.
[καὶ βοῶν]: see ibidem.
- 16-17.
[καὶ τοὺς ἐπ’ α]ὐτῶν: see ibidem.
- 17-18.
δι̣[αφθείρει]ν̣: see ibidem.
- 18-19.
καὶ τὰς ἐπὶ τῶ̣ν̣ λοφ̣[ούρω]ν: see τὰς ἐπὶ τῶν τετ[ραπόδω]ν̣ ll. 14-15.
- 19.
ἑλκ̣[ώσεις]: see Dsc. MM 1.77.3 W.
- 22-23.
πλατάνου φησ]ὶ χνοῦς τῶν [φύλλων κ]αὶ τῶ[ν σ]φ[αιρίω]ν ἀκ̣[οὴν]: see Dsc. MM 1.79 W.
- 24.
[καὶ ὄψ]ιν παρεμπεσό[ντας]: see ibidem.
- 25.
[λυμαίνεσθαι]: see ibidem.
- 27.
[τὸν φλοιὸν] τῆς λεύκ[ης] καὶ: see Dsc. MM 1.81 W.
- 28.
[τῆς αἰγείρου τμη]θέν[τ]α [καὶ]: see ibidem.
- 29-32.
[ἐνσπαρέν]τ̣α ἐν π[ρ]ασ̣[ιαῖς κεκοπρισμέναις] ἐν πα[ντὶ καιρῷ μύκητας φύει]ν: see ibidem.