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ἐρείκης - "heather" was commonly used in kollyria for its astringent properties: see Gal. 12.702 K. and Aet. 7.103 Olivieri.
The title points to an "ancient astringent" medicament, and indeed κρόκος "saffron" and τραγάκανθος "adragant gum" were commonly use as astringent ingredients against ophthalmic catarrhs: see e.g. Hp. Epid. 5.133,22 Littré; Dsc. 1.26 and 3.28 Wellmann; Gal. 12.702 and 718 ff. K.
τραγακάνθης - the feminine form of τραγάκανθος "adragant gum" is found in Miletus (LSJ s.v.).
A new recipe, for a milk-based medicament, likely started towards the end of l. 5.
λίθου σχιστοῦ - the "powdered schist" occurs in P.Oxy. 8.1088 (see note to l. 5) and has, again, astringent properties for the treatment of eye diseases (e.g. Gal. 12.720 K).
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