Introduction
Anatomical definition of κεφαλή and medical manual. Fragment (19.5 x 16 cm) of a papyrus roll containing on the recto Hom. Il. 23.877-97; the text is arranged in a single column and copied by an elegant literary hand assignable to the 2nd cent. AD. The large space intentionally left blank on the right suggests this should be the last kollema of the roll. In this empty space a cursive hand drawn up some notes upon the anatomical definition of κεφαλή (‘head’). The verso preserves the first ten lines of an introductory manual for the study of medicine written in a semi-literary hand. The prologue emphazises the need to master anatomical terminology and seems to be closely related to the medical text on the recto.
DCLP transcription: 63401 [xml]
κεφαλὴ τ̣ ̣ ̣[ ̣] ̣ν τὸ συνεστηκὸς ἐκ βρέγματο̣[ς]
καὶ κρ[ο]τ̣ά̣φω̣ν̣ καὶ κορυφῆς καὶ τοῦ βρέγματο[ς]
μέσ[ου] vac. ? v
τῶν νέων τοῖς κατὰ λόγοις(*) εἰς
τὸ ἱατρεύειν προσάγουσιν, ὦ Δημό-
σθενες, πρώτ[ο]υ̣ καὶ ἀναγκαιοτάτο[υ]
πρὸς [εἰ]σαγωγὴ̣ν ὑπάρχοντος τοῦ δι-
5ακατασχεῖν τῶ̣ν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐντός τε
καὶ ἐκτὸς τόποις̣ τοῦ σώματος κε[ι-]
μένων ὀνομάτων, βέλτιον οἰό-
με̣θ̣α̣ ε̣ἶναι τ[ο]ύτων πρότερον ἕκα-
στ[ο]ν̣ ὁρ[ικ]ῶς ὑπογράψαι καὶ πε-
10πρ̣[αγ]μ̣ατευμένοις π̣ερὶ τούτω[ν]
vac. ? lines
Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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