Introduction
Medical prescription (PSI Congr. XVII 19). The papyrus (20 x 15.5 cm) preserves on the verso nine lines of a single column written contra fibras in the left part of the fragment (on the recto, a tax declaration to a nomarch dated 31st August 432 AD = PSI Congr. XVII 29 ). The text is a list of medical substances for the preparation of a μάλαγμα. The remedy has emollient-revulsive properties and it would be particularly effective if applied to animals. The handwriting is irregular but neat, datable to the 2nd half of the 5th cent. AD. The same hand has added the price of ingredients next to the quantities.
(This papyrus has been digitally edited by Luca Iori as part of the Project "DIGMEDTEXT - Online Humanities Scholarship: A Digital Medical Library based on Ancient Texts" (ERC-AdG-2013, Grant Agreement no. 339828) funded by the European Research Council at the University of Parma (Principal Investigator: Prof. Isabella Andorlini). The digital edition is mostly based on the previous edition (I. Andorlini, PSI Congr. XVII 19). Revised by Nicola Reggiani in the framework of the PRIN 2017 Project "Greek and Latin Literary Papyri from Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Fayum (4th BC – 7th AD): Texts, Contexts, Readers" funded by the Italian Ministry of Research (P.I. Prof. Lucio Del Corso, University of Cassino; Local Research Unit at the University of Parma, coordinator: Prof. Nicola Reggiani).)
DCLP transcription: 64725 [xml]
μάλαγμα τ ̣ ̣ ̣ν̣′
καστορίου ο(ὐ)γ(κία) δ (δηνάρια) λζ
ὀποπάνακ⟦ ̣⟧ος ο(ὐ)γ(κία) δ (δηνάρια) ν
ἀδάρκης(*) ο(ὐ)γ(κία) δ
5ἄσφαλτον(*) ο(ὐ)γ(κία) δ
χαλβάνης ο(ὐ)γ(κία) δ (δηνάρια) λζ
σαντυ̣κ̣ί̣ο̣υ̣(*) ο(ὐ)γ(κία) δ
πεπήρ̣η̣ω̣ς(*) λί(τρα) α (δηνάρια) ν
κολοφο̣ν̣ί̣ας(*) λί(τρα) α (δηνάρια) ν
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Notes
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το̣ι̣ο̣ν is a possible reading but does not suit the context very well.