Introduction
Medical recipes. Fragment (6.5 x8 cm) from a parchment codex preserving on each side the remains of a single column comprising respectively 16 and 15 lines. The manuscript contains three recipes on the front and one on the back, introduced by a short title (ll. 5, 8-9 A) and separated from each other by the diplè obelismene (l. 7 A). Dicola are frequently employed to mark single ingredients, which are measured in drachms, ounces, doses and spoonfuls. The prescriptions provide accurate information on ingredients, dosage and preparation; the third one on the front side deals with the treatment of nephritis. The manuscript is written in a brown ink and can be dated to the 5th-6th c. AD on paleographical grounds.
(This papyrus has been digitally edited by Francesca Corazza 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 (K. Kalbfleisch - H. Schöne, BKT III, pp. 32-3))
DCLP transcription: 64855 [xml]
[ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣(*)ικον αν δ[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
[ ̣ ̣ ̣]τ̣ουσα(*) χρυσ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣]
[ ̣ ̣ ̣]υ χυλοῦ δίδου[ ̣ ̣]
[ ̣ ̣]τ̣ρου εις εμπασιν
5[ἄλ]λο· χαμέτρυος(*) ι.
[π]ίπερ (δραχμὰς) η. ἡ δόσις κ[ ̣]
[ ̣]λιαριο ̣(*) κρατο ⤚ ̣[ ̣]
[ν]εφρητ̣ικὸν(*) ὅπερ οὐ-
δὲν μῖζον α ∶ ἴ(*)ρεος
10π̣ίπερ ∶ ριγγιπίρεος(*)
̣ερεα(*) ῥοῦ δα̣ύκου
φύλλου ∶ πετροσε-
[λ]ίνου σταφιλίνου
[σπ]έ̣ρματος ἀνὰ (οὐγκίας)
15[ὕδα]τ̣ι(*) ἀναλαμβ[αν ̣ ̣]
Traces 1 line B
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]ρικον π ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣]
[ ̣ ̣ ̣]ος λίαν ω̣[ -ca.?- ](*)
[ ̣]π̣οι̣ει τε ευτο̣[ ̣]
[ -ca.?- ]κληρικοῦ εὐτ[ ̣ ̣]
5[ -ca.?- ]ου πολλοῦ εθ̣ερ[ ̣]
[ -ca.?- ]σ̣εν κυμίνου ∶ κ[αρ-]
δάμου ∶ σελίνου ∶
κρόκου κράμβης
σπέρματος ἀνὰ (οὐγκίας).
10κόψας σήσας δί-
δου κοχλι̣άρ̣ια̣ γ̣
και περα σ̣ο̣ν̣ σ̣υ ̣
[ ̣]ν λουτροῦ κ[ ̣ ̣ ̣]
[ ̣ ̣]την νυκτ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
15[ ̣ ̣ ̣]μ̣η̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣]
Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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Notes
- 4.
A dotted line is visible under all the letters, with the exception of ιν.