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Title Medical prescriptions for eye ointments
Principal Edition 51166. Louise C. Youtie, "Three Medical Prescriptions for Eye-Salves. P. Mich. inv. 482." in Le monde grec. Hommages à Claire Préaux, 555-563. 559
Reference Edition 56034. Hans-Albert Rupprecht and Joachim Hengstl eds., "Sammelbuch Griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vierzehnter Band. Drittes Heft (Nr. 11938-12219)." Sammelbuch Griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vierzehnter Band. Drittes Heft (Nr. 11938-12219)., 355-534. 11964
Catalog(s) MP3 02379.100
Fragments Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 482
Support Material papyrus
Support Dimensions 12.5cm wide x 15.9cm high
Date V - VI
More from the period between 401 CE and 600 CE
Origin Fundort: Egypt; Schreibort: Egypt
More from Fundort: Egypt; Schreibort: Egypt
Form and Layout papyrus sheet
Genre prescriptions
Culture science; medicine
Images papyri.info/.../michigan.apis.2327; quod.lib.umich.edu/.../x-2327
Print Illustrations L.C. Youtie, Festschrift C. Preaux (1975) S. 562
Availability © Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License .

Trismegistos: 64889 [source]

Publications Le monde grec. Hommages à Claire Préaux p. 555-563 (Youtie, Louise C.; 1975) = SB 14 11964 (Rupprecht, Hans-Albert; 1983)
Inv. no. Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 482
Date AD 400 - 599
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt[found & written]

Catalog Record: michigan.apis.2327 [xml]

Title three medical prescriptions for eye-salves
Author unknown
Summary This papyrus contains three prescriptions for eye salves, called pilaria,
Citations Youtie LC, Le Monde Grec, 555-63, 1975 -- SB XIV 11964
SB.:14:11964
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 482
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 12.5 x 15.9 cm.
Condition This medium-brown papyrus was folded twice vertically and is broken along these folds. There are no horizontal breaks.
Lines 1-30
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto
Hands The ink was originally very dark brown, almost black, but it has largely faded to a light reddish brown and in some places is nearly the same color as the papyrus. The letters, written without ligature with a somewhat blunt pen, are typical of the Vth-VIth century. Alpha and delta often have a similar appearance. Both are sometimes open at the top, but the oblique of delta usually extends above or below the body of the letter, or both. Eta often extends above other letters; lambda usually has an elongated first stroke, and kappa an elongated final stroke. Abbreviations are effected with a diagonal stroke through the end of the last letter.;The text is written in two columns, and the impression arises that the papyrus was cut to its present size after the writing was completed. The margins are narrow all around; in both columns the initial letters of each line were begun successively farther to the right so that neither column has a straight margin. On the left side the papyrus was cut to follow the margin.
Origin unknown
More from unknown
Language Greek
Date Vth/VIth century A.D.
More from the period between 400 CE and 599 CE
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Recto; Verso is blank
Note (related) -
Subjects -; Ophthalmology--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.; Ointments.; Eye--Diseases--Egypt.; Medicine, Egyptian.; Papyrus; literary
Images Recto thumbnail
Images Recto medium
Images Recto large
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

Introduction

Medical recipes (SB XIV 11964). Papyrus sheet (15.9 x 12.5 cm) that was folded twice vertically and is broken along these folds. The text is written on the recto into two columns, and the impression arises that the papyrus was cut to its present size after the writing was completed. The margins are narrow all around. The papyrus contains three prescriptions for eye ointments (πιλάρια) effective against various ailments such as roughened eyelids, inflammations, inflamed tumors or boils, and defects of the cornea (see Aet. VII 103; Alex.Trall. II 23ff.; Paul. VII 16.11). In all likelihood these recipes were a copy made by a physician for his own use and convenience from a compilation similar to Aet. VII 103, if not from Aetius himself. The two recipes in the first column are separated from each other by means of a row of slanting dashes. The handwriting is typical of the 5th-6th cent. AD.

(This papyrus has been digitally edited by Margherita Centenari 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 (L.C. Youtie, in "Le monde grec (FS Préaux)", pp. 555-63 = SB XIB 11964). 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: 64889 [xml]

column i
κατμίας(*) (δραχμαὶ) κδ
ψιμιθίου(*) (δραχμαὶ) κδ
χαλκοῦ (δραχμαὶ) ϛ
λεπὶς(*) χα(λκοῦ) (δραχμὴ) α
5ζμύρ(νης) ⁦ vac. ? ⁩ (δραχμαὶ) δ
ὀπίου ⁦ vac. ? ⁩ (δραχμαὶ) δ
ἀκακίας (δραχμαὶ) β
τρακα(κάνθης)(*) (δραχμαὶ) η
ἀμύλλου(*) (δραχμαὶ) κδ
10κόμεως(*) (δραχμαὶ) κδ
————————
ἄλλο πιλάριον
ψιμίθου(*) (δραχμαὶ) μη
καδμίας(*) (δραχμαὶ) η
χαλκοῦ (δραχμαὶ) β
15πιβέ[ρ(εως)](*) ⁦ vac. ? ⁩ (δραχμαὶ) β
ζμύρ(νης) ⁦ vac. ? ⁩ (δραχμαὶ) δ
τρακα(κάνθης)(*) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ
ἀμύλλου(*) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ
ἀκακίας (δραχμαὶ) κ column ii
20πιλάριον
καδμίας(*) (δραχμαὶ) ιϛ
ψιμίθου(*) (δραχμαὶ) μη
χαλκοῦ ⁦ vac. ? ⁩ [(δραχμαὶ)] γ
κρόκου ⁦ vac. ? ⁩ (δραχμὴ) [α 𐅵]
25ζμύρ(νης) ⁦ vac. ? ⁩ (δραχμαὶ) γ
ὀπίου ⁦ vac. ? ⁩ (δραχμαὶ) κδ
ἀκακίας (δραχμαὶ) κδ
τρακα(κάνθης)(*) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ
ἀμύλλου(*) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ
30κόμεως(*) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ

Apparatus


^ i.1. l. καδμείας
^ i.2. l. ψιμυθίου
^ i.4. l. λεπίδος (corr)
^ i.8. l. τραγα(κάνθης)
^ i.9. l. ἀμύλου
^ i.10. l. κόμμεως
^ i.12. l. ψιμυθίου
^ i.13. l. καδμείας
^ i.15. l. πιπέ[ρ(εως)]
^ i.17. l. τραγα(κάνθης)
^ i.18. l. ἀμύλου
^ ii.21. l. καδμείας
^ ii.22. l. ψιμυθίου
^ ii.28. l. τραγα(κάνθης)
^ ii.29. l. ἀμύλου
^ ii.30. l. κόμμεως

Editorial History; All History; (detailed)

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Notes

  • 2.

    The forms ψιμίθιον and ψίμιθος are interchangeable, as shown by the appearance of both at ll. 2, 12, 22.

  • 20.

    ἄλλο has been omitted in l. 20 before πιλάριον; more usual would have been the omission of πιλάριον.

  • 24.

    [α (ἥμισυ)] is restored from Aet. VII 103. There are no variant readings in the mss. and there is ample space on the papyrus for 2 letters.

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