Introduction
Fragment of a medical encyclopaedia. The papyrus scraps (18,3 x 11,5 cm), jointed from the bottom of a page from a papyrus codex, are written both on the recto along the fibres and on the verso along the fibres and preserve additions in the lower margin. Presumably, the heading in fr. A, ll. 1-9 (marked with a paragraphos before the title χειρουργία ἀντιάδων), is puzzling, since the text which follows prescribes not surgery but medical treatment. The content could be paralleled by Aet. 8.51 [CMG 8.2, 485.16ff. Oliv.]. Kudlien and Barns suggest that the text could be from Oribasius’ lost chapter on ἀντιάδες (only mentioned in Coll.med. 21.1-2 [CMG 6.2.2, 192.12-8 Raed.]). The main text is written in an informal sloping book hand, whereas the marginalia, probably copied by the same scribe, in a documentary cursive, much smaller.
This papyrus has been digitally edited by Francesca Bertonazzi 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 (J.W.B. Barns, P.Ant. III 126).
DCLP transcription: 65233 [xml]
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1[ -ca.?- ]ι̣ ̣τ[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] ̣
[2 lines missing]
5[ -ca.?- ]αλλον τοῦ κ ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]ε̣ουσων αυτ[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]μειατα ε̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ε]ι̣ρημενα[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] — χειρουργ̣ί̣α ἀντ[ι]ά̣δων
10[εἰ] μὲν ἐν φλεγμονῇ ε̣ἴ̣η̣σαν αἱ ἀντιάδες̣ β̣οήθημα
[τ]ὰ̣ π̣αραλαμβανέσθω τ[ὰ πε]ρ̣ὶ̣ τῶν ἐν φλ[ε]γμονῇ π̣[α]ρ̣-
[ι]σθμίων̣ εἰρημένα κ[αὶ τὰ] ἀναγαργαρ[ί]σ̣ματα καὶ
13,minf[ἀ]ζύμου ε ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]λ̣ων τοῦ ξηρίου [- ca.15 - ἐ]πίχεε θερμὸν
14,minf[ὕ]δωρ καὶ λει[ότριβε] καλῶς μετα ̣[- ca.15 - ἐ]λαίο̣υ κατάπλ̣ασσε
15,minf[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]α̣ρ̣του ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ ̣ουσπε ̣ ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- πλ]άσσων τὸ κατά-
16,minf[πλασμα -ca.?- ] fragment b
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1[ -ca.?- ] ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] βοηθη̣[μα -ca.?- ]
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4[κ]α̣τ’ ἀρχὰς ὑπ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
5[ ̣ ̣] ̣ε̣ν̣ε̣ος εἴη ὁ(*) ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ ̣ ̣ ̣]ομια ἐν δὲ [ -ca.?- ]-
ρι̣σ̣ματα(*) ̣ε̣[ -ca.?- φοι-]
νί̣κ̣ω̣ν̣ κ(αὶ) τὰ μελ ̣ ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ ̣[ ̣ ̣]ξ̣ ̣ο̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣(*) γλυκυ[ρ-]
ρίζης ἀφέψημα διάχρε̣ι̣σ̣τ̣ό̣ς̣(*) τ̣ε̣ ἡ διὰ μόρων κ̣[αὶ]
10ἡ̣ Αἰγυπτία δ̣ι̣ὰ τούτων κ[ατ]ὰ̣ τὸ πλεῖστον ἡ̣(*) φλεγμο̣-
νή λύεται [ο]ἷ̣ς μὴ λυθε̣[ῖσα] εἰς ἀπόστημα τρέπετα[ι]
12,minfἐπιτίθει πόλλακ[ις - ca.13 -] ̣ ̣ ̣(*) τὸν ὡς μάλ[ιστα ̣ ̣ ̣]ά̣μενος αυτ̣[ -ca.?- ]
13,minfἀπὸ χαμαιμήλ̣[ων- ca.14 -]ε̣ι̣α̣ λαβὼ̣ν ψ ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ἐ̣πὶ τρια ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
14,minfεἶτα λειοτρίβῃς μ̣ε̣[τα- ca.17 -] ̣ π̣ο̣θη[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
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Notes
- b.7-8.
For the supplement of φοινίκων see Orib. Coll.med. 19.2 [CMG 6.2.2, 191.27-8 Raed.].