DDbDP transcription: sb.28.17139 [xml]
⳨ σκευ[ὴ στομαχ]ικοῦ ἐπειθέματ̣ος(*) τονωτικοῦ
λαδάνου (οὐγκίας) β
στύρακος (οὐγκίας) β
οἰνάνθης (οὐγκίας) β
5ἀλόης (οὐγκίας) β
μαστίχης (οὐγκίαν) α
ἀψι̣νθίου κόμης (οὐγκίαν) α
φοινίκων πατητῶν (λίτραν) α
Τὴν ἀλόην καὶ μαστίχην τρίβεις
10καὶ τὰ ἄλλα βρέ<χ>εις οἴνῳ πρὸ μιᾶς
καὶ τῇ ἑξῆς τρίβεις καὶ ἐπιπάσις(*)
τὰ ξηρὰ κ̣αὶ μετὰ τὸ τρῖψε(*) ἐπιμελῶς
ἐπειχέεις(*) νάρδινον ἢ μήλινον ἔλαιον
καὶ γίνεται ἐνπλαστῶδες(*).
15
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Κολλύριον διάροδ[ο]ν(*)
ῥόδων χυλοῦ (δραχμὰς) οβ
καδμείας (δραχμὰς) [κδ]
κρόκου (δραχμὰς) [ς]
20[λε]πείδος(*) (δραχμὰς) [β]
[ὀπ]ίου (δραχμὰς) [γ]
[ἰο]ῦ ξ[υστοῦ (δραχμὰς) β]
[ν]α̣ρδ[οσ]τ̣[ά]χ̣[υος (δραχμὰς) -1-2- ]
στίμεως(*) (δραχμὰς) [ -1-2- ]
25ζ(μύ)ρ(νης) (δραχμὰς) ς̣
κόμεως (δραχμὰς) κδ
ὕ̣δωρ v
⳨ στομαχικ(ὴ) ἔμπλαστρ(ος) ἤτοι κατάπλασμα καὶ διάροδ[ο]ν(*)
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Introduction
Medical prescriptions or letter of medical content. The text, copied on the recto, is paralleled by the so-called 'antidote of Philon', an Hellenistic doctor, and listed among the colic remedies by Gal. Comp.med.sec.loc. 1.4 (13, 267-9 K) and Paul.Aeg. 7.11-3 (CMG 2, 300.10-5 Heib.). Recipes are articulated through one-line blank spaces (ll. 5-6, 7-8). The recipe lists pyrethrum (pellitory root), poppy juice and parsley of Macedonia among the vegetable drugs. The script is a byzantine cursive similar to the hand of P.Acad. inv. 46 (petition; same hand as LDAB 738), characterized by suspension of final upsilon. The fragment (9.5x8 cm) was probably cut off and recycled from a protokollon (scanty traces of a document survive on the verso, l. 1).
(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 (J.-L. Fournet, SB XXVIII 17139).)
DCLP transcription: 69032 [xml]
[ -ca.?- ] ̣κους καὶ πρὸς
[ -ca.?- ] ̣ πυρέθρου (δραχμή) α
[ -ca.?- ] μ̣ή̣κωνος, μέλιτος τὸ ἀρκοῦν
[ -ca.?- κ]υάμου αἰγυπτίου τὸ μέ̣[γ]ε̣θ̣ο̣ς̣
5[ -ca.?- ] ̣ ̣υ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣τωχρ[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣[ -ca.?- ](*)
5bis[ -ca.?- ] vac. ?
[ -ca.?- μακεδω]ν̣ικοῦ πετροσελίνου
[ -ca.?- ] κ̣ινεῖσθαι [ -ca.?- ]
7bis[ -ca.?- ] vac. ?
[ -ca.?- ]ευειη γράψον
[ -ca.?- ]β̣υβο̣ ̣ ̣[ ̣] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- v
(hand 2) εἴωθεν ἡ ὑ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ](*)
Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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Notes
- 1.
Portion of the heading of a recipe with a statement of its application (e.g. πρὸς κτλ.).
- 4.
The antidote was in pill form corresponding in size to an Egyptian bean (kyamos Aigyptios).
- 5.
A final χρῶ could mark the end of a recipe (see Alex.Trall. 1, 507.16; 2, 117.29 Puschm.).
- 6.
For Macedonian parsley into a bolus dose (katapotion) for race-horses, see P.Oxy. 17.2144.3-4.
- 1.
Tiny traces above the line poss. from the end of a document.