Introduction
Medical recipes. Badly torn fragment (9 x 11.5 cm), possibly from a papyrus roll, which is broken on all sides except for the upper margin and the beginning of ll. 6-10. There is a kollesis ca. 2.5 cm from the left edge. The back was reused for a document of which 10 lines are preserved. The recto shows remains of five well-known prescriptions against eye-diseases, which are separated by paragraphoi and blank spaces: the papyrus lists two Theodotia ([Θεο]δότ{ε}ιον [ll. 1-3], [Ἄλλο Θ]εοδότ{ε}[ι]ον [ll. 4-7]; see e.g. Gal Comp.med.sec.loc. 000 [12, 734.000 K], Celsus 6.6.6., Marcellus Empiricus 8.15 Niederamnn, Alex.Trall. 2.51 Putsch., Paul.Aeg. 7.16.26 Heid.), a dark-colored kollyrium ([ll. 8-9]; see Aët. 7.115 [391.5 Oliv.]) and a liquid or watery ointment (ὑγρά [10ff.]; see Gal Comp.med.sec.loc. 000 [12, 735-6.000 K], Aët. 7.101 [355.11 Oliv.]). The script is a reasonably careful sub-literary hand assignable to the 2nd cent. AD.
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[ὀπί]ο̣υ (δραχμ ) ̣(*) λυκ[ί]ου (διώβολον) κασ̣[τορίου -ca.?- ](*)
[στί]μ̣μ̣ε̣ω̣ς(*) (δραχμ ) ̣ κόμμεω̣[ς -ca.?- ](*)
——
[ἄλλο Θ]εοδότ{ε}[ι]ον(*). στ{ε}ίβ[εως -ca.?- ](*)
5[ὀπίο]υ̣ (δραχμ ) ̣(*) ψιμι[θί]ου (δραχμαί) β χαλκ[οῦ -ca.?- ](*)
ζμύρνης (δραχμαί) ̣ (τριώβολον) λυκίου (δραχμαί) δ̣ [ -ca.?- ](*)
φοίν{ε}ικος ὀστᾶ ϛ ν[α]ρ̣[δοστάχυος -ca.?- ](*).
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ἄλλο μέλαν. ἀκακίας (δραχμ ) [ -ca.?- ]
νάρδου (δραχμ ) ̣ κρόκου (δραχμαί) γ ἀ̣λό[ης -ca.?- ](*)
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10 ὑγρὰ(*) πάνχρηστος(*) πρὸς τοὺς ψω[ρώδεις ὀφθαλμούς](*)
[ζμύ]ρ̣νης (δραχμ ) ̣ μίσυος κεκαυμ(ένου) (δραχμ ) [ -ca.?- ](*)
[πρὸς] ὑ̣π̣ό̣χ̣υσιν. ὑ̣αίνης χολὴν μ̣[ετὰ μέλιτος μίξας καὶ ἀπόθου](*)
[εἰς] πυξίδα χαλκῆν(*)
[πρὸς ἀρχομέν]ας ὑποχύ[σεις -ca.?- ](*)
15[ -ca.?- ]ου (δραχμαί) ια [ -ca.?- ]
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Apparatus
^ 1. or [ ̣ χαλκοῦ κεκαυμ(ένου) ̣ ̣ καδμείας ̣ ̣]
^ 2. [ -ca.?- ] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ prev. ed.
^ 2. or κασ̣[τορίου ̣ ̣ ἀλόης ̣ ̣ κρόκου ̣ ̣]
^ 3. [ -ca.?- ] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ prev. ed.
^ 3. or κόμμεω̣[ς ̣ ̣ ζμύρνης ̣ ̣]
^ 4. [ ̣ ̣Θ]εοδότ{ε}[ι]ον prev. ed.
^ 4. or στ{ε}ίβ[εως ̣ ̣ ἀκακίας ̣ ̣ κρόκου ̣ ̣], στ{ε}ίμ̣[εως -ca.?- ] prev. ed.
^ 5. [ ̣ ̣ ̣]ρ̣ ̣ς̣ prev. ed.
^ 5. or χαλκ[οῦ κεκαυμένου ̣ ̣ ἀλόης ̣ ̣], χαλκ[άνθου -ca.?- ] (or χαλκ[οῦ -ca.?- ]) prev. ed.
^ 6. or [καδμείας ̣ ̣ καστορίου ̣ ̣]
^ 7. or ν[α]ρ̣[δοστάχυος] (or ν[ά]ρ̣[δου])(*)[ ̣ ̣ κόμμεως ̣ ̣], ν ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ] prev. ed.
^ 9. β̣λ̣ο̣[ -ca.?- ] prev. ed.
^ 10. ὑγεία prev. ed.
^ 10. l. πάγχρηστος (corr)
^ 10. or ψω[ρώδεις καὶ συκωώδεις κανθοὺς]
^ 11. or [ ̣ μέλιτος τὸ ἀρχοῦν]
^ 12. [ -ca.?- ] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣χ̣υσιν vac. ? ὑαίνης χολὴν ̣[ -ca.?- ] prev. ed.
^ 13. ̣ ̣ ̣ιδα χαλκῆν prev. ed.
^ 14. []ας υποχ ̣[ -ca.?- ] prev. ed.
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Notes
- 1.
ἀκακίας ((δραχμ )): the Galen and Celsus recipes (Gal. Comp.med.sec.loc. 000 [12, 734.000 K]; Celsus 6.6.6) call for acacia juice, but the writing on the edge of the papyrus at the end of line 1 favours the drachma-sign rather than χ[υλοῦ].
- 2.
Of the three possible ingredients which end in -ου (ὀπίου, χαλκοῦ, κρόκου), ὀπίου is the only one which is short enough, since line 2 must have been indented by one letter-space.κασ̣[τορίου]: the remnant of ink favours sigma rather than delta, which would have been a start on καδμείας, the only other ingredient beginning with κα- in the Theodotia.
- 3.
The initial traces are very similar to the tops of a double-mu, and if correct can only belong to στίμμεως, antimony, an ingredient found in all of the Theodotia.“Since we have in [the first recipe of pap.] six of the most common ingredients of the Theodotia […], we may consider which ingredients were most likely to have been present in the lacunae at the end of lines 1-3. […] All of the Theodotia have χαλκός and σμύρνα, and eight of the nine have καδμεῖα, ἁλόη, and κρόκος” (Youtie 1985, 368).
- 4.
The recipe-titles were extruded by one letter-space into the margin.It is not surprising that στίμμι is found in the first recipe, and στίβι in the second, since in all likelihood the latter was originally taken from a Latin collection of recipes (see below, l. 7).
- 7.
The Marcellus recipe (8.15 Niedermann) is the only Theodotion which has this ingredient (“palmarum ossa sive nucleos ustos”).ν[ά]ρ̣[δου] is also possible. For νάρος and ναρδόσταχος in the papyri, see Marganne 1981, 365.“Since in [the second recipe of pap.] we have eight of the ingredients of the Marcellus recipe […], we may consider whether there is space enough at the ends of lines 4-7 for the remaining six ingredients [i.e. ἀκακία, κρόκος, καδμεῖα, καστόριος, κόμμι]” (Youtie 1985, 370).
- 8-9.
If the text is similar to Aët 7.115 (391.5 Oliv.), and we are correct in assuming a loss of 20-24 letters from the right side of the papyrus, there is space at the end of l. 8 for two ingredients, and at the end of line 9 for another two.
- 10-2.
For the supplements see Gal. Comp.med.sec.loc. 000 [12, 735-6.000 K] and Aët. 7.101 (355.11 000).
- 11.
[ ̣ μέλιτος τὸ αρχοῦν]: see Aët 7.101 (355.11 Oliv.).
- 12-3.
μ̣[ετὰ μέλιτος μίξας καὶ ἀπόθου εἰς] πυξίδα χαλκῆν: an illustrative supplement, see Orib. Eup. 4.24 (CMG 5, 714.2 Raed.??) and Gal. Comp.med.sec.loc. 000 (12, 738.10 K).