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Introduction
Therapeutical manual. The papyrus fragment (10.1 x 6 cm) belongs to a roll and contains the central part of a single column written on the recto along the fibers. Only the upper margin survives (ca. 2 cm), therefore the original length of neither the column nor the lines can be determined. The medical content is possibly concerned with the treatment of eye diseases and contains references to a cataplasm (l. 2), a wool swab (l. 3), inflammation (l. 9), intense pain (l. 10), leeches (l. 15), scarification (l. 17). The text is a good-quality copy and a refined technical vocabulary is here employed. The rounded, regular script shows some archaic elements (see ν and τ), and could be assigned to the 1st-2nd c. AD.
(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 (C. Magdelaine - J.-L. Fournet, BKT X 21))
[ -ca.?- κ]ύκλῳ καταπλαστέον· ἐπὶ δὲ τὸν ὀφ[θαλμὸν -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]τέον ἔριον λευκόν, μαλακὸν ἐξελ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- γλ]υ̣κέως ἢ̣ ὑδ[ρ]ελαίου ἢ μ̣ελικράτου ἢ [ -ca.?- ]
5[ -ca.?- μ]ειγνύναι δ̣ὲ δεῖ τῷ ώ̣ῷ βραχὺ έλ[αι -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]ξηραν̣θὲν περίτασιν ποιήση̣ καὶ τ ̣[ -ca.?- ](*)
[ -ca.?- ] ̣ως ἀλλακτέον(*) κα̣ὶ̣ [κα]θαρειότητο[ς -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]ς πολλὴν ποιητέον πρό̣νο̣ιαν ἀκμη[ -ca.?- ](*)
[ -ca.?- ] ̣νης(*) ἣν δὴ φλεγμονὴν καλοῦσι ε ̣[ -ca.?- ]
10[ -ca.?- ]ης περιωδυνίας ὑπαρχούσης μεν[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]τη̣ στατοτη̣τοσε ̣ ̣ τὰς τοπικὰς κ[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] ̣ν ἀφαιρέσεις ἐν ἀν̣έσει μὲν τῶν [ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]ων, ἐν ἀκμῇ δέ, τῆς κατασκευῆς [ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] ̣ ̣ζοντας(*) αυτ -4-5- λισου̣ν ̣[ -ca.?- ]
15[ -ca.?- ] βδέ̣λλαις ἀλλὰ τὰς μὲν σικύας κο[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]γ̣ερα(*) κολλητέον καὶ κροτάφω̣ εἴπερ ̣[ -ca.?- ](*)
[ -ca.?- ]ηπ ̣νος τούτου καὶ κατασχαστέον [ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ὄυτ' ἐπ]ι̣πολῆς οὔτε βάθυ το(*) ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] ̣τε δεῖ παραλα ̣[ -ca.?- ]
20[ -ca.?- ] ̣λαβηται εχου[ -ca.?- ](*)
[ -ca.?- ] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣[ ̣] ̣ ̣[ ̣ ̣] ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
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Apparatus
^ r.1. or ̣λ̣α
^ r.1. or μή̣
^ r.6. or το̣[ῦ δέρματος -ca.?- ], or τῶ̣[ν βλεφάρων -ca.?- ]
^ r.7. corr. ex ἀλλαττέον
^ r.8. or ἀκμῆ[ς γενομένης -ca.?- ]
^ r.9. or [ -ca.?- φλεγμ]ο̣νῆς
^ r.14. or σ̣ώ̣ζοντας̣
^ r.16. or [ -ca.?- ]τ̣ερα
^ r.16. or εί περα̣[ -ca.?- ]
^ r.18. or τε
^ r.20. or ἔχου[σι -ca.?- ], or ἐχού[σης -ca.?- ]ἐχου[σῶν -ca.?- ]