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Introduction
Anatomical treatise. Fragment (14 x 15 cm) from a papyrus roll containing a document on the recto and a medical text on the verso. The medical text, copied across the fibers, is arranged in two columns: Col. I is damaged on the left side, while Col. II is almost entirely preserved on lateral margins; the upper margin is lost. Spelling mistakes, sometimes corrected by the scribe, occur in both columns, and the text appears fairly heavily articulated with sense units divided by paratextual devices (paragraphoi, horizontal strokes). The papyrus contains an anatomical treatise which provides not only a morphological description but also a physiological explanation enriched with philosophical and philological definitions. Col. I and the first part of Col. II are concerned with heart (καρδία) and pericardium (περικάρδιος), the second part of Col. II is dedicated to the thymus gland (θύμος); the anatomical nomenclature is also attested by Rufus, Galen and Oribasius. The manuscript, excavated in the Arsinoite Nome, is written in a medium-sized, informal hand dated to the 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 editions (ed.pr. = M. Gronewald, BKT X 23))
column 1
1[- ca.10 -] ̣ ̣ ̣(*)[ ̣] ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[- ca.11 -] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ατων(*)
[- ca.11 -] ̣ ̣ ̣α̣(*) κατεσχι-
[σ - ca.9 -] ̣ ̣ ̣ων(*). ὁ̣ δὲ
5[περικάρδ]ι̣ος ὑμὴ̣ν̣(*) ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ἐκ τῆ]ς ἀρτηρίας ἄρχ-
[εται, ἣ δια]πείρει εὕδοντα
[τὸν ὑμένα σ]ὺ̣ν ταῖς ἄλλαις
[ἀρτερίαι]ς̣. ὁμοιοτρώπω̣[ς](*) [δὲ]
10[τῇ περὶ τὴ]ν̣ καρδίαν κεινίσ-
[ει](*)[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ἐ]θάρσησάν vac. ? τινες
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ κα]ὶ ἡ μὲν καρδία ουδα-
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣(*)ε ̣ε̣ι̣(*), ὁ δὲ περικάρ-
[διος ὑμὴν] ἀντιποιεῖται τῆς
15[καρδίας] ὡ̣ς γίτ[ο]ν̣ος(*). ἰσωμένου
[δὲ αὐτῇ το]ῦ περ<ι>καρδίου ὑμέν-
[ος ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣(*)ος ὁ πεπονθ\ὼ/ς(*) δια-
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ ταῦτα δὲ ἀνδρω-
[δ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ἡ ἀλή[θ]ια(*) κατα
1[ ̣] ̣[ -ca.?- ]-
μεν(*) ἂν γείνεσθαι(*) τ̣ὸ̣ν̣ [πυρε-]
τὸν κατὰ συνπάθειαν(*) τῆς
καρδίας. ἔτι λαμβανέσ-
5θω(*) ἐξ ἐπιλογισμοῦ, οὐκ ἐκ
πείρας, καὶ τὸ δυσε[λ]κ̣ὲς τοῦ
περικαρδίου ὑ(*)μένος. ((filler-extension))
πρῶτον μ̣ὲ̣ν ὅτι νευρώ-
δης ἐσ̣[τὶ]ν̣ ὁ ὑ(*)μήν, δεύτερ-
10ον δὲ ὅτι κεινῖται(*) συνεχ-
ῶς vac. ? ὑ(*)πὸ τῆς καρδίας ἀναν-
καζόμενος(*). ταῦτα καὶ πε-
ρὶ περικαρδίου ὑ(*)μένος ἀλ-
λήσαντες(*) ἀκολούθως καὶ
15περὶ θύμου vac.ca1 σκεψώμε̣θα. ((filler-extension))
vac. ? περὶ θούμου vac. ?
τὸ τοῦ θούμου(*) ὄνομα ἄλ-
λοι ἄλλως ἐκλαμβάνουσι.
φιλώσοφοι(*) μὲν γὰρ πάθος
20ἶ(*)ναι(*) ψυχῆς τὸν θυμὸν λέ-
γουσιν {ἶ(*)ναι(*)}, vac. ? γραμματικῶ-
ν δὲ πα<ῖ>δες ψυχὴν λέγου
Apparatus
^ v.1.1. or τ̣ι̣ν̣
^ v.1.2. or ̣ ̣κ̣α̣ι̣ε̣ι̣ζ̣ατων
^ v.1.3. or σ̣ῶ̣μ̣α̣
^ v.1.4. or π̣η̣γ̣ων
^ v.1.5. or ο̣υ̣δ̣ε̣
^ v.1.9. l. ὁμοιοτρόπως
^ v.1.10-11. l. κινήσ|[ει]
^ v.1.12-13. or οὐδ' ἀ|[νδρώδεσι]ν̣
^ v.1.13. or εκει, or ευ\ζ/ει
^ v.1.15. l. γείτονος
^ v.1.17. or μ̣, or α̣λ̣, or λ̣λ̣
^ v.1.17. corr. ex πεπονθὸς
^ v.1.19. l. ἀλήθεια, or [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ τ]ῇ ἀλη[θ]ίᾳ (l. ἀληθείᾳ)
^ v.2.1-2. or [ -ca.?- λέγοι]|μεν
^ v.2.2. l. γίνεσθαι
^ v.2.3. l. συμπάθειαν
^ v.2.4-5. λαμβανέσ|θωcorr. ex λαμβανεσ{θαι}
^ v.2.7. ϋμενοσ. papyrus
^ v.2.9. ϋμην, papyrus
^ v.2.10. l. κινεῖται
^ v.2.11. ϋπο papyrus
^ v.2.11-12. l. ἀναγ|καζόμενος, corr. ex ἀναν|καζόμενας
^ v.2.13. ϋμενοσ papyrus
^ v.2.13-14. l. λα|λήσαντες, corr. ex ἀλ|λησαντας
^ v.2.17. l. θύμου
^ v.2.19. l. φιλόσοφοι
^ v.2.20. l. εἶναι : ϊναι papyrus
^ v.2.21. l. εἶναι