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O.Leid. 2 = Trismegistos 63311 = LDAB 4517



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Title O. Leid. 2
Content medical prescription (?)
Principal Edition O.Leid. 2
Fragments Leiden, National Museum of Antiquities F 1897 / 6 . 460
Support Material pottery
Date 1 - 299
More from the period between 1 CE and 299 CE
Origin Found: Elephantine (U, Egypt); written: Elephantine (U, Egypt)
More from Found: Elephantine (U, Egypt); written: Elephantine (U, Egypt)
Form and Layout pottery sheet (columns: 0, pagination: 0)
Genre medicine
Culture science
Print Illustrations O.Leid. pl.2
Availability
Origin
More from Found: Elephantine (U, Egypt); written: Elephantine (U, Egypt)

DCLP Transcription [xml]

Introduction

Medical prescription (?). The ostracon (5.5 x 9.8 cm) is written on the recto. The mention of breast, palm (?) and wine suggests the fragment should have had some medical content. The document belongs to the Roman period and it is probably assignable to the 1st-3rd cent. AD.

κ̣αὶ̣ μα̣σ̣τὸν π[ -ca.?- ]
φοίνικα λαβ̣[ -ca.?- ]
μετ’ οἴνου π̣[ -ca.?- ]
εἰς τὰς α̣ ((horizontal-stroke)) επ[ -ca.?- ]
5τουγερτιονιω̣(*)[ -ca.?- ]
με̣τὰ ἀργ̣( )(*) (γίνεται) ι, λ̣[ -ca.?- ]
μικρὸν [ -ca.?- ]
ὁμοῦ λ[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]τ̣α παν̣[ -ca.?- ]
Traces
Traces

Apparatus


^ 5. or τουγερπονιω̣
^ 6. or ἀρχ̣( )

Notes

  • 6.

    There are ink traces before the start of the line.

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