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Introduction
Medical treatise. Fragment (9.6 x 8.7 cm) of a papyrus roll containing on the recto the upper part of a column. Verso is blank. The subject under discussion is δυσουρία, the symptoms and treatment of which are also described in various passages of the ancient writers of medicine (e.g. Gal. Remed.Par. 3. [14, 571 K]). The papyrus was written in a well-formed square uncial hand of medium size, probably in the first half of the 3rd cent. AD.
λω̣[ ̣]ν̣ οὕτως οἱ παῖδες δυσου-
ροῦσιν οὐ μόνον ἐπειδὴ
στενὰ τὰ ἀγγεῖα ἀλλὰ καὶ
ἐπειδὴ ἄνθρωπος τῇ
5πρώτῃ τῶν ἡμερῶν
θερμότατος τῇ πλε[ί]σ̣[τη]
θερμασίᾳ φρυγομέν[ων]
καὶ ξηραινομένων [τῶν]
ὑγρῶν. ὁ δ̣ὲ τεθαλασσω[μέ-]
10νος εἰς μὲν κοιλίας ὑπ[ο-]
φορὰν χρησιμώτερος ε[ἰς]
[δὲ] ο̣ὔ̣ρ̣ησιν ἄθετος ἔστα[ι]
[- ca.10 - ὑ]γ̣ραίνω[ν]
[- ca.14 -]πως [ -ca.?- ]
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ροῦσιν οὐ μόνον ἐπειδὴ
στενὰ τὰ ἀγγεῖα ἀλλὰ καὶ
ἐπειδὴ ἄνθρωπος τῇ
5πρώτῃ τῶν ἡμερῶν
θερμότατος τῇ πλε[ί]σ̣[τη]
θερμασίᾳ φρυγομέν[ων]
καὶ ξηραινομένων [τῶν]
ὑγρῶν. ὁ δ̣ὲ τεθαλασσω[μέ-]
10νος εἰς μὲν κοιλίας ὑπ[ο-]
φορὰν χρησιμώτερος ε[ἰς]
[δὲ] ο̣ὔ̣ρ̣ησιν ἄθετος ἔστα[ι]
[- ca.10 - ὑ]γ̣ραίνω[ν]
[- ca.14 -]πως [ -ca.?- ]
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Notes
- 1.
The word δυσουρεῖν is found in Aret. SD 2 (24, 141 K); δυσουριᾶν is the commoner form.