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Introduction
Medical catechism (PSI 15.1510). Fragment (4.4x9.9 cm) from the top of a column copied on the verso (with the papyrus turned upside down) in a slightly sloping semi-literary hand. On the recto, traces of a register (III AD ?, in.). Medical definitions about tonsils (ll. 3, 6 paristhmia, antiades), partly paralleled by Rufus Ephesius, De partibus corporis humani, 20-3. For the catechistic format (erotapokrisis) of ll. 3, 10, cf. Medicalia Online s.v. Catechism. Questions are articulated with indented headings (ll. 3, further marked by a large xi in line below, and 10).
(This papyrus has been digitally edited by Nicola Reggiani 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.Manfredi, "Specimina per il Corpus dei Papiri Greci di Medicina", ed. I. Andorlini, Firenze 1997, pp. 73-9; ed.alt. = F. Maltomini, PSI XV 1510).)
κενεμβατεῖ ε[ἰς τὸν στόμαχον -ca.?- ]
ποῦ κεῖται τὰ [παρίσθμια; -ca.?- ]
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ἐξ ἑκατέρου̣ μ̣[έρους τῆς γλώσσης καὶ ἄν-]
5τικρυς ἀλλήλω[ν -ca.?- ]
καὶ ἀντιάδες κ̣[ -ca.?- ](*) [ -ca.?- ]-
ρεύσαν(*) καλει[ -ca.?- ]
σον κεῖται ἰ(*)θμ[ -ca.?- ](*)
παρίσθμια πρ̣[ -ca.?- ](*)
10 πρ̣[ὸς τί -ca.?- ]
ε(*)ἵνα(*) [ -ca.?- ]
[ ̣ ̣]ε̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
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