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Introduction
Materia medica and prescriptions. The three fragments (fr. 1: 10 x 11 cm) belong to a papyrus codex whose surface is scratched in several places. The remains of frr. 2 and 3 are too scanty to be satisfactorily restored and no margin survives. Filling marks and horizontal strokes are employed to separate different sections of the text (fr. 1 A ll. 2, 4, 7; B ll. 6, 8, 10; fr. 2 A l. 3). Medical prescriptions have been preserved along with an inventory of natural substances and their relative properties.; in fr. 1 A, ll. 3-4 a magical plant (πασιθέα) is regarded as affective against malice, envy. The papyrus is written in a semi-cursive hand dated to the 6th 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. = J.W.B. Barns, P.Ant. III 132; corr. = J. Chadwick ap. Barns; M.-H. Marganne, Inventaire analitique des papyrus grecs de médecine, Genève 1981, n. 54)
fragment 1
1[ -ca.?- ]τας ̣[ ̣ ̣] ̣α ̣(*) ̣ε̣χ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]ε̣σθω [ο] π̣α̣σχων ―[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] κ̣α̣λουμενη πασιθεα ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣(*) κ(αι)ι̣(*)α̣ν εν φθονω ― [ -ca.?- ]
5[ -ca.?- κ]αλουμενη ̣ ̣υ̣β̣αστις(*) τα φ̣υ̣[λλα -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]ω ̣ ̣(*)ν κατ αρτηρια̣ν κα⟦ο⟧\ι/ομενα δε̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] ― vac. ? [ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]ιδε καλουσιν αυτη\ ̣/(*) σελ̣η̣[ -ca.?- ](*)
[ -ca.?- ] ̣(*)φ ̣ ̣ ̣σ̣ι̣ν̣ εν ορ\νι/⟦θ⟧\ε/ι̣σ̣ι̣ν̣ ε̣μ̣[ -ca.?- ]
10[ -ca.?- ]τητα̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣] ποιει ―
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1[ -ca.?- ] ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] ε̣ις κακαβ̣[ην -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]στεφα[ -ca.?- ]
——
[ -ca.?- ] ̣(*)μα ̣[ -ca.?- ]
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-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1[ -ca.?- ] ̣ντ ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] ̣ω κ(αι) ε̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- θερ]α̣πευε̣[ -ca.?- ]
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fragment 1
1[ -ca.?- ] ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]ν̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]λ̣οθεν ε̣ ̣(*) ̣(*) ̣(*)ε̣ ̣(*)ν̣ ̣(*)λλε ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] ̣ ̣(*)ασεχεε ̣(*)[ ̣] ̣(*)μ̣ ̣ ̣(*) ̣[ -ca.?- ]
5[ -ca.?- σ]ελινου τριψ ̣[ ̣] ̣αλσ ̣(*) ̣(*)εζυ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣κ̣ερασα̣ς̣ α̣υ̣τ̣ο̣ ε̣ψε † ―[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] ζεσας μετ ο̣ι̣ν̣ου̣ ε̣ως ο̣ οινο̣ς̣ εψ̣η̣τ̣[αι -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] ―
[ -ca.?- ]μ̣α(*) σελ[ι]νου και β̣[ ̣ ̣] ̣(*)τη̣[ -ca.?- ]
10[ -ca.?- ]ω ―[ -ca.?- ]
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1[ -ca.?- ] ̣ ̣ ̣ουλ ̣ ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]ν ̣ ̣ζ̣ι̣α̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] ̣[ -ca.?- ]
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1[ -ca.?- ]ωνε ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]υμ[ -ca.?- ]
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Apparatus
^ A.1.1. or μ, or ν
^ A.1.4. or [ -ca.?- κα]λ̣ο̣υ̣σ̣ι̣
^ A.1.4. κ(αι)ϊα̣ν papyrus
^ A.1.5. or β̣ο̣υ̣β̣αστις
^ A.1.6. or ρο
^ A.1.8. ἀυτὴ\ν̣/ Marganne
^ A.1.8. σελ̣ή̣[νιον] Marganne
^ A.1.9. or ο
^ A.2.4. or ε
^ B.1.3. or μ, or ν
^ B.1.3. or χ
^ B.1.3. or ε
^ B.1.3. or ι
^ B.1.3. or α
^ B.1.4. or γ, or ε, or θ, or τ, or ψ
^ B.1.4. or α, or ω
^ B.1.4. or ε
^ B.1.5. or ε, or σ
^ B.1.5. or ι, or ψ
^ B.1.9. [ -ca.?- σπέρ]μ̣α Chadwick
^ B.1.9. or ι, or ν
Notes
- 3.
πασιθεα: cf. P.Mag.Leid. 12.13. According to Dsc. III 140, πασιθεα and σελήνιον are synonyms of γλυκυσίδη.