Pap. Elephantine, excavation DAIK no. Reg. 17224 W   (More information about the Object)
Publication No. P.Eleph. DAIK 4 = GMP II 11 lit
Modern Title list of pharmaceutical products or medical recipe
Summary List of ingredients or unprefaced table of medicinal substances with amounts, maybe a itemized list of ingredients of a therapeutic prescription. The presence of substances having emollient and warming properties next to astringent and cleansing items may suggests the recipe could produce a cicatrizing plaster for spreading ulcers. datable to the late third century BC according to Luiselli (contra Wagner, second century BC).
   

Edition

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1κηροῦ ὁλκῆς̣ 1 corr. ex ὁλκῆν δραχμὰς δύ̣ο
2πίσσης ὑγρᾶς <τε>ταρτημό̣ρ̣ιο̣ν -?-
3μυελοῦ μοσχείου δραχμ̣ -?-
4λεπίδα χαλκοῦ δραχμὰς δύο
5μάννης δραχμὰς δύο
6ῥητίνης τ̣ερμινθίνης δρα̣χμ -?-
7ἐλαίου τ̣οῦ̣ ̣ ̣ α̣σ ̣ ̣ο̣υ̣ σθ̣ι̣ομένου -?-
8κ̣ηκ̣δ̣ος δραχμὰς τ -?-
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1 corr. ex ὁλκῆν

Translation

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1Wax, two drachmas by weight
2raw pitch, one fourth ...
3calf marrow, ... drachma...
4copper flakes, two drachmas
5francincense powder, two drachmas
6turpentine resin, ... drachma ...
7oil of edible ..., ...
8oak gall, ... drachmas (Luiselli 2009)
 
 
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