1. Papyrus 2963
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2963
- Title:
- Fragments of a Treatise on Ophthalmology (P.Hib. II 190, TM 65755, LDAB 7009)
- Scope & Content:
- Portions of a treatise on ophthalmology, recovered from mummy cartonnage; possibly by the physician Diocles of Carystus. Additional fragments of the same treatise are P.Ryl. I 39 (John Rylands Library), P.Grenf. II 7(b) (Bodleian Library), and some fragments at the Institut für Papyrologie in Hei...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Extent:
- Two fragments of a papyrus roll, extracted from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue in places; additional fragments are P.Grenf. II 7(a), housed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, P.Ryl. 39, housed at the John Rylands Library, Manchester, and some fragments now held at the Institut für Papyrologie in Heidelberg (P. G 401 a-k). The writing runs along the fibres on one side. On the front, fragment 1 bears the ends of 4 lines from one column and the beginnings of 7 lines of a second column; fragment 2 bears the beginnings of 4 lines and traces of another line at the bottom; the upper margin survives. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
