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Papyrus 2559
- Record Id:
- 040-002105555
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001d4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100120697173.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2559
- Title:
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Medical Treatise (P.Lond.Lit. 170, TM 63839, LDAB 5053, MP3 2404)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragment of a medical treatise, mentioning the eyes and advising as to the preparation of remedies easy to prepare for everyone, made of yoke mixed with a drug known as ‘antidote of Andron’. P.Mich. inv. 1469 is another fragment of the same treatise and concerns diets and the nourishment to be given to constipated patients.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105555 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2559 : Medical Treatise (P.Lond.Lit. 170, TM 63839, LDAB 5053, MP3 2404) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0541]/040-002105555
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a papyrus roll, preserving portions of 24 lines of a column incomplete at the top and right side; parts of the left and lower margins survive. Another fragment from the same roll is a Michigan papyrus (P.Mich. inv. 1469), which contains portions of 24 lines. The generous format and practised hand suggest that this is a copy by a professional scribe. Writing is on one side along the fibres. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100120697173.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 2nd century-3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 150 x 63 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 195 x 115 mm.
Script: Severe style. Medium-sized and practised hand of a professional scribe; letters are upright; the contrast between narrow and broad letters is not marked. Diple obelismene occurs between lines 15 and 16.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 2556-2647 in November 1924, as part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan, Columbia University, Princeton University, New York University, Wilfred Merton (b. 1888, d. 1957), and Alfred Chester Beatty (b. 1875, d. 1968); acquired from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948).
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Lit. 170
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 369.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 136-137, no. 170.
V. Gazza, ‘Prescrizioni mediche nei papiri dell’Egitto Greco-romano’, Aegyptus 35 (1955), pp. 86-110 (p. 91).
H. C. Youtie, ‘A Medical Papyrus’, in E. Bresciani (ed.), Scritti in onore di Orsolina Montevecchi (Bologna: CLUEB 1981), pp. 131-136.
M.-H. Marganne, Inventaire analytique des papyrus grecs de médecine (Genève: Librairie Droz 1981), p. 192, no. 106, and p. 406.
I. Andorlini, ‘Istruzioni dietetiche e farmacologiche’, Yale Classical Studies 28 (1985), pp. 49-56.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XVI (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1985), pp. 199-200, no. 12529.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)