OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

10.5 x 27.5 cm.

Lines:

9

Publication side:

Recto (Verso: blank)

Palaeographic description:

The text is written along the fibres. The hand, belonging to a fluent scribe, represents a blending of styles; predominantly a fluid upright semi-cursive with certain letters standing independent, while others are joined together in distorting ligatures.

State of preservation:

A regular sheet of papyrus of superior quality, smooth and light brown in colour. The text occupies the upper half of the sheet. Ample marginal and interlinear space has been left, as well as a gap of one line between lines 8 and 9. Three vertical and two horisontal folding lines indicate that the sheet had once ben folded.

Content

Date:

Late IIIrd/early IVth century A.D.

Origin:

Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Documentary

Author:

–

Title / Type of text:

List of animals to be treated with malagma

Content:

An official list of animals to be treated with malagma.

Subjects:

List Animals

Named people:

Chairemon

Named places:

Arsinoiton polis Straton Piabanes Loros Severus Touroubestis

English translation:

List of animals to be treated with an emollient (or, to be padded): from the metropolis through Chairemon: 18 animals; from the village of Straton: 10 animals; from the hamlets of Piabanes and of Loros: 10 animals; from the hamlet of Severus: 5 animals; from the hamlet of Touroubestis: 4 animals. In total, 53 animals.

Provenance:

Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Acquired by professor Eitrem, through Maurice Nahman, in Egypt March 1936

Acquisition year:

1936

Editions

• Maravela-Solbakk, A., ZPE 149, 2004, 182-185 (no. 2), picture: p.183
  SB: 28 17263

Further Literature

Catalogues

TM 139797

Discussions

• Maravela, A. (2018). “Medical micro-language in the Greek papyri” (p. 19). In Reggiani, N. and F. Bertonazzi (Eds.) Parlare la medicina: fra lingue e culture, nello spazio e nel tempo. Atti del Convegno Internazionale, Università di Parma, 5-7 Settembre 2016 (pp. 12-29). Milano.