OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

9 x 9.5 cm.

Lines:

14

Publication side:

Recto, the Verso is blank

Palaeographic description:

–

State of preservation:

Medium brown papyrus. Top margin 3 cm., left margin 1 1/2 cm. The right side somewhat torn, the bottom part of the document is missing.

Content

Date:

Early IInd century A.D.

Origin:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Documentary

Author:

–

Title / Type of text:

Medical text

Content:

Medical text, dietetic prescriptions regarding epilepsy and paraplexy.

Subjects:

Medicine Diets Epilepsy Paraplexy

Named people:

–

Named places:

–

English translation:

[...eating] eggs and figs, drinking powerful wine and bathing in cold water has in many cases prolonged the sufferings of epilepsy by many years, and because (?) those who persist in this diet, have more difficulties in getting healed, while those who change their diet are more easily healed. This is not illogical since with epileptics and stroke patients the damage originates in (?) the brain and affects the regions of the brain ...

Provenance:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased 1923 through British Museum, with M. Nahman as the dealer. Cf. the reports and the inventory list by H. I. Bell

Acquisition year:

–

Editions

• Eitrem S-Amundsen L, P.Oslo III, 1936, 72
  ▾ Corrections:

  • Schmidt KFW, Philologische Wochenschrift 58 (1938), p. 299 (l. 8f, 11f, 13)

Further Literature

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