| Title | Medical codex |
|---|---|
| Author | unknown |
| Summary | Contains a recipe of unclear use |
| Citations | Youtie LC, ZPE 67, 91-95, 1987, Pl IIb Youtie LC, PMich XVII, 758, 44-48, 1996, Pl Vb |
| Inv. Id | P.Mich.inv. 21 |
| Support/Dimensions | 1 papyrus ; 9.3 x 13.5 cm. |
| Condition | Broken on all sides. Furthermore a large piece was torn off in the bottom left corner of this page, although the large margin means that only very little text has been lost. On the right side approximately 10 letters have been lost. |
| Lines | 1-16 |
| Recto/Verso | Source of description: E; Verso |
| Hands | For a general description of the palaeography of this text, see electronic version of P. Mich. 21 a-m. Ink is rather badly effaced on this page and the text seems difficult to read, but the dots of the diaeresis in l. 9 are quite clear. |
| Origin | unknown |
| Date | IVth century A.D. |
| Note (general) | Location: Ann Arbor |
| Note (general) | Pub. status: Verso |
| Note (related) | - |
| Subjects | -; Literary; medicine; Papyrus |
| Images | Recto medium |
| Images | Recto large |
| License |  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
". . . 1 ounce of rue (?), . . . kotylae of rose oil, 3 ounces or pounds of lettuce, . . . of wax, 4 lbs. of iron rust, . . . fenugreek, 6 lbs. of willow root, 6 oz. of kolophonian resin. Add the fenugreek and the expressed juice of willow root to the oil and boil over a fire until four "fingers" are left remaining. Then sprinkle the dried ingredients over the liquid, mix together and strain through a linen cloth. Raise it . . ."
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