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medical prescription

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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 488
Find spot: unknown, Egypt
Period: VIth century A.D.
Date: VIth century A.D.
Date range: 500 CE – 599 CE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 8 x 23.5 cm.']
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This narrow strip of papyrus contains a medical prescription, complete with title. The title "another (recipe)" makes it likely that the present text was preceded by at least one other prescription. The prescriptions are for dry medications or, with certain additional ingredients, for unguents.

Cross-references (2)

TM-Text 65064 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.2334 tier-1

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