One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 26899
Account of expenses for ingredients of medical plasters TM 26899From: unknownLate II CE (ca. 165-200)
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An account listing the ingredients and costs of several medical plasters, including a head plaster, with quantities of syrikon (a red pigment), wax, oil, pitch, verdigris and vinegar priced in drachmas and obols. It dates to the late 2nd century AD; its origin is unknown.
In English machine translation
[column 1]
[…] of plasters:
[…] 12 drachmas' weight, 3 drachmas
[…] 28 drachmas' weight, 2 drachmas
[…] 1/2, 1 drachma 1 obol
[…] 3 obols
[…] 1 drachma
[…] 1 drachma 1 obol
[…] 2 obols
[…] 2 obols
[…] of (?):
syrikon, 3 1/4 ounces, 3 drachmas 3 obols
[margin] 5 drachmas 2 obols
[column 1]
pitch […] 1/2, 1 drachma
oil, 1/2 kotyle, 4 obols
wood, 2 obols
Head (plaster):
wax, 20 drachmas' weight, 1 drachma 3 obols
[margin] […] drachmas
[column 1]
verdigris, 4 drachmas' weight, 1 drachma
oil, 1/4 kotyle, 2 obols
vinegar, 1 obol
[column 2]
For the peris (?):
syrikon, 8 drachmas' weight, 1 drachma
oil, 1 kotyle, 1 drachma 1 obol
wax, 28 drachmas' weight, 2 drachmas
4 drachmas 1 obol
total 21 drachmas 2 obols
white cloth (?), 3 kobathia, 12 drachmas
The text combines recipe and cost account: drachma figures first give weights, then prices. The meaning of 'peris' and 'leukarion kobathia' is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Expenses / Medical Prescriptions). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.nyu.2.28
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