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Pharmacist's list of drugs with quantities and prices TM 33539unbekanntIV - VII

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Two fragments of a pharmacist's list of drugs and materials, such as litharge, resins, galbanum, verdigris, aloe, myrrh and white lead, each with a quantity and a price in myriads of denarii. It dates from the 4th to 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

[Fragment A] Litharge, 3 pounds: 300 myriads Dross (helkysma), 6 ounces: 60 myriads Colophony, 6 ounces: 38 myriads Resin, 6 ounces: 38 myriads Sandarach, 3 ounces: 45 myriads Galbanum, 6 grammata: 18 myriads Verdigris, 6 grammata: 15 myriads Leaven, 6 grammata: 15 myriads Resin, 1 pound: 75 myriads […] of copper, 3 ounces 6 grammata: 300 myriads […] terebinth resin, 1 pound: 208 myriads […] … 108 myriads [Fragment B] Diphryges, 2 1/2 ounces […] Scales (of copper), 2 1/2 ounces: [… myriads] […] Aloe, 3 3/4 ounces: 700 myriads Galbanum, 3 ounces: 225 myriads Birthwort, 3/4 ounce: 30 myriads Ammoniacum, 10 ounces: 108 myriads Dittany, 3 3/4 ounces: 300 myriads Castoreum, 6 grammata: 50 myriads Frankincense, 6 ounces 6 grammata: 300 myriads Verdigris, 6 grammata: 15 myriads Chrysocolla, 1 1/2 ounces Aphronitre, 1 1/2 ounces: 40 myriads Myrrh, 1 1/2 ounces: 45 myriads White lead, 3 ounces: 45 myriads Colophony, 1 pound: 75 myriads

Prices in myriads (units of 10,000 denarii) point to the inflated currency of the 4th century. Diphryges is a roasted copper ore, and the 'scales' are probably flakes of copper used in medicine.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Two pieces of pharmacist’s list, with prices). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV - VII

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