[Medical text. Prescription for eye salve. The papyrus, written both sides in the same hand, contains two medical prescriptions complete with titles and directions for use. Originally published as accounts for medical supplies. Side published in ed. pr. as recto is written Ψ, verso is written ς]

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Manuscript, Book
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Description
1 item (11 lines recto; 8 lines verso) : papyrus ; 6.0 x 3.0 cm.

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Special Collections - Manuscripts P.Princeton III 155 Princeton Papyri Collections Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Notes
    • Lower margin 1.0 cm. recto; lower margin 2.5 cm. verso
    • Ms. fragment
    • Provenance unknown, II-III A.D.
    References
    Johnson and Goodrich, Papyri in the Princeton University Collections III (1942); L. C. Youtie, “A Medical Prescription for an Eye Salve,” ZPE 23 (1976): 121-12
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    Other title(s)
    Princeton Papyri Collections (C0401), AM 11224 B
    OCLC
    1340240706
    Other standard number
    • P.Princeton III 155
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