Roman oculists' medicine stamps and collyria / [C.J.S. Thompson].

  • Thompson, C. J. S. (Charles John Samuel), 1862-1943
Date:
[1920?]
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Credit: Roman oculists' medicine stamps and collyria / [C.J.S. Thompson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. 7 (AM. 3, 3, K. 10323 is a duplicate of IV R. 56, ii, 21 ff., the Labartu- series). No. 8. AM. 3, 5 (K. 6224), obverse, top broken. 2. ... with cedar-[oil] thou shalt anoint, the milk of poppies thou shalt reduce . . . 3. [If . . .] fire, thou shalt put ... to his head. If [ditto] . . . 4. [If . . .] thou shalt mix [sulph]ur and . . . and anoint. If ditto, thou shalt mix sulphur in mountain-honey [and anoint]. 5. ... thou shalt bray *bcllis, anoint in oil. If ditto, thou shalt bray **ricinus, mix in fat, anoint. If ditto, thou shalt bray pi. Pi-fennel, in oil anoint. 6. ... thou shalt beat up fennel in cows’ milk or cows’ urine, wash his head (therewith), reduce barhus, bray (if), press it on his head, anoint with oil . . . 7. ... poppy (?), opium-stick, thou shalt reduce, bray, press on his head, anoint with oil, bind on, (or), apply, bind on. 8. ... thou shalt bray, mix in cedar-oil, and hair will grow. 9. ... thou shalt bray, anoint his head, bray gu-gal flour, gu-du Hour; chamomile, (and) knead them in rose-water, bind on : with **ricinus (and) alkali in hot water wash his head. No. 9. AM. 3, 6 (K. 10549), mutilated, Col. ii, 4, “ When the hair of the head is white,” and 7, “ That grey hairs should not be.” For tetemir cf. tetimmir, 11, 2, 31. No. 10. AM. 3, 7 (K. 4083). Cf. K. 6087 (61, 8). No. 11. AM. 4, 3 (S. 88), catchline “ ... on his bed with him ”. No. 12. AM. 4, 2 (K. 9173), top broken. 2. ... on his mouth thou shalt pour 1 . . . 3. ... fennel-seed, lupin, * calendula, ... in the morning his head thou shalt wash [therewith, and he shall recover]. 5. ... poppy, dried roses in cedar-oil [thou shalt mix, and apply]. 1 Is there a parallel in SM. ii, 691, to prevent hair becoming grey “ take the gall of a swallow, and pour two drops on the right side of his mouth, and one on the left ” ?