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. 21. AM. 6, 2 (K. 8008). 1. ... which on the head of the sick man thou hast bound . . . [the charm . . .] us.mu.e thereafter thou shalt recite. 3. ... which the opening of his mouth hath turned to favour, in the house wherein the charm hath been performed, in the (ditto) which the charm hath . . . (ussiru ?). The lord to [compose ?] his limbs,* 1 the lord to learn [his disease] . . . [at] his bed a kid at the head of the sick man ... “ Take [the . . .] of a cow.” . . . No. 22. AM. 6, 3 (K. 9828 + 11868), top broken (cf. K. 13417, PL 12, and K. 13398, PI. 41). 2. Thou shalt pound and strain . . . 3. 10 shekels of [dried ?] powder of mucilage (?) of sesame . . . 4. 10 shekels of dried (?) powder of mucilage (?) of sesame . . . the first day thou shalt bind his breast, his head . . . thou shalt pour on his head, in the house . . . 7. 1 shekel of cantharides (?), 4 shekel of . . . (Cf. 8, 1, 27.) 8. J ka of seed of pirlii, J ka of seed of beans (?) . . . 9. J ka of ground meal, 1 (?) shekel of juice of . . . {Four lines broken.) 15. J ka of juice of . . . thou shalt again dry . . . 17. J ka of supalu (gum ?), J ka of . . . 18. Salicornia-alkali . . . (For AM. 6, 4, see 5, 1.) No. 23. AM. 6, 5 (S. 414). 1. ... thou shalt take out the hair {or, thou shalt thread (on) wool) 2. ... thou shalt heat, grind, apply . . . 3. [* stor]ax (?) thou shalt bray, [apply] . . . 1 Cf. my copies CT. xvi, 5, 181 ff., and translations, Devils, i, 19.