M0019218EB: Recipe an ointment for the removal of wrinkles: hieroglyphic transliteration

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Transliteration of the hieroglyphics found on a section of papyrus giving a recipe for an ointment for the removal of wrinkles and thus transforming an old man into a youth. Published in Breasted, James Henry: <i>The Edwin Smith surgical papyrus : published in facsimile and hieroglyphic transliteration</i>, Chicago, Ill. : The University of Chicago Press, 1930. Related images: M0019218EA

M0019218EB: Recipe an ointment for the removal of wrinkles: hieroglyphic transliteration

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