Science in Ancient Egypt

Papyrus Ashmolean 1984-55 Recto

Metadata

knowledge domains
Medicine
keywords
skin diseases recipe respiratory diseases healing spell (curative magic) teaching text
Alternative Names
TM 56143 (Recto) TM 91337 (Verso)
Present location
Europe » Great Britain » (Cities O-S) » Oxford » Ashmolean Museum

Inventory number: 1984-55

Find spot
Unknown
Date
from: Century Dates » (Centuries BC) » 4th century BC to: Century Dates » (Centuries BC) » 3rd century BC
Text type
monograph/handbook
Material
Organic » Fiber (from plants and animals) » Papyrus
Object type
Artefact » Writing surfaces » Scroll
Script
Hieratic
Language
Egyptian-Coptic » Egyptian » Middle Egyptian » Égyptien de tradition
Editions

- Quack 1999: J. F. Quack, Ein neues medizinisches Fragment der Spätzeit (pAshmolean Museum 1984.55 rt.), in: Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 126, 1999, 141–149 and pl. 13.

Bibliographic references

- Westendorf 1999: W. Westendorf, Handbuch der altägyptischen Medizin, Handbuch der Orientalistik I 36,1 (Leiden/Boston/Köln 1999), 78–79.

A complete bibliography can be found here.

Online ressources

http://www.trismegistos.org/daht/detail.php?tm=56143

Author
Dr. Anke Ilona Blöbaum

Translation and Commentary

For complete metadata, translation, and commentary, see German version.