Science in Ancient Egypt

Papyrus Tebtunis Tait 18

Metadata

knowledge domains
Medicine
keywords
discomfort in the genital area » uterine, vaginal or vulvar discomfort discomfort in the genital area » discomfort in the female breast area recipe
Alternative Names
TM 55971
Present location
Europe » Great Britain » (Cities O-S) » Oxford » Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms
Find spot
Between Cairo and Assiut » el-Fayum » Tebtunis (Umm el-Baragat)
Date
Century Dates » (Centuries AD) » 2nd century AD » 4th quarter of the 2nd century AD, Century Dates » (Centuries AD) » 3rd century AD » 1st quarter of the 3rd century AD
Text type
unknown/undefined
Material
Organic » Fiber (from plants and animals) » Papyrus
Object type
Artefact » Writing surfaces » Scroll
Script
Demotic
Language
Egyptian-Coptic » Demotic
Editions

- Tait 1977: W. J. Tait, Papyri from Tebtunis in Egyptian and in Greek (P. Tebt. Tait), Egypt Exploration Society Memoir 3 (London 1977), VII, 61–65, pl. 5.

A complete bibliography can be found here.

Online ressources

http://www.trismegistos.org/daht/detail.php?tm=55971

Author
unbestimmt

Translation and Commentary

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