Papyrus Rylandensis 27 (ca 250 – 300 CE)
Gives rules for computing lunar latitudes and longitudes at lunar apogee, probably for
computing those quantities on an arbitrary day (omitted or lost). The zero-point of the
zodiac used is that of the Babylonian sidereal zodiac, and the epoch is 32 BCE, June 30/July
1, when the Moon was at apogee. The computation employs Babylonian numerical
methods adapted to the Egyptian 25-year calendar cycle.
Neugebauer (1975) 808–817.
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Papyrus Ryl. III.529 (200 – 300 CE)
Fragment on the mechanical setting of compound fractures; the author cites his own
Tekhnikos Logos (Practical Treatise) and refers to the “Alexandrian position” as inferior to the
recumbent.
Pack #2376.
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Papyrus Ryl. III.531 (300 – 200 BCE)
Fragment of a pharmaceutical treatise, possibly gynecological. Dried otter kidney is pre-
scribed for hysterical suffocation, testicular pain, and as a womb-enema; a compound
of realgar, unfired sulfur, and almonds in wine (following the H C,
D W 200 [8.382 Littré]) is prescribed for coughing and choking; oak-gall,
pomegranate, and alum form part of a fragmentary recipe for a contraceptive (atokeion).
Pack #2418.
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Papyrus Strassbourg Inv. Gr. 90 (130 – 170 CE)
Fragment giving both etiologies of various eye-diseases (pso ̄r-, xe ̄r-, skle ̄r-, and lag-ophthalmia,
plus pheimo ̄sis, onukhion, etc.), apparently following D, and recipes for collyria.
Marganne (1994) 133–146, 173–176.
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PSI 6.624 ⇒ P. H 2.187
PSI inv. 3011 (250 – 300 CE)
Fragment on the medical properties of bitumen, citing N A (as in
D 1.73) and H K.
G.A. Gerhard, “Frammento medico: sulle proprietà terapeutiche dell’ asphalto,” SIFC ns 12 (1935)
93 – 94; Pack #2388.
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PSI INV. 3011