papyrus
- Museum number
- EA10059,2
- Title
- Series: The London Medical Papyrus
- Description
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London Medical Papyrus; frame 2. Hieratic medical text recto and verso. Full papyrus: columns 1-11 (incantations 1-33) are on the recto, columns 12-19 (incantations 34-52) on the verso. Frame 2 contains columns 6-11 on the recto and 16-19 on the verso.
- Dimensions
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Length: 107 centimetres (frame)
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Width: 26 centimetres (frame)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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Quack, J.F. 2022. Altägyptische Amulette und ihre Handhabung. Orientalische Religionen in der Antike 31. Tübingen, pp. 57, 88-89, 101, 137, 154.
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Since many illnesses were thought to be caused by evil demons, medical practice was combined with magic as an effective method of treatment. The papyrus contains a broad range of charms and recipes against skin complaints, burns, eye diseases and miscarriages. Spell 7 for instance gives a remedy for a skin disease using red ochre, Lower Egyptian salt in linen, fruits, and the froth of sweet beer.
The spells have been grouped by Leitz (1999) by condition:
A-Skin Complaints, Incantations 1-21
B-Eye Complaints, Incantations 22-24
C-Bleeding, Incantations 25-33 (principally incantations against miscarriage)
D-Burns, Incantations 34-56
B1-Eye Complaints, Incantations 57-58
A1-Skin Complaints, Incantations 69-60
[E-Hymns, Incantations 61-62]
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Published:
Bardinet, RdE 39, p. 24-25.
See Redford, Rivisto del instituo de historia antigua oriental 12/13 2005-6 – 149f
pp. 51-84, Plates 26-46.
T. Bardinet, Les papyrus médicaux de l'Egypte pharaonique: traduction integrale et commentaire (Paris 1995), 232-34, 483-92.
G. Pinch, Magic in Ancient Egypt (London 1994), fig.72;
N. Strudwick, Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt, London 2006, pp. 198-9.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Papyrus Survey:
Condition Details:
Papyrus: bloom, fragmentary, loss, fragile
Black ink
Tabbed: glassine paper
Tabbed: court plaster
Mount Details:
Sandwich: glass
Frame: wood
Object Priority: B
Mount Priority: A
Overall Condition: B
Curatorial condition comment:
incomplete/fragmentary
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA10059,2
- Registration number
- .10059.2
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Frame.2
