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sim. would do). V. 208 the scribe ought to have written 7rp(og) 
[xaaihov (TX.ATjpiaj'. 
V. 209 sqq. seem to be very corrupt; I should recommend 
a restoration like: Tzpog j3ouP»ojva‘ Aap(wv) c77:ap(TOv) aTro AavTiou 
( = ).£VTLOu) {a'j)Ov) apL[jt.aTa — (the number follows) xai>’ a[jL[i.a 
(sx.aciTov ?) Aéyz (so Wessely and Wilcken) Tz (a' = octuxQ^ KaciTojp 
(5 lc, viz. Kanvojp Kacrvojp; cp. the use of x-aaTopsiov), Øa (Sig). 
As to the use of the knots cp. e. g. Pap. Bibl. Nat. 330 . . . 
r7uv§Yj(7ag TO TréTaAov TOig ^coS^OLg [jlitco (kizo icttoo, Tror/^crag apL[jLaToc 
T^o Aéycav tog ot,8ag Xw. t. 
V. 212 x.al |aX|t.cp£ aTTO tou *t*T£po oaT£ou toSwv (so 
Wilcken has read correctly). I suppose tou L£pou ottIou; against 
fever Alex. Trall. vol. I, p. 402 sqq. (cp. p. 435) Puschm. also 
recommends anointments, e. g. viTpov pL£Ta zkociou 'kziMGOig ava- 
Tpi.p»£ Ta axga tou voaouvTog Xwal Iv XouTpoi xal IxTog XouTpou, xal tt^v 
gåyjv ySÅzuGov avaTpL[3£c>i)'ai; later in a similar prescription . . . 
xal ixaltTTa t'}]v pay_Lv. V. 213 an olive-leaf is also prescribed 
against the quotidian fever Alex. Trall. I p. 407 £lg cpuAAov D.alag 
[X£Ta xoLvou [xéAavog ETTLypat^iov xa goc a. }'.a[xp»av£ §£ xal to cpu)Aov 
Tvjg lAalag Tpo tjXlou avaToXTjg xal 7r£pla7rT£ x£pl tov Tpay_7]Xov. 
V. 217 ypa|cplcp| x[al]? cpopoujxév'/] xaOapwg; the x is correctly 
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copied by Ken., but there is no space for two letters missing 
in its stead. If the subject of the following badly corrupted 
sentence were -Xa^ or XzTzig, we might supply a word like 
( 09 £/£L 90 pou[X£V'/] xahapcog (cp. e. g. Pap. Bibl. Nat. 760 aTpcuaag 
xahapLtog, 771 aTohou xai>ap£iwg). In the magical design neither 
Ken. nor Wess. indicate the upper part of a circle above the 
left edge of the tablet, corresponding to the middle one (where 
Ken. is right in noting po). We read in these two semi-circles 
Acp—po, and then we probably have to supplement SItt] in a 
similar way to the right. The whole design represents, as we 
just were told, ’A 9 po§lT'/]g tt-^a-z^^vIJ. The ttt^A'/] means the 
column, the receipts originally just filled up one column each 
(cp. pap. Osl. 1). V. 215/6 xal cptXoug must be corrupt. 
V. 220 laco etc. xai>u 9 £p, the last word means xai>u 9 aLp(cov) 
or xai)-u 9 aLp(£!,) — “taking away” each time one letter from the 
beginning of each of thé four magical words indicated. But 
only laoj—atu—co is given in full, the patient suffering from 
ague has to write out the other words himself 
