of which the members (are) like      a pill   you should then recite  (a spell)

(against) disease 10       this in    your house; you should (also) then prepare for him
ingredients for (treating) it: blood stone11     of            Elephantine,

ground;         red grain 12 ;            carob13;                cook         in

alternative we can find is    , hnwt, which BUDGE (1, p. 489) translates as “pudenda.” Perhaps the author is
referring to the skin of the genitals.  GHALIOUNGUI (p. 60) conservatively leaves the word untranslated.
8 BUDGE  1, p. 234.  At best this might mean “raised like pills,” but this remains uncertain.
9  This word has two enclitic particles in it, Hr and rf, both meaning “then,” presumably because it was preceded by

two “if” clauses beginning with ir.
10 We radically depart here from the largely unsuccessful attempts by both EBBELL (p. 50) and GHALIOUNGUI (p. 60)

to construe this phrase (Dd·xr·rf·k n HA(wty) pw n pr·k) to mean that one is supposed to communicate some sort of
diagnosis to the patient.  Both authors have a great deal of difficulty trying to deduce exactly what that diagnosis
might be.  Ebbell suggests “…then thou shalt say to him: it is a decay (?) of thy inside” and Ghalioungui leaves it
                                                                   
mostly as transliteration: “Then you should say; it is nHA n pr-k.”  We suggest that  is a variant of
   
          , nHAt, “a disease” (BUDGE  1 383).
11 hematite, rich in iron oxide, Fe O ; NUNN, p. 146).  WRESZINSKI (p. 55) feels this word is constructed oddly.
                          2 3
12 NUNN, p. 155, very tentatively suggests that this word represents an “unknown part of corn fruit,” without much
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
substantiation.  BUDGE (2 p. 890) defines  , dSr, as “red grain.”  It certainly has a strong quality of  , dSr,
                                                                 
“red,” about it.  Wreszinski (p. 55) calls attention to the apparent omission of the   portion of the word here; the
word is more fully represented in Rubric 268.
13  Ceratonia siliqua, listed by NUNN (p. 154) as a “less certain” interpretation.  BUDGE 2 pp. 899-900 agrees.

FAULKNER (p. 319) translates it as “bitter gourd,” and GHALIOUNGUI (p. 60) as “colocynth.”

EBERS PAPYRUS RUBRIC 264, COLUMN 49
Another    for          correcting              urine         that  (is in) excess15 :
cyperus grass 16,  one;        seeds        grass 17, one;

root             of        bHH shrub,      one;         beat         into

consistency   a uniform,    steep 18   in         beer             sweet;

drunk               is  along with the dregs a bowl   of     this.

15 HAw means excess in the sense of wealth or surplus (FAULKNER, p. 161).  It is difficult to know what to do with the
seated man determinative.
16  Cyp erus esculentus (NUNN, p. 152).
17  Snw, often means “hair” in Ebers, but when coupled with prt probably means “grass” (FAULKNER, 268).
NUNN (p. 154 transliterates this ingredient as prt Sny, and translates it as “grains from the umbrella pine of Byblos
(Pinus p inea), listed among his “remedies of less certain interpretation.” GHALIOUNGUI (p. 87) does not venture a
guess here.
18 The character  , associated with the sound Xn, is presumably an abbreviation for a verb with the Xn sound.  The
     
word     , Xn, which means “to cover” (BUDGE  1, 576) might be intended.  GHALIOUNGUI (p. 87) translates it as
“left overnight.”

it is given     to      a child      from    a half-liter jar.

      Another that corrects the urine of a child: rub together reed pith to completion in
      sweet beer; a bowl of the thick fluid is to be drunk by the (breastfeeding?)
      woman. It is given to a child from a half-liter j ar.

Rubric No. 273 (Column 49, Line 21):
Do (this) for   a child    suffering from  urinary incontinence 24 :
faïence beads  25            boil             you until (they form) a pellet  26;

          if         he be        --       an older child,

   he should swallow        it       in            a gulp,

24 GHALIOUNGUI, p. 89.  DAdyt is translated in BUDGE, p. 900 as “urine,” and the word is not to be found in
                                                 
FAULKNER.  It probably is an amalgam of  , DAt, “handful” and   , mwyt, “urine.” For example
   
        , DAtntmw, means “handfuls of water” (BUDGE 2, p. 894).  NUNN, p. 92 translates DAtyt as “wetness.”
25  FAULKNER p. 306.

26  BUDGE  1, p. 42, indicates that the word for “pellet” is    .  This may be an error in transcription.

EBERS PAPYRUS RUBRIC 274, COLUMN 50

Another          remedy           that        reduces             urine   when it is (too) plentiful28:

groats 29      of          wheat,        one eighth;            desert dates30,       one eighth;

Nubian ochre31, one thirty-second; water, one sixty-fourth; soak in rainwater32, strain, to be taken

for days four.

        Another remedy that reduces urine when it is (too) plentiful:
                Groats of wheat ............................................................................ 1/8
                Desert dates .................................................................................. 1/8
                Nubian ochre .............................................................................. 1/32
                Water .......................................................................................... 1/64
        Soak in rainwater, strain; to be taken for four days.
28  FAULKNER (p. 49) indicates that aSA means plentiful in the sense of many, numerous, or often, making it very

difficult to discern whether this remedy is for a high volume of urine or for a high frequency of urination, or both.
29  This word may be a combination of   , bi, “grain” (BUDGE  1, p. 209) and the determinative  , which is

associated with the idea of grain.  GHALIOUNGUI (p. 89) translates it as “groats,” implying the grain is hulled, and
NUNN (p. 160) agrees.
30 Balanites aegyp tiaca, a “less certain” interpretation of NUNN, p. 154.  This bunched and thorny tree is a member

of the genus Balanites, characterized by edible fruits and seeds that produce an oil used in cooking and soap
manufacture.  However BUDGE  1, p. 92, suggests “sycamore figs,.” and FAULKNER (p. 31) just defines it as “the fruit
of the iSd tree,” as does GHALIOUNGUI (p. 89).
31 hydrated iron oxide and clay (NUNN, p. 146)

32  It does seem odd that the instructions suggest that one should soak or steep the concoction in rainwater or dew

after adding water.

Grass roots ................................................................................... 1/4
Grapes .......................................................................................... 1/8
Honey ........................................................................................... 1/4
Juniper berries ............................................................................ 1/32
Sweet beer................................................................................ 17/32
Cook, strain; to be taken for one day.

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