Erman Papyrus Explained

The Erman Papyrus (P. Berlin 3027) is an ancient Egyptian medical papyrus.^[1] Fifteen columns of the papyrus are preserved, nine on the recto and six on the verso.^[2] The papyrus dates to around 1600 BC at the end of the Second Intermediate Period.^[3]

The papyrus was given to the Egyptian Museum of Berlin in 1886, and was first published in 1901 by Adolf Erman.^[1] It is mostly concerned with childbirth and the health of infants, containing two prescriptions for unknown childhood diseases and a number of magical incantations for childbirth and the protection of infants.^[4]

See also

• List of ancient Egyptian papyri
• Ancient Egyptian medicine
• Papyrology

Notes and References

1. Web site: Some Aspects of Medicine in Pharonic Egypt . Sadek . Ashraf Alexandre . January 2001 . History of Medicine . Australian Academy of Medicine & Surgery . 2022-03-24 . 2019-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190305173434/http://www.aams.org.au/contents.php?subdir=library%2Fhistory%2F&filename=pharonic_egypt . dead .
2. Book: Leake, Chauncey D. . Chauncey D. Leake . 1952 . The Old Egyptian Medical Papyri . Logan Clendening Lectures on the History and Philosophy of Medicine, Second Series . . University of Kansas Press. 52012678. 9. 1808/6339 .
3. Book: Leake, Chauncey D. . Chauncey D. Leake . 1952 . The Old Egyptian Medical Papyri . Logan Clendening Lectures on the History and Philosophy of Medicine, Second Series . . University of Kansas Press. 52012678. 15. 1808/6339 .
4. Book: Leake, Chauncey D. . Chauncey D. Leake . 1952 . The Old Egyptian Medical Papyri . Logan Clendening Lectures on the History and Philosophy of Medicine, Second Series . . University of Kansas Press. 52012678. 14. 1808/6339 .