paper
Egypt
11th Century
Source: Efraim Lev, 'Mediators between Theoretical and Practical Medieval Knowledge', Medical History, 2013, 57(4), 507–515.
Recipe Details
Evidence
"T–S Ar.42.67 (recto) (figure 6) – Prescriptions of lesser and greater triphala, Arabic; Ruq’ah script; paper; 1 leaf; stained; 10.6×14.8 cm; 8 lines; verso is blank."
Remarks
An Arabic medical notebook fragment from the Cairo Genizah, consisting of a single stained leaf of paper (p. 511). It contains unique prescriptions for triphala, a compound laxative, and is written in Ruq'ah script. The document is dated to the eleventh-twelfth century (p. 511).
Scientific Analysis
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Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper Typepaper
RegionEgypt
Approx. Year1050
Source Information
AuthorEfraim Lev, 'Mediators between Theoretical and Practical Medieval Knowledge', Medical History, 2013, 57
CollectionT–S Ar.42.67
Language
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