The kahun gynaecological papyrus is the oldest known medical text in egypt, although not the. Papyrus was made by interweaving split riverreeds cyperus papyrus, pounding the crude mats under water, and drying them to form coarse brownish sheets. They were found on a site near the modern day egyptian town of lehun. Medical papyrus is properly published with translation. Papyrus is one of the largest manuscripts dating from the late middle kingdom. Kahun medical papyrus or gynaecological papyrus ucl. The kahun gynaecological papyrus, which deals with gynaecological illnesses.
A cycle of hymns to king sesostris iii papyrus kahun lv. After being written upon with a delicate brush, made from a frayed reed, they were glued together at the edges, to make a roll. Kahun papyrus pdf papyrus is one of the largest manuscripts dating from the late middle kingdom. Egyptian medical papyrisamir yahia egammal smith surgical papyrus c.
Petrie museum of egyptian archaeology, uc 32057 page 12 large. Petrie museum of egyptian archaeology, uc page large. This is a papyrus dealing with womens health gynecological diseases, fertility, pregnancy, and contraception. Iisomi 515 papyrus guidelines open networking foundation. January 2016 click show for important translation instructions. The kahun medical papyrus or gynaecological papyrus translation by stephen quirke. Hieratic papyri from kahun and gurob principally of the middle kingdom, plates, london, 1898, pls. Those papyri would be brought into the modern world in april and november 1889 by flinders petrie. Today, we will be talking about the kahun papyrus, which is among the oldest and most important medical papyri of ancient egypt and of the world. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link. Papyrus we have a later copy of one of the medical documents already in existence. The socalled kahun gynaecological papyrus is one of the largest manuscripts dating from the late middle kingdom 18501700 bc. A consecutive translation of the papyrus will indeed be found at the end.
Each of its 48 cases were preceded by a brief caption expressing a summary diagnosis, followed. Download citation the kahun gynaecological papyrus. Media in category papyrus of hunefer the following 29 files are in this category, out of 29 total. The kahun medical papyrus or gynaecological papyrus translation by stephen quirke petrie museum of egyptian archaeology, uc 32057 page 12 large picture 186kb, small picture 92kb in hieroglyphs 183kb page 3 large picture 1072 kb, small picture 111 kb in hieroglyphs 69kb. The kahun papyri kp are a collection of ancient egyptian texts discussing administrative. The kahun medical papyrus or the gynaecological papyrus pkahun med.
It is a three page document, 1 m long and about 33 cm wide. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. Petrie museum of egyptian archaeology, uc 32057 page 12 large picture 186 kb. The first seventeen parts have a common format starting with a title and. Kahun is the name petrie gave to the lehun town site, which in 1825 bc had been a thriving, prosperous town.
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