File:Stamp ointments BM GR1879.9-16.1.jpg

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English: Stamp for marking semi-solid sticks of eye ointments (collyria) before they harden, inscribed with four remedies prepared with saffron by a Junius Taurus from a prescription of a Pacius.
Français : Timbre pour marquer des bâtonnets semi-solides d'onguents pour les yeux (collyria) avant leur durcissement, mentionnant quatre remèdes à base de safran, préparés par un certain Junius Taurus sur une ordonnance d'un certain Pacius.
Date between circa 1 and circa 299 AD
Medium stone
medium QS:P186,Q22731
Dimensions length: 5 cm (2 in); width: 2.5 cm (1 in)
dimensions QS:P2043,5.08U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,2.54U174728
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Upper floor, Room 69, Greece and Rome: Daily Life, case 3
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GR 1879.9-16.1
Object history discovered (Naix in the region of Lorraine, France) (?)
Credit line 1879: given by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Inscriptions [Iuni Tauri crocod(es) sarcofagum ad asprit(udines) // Iuni Tauri crocod(es) dialep(idos) ad cicatric(es) et scabrit(ias) // Iuni Tauri crocod(es) diamisus ad diathesis et re(uma) // Iuni Tauri crocod(es) paccian(um) ad cicat(rices) et reum(a)] (CIL XIII, 10021,111)
References British Museum: online database: entry 400061
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