The text of this fragment consists of a number of medical prescriptions, and the six of these which are either complete or very nearly so, together with the first line of a seventh (Obv. i, 26, given as the fourth in order) form the basis of this study. Details of the discovery of the fragment were given in Iraq, XVIII, Pt. 2, p. 130; for the copy see Pl. XXV of the same issue. The system of transliteration which is adopted is that which conveys the text exactly as written, in the belief that, while this procedure inevitably makes for slow reading in a scientific work, only thus can it be safeguarded against possible transcriptional error. The translation wrestles with difficulties both of meaning and interpretation and the need for improvement should be recognised in many places.