Talk:London Medical Papyrus

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Removed unclear and apparently unsourced statement

Took out the section below. It gives three references, but at least the second and third ones which I can access make no reference to the papyrus (or any papyrus). . The claim that "the papyrus is linked" to an eruption in the early 1600s BCE makes little sense in a papyrus dated to the mid 1300s or would at least require some significant clarifications - what is linked? The text itself makes reference to Amenhotep III in several places (mid 1300s), and the German Wikipedia article for the papyrus gives 1350 as a date, citing Westendorf. If you would like to put the section below back, please clarify what "linked" was supposed to mean and cite only references that establish such a link. Thanks!

The papyrus is linked to fallout from the Bronze Age Santorini volcanic eruption, also referred to as the Minoan eruption, dated to 1629–1628 BCE.^[1]^[2]^[3]

˜˜˜ MikuChan39 (talk) 04:44, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Friedrich, Walter L.; Kromer, Bernd; Friedrich, Michael; Heinemeier, Jan; Pfeiffer, Tom; Talamo, Sahra (28 April 2006). "Santorini Eruption Radiocarbon Dated to 1627-1600 B.C." Science. 312 (5773). American Association for the Advancement of Science: 548. doi:10.1126/science.1125087. PMID 16645088. S2CID 35908442. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
^ Baillie, M.G.L. (September 1989). "Irish Tree Rings and an Event in 1628 BC". In Hardy, D.A.; Renfrew, A.C. (eds.). Thera and the Aegean world III. Proceedings of the Third International Congress. Vol. 3: "Chronology". London: The Thera Foundation. pp. 160–166. ISBN 0-9506133-6-3. LCCN 79322439. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06.
^ Grudd, Håkan; Briffa, Keith R.; Gunnarson, Björn E.; Linderholm, Hans W. (September 2000). "Swedish tree rings provide new evidence in support of a major, widespread environmental disruption in 1628 BC". Geophysical Research Letters. 27 (18). American Geophysical Union / Wiley: 2957–2960. Bibcode:2000GeoRL..27.2957G. doi:10.1029/1999GL010852.

[1] Friedrich, Walter L.; Kromer, Bernd; Friedrich, Michael; Heinemeier, Jan; Pfeiffer, Tom; Talamo, Sahra (28 April 2006). "Santorini Eruption Radiocarbon Dated to 1627-1600 B.C." Science. 312 (5773). American Association for the Advancement of Science: 548. doi:10.1126/science.1125087. PMID 16645088. S2CID 35908442. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

[2] Baillie, M.G.L. (September 1989). "Irish Tree Rings and an Event in 1628 BC". In Hardy, D.A.; Renfrew, A.C. (eds.). Thera and the Aegean world III. Proceedings of the Third International Congress. Vol. 3: "Chronology". London: The Thera Foundation. pp. 160–166. ISBN 0-9506133-6-3. LCCN 79322439. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06.

[3] Grudd, Håkan; Briffa, Keith R.; Gunnarson, Björn E.; Linderholm, Hans W. (September 2000). "Swedish tree rings provide new evidence in support of a major, widespread environmental disruption in 1628 BC". Geophysical Research Letters. 27 (18). American Geophysical Union / Wiley: 2957–2960. Bibcode:2000GeoRL..27.2957G. doi:10.1029/1999GL010852.

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