| Artefact ID | 1000 |
| TM ID | TM 64592 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Oslo I 5: Amulet A Christian amulet for protection of a house and its inhabitants from evil forces, calling upon various powers including the Artemisian Scorpion and Christ the Lord, born by the Holy Virgin Maria. Christian symbols and cryptograms: χμγ at the top in heavier ink; Amen / two α-ω sequences (one in cursive hand, the other in angular epigraphic letters) between three crosses of different shapes (simple cross, crux ansata or staurogram) / acrostic ΙΧΘΥΣ at the bottom. See De Bruyn 2017: 94-95. Regular, informal semi-cursive hand that could have served for copying books; use of organic and inorganic diaeresis; text written across the fibres. Case of modern repair: mended, surely by a modern dealer, by pasting scraps from another papyrus on the back, which is otherwise blank. See Hickey, Maravela & Zellmann-Rohrer 2015: 170-171. P.Palau. Rib. inv. 126 has been compared to this amulet, also including i.a. Βαινχωωωωχ. |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 450 |
| Dating criteria | Dated 4/5th c. in ed. pr. but 4th c. by De Bruyn and Dijkstra 2011. KYPM417 (2020) maintains a 4/5th c. date. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Acquired by S. Eitrem in Cairo 1920. Unknown provenance. |
| Accession number | Oslo, University Library P. 303 |
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