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Artefact ID1380
TM IDTM 62053
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialStone
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek, Coptic
Description

Traversa 1954: 227-237; Amulet for healing of protection.

Sheet of papyrus (10.5 x 11.3 cm) with 8 lines of text written in red containing Psalmi: 01.1. There is a staurogram at the beginning.

Recto: written in an uncial hand running along the fibres; Verso is blank.

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Biblical quote or paraphrase
Date from350
Date to499
Dating criteria

Palaeography. First assigned to 2nd c. by Traversa but then reassigned to 4th or 5th c.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Turin, Museo Egizio T. Gr. 1

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Traversa, Augusto. 1954. “Notizione di Papiri Greci Inediti del Museo Egiziano di Torino.” In Miscellanea Philologica in Memoriam Achillis Beltrami. Genova: Università di Genova, 227-237, with pl.

Additional bibliography

• Cecchetti, Igino. 1954. “Un Interessante Documento dei Primi Tempi del Cristianesimo in Egitto: il Papiro “T. Gr. I.” del Museo Egizio di Torino.” Miscellanea Giulio Belvederi. Cittá del Vaticano: Soc. Amici delle Catacombe, p. 557-577.

• De Bruyn, Theodore S. and Jitse H.F. Dijkstra. 2011. "Greek Amulets and Formularies from Egypt Containing Christian Elements: A Checklist of Papyri, Parchments, Ostraka, and Tablets. Avec résumé en anglais." Bulletin of American Society of Papyrology 48, 163-216, no. 144.

• Van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris, no. 84 descr. 

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1380", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1380
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