Artefact ID | 1380 |
TM ID | TM 62053 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
Material | Stone |
Writing medium | Ostracon |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Greek, 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 criteria | Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Biblical quote or paraphrase |
Date from | 350 |
Date to | 499 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography. First assigned to 2nd c. by Traversa but then reassigned to 4th or 5th c. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | - |
Accession number | Turin, Museo Egizio T. Gr. 1 |