4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1757
TM ID	TM 641699
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Subliterary
Language	Greek
Description	UC 32070, 𝔗28: Christian amulet containing Colossians 3:9-10 This small square sheet (6.6 x 6.8 cm) is the left half of presumably an amulet containing a section from the Pauline Epistles on four lines. It had been folded three times, breaking at the third fold. No holes have been preserved, which would have indicated its use as a wearable amulet. The verso contains a writing exercise.
Selection criteria	Biblical quote or paraphrase
Date from	300
Date to	499
Dating criteria	Palaeography; the ed.pr. compares it to P.Oxy. 13 1614 (5th/6th c.), PSI 14 1371 (5th c.), as well as P.Bodmer V (4th c.)
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Found in al-Bahnasā (Oxyrhynchos) by W. M. Flinders Petrie. Unknown when, the ed.pr. presumes during Flinders Petrie’s excavation in 1922.
Accession number	London, University College, Petrie Museum UC 32070

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