| Artefact ID | 833 |
| TM ID | TM 702432 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Archive/Dossier | Dossier |
| Description | P.Oxy. LXXXII 5307: A Christian healing amulet for Bassa. The papyrus fragment measures 11 x 7.5 cm, and presents 17 lines of text containing an applied amulet for healing/protection against fever for Bassa. There is a small diagram at the bottom consisting in a cross surrounded by nomina sacra and alpha-omega. The fragment shows signs of folding, as there is damage along 4 horizontal and 6 vertical folding lines. The text runs parallel with the fibres. The verso is blank. |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 325 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. The amulet is catalogued in the 4th c. "Oxyrhynchus Christian Amulet Dossier" (KYP A76), along with P.Oxy. LXXXII 5306 and P.Oxy. VI 924, all written by the same copyist. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | The provenance is Oxyrhynchos (al-Bahnasā) during the excavations of Bernard Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt. |
| Accession number | Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 106/5(b). |
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