Artefact ID | 1378 |
TM ID | TM 702434 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Greek |
Description | P.Oxy. LXXXII 5309: Amulet against illness Complete on all sides. Amulet for Apis, son of Tesmous. Nothing distinctively Christian except for a staurogram [or crux ansata? VS] on the last line, preceding the common formula "tachy tachy" (Quick quick!). Recto: Written in a semi-cursive hand, carelessly executed but not inexpert; running along the fibres. Verso: blank. |
Selection criteria | Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
Date from | 300 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | - |
Accession number | Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 100/58(d) |