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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 or protection.

Sheet of papyrus (10.5 x 11.3 cm) with 8 lines of text written in black ink containing Psalms 1:1 ("Blessed is the man who does not walk into the counsel of the impious, and does not stand in the way of the sinners, and does not sit on the seat of the scornful"). There is a staurogram at the beginning, above line 1.

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

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Biblical quote or paraphrase
Date from300
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.” In 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, Victor Ghica, 2021, 2024
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, 2024, "Artefact ID 1380", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1380
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