| Artefact ID | 832 |
| TM ID | TM 64394 |
| 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. VI 924; PGM Chr. 5 a: Amulet for protection against fever. The papyrus fragment measures 9 x 7.6 cm, and features an amulet that protects against fever, written out for a woman called Aria. The text is arranged in one column with 18 lines of text on the recto. The ed. pr. notes that the papyrus shares similarities with BGU III 956 and P.Tebt. II 275, both pagan (Egyptian) amulets for warding off fever. This artefact is potentially Gnostic, considering the mystical symbols within the text as well as that the deity is named Abrasax (a common Gnostic appellative of the Supreme Being). There is a small diagram at the bottom consisting in a cross surrounded by nomina sacra and alpha-omega. The text runs parallel with the fibres. The verso presents one line of text (parallel with the fibres) indicating the name of the amulet wielder (Aria) in the genitive case (but Blumell and Wayment 2015: 342 restore the dative). |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. The ed. pr. places the amulet in the 4th c. The amulet is catalogued in the 4th c. "Oxyrhynchus Christian Amulet Dossier" (KYP A76), along with P.Oxy. LXXXII 5306 and P.Oxy LXXXII 5307, all written by the same copyist (see Maltomini 2016: 77-89). |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | The provenance is Oxyrhynchos (al-Bahnasā), where the fragments were found during the excavations of Bernard Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt. The amulet is catalogued in the 4th c. "Oxyrhynchus Christian Amulet Dossier" (KYP A76), along with P.Oxy. LXXXII 5306 and P.Oxy. LXXXII 5307, all written by the same copyist (see Maltomini 2016: 77-89). |
| Accession number | Brussels, Royal Museums E 5980 |
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