𝔗 2 , Special Collections and Archives, Trexler Library. Muhlenberg College.
A New Testament amulet (also called a talisman ) is an ancient hand-written portion of the New Testament, commonly worn as a charm. The Lord's Prayer is the most common text found on amulets . Also commonly found are the opening verses of each of the four New Testament gospels .
The numbering system begun by Ernst von Dobschütz for New Testament Greek Amulets assigned each recovered Amulet a Blackletter character 𝔗 (indicating Talisman ) followed by a superscript number. Von Dobschütz continued the list through 𝔗9 . The additional numbers assigned below continue this numbering in the order suggested by Brice C. Jones.[ 1]
Digital images are referenced with direct links to the hosting web pages. The quality and accessibility of the images is as follows:
Gold color indicates high resolution color images available online.
Light gray color indicates black/white or microfilm images available online.
Light pink color indicates amulet destroyed.
List of New Testament Amulets
Dobs.#
Date
Contents
Script
Material
Publication
Owner
City, State
Country
Images
𝔗 1 = 0152
4th
Matthew 6:11 –13
ΑΩ
Ostrakon
National Archaeological Museum , Inv. 12227
Athens
Greece
𝔗 2
6th–7th
Matthew 4:23 –24
ΑΩ
Parchment
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri , Vol. VIII 1077[ 2]
Trexler Library, Muhlenberg College , T 888.01 O98; P.oxy.1077
Allentown, PA
USA
MC ,[ 3] BJ[ 4]
𝔗 3
6th
Matthew 1:1 ; 6:9 –13; John 1:1
ΑΩ
Papyrus
Heidnisches und Christliches aus Ägypten [ 5]
𝔗 4
6th
Matthew 1:1; 6:9 ; Mark 1:1 –2; Luke 1:1 ; John 1:1
ΑΩ/αω
Papyrus
Papiri greci e latini [ 6]
Laurentian Library , PSI VI 719
Florence
Italy
BML [ 7]
𝔗 5
8th
Matthew 6:9–13
ΑΩ
Wood tablet
University of Heidelberg , Egyptian Collection, Inv. 761; P.Bad. 4.60
Heidelberg
Germany
p.249
𝔗 6
5th–6th
Matthew 6:9–13; Luke 9 :37; 11 :1b-2
ΑΩ
Papyrus
Papyri Iandanae [ 8]
University of Giessen , P.Iand. 1.6
Gießen , Hesse
Germany
UoG [ 9]
𝔗 7
14th
Matthew 6:9–13; Mark 1:1–8, Luke 1:1–7; John 1:1–17
αω
Parchment
A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament... [ 10]
The University of Chicago Library , Ms. 125 (Goodspeed)
Chicago, IL
USA
TUOCL [ 11]
Pierpont Morgan Library , Ms. M. 499
New York, NY
USA
PML [ 12]
𝔗 8
5th–6th
John 2 :1a-2; Romans 12:1 –2
ΑΩ
Papyrus
Die Leipziger Papyrusfragmente der Psalmen [ 13]
Austrian National Library , G 3212
Vienna
Austria
ANL [ 14]
𝔗 9
5th
John 1:1 , 3
ΑΩ
Papyrus
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. VIII [ 15]
University of Glasgow , P. Oxy. 1151
Glasgow
UK
OP [ 16]
𝔗 10
5th–6th
Matthew 1:1; 4:23; Mark 1:1; Luke 1:1; John 1:1–2
ΑΩ
Parchment
Altchristliche Texte im Berliner Museum [ 17]
Berlin State Museums , P. 6096
Berlin
Germany
BerlPap[ 18]
𝔗 11
5th–6th
Matthew 4:23 /9:35; Matthew 8 :15/Mark 1 :31
ΑΩ
Papyrus
Vier Berliner Zaubertexte [ 19]
Berlin State Museums , P. 21230
Berlin
Germany
BerlPap[ 20]
𝔗 12
5th–6th
Matthew 6:9 , 11
ΑΩ
Papyrus
Papyri in the Princeton University Collections [ 21]
Princeton University Library , P.Princ. 2.107
Princeton, NJ
USA
PUL[ 22]
𝔗 13
6th–7th
Matthew 6:9–13
ΑΩ
Papyrus
A Greek Papyrus Amulet… [ 23]
Duke University , P.Duke inv. 778
Durham, NC
USA
DU [ 24]
𝔗 14 = 0324
5th
Matthew 6:4 –6, 8–12
ΑΩ
Parchment
Columbia Papyri XI [ 25]
Columbia University , P.Col. 11.293
New York, NY
USA
CU [ 26]
𝔗 15
6th–8th
Matthew 6:9–13
ΑΩ/αω
Papyrus
The Lord’s Prayer and ΧΜΓ [ 27]
Yale University , P.CtYBR inv. 4600
New Haven, CT
USA
YU [ 28]
𝔗 16
4th–5th
Matthew 6:9–13; 2 Corinthians 13 :13?
ΑΩ
Papyrus
Christian Papyri from the Oslo Collection [ 29]
University of Oslo , P.Oslo inv. 1644
Oslo
Norway
Schøyen Collection , MS 244/4
Oslo
Norway
𝔗 17
3rd–4th
Matthew 6:10 –12
ΑΩ
Papyrus
The Antinoopolis Papyri, pt. 2 [ 30]
Sackler Library , P.Ant. 2.54
Oxford
UK
p.233
𝔗 18
6th
Matthew 6:11 –13
ΑΩ
Papyrus
Kölner Papyri [ 31]
University of Cologne , P.Köln 8.336
Cologne
Germany
UOC [ 32]
𝔗 19
5th
Matthew 6:11–13
ΑΩ
Papyrus
Kölner Papyri [ 33]
University of Cologne , P.Köln 4.171
Cologne
Germany
UOC [ 34]
𝔗 20 = 𝔓105
5th–6th
Matthew 27:62 –64; 28:2 –5
ΑΩ
Papyrus
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. LXIV [ 35]
Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library , P. Oxy. 4406
Oxford
UK
OP ,[ 36] CSNTM , INTF
𝔗 21
3rd–4th
Mark 1:1–2
ΑΩ
Papyrus
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. LXXVI [ 37]
Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library , P. Oxy. 5073
Oxford
UK
OP [ 38]
𝔗 22
5th–6th
John 1:1–12
ΑΩ
Papyrus
Kölner Papyri [ 39]
University of Cologne , P.Köln 8.340
Cologne
Germany
UOC [ 40]
𝔗 23
6th–7th
John 1 :5–6
ΑΩ
Parchment
Griechische literarische Papyri christlichen Inhaltes II, vol. 1 [ 41]
Austrian National Library , G 29831
Vienna
Austria
ANL [ 42]
𝔗 24
6th–7th
John 1:29, 49
ΑΩ
Papyrus
Ein apokryphes Evangelienfragment [ 43]
Berlin State Museums, Inv. 11710
Berlin
Germany
BerlPap[ 44]
𝔗 25
6th
2 Corinthians 10 :4; 1 Thessalonians 5 :8/Ephesians 6 :16
ΑΩ
Papyrus
Die Leipziger Papyrusfragmente der Psalmen [ 45]
Austrian National Library , G 26034 + 30453
Vienna
Austria
ANL [ 46]
𝔗 26 = 0262
7th
1 Timothy 1 :15–16
ΑΩ/αω
Parchment
Neue neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung [ 47]
Berlin State Museums , P. 13977
Berlin
Germany
BerlPap ,[ 48] INTF , CSNTM
𝔗 27 = 𝔓78
3rd–4th
Jude 4–5, 7–8
ΑΩ
Papyrus
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Vol. XXIV [ 49]
Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library , P. Oxy. 2684
Oxford
UK
OP [ 50] CSNTM , INTF
𝔗 28
4th–5th
Colossians 3 :9–10
ΑΩ
Papyrus
A Christian Amulet Containing Colossians 3:9–10 [ 51]
Petrie Egyptian Museum , UC 32070
London
UK
PEM [ 52]
𝔗 29
3rd–4th
Acts 9 :1
ΑΩ
Papyrus
An Amulet Containing Acts 9:1 [ 53]
Cadbury Research Library , University of Birmingham [ 54]
Birmingham
UK
𝔗 30
5th–6th
Matthew 1:20
ΑΩ
Papyrus
A Greek Papyrus Fragment with a Citation of Matthew 1:20 [ 55]
University of Michigan , P.Mich. inv. 4944b
Ann Arbor, MI
USA
BJ[ 56]
See also
Other lists of New Testament manuscripts
Other articles
References
Aland, Kurt ; Barbara Aland (1995). The Text of The New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . Translated by Erroll F. Rhodes (2nd ed.). Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company . ISBN 0-8028-4098-1 .
T.S. de Bruyn & H.F. Dijkstra, “Greek Amulets and Formularies from Egypt Containing Christian Elements ,” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 48 (2011) 163–216.
Peter Head, ‘Additional Greek Witnesses to the New Testament (Ostraca, Amulets, Inscriptions, and Other Sources)’ in The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research: Essays on the Status Quaestionis. Second Edition (eds M.W. Holmes & B.D. Ehrman; NTTSD 42; Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2012), 429–460.
Brice C. Jones, New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets from Late Antiquity and Their Relevance for Textual Criticism , April 2015.
Notes
^ "New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets from Late Antiquity and Their Relevance for Textual Criticism" . Concordia University, Canada . Brice C. Jones. Retrieved 2019-08-05 .
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^ "P. Oxy. 1077: Amulet: St. Matthew's Gospel, iv" . Artstor . Muhlenberg College. Retrieved 2019-07-01 .
^ "P.Oxy. 8.1077 (LDAB 2959)" . Concordia University, Canada . Brice Jones. Retrieved 2019-07-01 .
^ Ulrich Wilken, “Heidnisches und Christliches aus Ägypten,” APF 1 (1901): 396–436, at 431–436.
^ G. Vitelli, Pubblicazioni della Società Italiana per la ricerca dei papiri greci e latini in Egitto: Papiri greci e latini, vol. 6 (Florence: Pubblicazioni della Società Italiana, 1920), no. 719 (=151–152).
^ "PSI VI 719" . PSIonline . Laurentian Library. Retrieved 2019-07-01 .
^ Ernest Schäfer, Papyri Iandanae, Vol. 1: Voluminum codicumque fragmenta graeca cum amulet christiano (Leipzig: Teubner, 1912), no. 6 (=18–32).
^ "Inv. 14" . University of Giessen . University of Giessen. Retrieved 2019-07-01 .
^ Kenneth W. Clark, A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1937), pp. 226–227.
^ "Ms. 125, Talismanic Scroll (D'Hendecourt Scroll). Greg. T7" . Goodspeed Library, University of Chicago . The University of Chicago Library. Retrieved 2019-08-06 .
^ "Miscellany" . The Morgan Library . The Morgan Library and Museum. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-06 .
^ Heinrici, Die Leipziger Papyrusfragmente der Psalmen (Beiträge zur Geschichte und Erklärung des Neuen Testaments 4; Leipzig, 1903), 31–32.
^ "Inventarnummer: G 02312 Pap" . Austrian National Library . Austrian National Library. Retrieved 2019-08-05 .
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^ F. Krebs, Altchristliche Texte im Berliner Museum, Nachr. Gesell. Göttingen, 1892, 118–120, Nr. IV; C. Schmidt – W. Schubart, BKT VI 7.1; C. Wessely, Les plus anciens monuments du christianisme II, Patrologia orientalis 18, 1924, 412–413.
^ "P. 6096: Christliches Amulett" . BerlPap . Berliner Papyrusdatenbank. Retrieved 2019-07-01 .
^ William Brashear, “Vier Berliner Zaubertexte,” ZPE 17 (1975): 25–33, at 31–33.
^ "P. 21230: Christliches Amulett" . BerlPap . Berliner Papyrusdatenbank. Retrieved 2019-07-01 .
^ Edmund Harris Kase, Jr., ed., Papyri in the Princeton University Collections (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1936), no. 107 (102–103).
^ "Amulet. Gnostic fever amulet (both pagan and Christian)" . Princeton University . Princeton University Libraries. Retrieved 2019-07-01 .
^ Csaba A. La’da and Amphilochios Papathomas, “A Greek Papyrus Amulet from the Duke Collection with Biblical Excerpts,” BASP 41 (2004): 93–113.
^ "Amulet (P.Duk.inv. 778)" . Duke University Library . Duke University. Retrieved 2019-07-01 .
^ Timothy M. Teeter, Columbia Papyri XI (ASP 38; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998), no. 293 (=1–7).
^ "Biblical Text [V AD]" . papyri.info . Columbia University. Retrieved 2017-08-12 .
^ Brent Nongbri, “The Lord’s Prayer and ΧΜΓ: Two Christian Papyrus Amulets,” HTR 104 (2011): 59–68.
^ "Amulet with Lord's Prayer" . Yale University Library . Yale University. Retrieved 2019-07-01 .
^ Leiv Amundsen, “Christian Papyri from the Oslo Collection,” Symbolae Osloenses 24 (1945): 121–147, at 141–147
^ J.W.B. Barns, H. Zilliacus, and C.H. Roberts (eds.), The Antinoopolis Papyri, pt. 2 (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1960), no. 54 (6–7)
^ Michael Gronewald, “Vaterunser,” in Kölner Papyri (P. Köln), vol. 8 (eds. Michael Gronewald, Klaus Maresch, and Cornelia Römer; Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1997), 48–49
^ "Inv. 03583, Köln, Papyrussammlung" . University of Cologne . University of Cologne. Retrieved 2019-08-01 .
^ Cornelia Römer, “171. Christliches Amulett,” in Kölner Papyri (P. Köln), vol. 4 (eds. Bärbel Kramer, Cornelia Römer, and Dieter Hagedorn; Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1982), 31–34
^ "Inv. 03302, Köln, Papyrussammlung" . University of Cologne . University of Cologne. Retrieved 2019-08-01 .
^ J. David Thomas, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. LXIV (eds. E.W. Handley et al.; London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1997), §4406.
^ "P.Oxy.LXIV 4406" . Oxyrhynchus Online . Oxyrhynchus Online. Retrieved 2017-08-28 .
^ Geoffrey S. Smith and Andrew E. Bernhard, “5073,” in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. LXXVI (eds. D. Colomo and Juan Chapa; London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2011), 19–23.
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^ Franco Maltomini, “340. Amuleto con NT Ev. Jo. 1, 1–11,” in Kölner Papyri (P. Köln), ed. Michael Gronewald, Klaus Maresch, and Cornelia Römer (vol. 8; Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1997), 82–95.
^ "P.Köln 8.340" . University of Cologne . University of Cologne. Retrieved 2019-08-05 .
^ Kurt Treu and Johannes Diethart, Griechische literarische Papyri christlichen Inhaltes II, vol. 1 (MPER N.S. XVII; Vienna: Hollinek, 1993), no. 10 (23).
^ "Amulett mit Joh. 1, 5–6. Inventarnummer: G 29831 Pap" . Austrian National Library . Austrian National Library. Retrieved 2019-08-05 .
^ H. Lietzmann, “Ein apokryphes Evangelienfragment,” ZNW 22 (1923): 153–154
^ "P. 11710: Christliches Amulett (?) in Kodexform" . BerlPap . Berlin State Museums. Retrieved 2019-08-05 .
^ Heinrici, Die Leipziger Papyrusfragmente der Psalmen (Beiträge zur Geschichte und Erklärung des Neuen Testaments 4; Leipzig, 1903), 31–32.
^ "Neues Testament : G 30453 Phylakterion (?) mit Epistola ad Corinthios II 10, 4 und Epistola ad Thessalonicenses I 5, 8.. Inventarnummer: G 26034 Pap" . Austrian National Library . Austrian National Library. Retrieved 2019-08-05 .
^ Kurt Treu, “Neue neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung,” APF 18 (1966): 23–38, at 36–37.
^ "P. 13977: Amulett mit Textstellen aus Paulus, 1. Brief an Timotheus" . BerlPap . Berliner Papyrusdatenbank. Retrieved 2017-08-09 .
^ P.J. Parsons, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. XXXIV (eds. L. Ingrams, et al.; London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1968), §2684.
^ "P.Oxy.XXXIV 2684" . Oxyrhynchus Online . Oxyrhynchus Online. Retrieved 2017-08-28 .
^ Thomas A. Wayment, A Christian Amulet Containing Colossians 3:9–10 , Vigiliae Christianae Volume 69: Issue 5 (2015)
^ "A Christian Amulet Containing Colossians 3:9–10 (Wayment)" . Evangelical Textual Criticism . Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 2019-08-06 .
^ Lincoln H Blumell, An Amulet Containing Acts 9:1 , Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, Volume 54: (2017) pp. 31–43.
^ "New Testament Papyrus Discovered in Birmingham!" . University of Birmingham . University of Birmingham. Retrieved 2019-08-06 .
^ Brice C. Jones, A Greek Papyrus Fragment with a Citation of Matthew 1:20 , Journal of Biblical Literature, Volume 137, Number 1: (2018) pp. 169–174.
^ "New Greek Papyrus with a Citation of Matthew 1:20" . Brice C. Jones . Brice Jones. Retrieved 2019-08-01 .