New Testament amulet

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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]

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List of New Testament Amulets

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Dobs.#	Date	Contents	Script	Material	Publication	Owner	City, State	Country	Images
𝔗¹ = 0152	4th	Matthew 6:11–13	ΑΩ	Ostrakon		National Archaeological Museum, Inv. 12227	Athens	Greece
𝔗²	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]
𝔗³	6th	Matthew 1:1; 6:9–13; John 1:1	ΑΩ	Papyrus	Heidnisches und Christliches aus Ägypten^[5]
𝔗⁴	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]
𝔗⁵	8th	Matthew 6:9–13	ΑΩ	Wood tablet		University of Heidelberg, Egyptian Collection, Inv. 761; P.Bad. 4.60	Heidelberg	Germany	p.249
𝔗⁶	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]
𝔗⁷	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]
𝔗⁷	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]	Pierpont Morgan Library, Ms. M. 499	New York, NY	USA	PML^[12]
𝔗⁸	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]
𝔗⁹	5th	John 1:1, 3	ΑΩ	Papyrus	The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. VIII^[15]	University of Glasgow, P. Oxy. 1151	Glasgow	UK	OP^[16]
𝔗¹⁰	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]
𝔗¹¹	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]
𝔗¹²	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]
𝔗¹³	6th–7th	Matthew 6:9–13	ΑΩ	Papyrus	A Greek Papyrus Amulet…^[23]	Duke University, P.Duke inv. 778	Durham, NC	USA	DU^[24]
𝔗¹⁴ = 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]
𝔗¹⁵	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]
𝔗¹⁶	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
𝔗¹⁶	4th–5th	Matthew 6:9–13; 2 Corinthians 13:13?	ΑΩ	Papyrus	Christian Papyri from the Oslo Collection^[29]	Schøyen Collection, MS 244/4	Oslo	Norway
𝔗¹⁷	3rd–4th	Matthew 6:10–12	ΑΩ	Papyrus	The Antinoopolis Papyri, pt. 2^[30]	Sackler Library, P.Ant. 2.54	Oxford	UK	p.233
𝔗¹⁸	6th	Matthew 6:11–13	ΑΩ	Papyrus	Kölner Papyri^[31]	University of Cologne, P.Köln 8.336	Cologne	Germany	UOC^[32]
𝔗¹⁹	5th	Matthew 6:11–13	ΑΩ	Papyrus	Kölner Papyri^[33]	University of Cologne, P.Köln 4.171	Cologne	Germany	UOC^[34]
𝔗²⁰ = 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
𝔗²¹	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]
𝔗²²	5th–6th	John 1:1–12	ΑΩ	Papyrus	Kölner Papyri^[39]	University of Cologne, P.Köln 8.340	Cologne	Germany	UOC^[40]
𝔗²³	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]
𝔗²⁴	6th–7th	John 1:29, 49	ΑΩ	Papyrus	Ein apokryphes Evangelienfragment^[43]	Berlin State Museums, Inv. 11710	Berlin	Germany	BerlPap^[44]
𝔗²⁵	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]
𝔗²⁶ = 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
𝔗²⁷ = 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
𝔗²⁸	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]
𝔗²⁹	3rd–4th	Acts 9:1	ΑΩ	Papyrus	An Amulet Containing Acts 9:1^[53]	Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham^[54]	Birmingham	UK
𝔗³⁰	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]
𝔗³¹	5th–6th	Mt 1:1; Mk 1:1; Jn 1:1	ΑΩ	Papyrus		Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum, BAAM 0505	Alexandria	USA

References

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Notes

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"P.Oxy. 8.1077 (LDAB 2959)". Concordia University, Canada. Brice Jones. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
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Ulrich Wilken, “Heidnisches und Christliches aus Ägypten,” APF 1 (1901): 396–436, at 431–436.
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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).
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"PSI VI 719". PSIonline. Laurentian Library. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
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Ernest Schäfer, Papyri Iandanae, Vol. 1: Voluminum codicumque fragmenta graeca cum amulet christiano (Leipzig: Teubner, 1912), no. 6 (=18–32).
[9]
"Inv. 14". University of Giessen. University of Giessen. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
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Kenneth W. Clark, A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1937), pp. 226–227.
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"Ms. 125, Talismanic Scroll (D'Hendecourt Scroll). Greg. T7". Goodspeed Library, University of Chicago. The University of Chicago Library. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
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Heinrici, Die Leipziger Papyrusfragmente der Psalmen (Beiträge zur Geschichte und Erklärung des Neuen Testaments 4; Leipzig, 1903), 31–32.
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"P. 6096: Christliches Amulett". BerlPap. Berliner Papyrusdatenbank. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
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William Brashear, “Vier Berliner Zaubertexte,” ZPE 17 (1975): 25–33, at 31–33.
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"P. 21230: Christliches Amulett". BerlPap. Berliner Papyrusdatenbank. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
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Edmund Harris Kase, Jr., ed., Papyri in the Princeton University Collections (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1936), no. 107 (102–103).
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"Amulet. Gnostic fever amulet (both pagan and Christian)". Princeton University. Princeton University Libraries. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
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Timothy M. Teeter, Columbia Papyri XI (ASP 38; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998), no. 293 (=1–7).
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Brent Nongbri, “The Lord’s Prayer and ΧΜΓ: Two Christian Papyrus Amulets,” HTR 104 (2011): 59–68.
[28]
"Amulet with Lord's Prayer". Yale University Library. Yale University. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
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Leiv Amundsen, “Christian Papyri from the Oslo Collection,” Symbolae Osloenses 24 (1945): 121–147, at 141–147
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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)
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Michael Gronewald, “Vaterunser,” in Kölner Papyri (P. Köln), vol. 8 (eds. Michael Gronewald, Klaus Maresch, and Cornelia Römer; Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1997), 48–49
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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
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[45]
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[48]
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[49]
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[52]
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Lincoln H Blumell, An Amulet Containing Acts 9:1, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, Volume 54: (2017) pp. 31–43.
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