New Testament amulet

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.

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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

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]
						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
						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

See also

Other lists of New Testament manuscripts

• List of New Testament papyri
• List of New Testament uncials
• List of New Testament minuscules
• List of New Testament lectionaries
• List of New Testament Latin manuscripts
• List of New Testament Church Fathers
• List of the Syriac New Testament manuscripts

Other articles

• List of Egyptian papyri by date
• Novum Testamentum Graece
• Palaeography
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism

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.