𝔗2, 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.

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List of New Testament Amulets

Dobs.#DateContentsScriptMaterialPublicationOwnerCity, StateCountryImages
𝔗1 = 01524thMatthew 6:11–13ΑΩOstrakonNational Archaeological Museum, Inv. 12227AthensGreece
𝔗26th–7thMatthew 4:23–24ΑΩParchmentThe Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Vol. VIII 1077Trexler Library, Muhlenberg College, T 888.01 O98; P.oxy.1077Allentown, PAUSAMC, BJ
𝔗36thMatthew 1:1; 6:9–13; John 1:1ΑΩPapyrusHeidnisches und Christliches aus Ägypten
𝔗46thMatthew 1:1; 6:9; Mark 1:1–2; Luke 1:1; John 1:1ΑΩ/αωPapyrusPapiri greci e latiniLaurentian Library, PSI VI 719FlorenceItalyBML
𝔗58thMatthew 6:9–13ΑΩWood tabletUniversity of Heidelberg, Egyptian Collection, Inv. 761; P.Bad. 4.60HeidelbergGermany
𝔗65th–6thMatthew 6:9–13; Luke 9:37; 11:1b-2ΑΩPapyrusPapyri IandanaeUniversity of Giessen, P.Iand. 1.6Gießen, HesseGermanyUoG
𝔗714thMatthew 6:9–13; Mark 1:1–8, Luke 1:1–7; John 1:1–17αωParchmentA Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament...The University of Chicago Library, Ms. 125 (Goodspeed)Chicago, ILUSATUOCL
Pierpont Morgan Library, Ms. M. 499New York, NYUSAPML
𝔗85th–6thJohn 2:1a-2; Romans 12:1–2ΑΩPapyrusDie Leipziger Papyrusfragmente der PsalmenAustrian National Library, G 3212ViennaAustriaANL
𝔗95thJohn 1:1, 3ΑΩPapyrusThe Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. VIIIUniversity of Glasgow, P. Oxy. 1151GlasgowUKOP
𝔗105th–6thMatthew 1:1; 4:23; Mark 1:1; Luke 1:1; John 1:1–2ΑΩParchmentAltchristliche Texte im Berliner MuseumBerlin State Museums, P. 6096BerlinGermanyBerlPap
𝔗115th–6thMatthew 4:23/9:35; Matthew 8:15/Mark 1:31ΑΩPapyrusVier Berliner ZaubertexteBerlin State Museums, P. 21230BerlinGermanyBerlPap
𝔗125th–6thMatthew 6:9, 11ΑΩPapyrusPapyri in the Princeton University CollectionsPrinceton University Library, P.Princ. 2.107Princeton, NJUSAPUL
𝔗136th–7thMatthew 6:9–13ΑΩPapyrusA Greek Papyrus Amulet…Duke University, P.Duke inv. 778Durham, NCUSADU
𝔗14 = 03245thMatthew 6:4–6, 8–12ΑΩParchmentColumbia Papyri XIColumbia University, P.Col. 11.293New York, NYUSACU
𝔗156th–8thMatthew 6:9–13ΑΩ/αωPapyrusThe Lord’s Prayer and ΧΜΓYale University, P.CtYBR inv. 4600New Haven, CTUSAYU
𝔗164th–5thMatthew 6:9–13; 2 Corinthians 13:13?ΑΩPapyrusChristian Papyri from the Oslo CollectionUniversity of Oslo, P.Oslo inv. 1644OsloNorway
Schøyen Collection, MS 244/4OsloNorway
𝔗173rd–4thMatthew 6:10–12ΑΩPapyrusThe Antinoopolis Papyri, pt. 2Sackler Library, P.Ant. 2.54OxfordUK
𝔗186thMatthew 6:11–13ΑΩPapyrusKölner PapyriUniversity of Cologne, P.Köln 8.336CologneGermanyUOC
𝔗195thMatthew 6:11–13ΑΩPapyrusKölner PapyriUniversity of Cologne, P.Köln 4.171CologneGermanyUOC
𝔗20 = 𝔓1055th–6thMatthew 27:62–64; 28:2–5ΑΩPapyrusThe Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. LXIVPapyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, P. Oxy. 4406OxfordUKOP, ,
𝔗213rd–4thMark 1:1–2ΑΩPapyrusThe Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. LXXVIPapyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, P. Oxy. 5073OxfordUKOP
𝔗225th–6thJohn 1:1–12ΑΩPapyrusKölner PapyriUniversity of Cologne, P.Köln 8.340CologneGermanyUOC
𝔗236th–7thJohn 1:5–6ΑΩParchmentGriechische literarische Papyri christlichen Inhaltes II, vol. 1Austrian National Library, G 29831ViennaAustriaANL
𝔗246th–7thJohn 1:29, 49ΑΩPapyrusEin apokryphes EvangelienfragmentBerlin State Museums, Inv. 11710BerlinGermanyBerlPap
𝔗256th2 Corinthians 10:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:8/Ephesians 6:16ΑΩPapyrusDie Leipziger Papyrusfragmente der PsalmenAustrian National Library, G 26034 + 30453ViennaAustriaANL
𝔗26 = 02627th1 Timothy 1:15–16ΑΩ/αωParchmentNeue neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner PapyrussammlungBerlin State Museums, P. 13977BerlinGermanyBerlPap, ,
𝔗27 = 𝔓783rd–4thJude 4–5, 7–8ΑΩPapyrusThe Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Vol. XXIVPapyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, P. Oxy. 2684OxfordUKOP ,
𝔗284th–5thColossians 3:9–10ΑΩPapyrusA Christian Amulet Containing Colossians 3:9–10Petrie Egyptian Museum, UC 32070LondonUKPEM
𝔗293rd–4thActs 9:1ΑΩPapyrusAn Amulet Containing Acts 9:1Cadbury Research Library, University of BirminghamBirminghamUK
𝔗305th–6thMatthew 1:20ΑΩPapyrusA Greek Papyrus Fragment with a Citation of Matthew 1:20University of Michigan, P.Mich. inv. 4944bAnn Arbor, MIUSABJ
𝔗315th–6thMt 1:1; Mk 1:1; Jn 1:1ΑΩPapyrusBibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum, BAAM 0505AlexandriaUSA

See also

Other lists of New Testament manuscripts

Other articles

  • 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, “,” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 48 (2011) 163–216.
  • Peter Head, 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, , April 2015.

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