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. 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.#DateContentsScriptMaterialPublicationOwnerCity, StateCountryImages 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 Trexler Library, Muhlenberg College, T 888.01 O98; P.oxy.1077 Allentown, PA USA MC, BJ 𝔗3 6th Matthew 1:1; 6:9–13; John 1:1 ΑΩ Papyrus Heidnisches und Christliches aus ÄgyptenUlrich Wilken, “Heidnisches und Christliches aus Ägypten,” APF 1 (1901): 396–436, at 431–436. 𝔗4 6th Matthew 1:1; 6:9; Mark 1:1–2; Luke 1:1; John 1:1 ΑΩ/αω Papyrus Papiri greci e latiniG. 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). Laurentian Library, PSI VI 719 Florence Italy BML 𝔗5 8th Matthew 6:9–13 ΑΩ Wood tablet University of Heidelberg, Egyptian Collection, Inv. 761; P.Bad. 4.60 Heidelberg Germanyp.249 𝔗6 5th–6th Matthew 6:9–13; Luke 9:37; 11:1b-2 ΑΩ Papyrus Papyri IandanaeErnest Schäfer, Papyri Iandanae, Vol. 1: Voluminum codicumque fragmenta graeca cum amulet christiano (Leipzig: Teubner, 1912), no. 6 (=18–32). University of Giessen, P.Iand. 1.6 Gießen, Hesse GermanyUoG 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...Kenneth W. Clark, A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek New Testament Manuscripts in America (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1937), pp. 226–227.The University of Chicago Library, Ms. 125 (Goodspeed)Chicago, ILUSA TUOCLPierpont Morgan Library, Ms. M. 499New York, NYUSA PML 𝔗8 5th–6th John 2:1a-2; Romans 12:1–2 ΑΩ Papyrus Die Leipziger Papyrusfragmente der Psalmen Heinrici, Die Leipziger Papyrusfragmente der Psalmen (Beiträge zur Geschichte und Erklärung des Neuen Testaments 4; Leipzig, 1903), 31–32. Austrian National Library, G 3212 Vienna AustriaANL 𝔗9 5th John 1:1, 3 ΑΩ Papyrus The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. VIIIA.S. Hunt (ed.), Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. VIII (London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1911), §1151 (251–253). University of Glasgow, P. Oxy. 1151 Glasgow UK OP 𝔗10 5th–6th Matthew 1:1; 4:23; Mark 1:1; Luke 1:1; John 1:1–2 ΑΩ Parchment Altchristliche Texte im Berliner MuseumF. 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. Berlin State Museums, P. 6096 Berlin Germany BerlPap 𝔗11 5th–6th Matthew 4:23/9:35; Matthew 8:15/Mark 1:31 ΑΩ Papyrus Vier Berliner ZaubertexteWilliam Brashear, “Vier Berliner Zaubertexte,” ZPE 17 (1975): 25–33, at 31–33. Berlin State Museums, P. 21230 Berlin Germany BerlPap 𝔗12 5th–6th Matthew 6:9, 11 ΑΩ Papyrus Papyri in the Princeton University CollectionsEdmund Harris Kase, Jr., ed., Papyri in the Princeton University Collections (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1936), no. 107 (102–103). Princeton University Library, P.Princ. 2.107 Princeton, NJ USAPUL 𝔗13 6th–7th Matthew 6:9–13 ΑΩ Papyrus A Greek Papyrus Amulet…Csaba A. La’da and Amphilochios Papathomas, “A Greek Papyrus Amulet from the Duke Collection with Biblical Excerpts,” BASP 41 (2004): 93–113. Duke University, P.Duke inv. 778 Durham, NC USADU 𝔗14 = 0324 5th Matthew 6:4–6, 8–12 ΑΩ Parchment Columbia Papyri XITimothy M. Teeter, Columbia Papyri XI (ASP 38; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998), no. 293 (=1–7). Columbia University, P.Col. 11.293 New York, NY USA CU 𝔗15 6th–8th Matthew 6:9–13 ΑΩ/αω Papyrus The Lord’s Prayer and ΧΜΓBrent Nongbri, “The Lord’s Prayer and ΧΜΓ: Two Christian Papyrus Amulets,” HTR 104 (2011): 59–68. Yale University, P.CtYBR inv. 4600 New Haven, CT USAYU 𝔗16 4th–5thMatthew 6:9–13; 2 Corinthians 13:13?ΑΩPapyrus Christian Papyri from the Oslo CollectionLeiv Amundsen, “Christian Papyri from the Oslo Collection,” Symbolae Osloenses 24 (1945): 121–147, at 141–147 University of Oslo, P.Oslo inv. 1644 Oslo Norway Schøyen Collection, MS 244/4 Oslo Norway 𝔗17 3rd–4th Matthew 6:10–12 ΑΩ PapyrusThe Antinoopolis Papyri, pt. 2J.W.B. Barns, H. Zilliacus, and C.H. Roberts (eds.), The Antinoopolis Papyri, pt. 2 (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1960), no. 54 (6–7) Sackler Library, P.Ant. 2.54 Oxford UKp.233 𝔗18 6th Matthew 6:11–13 ΑΩ Papyrus Kölner PapyriMichael Gronewald, “Vaterunser,” in Kölner Papyri (P. Köln), vol. 8 (eds. Michael Gronewald, Klaus Maresch, and Cornelia Römer; Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1997), 48–49 University of Cologne, P.Köln 8.336 Cologne GermanyUOC 𝔗19 5th Matthew 6:11–13 ΑΩ Papyrus Kölner PapyriCornelia 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 University of Cologne, P.Köln 4.171 Cologne GermanyUOC 𝔗20 = 5th–6th Matthew 27:62–64; 28:2–5 ΑΩ Papyrus The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. LXIVJ. David Thomas, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. LXIV (eds. E.W. Handley et al.; London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1997), §4406. Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, P. Oxy. 4406 Oxford UK OP, CSNTM, INTF 𝔗21 3rd–4th Mark 1:1–2 ΑΩ Papyrus The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. LXXVIGeoffrey 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. Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, P. Oxy. 5073 Oxford UK OP 𝔗22 5th–6th John 1:1–12 ΑΩ Papyrus Kölner PapyriFranco 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. University of Cologne, P.Köln 8.340 Cologne GermanyUOC 𝔗23 6th–7th John 1:5–6 ΑΩ Parchment Griechische literarische Papyri christlichen Inhaltes II, vol. 1Kurt Treu and Johannes Diethart, Griechische literarische Papyri christlichen Inhaltes II, vol. 1 (MPER N.S. XVII; Vienna: Hollinek, 1993), no. 10 (23). Austrian National Library, G 29831 Vienna AustriaANL 𝔗24 6th–7th John 1:29, 49 ΑΩ Papyrus Ein apokryphes EvangelienfragmentH. Lietzmann, “Ein apokryphes Evangelienfragment,” ZNW 22 (1923): 153–154 Berlin State Museums, Inv. 11710 Berlin GermanyBerlPap 𝔗25 6th 2 Corinthians 10:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:8/Ephesians 6:16 ΑΩ Papyrus Die Leipziger Papyrusfragmente der Psalmen Heinrici, Die Leipziger Papyrusfragmente der Psalmen (Beiträge zur Geschichte und Erklärung des Neuen Testaments 4; Leipzig, 1903), 31–32. Austrian National Library, G 26034 + 30453 Vienna AustriaANL 𝔗26 = 0262 7th 1 Timothy 1:15–16 ΑΩ/αω Parchment Neue neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner PapyrussammlungKurt Treu, “Neue neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung,” APF 18 (1966): 23–38, at 36–37. Berlin State Museums, P. 13977 Berlin GermanyBerlPap, INTF, CSNTM 𝔗27 = 3rd–4th Jude 4–5, 7–8 ΑΩ Papyrus The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Vol. XXIVP.J. Parsons, Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. XXXIV (eds. L. Ingrams, et al.; London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1968), §2684. Papyrology Rooms, Sackler Library, P. Oxy. 2684 Oxford UKOP CSNTM, INTF 𝔗28 4th–5th Colossians 3:9–10 ΑΩ Papyrus A Christian Amulet Containing Colossians 3:9–10Thomas A. Wayment, A Christian Amulet Containing Colossians 3:9–10, Vigiliae Christianae Volume 69: Issue 5 (2015) Petrie Egyptian Museum, UC 32070 London UKPEM 𝔗29 3rd–4th Acts 9:1 ΑΩ Papyrus An Amulet Containing Acts 9:1Lincoln H Blumell, An Amulet Containing Acts 9:1, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, Volume 54: (2017) pp. 31–43. Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham Birmingham UK 𝔗30 5th–6th Matthew 1:20 ΑΩ Papyrus A Greek Papyrus Fragment with a Citation of Matthew 1:20Brice 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. University of Michigan, P.Mich. inv. 4944b Ann Arbor, MI USABJ 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

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.

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