Principal Edition P.Oxy. XI 1384. The papyrus was first published by Grenfell and Hunt in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Part XI, under the title “Medical Recipes, Theological Extracts.” Object Type Medical-magical papyrus / therapeutic recipe sheet with healing historiolae. The object should not be classified as a bodily amulet in the strict sense. It is …
This small papyrus fragment, published as P.Oxy. VIII 1152, preserves a short protective formula in Greek. The text combines divine names from biblical and ritual traditions with an explicitly Christian invocation addressed to Michael and Jesus Christ. Its central request is clear: help is asked for a human group —“us”— and for a specific house. …
Denomination: OD Pisa 2 Photo: Bresciani 1966. Text: Text A — Convex side Pꜣ-tj-sn sꜣ ʿw ir sm r Pa-Wsir sꜣ Ḫns ipj nꜣ-ʿn-f e-k ir-f mtw-k tj ššw mw 2 n ʾmnjš (sꜣ) Ḥrllw ḥpr e-f gm-w r ḥr-n mtw-k nw r pꜣ ššw mw 2 r tj n-k Ḥr pꜣ rts (sꜣ) Ḥrllw …
Object Type Written amulet / phylakterion Ritual Function Personal apotropaic protection. The text asks that whoever carries the amulet be protected from harm, evil, witchcraft, evil spirits, negative astral influence, and the works of the Adversary. The published translation explicitly states whosoever wears this amulet, confirming its function as an object intended to be …
Denomination: Green and Blue Photo: Oxyrhynchus Archaeological Mission https://www.oxirrinc.com/ Text: Text A Upper ΦΩΚΑ ΤΟΝ ΣΕΒΕΣΤΑΤΟΝ ἡμῶν δεσπότην πολλὰ τὰ ἔτη Text B Lower Τόπος διαφέρων τοῖς Βενέτοις Traduction: Upper “To Phocas, our most august lord, for many years.” Lower “Place belonging to the Veneti (the Blues).” Lenguage Greek Chonology: VI -VII AD Style: Inscription type: Honorific …
Denomination: Vessel Glass Photo: British Museum Text: HCAIC Traduction: – Lenguage Greek Chonology: IV AD Style: Wheel-cut type: Ownership Support: Glass Location: – (Excavation Egypt Exploration Fund) Dimension: Length: 12,7 cm Discovered: 1896–1907 Description: Archaeological and functional context This object is a fragment of a large clear-glass vessel reported as coming from Oxyrhynchus (Egypt), in …
Denomination: Theodore’s Stele Photo: British Museum Text: ΜΝΗΜΙΟΝ ΘΕΟΔѠΡΟΥ ΔΟΥΛ(ου) Θ(εο)Υ ΥΙΟΥ ΔΗΜΗ ΤΡΙΟΥ ΚΥΝΟΠΟΛ(ιτου) ΑΓΑΜ(ου). S ΙΝΔ(ικτιωνος) ΠΑΧѠΝ ΙΖ ΚΒ Ε(των). ΕΥΨΥΧ(ει). Traduction: Memorial of Theodore servant of God, son of Deme trios of Kynopolis, unmarried, (who died in the) sixth (year) of the indictio, Pachon 17, (aged) 22. Be of good cheer. Lenguage Greek …
Denomination: Magical tablet of Set Photo: Oxyrhynchus Archaeological Mission https://www.oxirrinc.com/ Text: Text A (upper) ANIKH(TOΣ) = ἀνίκητος Text B (lower) Option 1 A(NIKHTOΣ) (?) [ΣH]Θ = ἀνίκητος Σηθ Option 2 ANIKH(TOΣ) (?) Traduction: Text A = invincible Text B = Option 1 = Invincible (?) Set (?) Option 2 = Invincible (?) Lenguage Greek Chonology: …
Denomination: Jonah’s painting Photo: https://www.oxirrinc.com/ Text: ε ἰν(δικτίωνος)Τύβι κ Traduction: (Year) 5 of the indiction Tybi, 20 Lenguage Greek Chonology: V-VI AD Style: Painted type: Votive/ religious Support: Wall Location: Funerary House of the Upper Necropolis at Oxyrhynchus Discovered: 1992 Description: Archaeological and functional context.The object is a wall painting with an inscription from the …