Old Testament, Book of Psalms, Psalm I [1]
The papyrus sheet contains on the recto eight lines of text in Ancient Greek, written in uncial script; on its upper margin it retains the Christian staurogram, a symbol formed by the Greek letters tau and rho as an abbreviation for the Greek stauros σταυρός, meaning “cross”. The text on the recto is a copy of Psalm I [1], the first psalm of the Book of Psalms in the Greek Old Testament (Septuaginta). The better preserved first three lines and the staurogram, which classified the text as religious, made the identification possible. Based on paleographical grounds the Turin text copy can be dated to a period between the 3rd and 5th century AD.
Smaller papyrus sheets like this, containing texts with Christian formularies written in Greek, could be used as amulets. Thus, the Turin papyrus was most likely used as magical amulet for protection.
Late Empire (285-565 AD)
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Blessed is the man who does not walk into the counsel of the impious,
and does not stand in the way of the sinners, and does not sit on the seat of
the scornful:
Vittoria Vegni (VV)
greek
Book of Psalms, Textual amulet, Religious text
amulets, Bible, magic
Late Empire (285-565 AD)
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