Object of the Month

PGM XIX a (P. 9909) Amulet with erotic charm from Hermupolis, dated to the 3rd or 4th century CE. The papyrus sheet has been folded several times and contained a brownish-red hair lock. The spell is introduced by a 13-lines… Read More→

BGU I 28 (P. 6932) In this text Pakysis, priest of the god Soknopaios in the village Soknopaiu Nesos in Arsinoites, and his wife Tabus declare their seven-years-old daugther to the authorities. The document is dated on the 11th October… Read More→

BKT VI 6.2 (P. 13269 R) „In Bethlehem (there were) shepherds out on the fields, an angel of God announced to them the birth of Emmanuel. And the glory of God shone around them and (the angel) said: Don’t be… Read More→