Christian Amulet with Jesus-Nathanael Dialogue (Apocryphal Gospel?)

This fragment displays several lines of Greek uncial script written in a large, informal hand characteristic of personal talismans. The text records a conversation between Jesus and the disciple Nathanael, an apocryphal expansion of the scene found in the Gospel of John. The rough edges and small format suggest this papyrus was intended to be folded and worn on the body for divine protection.

This artifact documents the early Christian practice of using sacred and apocryphal texts as apotropaic (protective) amulets, a tradition that merged biblical theology with ancient Mediterranean magical practices. It provides evidence of the 'Unknown Gospel' traditions in Egypt, where the recorded words of Jesus were believed to hold intrinsic talismanic power to ward off evil.