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† ἀπὸ αππα Κυρίου συμμάχου ὀνικαὶ φοραὶ β δύο μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ κϛ ἰνδικτίονος δ †
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 116284
Delivery note for two donkey loads from apa Kyrios, symmachos TM 116284Abu Mena1. Hälfte VII
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A short ostracon receipt or delivery note from the pilgrimage site of Abu Mena recording two donkey loads sent by apa Kyrios, a courier (symmachos), on Mesore 26 of a fourth indiction. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
† From apa Kyrios, symmachos (courier): donkey loads, 2, two
only. Month of Mesore 26, indiction 4. †
A symmachos was a letter-carrier or messenger in late antique Egypt. The expansion of the abbreviations as 'donkey loads' is the editor's interpretation.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.