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Delivery note for two donkey-loads from Apa Kyrios TM 116322Abu 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 brought from Apa Kyrios on Mesore 22 of a fourth indiction. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† From Apa Kyrios, Arg[…]: 2 donkey-loads (onikai phorai) two only. Month of Mesore 22, indiction 4 †

"Onikai phorai" are loads carried by a donkey, a standard transport unit in these Abu Mena ostraca. "Arg" is an unexpanded abbreviation, perhaps a name or the commodity.

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.

o.abu.mina.123

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 1. Hälfte VII · Abu Mena

† ἀπὸ αππα Κυρίου Ἀργ ὀνικαὶ φοραὶ β δύο μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ κβ ἰνδικτίονος δ †

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · O.AbuMina object no. 8612 C84 · 1. Hälfte VII · Abu Mena