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Receipt for two donkey loads from Menas TM 116353Abu 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 from (or delivered by) a man named Menas on Mesore 18 of a fourth indiction year. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† From Menas, mol(...), donkey loads: 2, two only, in the month of Mesore, 18th, of the 4th indiction †

The abbreviation 'mol' is unexplained; it may designate the commodity or a title of Menas. 'Onikai phorai' are loads carried by donkeys, a standard transport unit in the Abu Mena ostraca.

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.154

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

† ἀπὸ Μηνᾶ μολ ὀνικαὶ φοραὶ β δύο μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ ιη ἰνδικτίονος δ †

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · O.AbuMina object no. 8612 C125 · 1. Hälfte VII · Abu Mena