One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 116380

Account of donkey-loads delivered by Io(annes?) the barbarian TM 116380Abu Mena1. Hälfte VII

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A short ostracon account recording a delivery of one and a half donkey-loads from a man named Io(annes?), described as a barbarian, with a running total of four and a half. It comes from the pilgrimage site of Abu Mena in the first half of the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† From Io(annes?), barbarian: donkey-load, 1 1/2; total makes 4 1/2.

The name is abbreviated as Io, probably Ioannes. 'Barbarian' (barbaros) may be an ethnic designation or a nickname; the total of 4 1/2 suggests this entry belongs to a series of deliveries.

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.181

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

† ἀπὸ Ἰω βαρβάρου ὀνικὴ φορὰ α ἥμισυ ὁμοῦ γίνονται δ ἥμισυ

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · O.AbuMina object no. 8612 C177 · 1. Hälfte VII · Abu Mena