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† ἀπὸ Ἰωάννου Μηνᾶ Πιαμὲ ὀνικαὶ φοραὶ β δύο μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ κδ ἰνδικτίονος δ †
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A short ostracon receipt or delivery note recording two donkey-loads from Ioannes son of Menas, apparently of the village Piame, dated Mesore 24 of the 4th indiction. It comes from the pilgrimage site of Abu Mena in the first half of the 7th century AD.
The expansion of the abbreviation as the place name Piame is the editor's and uncertain. The commodity carried by the donkey-loads (phorai) is not stated.
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.
† ἀπὸ Ἰωάννου Μηνᾶ Πιαμὲ ὀνικαὶ φοραὶ β δύο μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ κδ ἰνδικτίονος δ †
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