One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 116437

Delivery note for one donkey-load from Ioannes son of Menas TM 116437Abu Mena1. Hälfte VII

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A short ostracon receipt or delivery note from Abu Mena recording one donkey-load delivered from Ioannes son of Menas, dated Mesore 24 of a fourth indiction. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† From Ioannes son of Menas. Piame (?): donkey-load, 1, one only. Month of Mesore 24, indiction 4. †

The abbreviation Πια(μὲ) is uncertain; it may be a place name or a word for the commodity, possibly a measure or type of goods carried. The 'donkey-load' (onike phora) was a standard transport unit in these 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.239

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

† ἀπὸ Ἰωάννου Μηνᾶ Πιαμὲ ὀνικὴ φορὰ α μία μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ κδ ἰνδικτίονος δ †

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · O.AbuMina object no. 8612 C255 · 1. Hälfte VII · Abu Mena