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Delivery note for two donkey-loads from Daniel the doorkeeper TM 116488Abu Mena1. Hälfte VII

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A short ostracon receipt or delivery note recording two donkey-loads delivered from Daniel, a doorkeeper, on Mesore 20 of the fourth indiction. It comes from the pilgrimage site of Abu Mena in the first half of the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† From Daniel the doorkeeper: 2 donkey-loads, two only, in the month of Mesore, 20th, indiction 4. †

The abbreviation ὀν(ικαὶ) φο(ραὶ) is understood as 'donkey-loads'; the goods carried are not named. The title 'doorkeeper' (thyroros) is partly restored.

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.291

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

† ἀπὸ Δανιὴλ θυρωροῦ ὀνικαὶ φοραὶ β δύο µόνον µηνὶ Μεσορὴ κ ἰνδικτίονος δ †

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · O.AbuMina object no. 8612 C323a · 1. Hälfte VII · Abu Mena