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† ἀπὸ Μηνᾶ Ρακώτιος ὀνικαὶ φοραὶ β δύο μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ ιε ἰνδικτίονος δ †
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Delivery note for two donkey-loads from Menas of Rhakotis TM 116514Abu Mena1. Hälfte VII
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Short ostracon delivery note from the pilgrimage site of Abu Mena recording that Menas of Rhakotis (Alexandria) supplied two donkey-loads. It is dated Mesore 15 of a fourth indiction year, in the first half of the 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
† From Menas
of Rhakotis: 2 donkey-loads,
two only, in the month of Mesore, 15th,
indiction 4 †
Rhakotis is the old Egyptian name for part of Alexandria; whether it describes Menas's origin or the source of the goods is not certain. The contents of the donkey-loads are not specified, and the resolution of the abbreviations is the editor's.
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.