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† ἀπὸ αππα Κυρίου συµµάχου ὀνικαὶ φοραὶ β δύο µόνον µηνὶ Μεσορὴ κϛ ἰνδικτίονος δ †
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 116666
Receipt for two donkey-loads from apa Kyrios, symmachos TM 116666Abu Mena1. Hälfte VII
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A short ostracon receipt or delivery note from the Christian pilgrimage site of Abu Mena, recording two donkey-loads brought by apa Kyrios, a symmachos (messenger), on Mesore 26 of a fourth indiction. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
† From apa Kyrios, symmachos:
2 donkey-loads, two only, in the month of Mesore
26, indiction 4 †
A symmachos was a courier or messenger, often attached to an estate or official in late antique Egypt. The commodity carried in the donkey-loads is not specified.
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.