One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 116782

Delivery note for one donkey-load through Kosmas TM 116782Abu Mena1. Hälfte VII

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A short ostracon receipt or delivery note from Abu Mena recording one donkey-load delivered through a man named Kosmas. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† Through Kosmas Kakotrichis (?): donkey-loads, 1, one.

ὀνικὲ φοραί (for ὀνικαὶ φοραί) means 'donkey-loads', a standard unit of transport in these Abu Mena ostraca. κακοτρίχιος may be a nickname or byname ('bad-haired') rather than a family name.

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.594

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

† διὰ Κοσμᾶ κακοτρίχιος ὀνικὲ φοραὶ α μία

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · O.AbuMina object no. 8612 C919 · 1. Hälfte VII · Abu Mena