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Receipt for three donkey-loads from Menas TM 116803Abu Mena1. Hälfte VII

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A short ostracon receipt or delivery note recording three donkey-loads from a man named Menas, dated Mesore 18 of a 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 Menas, mol(…) 3 donkey-loads, three only. Month of Mesore 18, indiction 4 †

The word after Menas' name, 'mol', is abbreviated and its meaning is uncertain. 'Onikai phorai' are loads carried by donkey, a common unit in the 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.615

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

† ἀπὸ Μηνᾶ μολ ὀνικαὶ φοραὶ γ τρεῖς μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ ιη ἰνδικτίονος δ †

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · O.AbuMina object no. 8612 C939 · 1. Hälfte VII · Abu Mena