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Receipt for two donkey-loads from apa Kyrios TM 116811Abu Mena1. Hälfte VII

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A short ostracon receipt or delivery note from the pilgrimage site of Abu Mena recording two donkey-loads brought by (or from) apa Kyrios. It is dated Mesore 22 of a fourth indiction, in the first half of the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† From apa Kyrios, Arg[…]: 2 donkey-loads, two only. Month Mesore 22, indiction 4. †

"Arg" is an unexplained abbreviation, perhaps a further name or a place. The goods carried on the donkeys (onikai phorai, "donkey-loads") are not specified, though wine or water are likely at Abu Mena.

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.

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

† ἀπὸ αππα Κυρίου Ἀργ ὀνικαὶ φοραὶ β δύο μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ κβ ἰνδικτίονος δ †

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · O.AbuMina object no. 8612 C953 · 1. Hälfte VII · Abu Mena