One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 116826

Delivery note for one donkey-load from Petros Lybos TM 116826Abu Mena1. Hälfte VII

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A short ostracon receipt or delivery note recording one donkey-load from Petros Lybos on Mesore 21 of an eighth indiction. It comes from Abu Mena and dates to the first half of the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† † From Petros Lybos (?): 1 donkey-load, one only, in the month of Mesore, 21st, indiction 8.

The abbreviation ὀν(ικὴ) φο(ρά) is read as 'donkey-load', a standard transport unit; the commodity is not named. 'Lybos' may be a surname or an ethnic meaning 'the Libyan'.

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.640

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

† † ἀπὸ Πέτρου Λύβου ὀνικὴ φορά α μία μόνη μηνὶ Μεσορὴ κα ἰνδικτίονος η

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · O.AbuMina object no. 8612 D5 · 1. Hälfte VII · Abu Mena