One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 116839

Receipt for two donkey-loads TM 116839Abu Mena1. Hälfte VII

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A short ostracon receipt or delivery note from Abu Mena recording two donkey-loads from a man called Apa […], dated Mesore 18 of an 8th indiction. It belongs to the first half of the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† From Apa […] […] donkey-loads 2, two only, month of Mesore 18, indiction 8 †

The abbreviation is expanded as onikai phorai, "donkey-loads", a standard transport unit. The name of the sender and the word at the start of line 2 are illegible.

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.653

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

† ἀπὸ αππα … χ… ὀνικαὶ φοραὶ β δύο μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ ιη ἰνδικτίονος η †

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · O.AbuMina object no. 8612 D20 · 1. Hälfte VII · Abu Mena