o.abu.mina.653
† ἀπὸ αππα … χ… ὀνικαὶ φοραὶ β δύο μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ ιη ἰνδικτίονος η †
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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.
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.
† ἀπὸ αππα … χ… ὀνικαὶ φοραὶ β δύο μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ ιη ἰνδικτίονος η †
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