o.abu.mina.656
† ἀπὸ Ἰω … ὀνικὴ φορὰ α … Μεσορὴ … ἰνδικτίονος …
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 116842
Delivery note for a donkey-load from Io[…] TM 116842Abu Mena1. Hälfte VII
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A short ostracon receipt or delivery note from Abu Mena recording a donkey-load (onike phora) brought from a man whose name begins Io- (perhaps Ioannes), dated in the month Mesore of an unspecified indiction year. It belongs to the first half of the 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
† From Io[…]
1 (?) donkey-load […]
Mesore […], indiction […]
The phrase onike phora means a donkey-load, a standard unit of transport; the letter after it may be the numeral 1. The sender's name is broken after Io-, possibly Ioannes (John).
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.