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† ἀπὸ Μηνᾶ πρεσβυτέρου πιεθ ὀνικὴ φορὰ α μηνὶ Μεσορὴ κδ ἰνδικτίονος η †
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Delivery note for one donkey-load from the priest Menas TM 116843Abu Mena1. Hälfte VII
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A short ostracon label or receipt from Abu Mena recording one donkey-load delivered from (or by) the priest Menas on Mesore 24 of an eighth indiction. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
† From Menas, priest, ... (?)
1 donkey-load, in the month of Mesore, 24th, indiction 8 †
The sequence 'πιεθ' after 'priest' is unexplained, perhaps a place name or further designation. The 'donkey-load' (onike phora) was a standard transport unit, probably of wine 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.