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† ἀπὸ Γεωργίου … ὀνικαὶ φοραὶ β δύο μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ ιη ἰνδικτίονος η
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A short ostracon receipt recording the delivery of two donkey-loads from a man named Georgios on Mesore 18 of an eighth indiction. It comes from the pilgrimage site of Abu Mena and dates to the first half of the 7th century AD.
"Donkey-loads" (onikai phorai) were a standard transport unit; the commodity carried is not named. Mesore 18 corresponds to about 11 August.
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 Γεωργίου … ὀνικαὶ φοραὶ β δύο μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ ιη ἰνδικτίονος η
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