One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 116853

Delivery note for one donkey-load from Petros TM 116853Abu Mena1. Hälfte VII

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A short ostracon receipt or delivery note recording one donkey-load delivered by Petros son of Lybos (?) on Mesore 21 of the 8th indiction. It comes from the pilgrimage site of Abu Mena in the first half of the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† From Petros son of Lybos (?): 1 donkey-load, one, [only], in the month Mesore, 21st, of the 8th indiction. †

The abbreviation ὀν(ικὴ) φ(ορὰ) is understood as a donkey-load, a standard transport unit; the commodity is not named. Λύβου may be a patronymic or a byname.

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.

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

† ἀπὸ Πέτρου Λύβου ὀνικὴ φορὰ α μία μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ κα ἰνδικτίονος η †

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · O.AbuMina object no. 8612 D37 · 1. Hälfte VII · Abu Mena