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