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Delivery note for one donkey-load from the deacon Stephanos TM 116872Abu Mena1. Hälfte VII

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A short ostracon receipt or delivery note recording one donkey-load from the deacon Stephanos, dated to Mesore of an eighth indiction. It comes from the pilgrimage site of Abu Mena in the first half of the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† From Stephanos, deacon, donkey-load: 1, one only, in the month of Mesore […], indiction 8 †

The month name Mesore and the indiction number are restored. The abbreviated term rendered 'donkey-load' (onikē phora) is a transport unit, probably for wine or other goods delivered by donkey.

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.

o.abu.mina.686

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

† ἀπὸ Στεφάνου διακόνου ὀνικὴ φορὰ α μία μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ […] ἰνδικτίονος η †

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · O.AbuMina object no. 8612 D61 · 1. Hälfte VII · Abu Mena