One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 116875

Delivery note for one donkey-load from the deacon Ioannes TM 116875Abu Mena1. Hälfte VII

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A short ostracon receipt or delivery note from the pilgrimage site of Abu Mena recording one donkey-load delivered from (or on behalf of) John the deacon on Mesore 30. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† From Ioannes, deacon: donkey-loads, 1 in the month of Mesore, 30 †

The abbreviation ὀν(ικὴ) φ(ο)ρά means a load carried by a donkey; the commodity, probably wine or another supply, is not named.

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.689

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

† ἀπὸ Ἰωάννου διακόνου ὀνικὴ φοραὶ α μηνὶ Μεσορὴ λ †

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · O.AbuMina object no. 8612 D65 · 1. Hälfte VII · Abu Mena