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Delivery note for one donkey-load from Menas son of Komphis TM 116893Abu 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 from Menas, son of (?) Komphis, on Thoth 6 of the 14th indiction. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† From Menas (son of?) Komphis. Donkey-load 1, in the month Thoth, 6th, indiction 14.

The goods carried are not specified; "donkey-load" (onike phora) refers to a standard quantity transported by one donkey, probably wine at Abu Mena. Komphis may be the father's name 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.

o.abu.mina.707

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

† ἀπὸ Μηνᾶ Κόμφιος ὀνικὴ φορὰ α μηνὶ Θὼθ ϛ ἰνδικτίονος ιδ

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · O.AbuMina object no. 8612 D89 · 1. Hälfte VII · Abu Mena