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Delivery note for one donkey-load from Menas son of Komphis TM 116978Abu 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 brought by 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 1 donkey-load In the month of Thoth, 6 Indiction 14

The name Menas is abbreviated in the original. The commodity carried in the donkey-load is not specified, though such ostraca from Abu Mena usually concern wine.

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.792

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. 8701 G3 · 1. Hälfte VII · Abu Mena