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Receipt for two donkey-loads from Timotheos TM 117054Abu Mena1. Hälfte VII

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A short ostracon receipt from the pilgrimage site of Abu Mena recording delivery of two donkey-loads from a certain Timotheos. It is dated Mesore 18 of a fourth indiction, in the first half of the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† From Timotheos, kol(…): 2 donkey-loads, two only. Month of Mesore 18, indiction 4 †

The abbreviation 'kol' after the name is unexplained (perhaps a title or second name). 'Donkey-loads' (onikai phorai) were a standard unit for carted goods, likely wine or provisions here.

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.868

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

† ἀπὸ Τιμοθέου κολ ὀνικαὶ φοραὶ β δύο μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ ιη ἰνδικτίονος δ †

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Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata · O.AbuMina object no. 8701 M94 · 1. Hälfte VII · Abu Mena