o.abu.mina.905
† ἀπὸ Δανιὴλ θυρωροῦ ὀνικὴ φορὰ α μία μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ κ ἰνδικτίονος δ †
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A short ostracon receipt or delivery note from Abu Mena recording one donkey-load supplied by Daniel, a doorkeeper, on Mesore 20 of the 4th indiction, in the first half of the 7th century AD.
The title "doorkeeper" is partly restored. "Donkey-load" renders the abbreviated onikē phora, a standard transport unit; the commodity 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.
† ἀπὸ Δανιὴλ θυρωροῦ ὀνικὴ φορὰ α μία μόνον μηνὶ Μεσορὴ κ ἰνδικτίονος δ †
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