Order from Sosibios to Andouros
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70779
Customs pass from Sosibios for Italian wine of Paniskos TM 70779Roman dump at Berenike33 - 70 A.D.?
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A short ostracon order from Sosibios to Pisitheos and Andouros instructing them to let Paniskos son of Porcheus pass with a quantity of Italian wine. It was found in the Roman dump at Berenike on the Red Sea and dates to about AD 33-70.
In English machine translation
Sosibios to Pisitheos and Andouros, greetings. Let pass for Paniskos son of Porcheus Italian wine, 1 […]
Such passes authorized goods to move through the Red Sea port; the quantity of wine (probably in jars) is lost after the numeral 1. The verb 'pareto' (let pass) is the standard formula of these customs passes."}
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order from Sosibios to Andouros). 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.berenike.1.2
Σωσίβιος Πισιθέῳ καὶ Ἀνδουρωι χαίρειν· πάρετε Πανίσκωι Πορχέως οἴνου ἰταλικὰ α….