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Order from Sosibios to Andouros to let pass Laodicean wine TM 70785Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?

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A short order on an ostracon from Sosibios to Andouros, telling him to let Psenosiris son of Horos pass with 20 jars of Laodicean wine and perhaps more. It is a customs pass from the Red Sea port of Berenike, dating to about AD 33-70.

In English machine translation

Sosibios to Andouros, greetings. Let pass for Psenosiris son of Horos […] ⟦Laodicean (?)⟧ 20 Laodicean (jars) and […] […] year 11 (?).

"Laodicean" refers to wine jars from Laodicea in Syria, a common import. The closing line is badly damaged, and reading it as a regnal year 11 is uncertain.

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.

DDbDP-text Full record →

o.berenike.1.8

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 33 - 70 A.D.? · Roman dump at Berenike.

Σωσίβιος Ἀνδουρωι χαίρειν· πάρες Ψενοσίρι Ὥρου […] λαδικηνὰ κ καὶ ἐπιλ […]τ… ια.