Order
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70788
Pass for 6 jars of Italian wine TM 70788Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
A short order, probably a customs pass, in which Sosibios tells Andouros to let a consignment of 6 jars of Italian wine through. It was found in the Roman rubbish dump at Berenike on the Red Sea and dates to about AD 33-70.
In English machine translation
Sosibios to Andouros, greetings. Let Andouros pass,
Pachon, 6 Italian (jars) of wine.
"Pach" is taken as the month Pachon. The sender and the addressee are both named Andouros, so the pass may let the addressee's own goods through, or the name may refer to two different men.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order). 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.1.11
Σωσίβιος Ἀνδουρωι χαίρειν· πάρες Ἀνδουρωι Παχ οἴνου ἰταλικὰ ϛ.