Order from Sosibios to Andouros
Remains of a customs pass for oil and wine.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70805
Pass from Sosibios to Andouros for oil and wine TM 70805Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A short ostracon pass from Berenike in which Sosibios instructs Andouros to let Harmios through with 4 half-jars of oil and 2 Italian jars of wine. It belongs to the customs or pass documents found in the Roman rubbish dump at Berenike, dated roughly AD 33-70.
In English machine translation
Sosibios to Andouros, greetings. Let pass for Harmios son of Di… (?) 4 half-jars of oil, 2 Italian (jars) of wine.
The hemikadion was a half-jar measure, and 'Italian' refers to jars of Italian type or origin. The second name after Harmios is damaged and its reading 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.
o.berenike.1.28
Σωσίβιος Ἀνδουρωι χαίρειν· πάρες Ἀρμίῳ Δι…κ… ἐλαίου ἡμικάδια δ οἴνου ἰταλικὰ β.