Order from Sosibios to Andouros
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70806
Pass from Sosibios to Andouros for Italian wine of Psenmouthes TM 70806Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A short order or customs pass written on an ostracon, in which Sosibios instructs Andouros to let Psenmouthes son of Horos pass with six jars of Italian wine. It was found in the Roman dump at Berenike on the Red Sea coast and dates to about AD 33-70.
In English machine translation
Sosibios to Andouros, greetings. Let pass for Psenmouthes son of Horos 6 (jars) of Italian wine.
"Italian" (abbreviated ita.) probably refers to a type of wine jar or wine; the unit counted is not stated and is understood as jars. Such passes authorised goods to move through the port's customs checkpoint.
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.1.29
Σωσίβιος Ἀνδουρῳ χαίρειν· πάρες Ψενμούθῃ Ὥρου οἴνου ἰταλικὰ ϛ.