Order from Sosibios to Andouros
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70811
Pass from Sosibios to Andouros for Italian wine for Petarpochrates TM 70811Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A short customs pass or order in which Sosibios instructs Andouros to let six Italian jars of wine through for Petarpochrates. 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 6 Italian (jars) of wine for Petarpochrates.
"Italika" refers to Italian wine jars (amphorae), the unit of the shipment. Such passes from Berenike authorized goods to leave through the port.
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.1.34
Σωσίβιος Ἀνδουρωι χαίρειν· πάρες οἴνου ἰταλικὰ ϛ Πεταρποχράτῃ.