Order from Sosibios to Andouros
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70812
Customs pass for Italian wine for Kronios son of Pisois TM 70812Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A short ostracon order from Sosibios to Andouros instructing him to let 12 Italian jars of wine pass for Kronios son of Pisois. It is one of the customs passes found in the Roman rubbish dump at Berenike on the Red Sea coast, dating to about AD 33-70.
In English machine translation
Sosibios to Andouros, greetings. Let pass for Kronios son of Pisois 12 Italian (jars) of wine.
"Italian" (italika) refers to wine jars of an Italian type or origin. The verb "let pass" is the standard formula of the Berenike customs passes, which permitted goods to go 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.1.35
Σωσίβιος Ἀνδουρωι χαίρειν· πάρες Κρονίῳ Πισόιτος οἴνου ἰταλικὰ ιβ.