Order from Rhobaos to the Customs Officials
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70815
Customs pass for Italian wine for Psenosiris son of Leon TM 70815Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A customs pass written on a potsherd at the Red Sea port of Berenike, in which Rhobaos instructs the gate officials to let Psenosiris son of Leon through with 8 jars of Italian wine for the outfitting of a ship. It dates to the mid-1st century AD.
In English machine translation
Rhobaos to those at the gate, greetings. Let pass for Psenosiris son of Leon, for outfitting (a ship), 8 Italian (jars) of wine.
The term exartismos refers to the provisioning or outfitting of a ship for a voyage, here probably for Red Sea trade. "Italian" refers to amphorae of Italian wine.
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 Rhobaos to the Customs Officials). 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.1.38
Ῥοβαος τοῖς ἐπὶ τῇ πύλῇ χαίρειν· πάρετε Ψενοσείρι Λέοντος εἰς ἐξαρτισμὸν οἴνου ἰταλικὰ η.