Order from Rhobaos to the Customs Officials
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70817
Customs pass from Rhobaos for Italian wine for Lucius son of Inaros TM 70817Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A customs pass written on a potsherd from Berenike on the Red Sea coast. Rhobaos instructs the officials at the gate to let Lucius son of Inaros through with 6 jars of Italian wine for outfitting, probably the provisioning of a ship. It dates to about AD 33-70.
In English machine translation
Rhobaos to those at the gate, greetings. Let pass for Lucius son of Inaros, for outfitting, 6 jars of Italian wine, karemm… and Anduris (?).
The word rendered "for outfitting" (exartismos) refers to equipping or provisioning, probably a ship. The end of line 4 (karemm…) and the name Anduris in line 5 are uncertain, so their relation to the rest of the order is unclear.
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.1.40
Ῥοβαος τοῖς ἐπὶ τῇ πύλῃ χαίρειν· πάρετε Λευκίῳ Ἰναροῦ εἰς ἐξαρτισμὸν οἴνου Ἰταλικ κεράμια ϛ καρημμ… καὶ Ἀνδουρι.