Order from Rhobaos to the Customs Officials
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70819
Pass for eight jars of Laodicean wine at the gate TM 70819Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A short customs pass from Rhobaos to the officials at the gate, authorizing Petermenis son of Paminis to take through 8 jars of Laodicean wine for outfitting. It was found in the Roman dump at Berenike on the Red Sea and dates to roughly AD 33-70.
In English machine translation
Rhobaos to those at the gate, greetings. Let pass for Petermenis son of Paminis 8 Laodicean (jars) of wine for provisioning (of a ship).
"Laodicean" refers to wine or jars from Laodicea on the Syrian coast, an imported wine. The term exartismos means fitting out or provisioning, probably of a ship departing from Berenike.
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.1.42
Ῥοβαος τοῖς ἐπὶ τῇ πύλῃ χαίρειν· πάρετε Πετερμῆνι Παμίνεως οἴνου λαδικηνὰ η εἰς ἐξαρτισμόν.