Order from Rhobaos to the Customs Officials
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70823
Pass for four jars of Laodicean wine at the gate TM 70823Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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An ostracon pass in which Rhobaos instructs the officials at the gate to let Petarouëris son of Peteasmephis through with four Laodicean jars of wine intended for provisioning. It comes from the Roman dump at Berenike on the Red Sea coast and dates to the mid-1st century AD.
In English machine translation
Rhobaos to those in charge of the gate, greetings. Let pass for Petarouëris son of Peteasmephis 4 Laodicean (jars) of wine for provisioning.
Laodicean refers to wine (or jars) from Laodicea in Syria. The phrase eis exartismon, 'for fitting out', probably means provisioning, perhaps of a ship.
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.1.46
Ῥοβαος τοῖς ἐπὶ τῇ πύλῃ χαίρειν· πάρετε Πεταρουήρι Πετεασμήφιος οἴνου λαδικηνὰ δ εἰς ἐξαρτισμόν.