Order from Rhobaos to the Customs Officials
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70824
Customs pass for Italian wine for Petseiris TM 70824Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A short customs pass from Berenike on the Red Sea coast, in which Rhobaos instructs the officials at the gate to let Petseiris through with Italian wine. The wine was apparently intended for outfitting or provisioning, probably of a ship.
In English machine translation
Rhobaos to those in charge of the gate, greetings. Let pass for Petseiris […] Italian jars (?) of wine […] for provisioning (?).
The term exartismos, 'outfitting', probably refers to equipping or provisioning a ship for the voyage. The number of jars is lost.
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.1.47
Ῥοβαος τοῖς ἐπὶ τῇ πύλῃ χαίρειν· πάρετε Πετσείρι οἴνου ἰταλικὰ […] εἰς ἐξαρτισμόν.