Order to Andouros, the quintanensis
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70827
Order to Andouros to release four Italian jars to a soldier TM 70827Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A short ostracon order from Berenike on the Red Sea coast, addressed to Andouros, an official of the quintana (camp market or storehouse). It instructs him to release four Italian jars of wine to Heronin(os), a soldier in the unit of Claudius Dorion, for provisioning, probably in the mid-1st century AD.
In English machine translation
[…]aidouros to Andouros, quintanensis (?), […]: deliver to Heroninos, soldier of Claudius Dorion, for provisioning, 4 Italian (jars), total 4 Italian (jars).
"Italika" refers to jars of Italian wine; "exartismos" means fitting out or provisioning, here perhaps for a ship or a journey. The term "quintanesios" probably derives from Latin quintana, the market area of a Roman camp.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order to Andouros, the quintanensis). 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.1.50
…αιδουρος Ἀνδουρωι κυντανησίῳ κ…δ· πάρετε Ἡρωνίνωι στρατιώτηι Κλαυδίου Δωρίωνος εἰς ἐξαρτισμὸν ἰταλικὰ τέσσαρα, γίνεται ἰταλικὰ δ.