Order to Andouros, the quintanensis
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70834
Pass for four Italian jars issued to Andouros the quintanensis TM 70834Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A short order addressed to Andouros, a quintanensis (an official at a customs or checkpoint post), to let pass four Italian jars belonging to Tiberius Claudius Dorion, carried by Pakoibis son of Horos. It is an ostracon from the Roman rubbish dump at Berenike on the Red Sea coast, dating probably to the mid-first century AD.
In English machine translation
To Andouros, quintanensis.
Let pass, on behalf of Tiberius Claudius Dorion, for Pakoibis son of Horos, four Italian (jars),
total 4 Italian (jars).
"Italika" refers to Italian amphorae, probably of wine. The title quintanensis is abbreviated and its exact function is debated; it seems to be connected with a toll or checkpoint.
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.1.57
Ἀνδουρωι κουιντανησίῳ· πάρες Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Δωρίωνος Πακοίβι Ὥρου ἰταλικὰ τέσσαρα, γίνεται ἰταλικὰ δ.