Order to Andouros, the quintanensis
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
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Pass to Andouros the quintanensis for two Italian jars of Tiberius Claudius Dorion TM 70837Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A short ostracon pass ordering Andouros, the quintanensis (an official at the customs or toll post), to let through two Italian jars belonging to Tiberius Claudius Dorion. It was found in the Roman dump at Berenike on the Red Sea coast and dates to around AD 33-70.
In English machine translation
To Andouros, the quintanensis, greetings.
Let pass, for Tiberius Claudius Dorion, […] 2 Italian jars, total 2 Italian jars.
"Italian" refers to Italian amphorae, presumably of wine; the word before it is lost. The quintanensis was apparently an official connected with the quinta, a customs levy, at 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 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.1.60
Ἀνδουρωι κουιντανησίωι χαίρειν· πάρες Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Δωρίωνος […]…ς ἰταλικά δύο, γίνεται ἰταλικὰ β.