Order to Andouros, the quintanensis
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70838
Order to Andouros the quintanensis to let pass two Italian jars of wine TM 70838Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A short order addressed to Andouros, an official called quintanensis, to let pass two Italian jars of wine belonging to Tiberius Claudius Dorion(?). It is one of the customs passes found in the Roman rubbish dump at Berenike on the Red Sea, dating to roughly AD 33-70.
In English machine translation
To Andouros, quintanensis:
[let pass] for Tiberius Claudius [Dorion] son of Pete...ch […] [two] Italian (jars) of wine, total 2 Italian (jars).
The quintanensis was apparently a customs official collecting a duty, perhaps a fifth or a tax tied to the 'quintana'. The name Dorion and the verb 'let pass' are editorial restorations.
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.1.61
Ἀνδουρωι κουιντανησίῳ· πάρες Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Δωρίωνος Πετε…χ […] οἴνου ἰταλικὰ δύο, γίνεται ἰταλικὰ β.