Order to Andouros, the quintanensis
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70843
Customs pass to Andouros for Italian wine of Tiberius Claudius Dorion TM 70843Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A short customs pass written on an ostracon, instructing Andouros, a toll official called the quintanensis, to let through Italian wine belonging to Tiberius Claudius Dorion, brought by a son of Pakoibis. It comes from the Roman rubbish dump at the Red Sea port of Berenike and dates to the 1st century AD.
In English machine translation
To Andouros, quintanensis: let pass for Tiberius Claudius Dorion […] son of Pakoibis, Italian (jars) [of wine] […]
The quintanensis was apparently an official connected with a toll or levy at Berenike; the exact meaning of the title is uncertain. The word 'wine' is restored, and 'Italian' refers to jars of Italian wine.
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.1.66
Ἀνδουρωι κουιντανησίῳ·πάρες Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Δωρίωνος[…]το Πακοίβεως οἴνου ἰταλικὰ […]