Order from Herak- to Drakon
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70848
Order from Herak- to Drakon to release six jars for Varus' outfitting TM 70848Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A short order on an ostracon from Herak- to Drakon instructing him to release six jars (koilopomata) to Peteasmephis son of Horos for the provisioning of the household or ship of Varus. It belongs to the Berenike customs passes for wine shipped out through the Red Sea port, dated about AD 33-70.
In English machine translation
Herak[…] to Drakon son of Peisipmous (?), greetings (?). Release to Peteasmephis son of Horos, for the outfitting of the people of Varus (?), 6 hollow-stoppered jars (?), total 6.
Koilopomata are jars with a hollow or recessed stopper, a wine container named in the Berenike passes. The word 'κουδ' after Peisipmous is obscure and its reading as a greeting is uncertain, and 'exartismos' refers to the outfitting of a ship or expedition.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order from Herak- to Drakon). 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.1.71
Ἡρακ Δράκοντι Πεισιπμοῦς κουδ· ἀπόλυσον Πετεασμήφει Ὥρου εἰς ἐξαρτισμὸν τῶν Οὐάρου κοιλοπόματα ἕξ, γίνεται ϛ.