Order from Herak- to Drakon
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70851
Order from Herak- to Drakon to release two Italian jars of wine TM 70851Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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An ostracon from the Roman dump at Berenike on the Red Sea coast containing a short order from Herak[…] to Drakon to release two Italian jars of wine to Eponychos. It belongs to a group of customs passes for goods leaving the port, dated about AD 33-70.
In English machine translation
Herak[…] to Drakon: release to Eponychos […]ios of the […] for outfitting (?), two Italian (jars) of wine.
[…] two Italian (jars).
The phrase eis exartismon ("for outfitting") probably refers to provisioning a ship for its voyage. "Italian" refers to a type of wine jar (amphora).
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.1.74
Ἡρακ Δράκοντι· ἀπόλυσον Ἐπονύχῳ […]ιος τῶν […]υ εἰς ἐξαρτισμὸν οἴνου ἰταλικὰ δύο … ἰταλικὰ δύο .