One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70856

Order to Drakon to release Laodicean wine for outfitting TM 70856Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?

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An ostracon from the Roman rubbish dump at Berenike on the Red Sea coast. It is an order or customs pass from Herak[…] to Drakon son of Peisipmous, telling him to release 30 jars of Laodicean wine to Nik[…], an agent of Varus, for outfitting a ship.

In English machine translation

Herak[…] to Drakon son of Peisipmous […]. Release to Nik[…] of the people of Varus, for outfitting (the ship), 30 Laodicean (jars), total 30.

Laodicean wine was a Syrian wine shipped in jars and exported through the Red Sea ports. The word translated 'outfitting' (exartismos) refers to equipping a ship for its voyage, here probably in connection with export.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order for 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.

APIS-papyrus Full record →

Order for Herak- to Drakon

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · Inv. BE98-19-A-060+061+064+065+066+068 · 33 - 70 A.D.? · Roman dump at Berenike.

Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.

DDbDP-text Full record →

o.berenike.1.79

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 33 - 70 A.D.? · Roman dump at Berenike.

Ἡρακ Δράκοντι Πεισιπμοῦ κουδ· ἀπόλυσον Νικ…[…]ωι τῶν Οὐάρου εἰςἐξαρτισμὸν λαδικηνὰ τριάκοντα, γίνεται λ.