Order from Claudius Philetos
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70866
Customs pass from Claudius Philetos for Italian wine TM 70866Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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Fragmentary ostracon from Berenike containing a customs pass issued by Claudius Philetos, authorizing the passage of twenty units of Italian wine. It dates roughly to AD 33-70.
In English machine translation
Clau[dius Philetos]
to those under whom […]
of the customs officer (?) …
of Italian wine … twenty, total 20.
The term telonarion refers to a minor customs collector or customs post; the container unit for the wine is lost. The name Philetos is restored from parallel passes.
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 Claudius Philetos). 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.1.89
Κλαύδιος Φίλητος τοῖς ὑφʼ οἷς […] τοῦ τελοναρίου … οἴνου Ἰταλικ … εἴκοσι, γίνεται κ.