Order from Claudius Philetos
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70867
Customs pass for Italian wine for Tithoes son of Haronnophris TM 70867Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A customs pass from Claudius Philetos instructing the guards at the gate to let Tithoes son of Haronnophris through with eleven Italian jars of wine. It comes from the Roman dump at Berenike on the Red Sea coast, probably mid-1st century AD.
In English machine translation
Claudius Philetos to those at the gate, greetings. Let pass for Tithoes son of Haronnophris eleven Italian (jars) of wine, total 11.
"Italika" refers to Italian-type amphorae (jars) of wine; the noun for the container is understood. Such gate passes controlled goods leaving or entering the port.
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.1.90
Κλαύδιος Φίλητος τοῖς πρὸς τῇ πύληι χαίρειν· πάρετε Τιθοῆτι Ἁροννώφρεως οἴνου ἰταλικὰ ἕνδεκα, γίνεται ια.