Order from Claudius Philetos?
Remains of a customs pass for wine exportation.
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Customs pass for four jars of Laodicean wine TM 70869Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A customs pass ordering the guards at the gate to let a man, son of Haronnophris, pass with four Laodicean jars of wine. It was issued by Claudius Philetos and found in the Roman rubbish dump at Berenike on the Red Sea coast.
In English machine translation
Claudius [Philetos to those]
at the [gate: let pass for Tithoes (?)]
son of Haronnophris [of wine]
four Laodicean (jars).
The issuer's name Philetos and the recipient's name are largely restored. 'Laodicean' refers to a type of wine jar (or wine) associated with Laodicea in Syria.
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.1.92
Κλαύδιος Φίλητος τοῖς πρὸς τῇ πύλῃ· πάρετε Τιθοῆτι Ἁροννώφριος οἴνου λαδικηνὰ τέσσαρα .