Order to Let Pass
Customs Order
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 89171
Customs pass for Laodicean wine for Claudius Theodoros TM 89171This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.A.D. 50 - 75
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A customs pass written on a potsherd by Alexandros to Theodoros, a quintanensis (customs or toll official), ordering him to let 18 jars of Laodicean wine through for Claudius Theodoros. It was found in a Roman rubbish dump at the Red Sea port of Berenike.
In English machine translation
Alexandros to Theodoros the quintanensis, greetings.
Let pass for Claudius Theodoros 18 jars of Laodicean wine.
The title quintanensis has no exact English equivalent. It designates an official connected with the collection of customs dues at Berenike. Laodicean wine was imported from 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 to Let Pass). 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.2.145
Ἀλέξανδρος Θεοδώρωι κουιντανησίῳ χαίρειν· πάρετε Κλαυδίῳ Θεοδώρωι οἴνου λαδικηνοῦ κεράμια ιη.