Order to Let Pass
Customs Order
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 89172
Order to let pass six jars of wine for Petearpochrates TM 89172This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.A.D. 50 - 75
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A short customs pass written on an ostracon, in which Alexandros instructs the guards at the gate to let Petearpochrates son of Psentphous through with six jars of wine. It was found in a Roman rubbish dump at the Red Sea port of Berenike and dates to about AD 50-75.
In English machine translation
Alexandros to those at the gate: let pass for Petearpochrates son of Psentphous 6 jars of Ptolem[…] wine.
The partly illegible word after 'wine' (ptolem…) probably describes the type or origin of the wine, but its exact reading is uncertain. Such passes allowed goods through the customs gate at Berenike.
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.2.146
Ἀλέξανδρος τοῖς πρὸς τῆι πύληι· πάρες Πετεαρποχράτῃ Ψεντφοῦτος οἴνου πτολεμ … κεράμια ϛ.