Order to Let Pass
Customs order
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 89174
Order to let pass wine for the account of Gaius Julius Epaphroditus TM 89174This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.A.D. 50 - 75
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A customs pass from Berenike on the Red Sea coast, authorizing Psenapathes son of Pakoibis to pass with 6 ladikena of wine for the account of Gaius Julius Epaphroditus, destined for the outfitting (probably of a ship). It dates to about AD 50-75.
In English machine translation
Psenapathes son of Pakoibis:
6 ladikena of wine for the account of Gaius Julius Epaphroditus,
for the account of the outfitting.
A ladikenon is a type of wine container, apparently from Laodikeia. The exartismos was the outfitting or provisioning, most likely of a ship sailing from 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.2.148
Ψεναπάθης Πακοίβεως οἴνου λαδικηνὰ ϛ εἰς τὸν Γαίου Ἰουλίου Ἐπαφροδίτου λόγον εἰς λόγον ἐξαρτισμοῦ.