Order to Dispatch
Customs order
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 89179
Order to dispatch Laodicean wine to Psenosiris TM 89179This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.A.D. 50 - 75
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A short ostracon order in which Sarapion son of Kasios instructs Andouros to release 2 jars of Laodicean wine to Psenosiris son of Pakoibis. 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
Sarapion son of Kasios to Andouros, greetings. Dispatch to Psenosiris son of Pakoibis 2 jars of Laodicean wine. I have signed.
Laodicean wine was a Syrian import widely traded through the Red Sea ports. Such orders are usually interpreted as customs or release orders that let goods pass through 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 to Dispatch). 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.2.153
Σαραπίων Κασίου Ἀνδουρωι χαίρειν· διαπόστειλον Ψενοσίρει Πακοίβεως οἴνου λαδικηνοῦ κεράμια β. σεσημείωμαι.