Order to Dispatch
Customs order
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 89182
Order to dispatch Laodicean wine to Psenosiris TM 89182This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.A.D. 50 - 75
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A short customs order from Berenike in which Sarapion son of Kasios instructs Andouros to release 5 jars of Laodicean wine to Psenosiris son of Pakoibis. It dates to about AD 50-75.
In English machine translation
Sarapion son of Kasios to Andouros, greetings. Dispatch to Psenosiris son of Pakoibis 3 jars of Laodicean wine and 2 jars of Laodicean wine, total 5 jars of Laodicean. I have signed.
Laodicean wine was imported from Laodicea in Syria. Such orders from the Berenike dump authorized the release of goods passing through the Red Sea 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.2.156
Σαραπίων Κασίου Ἀνδουρωι χαίρειν· διαπόστειλον Ψενοσίρει Πακοίβεως οἴνου λαδικηνοῦ κεράμια γ καὶ οἴνου λαδικηνοῦ κεράμια β, γίνεται λαδικηνοῦ κεράμια ε. σεσημείωμαι..