Periplus of the Erythraean Sea/Duty at Alexandria

​ARTICLES SUBJECT TO DUTY AT ALEXANDRIA

FROM THE RESCRIPT CONCERNING EASTERN TRADE IN THE DIGEST OF THE ROMAN LAW, XXXIX, XV, 5, 7.

Classified as follows:

(1) Precious stones, etc. Diamond (adamas) Alabanda Bery| Ceraunium Alabaster (onyx arabicus) Lapis lazuli Sardonyx Emerald Sapphire Garnet (alabanda ) Pearls and pearl shell Tortoise shell Ivory.

(2) Vegetable products valued for their fragrance: as incense, per- fume, or medicine.

Aloe Amomum Galbanum Ginger Incense gums Gum dammar Cardamom Caryophyllon Cassia Cinnamon Xylo-cassia Costus Asafcetida

Frankincense, Arabian and Af- rican

Malabathrum

Sugar

Myrrh

Spikenard

Nard

Pepper

Sarcogalla

Stacte

Agallochum. (3) Dyes.

Lac

Fucus (rock lichen or orchil). (4) Textile.

Byssus (flax cloth? )

Muslins

Cotton cloth

Wool (Tibetan? )

Capilli Indici(?)

Silk, yarn and cloth. (5) Metal

Indian steel ( Haidarabad). (6) Animal.

Tigers

Leopards

Panthers

Lions and lionesses

Babylonian skins. (7) Human

Eunuchs.

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