ARTICLES OF TRADE MENTIONED IN THE PERIPLUS
Enumerated according to the ports
Red Sea Coast.
Ptolemais.
(Exports)
Tortoise-shell
Ivory.
Adulis.
(Imports)
Undressed cloth from Egypt
Robes from Arsinoe
Cloaks of poor quality, dyed
Double-fringed linen mantles
Flint glass, in many forms
Murrhine (glass imitation made in Diospolis)
Brass (for ornament and in cut pieces as coin)
Sheets of soft copper (for cooking-utensils, and bracelets and anklets)
Iron (for spears)
Axes, adzes and swords
Copper drinking-cups, round and large
Coin, a little
Wine of Laodicea and Italy
Olive oil
Presents for the king: gold and silver plate, military cloaks, thin coats of skin
Indian iron and steel (from Ariaca)
Indian cotton cloth (the broad monachē), also the sagmatogēnē, perhaps raw cotton
Girdles
Coats of skin
Mallow-colored cloth
Muslins
Lac.
(Exports)
Ivory
Tortoise-shell
Rhinoceros-horn.
Horn of Africa (The "far-side" coast).
Avalites.
(Imports)
Flint glass, assorted
Juice of sour grapes from Diospolis
Dressed cloth, assorted
Wheat
Wine
Tin.
(Exports partly to Ocelis and Muza)
Ivory
Tortoise-shell
Myrrh (better than the rest)
Malao.
(Imports)
The things already mentioned.
Also
Tunics
Cloaks from Arsinoe, dressed and dyed
Drinking cups
Sheets of soft copper
Iron
Gold and silver coin.
(Exports)
Myrrh
Frankincense (the far-side)
Cinnamon (the harder)
Duaca (var. of frankincense)
Indian copal
Macir (medicinal bark from Malabar)
(These exports going to Arabia)
Slaves, rarely.
Mundus.
(Imports)
The things already mentioned.
(Exports)
The things already mentioned;
also
