Memorandum for the account of Gaius Iulius Epaphroditos
Remains of a customs document for wine exportation.
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Memorandum on Laodicean wine for the account of Gaius Iulius Epaphroditos TM 70858Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A short ostracon from the Roman dump at Berenike recording 6 jars of Laodicean wine charged to the account of Gaius Iulius Epaphroditos, for the fitting out (of a ship). It belongs to a group of customs-related documents for goods leaving the Red Sea port.
In English machine translation
Herakles to Hermias (?), greeting (?): of wine,
6 Laodicean jars, for the account of Gaius
Iulius Epaphroditos,
for fitting out [...]
Laodicean jars held wine from Laodicea in Syria. The phrase eis exartismon refers to supplies for fitting out a ship for its voyage; much of the first line is restored.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Memorandum for the account of Gaius Iulius Epaphroditos). 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.1.81
Ἡρακλῆς Ἑρμίουοἴνου λαδικηνὰ ϛ εἰς τὸν Γαίου Ἰουλίου Ἐπαφροδίτουλόγον εἰς ἐξαρτισμόν.