Memorandum for the account of Gaius Iulius Epaphroditos
Remains of a customs document for wine exportation.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 70862
Memorandum on wine for the account of Gaius Iulius Epaphroditos TM 70862Roman dump at Berenike.33 - 70 A.D.?
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A fragmentary ostracon from the Roman dump at Berenike recording 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 wine exports.
In English machine translation
[…] of wine
[…] for the account of Gaius Iulius
[Epaphroditos] for fitting out [...]
The term exartismos refers to the equipping or fitting out, probably of a ship for the Red Sea trade. Most of the name and the formula are restored by analogy with similar Berenike ostraca.
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.1.85
[…]οἴνου […]εἰς τὸν Γαίου Ἰουλίου Ἐπαφροδίτου λόγον εἰς ἐξαρτισμόν.