Blank Order Form from Epaphroditos to Pakoibis
Customs Order
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Blank customs pass from Epaphroditos to Pakoibis for Ptolemaic wine TM 89212This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.A.D. 50 - 75
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A customs pass (order to let goods through) from Epaphroditos, agent of Delios, an imperial slave or freedman, to the customs official Pakoibis at Berenike, authorizing passage of jars of Ptolemaic wine. The number of jars was never filled in, so it is a blank form. Found in a Roman rubbish dump at Berenike, AD 50-75.
In English machine translation
Epaphroditos, slave of Delios son of Aeimnestos, slave (?) of Caesar, to Pakoibis, quintanensis, greetings.
Let pass, belonging to Delios son of Aeimnestos, (slave) of Caesar, of Ptolemaic wine,
jars […]
The term quintanensis (Greek koitanesios) denotes an official or guard connected with the customs at Berenike; its exact function is uncertain. The quantity of jars was left blank, so the form was apparently never completed.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Blank Order Form from Epaphroditos to Pakoibis). 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.2.186
Ἐπαφρόδειτος Δηλίου Ἀειμνήστου Καίσαρος Πακοίβι κοιντανησίωι χαίρειν· πάρες τῶν Δηλίου Ἀειμνήστου Καίσαρος οἴνου πτολεμαικοῦ. κεράμια