Blank Order Form from Epaphroditos to Pakoibis
Customs Order
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 89213
Blank pass for jars of Ptolemaic wine from Epaphroditos to Pakoibis TM 89213This 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 Aeimnestos, a man of the imperial household, to the customs official Pakoibis, authorizing passage of jars of Ptolemaic wine. The number of jars was left blank. It was found in a Roman rubbish dump at Berenike on the Red Sea and dates to about AD 50-75.
In English machine translation
Epaphroditos, (slave) of Delios Aeimnestos Caesar's (man),
to Pakoibis, quintanensis,
greetings. Let pass
of the (goods) of Delios Aeimnestos Caesar's (man)
of Ptolemaic wine
jars […]
The quantity of jars is missing because the form was apparently never filled in. A quintanensis was an official at a customs or toll station; the phrase "Aeimnestos Caesar's" probably marks Delios as a slave or freedman of the emperor.
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.2.187
Ἐπαφρόδειτος Δηλίου Ἀειμνήστου Καίσαρος Πακοίβι κοιντανησίωι χαίρειν· πάρες τῶν Δηλίου Ἀειμνήστου Καίσαρος οἴνου πτολεμαικοῦ κεράμια