No. 4917 · dated by century
Zayd'il
3rd century BCMerchant and officialAsia · c. 250 BCMost named place: Egypt (approximate)
Zayd'il was a Minaean merchant and a member of zyrn clan. He was a travelling merchant who was responsible for trade in aromates between South Arabia and Egypt. He was an importer of myrrh and of various sorts of calamus. These products were used in Egyptian temples for embalmment, and as incese offerings.
Zayd'il was probably the appointed or official supplier of these products to Egyptian temples in the early Ptolemaic period.
His privileged status accounts for the fact that he was buried with all the appropriate cultural attributes (clothing, funeral, shroud and sacrificial gifts) that were in order for the burial of Egyptian officials.