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Zervos was a Greek harbormaster who resided in Sais, Egypt during the reign of Ptolemy XIII.
Biography
During the mid 1st century BCE, Sefetu, a Ptolemaic officer from Fort Nikiou, served as the governor of the town. During his tenure, Egyptian merchants were heavily taxed for their goods and faced punishment if they were to refuse or fail to pay in time. As such, Zervos took to help his fellow residents store their goods in secret.[1]
Eventually in 48 BCE, his operations were discovered, forcing him to go into hiding in a storehouse in the docks west of the town. The Egyptian merchants would help to keep his whereabouts safe, spreading rumours of his departure of death to any soldiers who were lookout for him. This act was later discovered by the Medjay Bayek of Siwa, who was sent by Harkhuf to gain information on Sefetu.[1]
At night, Bayek followed the merchants to the storehouse, leading him to discover Zervos' whereabouts. Zervos enlisted his help to either retrieve or destroy his records, which he had hidden in a felucca outside his warehouse in the north. Bayek later retrieved his felucca and parked it in the docks outside the storehouse. As gratitude, Zervos gave Bayek information on Sefetu's whereabouts, which was heavily guarded with ballistas.[1]