COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Demotic P 12
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL030593tr
Image Title:
Agreement for Sale of Property
Subject:
Legal documents
Creator Role:
Scribe
Creator:
Peuhôr, son of Esmîn
Description:
Teihor, the legatee of Pleehe, sells the house which forms the chief item in Demotic Papyrus 11 to another woman, Teiant (?). The text is a list of the witnesses, followed by the sale and six witness copies. Demotic Papyrus 12 is the agreement for the sale, Demotic Papyrus 13 is the cession. In a separate document, Demotic Papyrus 14, the father of Teihor likewise makes a cession of the house to the same woman.
Creation site:
Egypt: Memnoneia - Djeme (mod. Thebes west)
Date created:
281 BCE
Time period covered:
750 - 1 BCE
Place covered:
Egypt: Dios Polis (mod. Thebes east)
Place covered:
Egypt: Memnoneia - Djeme (mod. Thebes west)
People covered:
Teihor
People covered:
Teiant
Language:
Demotic
Language code:
egy
Item height:
390 mm
Item width:
2160 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Style Period:
Ptolemaic
Bibliographic Reference:
Catalogue of Demotic Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Category:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Scrolls
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number:
dem012r
Image technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, July 2004
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Agreement for Sale of Property
