COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Demotic P 1
Side:
A-J [right-hand side] recto
Image Number:
JRL030589tr
Image Title:
Sale of Priesthood
Subject:
Legal documents
Description:
Sections A-J [right-hand side]. Sale to Essemteu of three priestley offices in the temple of Teuzoi. The text is (A) the sale subscribed by the vendor, Hor, son of Pemu, and his son, followed by fifteen copies (B-Q) of the same under the names of different witnesses. Papyrus of the Reign of Psammetichus I.
Creation site:
Egypt: Ankyropolis (mod. El-Hiba)
Date created:
c643 BCE
Time period covered:
750 - 1 BCE
Place covered:
Egypt
People covered:
Essemteu
People covered:
Hôr, son of Pemû
Language:
Demotic
Language code:
egy
Item height:
270 mm
Item width:
3480 mm (whole document)
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Bibliographic Reference:
Catalogue of Demotic Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester
Bibliography:
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:
dem001r-b
Image technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, July 2004
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Sale of Priesthood
