COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Demotic P 2
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL030590tr
Image Title:
Grant to Essemteu
Subject:
Legal documents
Description:
Grant by the sacerdotal staff of the temple of Teuzoi of a 'place' in the temple to Essemteu and his two brothers. The text is the grant followed by a signature and eleven copies 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
Language:
Demotic
Language code:
egy
Item height:
270 mm
Item width:
1750 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
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:
dem002r
Image technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, July 2004
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Grant to Essemteu
