COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Demotic P 13
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL030594tr
Image Title:
Cession 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 consists of the 'writing of divestment', followed by four 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:
395 mm
Item width:
1780 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:
dem013r
Image technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, July 2004
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Cession of property
