Detail View: Papyri Collection: Sale of Priesthood
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Reference number:
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Demotic P 1
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Side:
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K-Q [left-hand side] recto
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Image Number:
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JRL030588tr
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Image Title:
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Sale of Priesthood
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Subject:
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Legal documents
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Description:
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Sections K-Q [left-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.
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Creation site:
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Egypt: Ankyropolis (mod. El-Hiba)
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Date created:
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c643 BCE
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Time period covered:
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750 - 1 BCE
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Place covered:
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Egypt
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People covered:
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Essemteu
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People covered:
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Hôr, son of Pemû
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Language:
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Demotic
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Language code:
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egy
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Item height:
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270 mm
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Item width:
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3480 mm (whole document)
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Support material:
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Papyrus
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Bibliographic Reference:
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Catalogue of Demotic Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Former repository:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Category:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Scrolls
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Image sequence number:
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dem001r-c
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Image technique:
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Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, July 2004
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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