COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Demotic P 6
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL030591tr
Image Title:
Contract of servitude
Subject:
Legal documents
Description:
Sale by Peftu'ukhons of himself as slave to Essemteu. The text is the sale followed by a signature and five copies under the names of different witnesses.
Creation site:
Egypt: Ankyropolis (mod. El-Hiba)
Date created:
c568 BCE
Time period covered:
750 - 1 BCE
Place covered:
Egypt
People covered:
Peftu'ukhons
People covered:
Essemteu
Language:
Demotic
Language code:
egy
Item height:
275 mm
Item width:
1640 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Discovery site:
Egypt
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:
dem006r
Image technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, July 2004
Metadata language:
eng-GB
Contract of servitude
