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Demotic papyrus

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This Demotic papyrus, which dates to the Year 176 B.C. and which seems to come from the Theban necropolis, is a contract concerning the sale of a parcel of land for building, situated on the left bank of the Nile. The scribe Amenothes of Djeme is known to us from other documents.

Present location

KMKG - MRAH [07/003] BRUSSELS

Inventory number

E.8052

Dating

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD

Archaeological Site

THEBES: EAST BANK

Category

PAPYRUS

Material

PAPYRUS

Technique

DOVETAIL (JOINT); WRITTEN WITH A REED PEN/REED WITH SPLIT NIB

Height

32.5 cm

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