Manuscript

E16412

From: Egypt | Fayum

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E16412
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Fayum
Date Made 881-882 CE
Section Egyptian
Materials Papyrus | Ink
Iconography Report | Farming
Inscription Language Arabic Language
Description

Arabic document. Marked "Faijum a." by W.M. Muller (?).

Eight documents contained in this papyrus all originating with the brothers Mina and Kayl sons of Shenude the Secretary, two Coptic landowners of the Fayyum.

Recto: (4 documents) acknowledgments by different Coptic farm hands as to their obligation to cut the crop on the owner's land.

Verso: (4 documents) refer to debts in wheat.

Date: Jumada II - Sha'ban, 268 A.H. / Dec. 27, 881 to March 24, 882 A.D.

Length 73.8 cm
Width 16.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Prof. Moritz; subscription of Mrs. C. C. Harrison, 1911
Other Number DV 31 - Field No SF | +E16413 - Other Number

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