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Contract for the purchase of a house (Demotic–Greek)
Artist unknownPtolemaic, 1st and 20th April, 103 BCE
Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
This well-preserved papyrus from the reign of Ptolemy X, written in Demotic and Greek, comes from Medinet Habu. The Demotic text records the transfer of ownership of part of a house, while the Greek text contains a tax receipt for the sale of a house.
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- Title: Contract for the purchase of a house (Demotic–Greek)
- Creator: Artist unknown
- Date Created: Ptolemaic, 1st and 20th April, 103 BCE
- Type: Manuscript
- Medium: Papyrus
- Inv. no.: P 3105
- ISIL no.: DE-MUS-015418
- External Link: Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Copyright: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Sandra Steiß || Text © Prestel Verlag / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
- Collection: Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung | Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
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