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LEGAL DOCUMENTS.
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fact that the children are not individually named
does not help to decide the question, as they
are only subsidiary parties, and the naming of
the mother is sufficient for the purpose of the
deed—as in the case of the deed of Mery,
which is almost certainly of the nature of a
will, or at any rate an arrangement in view of
approaching death. In the present case the
reference to the guardianship of the son is
strongly in favour of its being a wilL
Kaiiun, I. 2.
[PL XIII., 11. 9-18.]
Price of Services.
Sheet 8 x 12^ in. = 32 x 205 cm.; upper
half only shown in the plate, the rest being
blank. Edges nearly perfect, colour reddish
brown, texture thin. The papyrus appears to
have been torn from a roll, ^ in. = 13 cm. of
an overlapping leaf remaining on the right-
hand edge. The sheet has been rolled or
folded and then doubled down across the
middle. For impression on seal see Eahun,
PI. x., no. 19, apparently the same that was
found on the papyri in PI. ix.
Recto.—Memorandum of price of services.
Verso.—Blank.
The writing is in black and red ink.
9. Year 29, month Athyr, day 7.
10. Made in the office of the wazir, Jbefore the governor
of the Residence and wazir, Khety,
11. by the scribe, seal-keeper of the office of providing
labourers (?), Amenemhat's son Ameny,
12. Price of the subordinate of the director of treasures,
Shepset's son, AhySenb, of the Northern uart,
13. together with the priest, the superintendent of
priestly orders of Sepdu, lord of the East, Shepset's
son, Ahysenb.
14. Recommended (?) by the scribe of the Residence (?),
Ptah'amif's son, Sehetep'ab'ra.
15. The female Asiatic, Akh'aatef (?)
(also called) Kemtna
16. „ Kemna
(also called) Sepdwem'mer
1 7. The female Asiatic, Meshy (?)
2 years 3 months
18.
(?)
(also called) ...... Jeenbetui (?)
I. 9. " Year 29," doubtless of Amenemhat III.
At this time Ahysenb occupied a lower posi-
tion than the one he had come to hold by
the 44th Year (PI. xiL, L 3). It is noticeable
that the second names of the brothers are not
quoted in the present document.
I. 10. © of. Appendix B. The fact
that the name of Ptah is contained in the
name of the clerk's father (1. 14) may indicate
that the wazir's court was close to Memphis.
This wazir is not otherwise known. Cf. PL ix.,
1. 9, for the court.
I. 11. Cf. L 21, below; Peteie, lllahun, ix.,
21, and Appendix B ; also g ^ ^ g\ ^ ,
Gat. Ah., 803 (cf. 808).
In Gat. Ah., 897, we have imi si n T rm * D
<=> 9 . . * A—D
s=s. As T requires qualification, we may
o o o S
safely attach dldi rmt to it, and believe that
the personal name has been omitted by
scribe or editor. Here then we must read
t ^ ^ -a^i. In Bui. Pap., no. 18,
£ Jfi^ A~WW -0 III J-
PL xxix., &c. (see A. Z., xxix., pp. 103, 112,
and is con-
it is written
-HI I I'
cerned with the foreign Mezayu, while here
it apparently has to do with the Aamu. The
name suggests a sort of "labour bureau."
, i.e. " reward,"
I. 12.
/WVW\
wages.
In
Coptic this word is masculine, and so it is
sometimes in hieroglyphics (see Brugsch, Wtb.);
but in Paheri, PL hi., top row, we have
f| ^ss» +^w., and below, PL xxxix. (Gurob),
apparently fl ^ f^.l cf. also L. D., ii.,
136*', 1. 4, irt sivnt, " make trade," " bargain."
Here it can hardly mean " purchase," i.e. of
the slaves by the two brothers. This would
be contrary to the analogy of the sunt in
G
35
fact that the children are not individually named
does not help to decide the question, as they
are only subsidiary parties, and the naming of
the mother is sufficient for the purpose of the
deed—as in the case of the deed of Mery,
which is almost certainly of the nature of a
will, or at any rate an arrangement in view of
approaching death. In the present case the
reference to the guardianship of the son is
strongly in favour of its being a wilL
Kaiiun, I. 2.
[PL XIII., 11. 9-18.]
Price of Services.
Sheet 8 x 12^ in. = 32 x 205 cm.; upper
half only shown in the plate, the rest being
blank. Edges nearly perfect, colour reddish
brown, texture thin. The papyrus appears to
have been torn from a roll, ^ in. = 13 cm. of
an overlapping leaf remaining on the right-
hand edge. The sheet has been rolled or
folded and then doubled down across the
middle. For impression on seal see Eahun,
PI. x., no. 19, apparently the same that was
found on the papyri in PI. ix.
Recto.—Memorandum of price of services.
Verso.—Blank.
The writing is in black and red ink.
9. Year 29, month Athyr, day 7.
10. Made in the office of the wazir, Jbefore the governor
of the Residence and wazir, Khety,
11. by the scribe, seal-keeper of the office of providing
labourers (?), Amenemhat's son Ameny,
12. Price of the subordinate of the director of treasures,
Shepset's son, AhySenb, of the Northern uart,
13. together with the priest, the superintendent of
priestly orders of Sepdu, lord of the East, Shepset's
son, Ahysenb.
14. Recommended (?) by the scribe of the Residence (?),
Ptah'amif's son, Sehetep'ab'ra.
15. The female Asiatic, Akh'aatef (?)
(also called) Kemtna
16. „ Kemna
(also called) Sepdwem'mer
1 7. The female Asiatic, Meshy (?)
2 years 3 months
18.
(?)
(also called) ...... Jeenbetui (?)
I. 9. " Year 29," doubtless of Amenemhat III.
At this time Ahysenb occupied a lower posi-
tion than the one he had come to hold by
the 44th Year (PI. xiL, L 3). It is noticeable
that the second names of the brothers are not
quoted in the present document.
I. 10. © of. Appendix B. The fact
that the name of Ptah is contained in the
name of the clerk's father (1. 14) may indicate
that the wazir's court was close to Memphis.
This wazir is not otherwise known. Cf. PL ix.,
1. 9, for the court.
I. 11. Cf. L 21, below; Peteie, lllahun, ix.,
21, and Appendix B ; also g ^ ^ g\ ^ ,
Gat. Ah., 803 (cf. 808).
In Gat. Ah., 897, we have imi si n T rm * D
<=> 9 . . * A—D
s=s. As T requires qualification, we may
o o o S
safely attach dldi rmt to it, and believe that
the personal name has been omitted by
scribe or editor. Here then we must read
t ^ ^ -a^i. In Bui. Pap., no. 18,
£ Jfi^ A~WW -0 III J-
PL xxix., &c. (see A. Z., xxix., pp. 103, 112,
and is con-
it is written
-HI I I'
cerned with the foreign Mezayu, while here
it apparently has to do with the Aamu. The
name suggests a sort of "labour bureau."
, i.e. " reward,"
I. 12.
/WVW\
wages.
In
Coptic this word is masculine, and so it is
sometimes in hieroglyphics (see Brugsch, Wtb.);
but in Paheri, PL hi., top row, we have
f| ^ss» +^w., and below, PL xxxix. (Gurob),
apparently fl ^ f^.l cf. also L. D., ii.,
136*', 1. 4, irt sivnt, " make trade," " bargain."
Here it can hardly mean " purchase," i.e. of
the slaves by the two brothers. This would
be contrary to the analogy of the sunt in
G