Nakhtnebef collateral letter, 201 or 200 B.C.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Nakhtnebef, son of Pamerour.

Contributor:

Hor, son of Padiousir, addressee.

Lambert, Roger, 1907- former owner.

Leconte, Louis, former owner.

Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Egyptian

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Beer--Egypt.

Beer.

Brewing--Early works to 1800.

Brewing.

Loans--Egypt.

Loans.

Egypt.

Genre:

financial records

legal documents

mortgages

papyri (manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Roger Lambert; sold by Lambert to Louis Leconte (P. Dém. 1).

Appears in the joint catalog of Antiquariaat Forum and Les Enluminures for the 20th Congress of the International Association of Bibliophiles (1997), no. 1.

Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 22 June 1999, lot 57.

Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : papyrus ; 255 x 96 mm

Place of Publication:

201 or 200 B.C.

Language Note:

Demotic, with a subscription in Greek.

Summary:

Guarantee by Nakhtnebef, son of Pamerour of Memphis, to Hor, son of Padiousir the brewer, that he will pay back the value of one-fifth of the brewery in Meidum (40 deben or 200 staters) within two days if called upon, pledging his house and possessions as collateral. Written in 25 lines of Demotic script on papyrus with signatures of five witnesses, including Padikhonsou, son of Amon; Padiousir, son of Semataouy; and Guédjadja, son of Nechthnibis. Dated in the month of Athyr in regnal year 5 of Pharaoh Ptolemy V (11 December 201 to 9 January 200 B.C.). In 2 faded lines of Greek added at the bottom in regnal year 6, Nechthnibis guarantees one fifth for 800 drachmas.

Local Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Cited in:

Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 146 (LJS 309).

Publications about:

Published with a transcription and French translation by Devauchelle, Didier. Un cautionnement démotique: P. Dém. Leconte 1. In Revue d'égyptologie, 30 (1978), p. 67-73.

Description and proposed French translation of Greek subscription by Bonneau, Danielle. Souscription grecque du P. Dém. Leconte 1. In Revue d'égyptologie, 30 (1978), p. 74-77.

Cited as:

Nakhtnebef Collateral Letter (Oversize Flat LJS 309). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

731213086

Online:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page