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Title Loan of a cow
Citations
Inv. Id O.Medin.HabuDem 132
Support/Dimensions ostracon ;
Condition The writing on the verso has partly disappeared and what remains is faint and blurred.
Lines On recto: 11 lines in Demotic; On verso: 8 lines in Demotic
Recto/Verso Source of description: On recto and verso: loan document
Origin Thebes
More from Thebes
Language Demotic
Date 200 B.C. - 68 A.D.
More from the period between 200 BCE and 68 CE
Note (general) Number 132 in Lichtheim's publication. Date lost. Measurements not available.
Note (general) Location: Oriental Institute
Note (general) Pub. status: Published: recto and verso
Subjects Documentary; ostracon
Associated Names Pamonthes, son of Patemis; Paeris, son of Totoes; Patemis, son of Belef; Sisois
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

MH 193, recto: (1) Pamonthes, son of Patemis, together with Paeris, son of Totoes, (2) we say to Patemis, son of Belef: You have loaned (3) us your cow for one month of plowing, (4) makes 30 days of plowing, for 4 artabas of wheat, (5) their half, 2 artabas of wheat / 4 artabas of wheat again; (6) 2 artabas in [winter], by the maje-measure (7) of Sisois, (and) 2 artabas in the summer, (8) by the maje-measure of Sisois. (9) If the cow perishes, (10) we shall give you 3 staters besides ... (11) ...