Deed of conveyance (living will) by Mery son of Intef, for his son Intef (same name as grandfather), on papyrus. As with all inheritance documents, and most legal documents, it concludes with a list of witnesses, from which two names are partly preserved. Mery wrote this will at an advanced age, when he was about to retire. His will records his wishes regarding the transference of his office to his son and the inheritance of his estate, including all his possessions.
Recto: endorsement on back of right hand edge, 'title to property made by the regulator of the corps, Intef's son Mery, to his son, Mery's son, Intef, called Iuseneb"; hieratic in black ink; papyrus in good condition but frayed at edges.
Text has been translated as: '[Recto] Year 39, month 4 of the season of flood, day 29
Property transfer document made by the Controller of the Temple Staff Intef’s son Mery, also called Kebi, for his son Intef, also called Iuseneb.
I am giving my position of Controller of the Temple Staff to Mery’s son Intef, also called Iuseneb, in exchange of his retirement-support, because I am now grown old. Let him be appointed at once.
As for the previous document which I made for his mother: it is cancelled. As for my house which is in the district of Hut-…-t, it is for my children born to me by Nebtennisut, the daughter of the Guard of the District Counselor Sobekemhat, with all its contents.
The name list of witnesses in whose presence this property transfer document has been written:
The Controller of the Temple Staff: Sa-bastet’s son, called Sa-bastet as well
The (?) Senusret’s son, called Senebubu
[Verso] Property transfer document made by the Controller of the Temple Staff
Intef’s son called Mery for his son Intef, also called Iuseneb'.
Fragment Recto height: 18.7 cms Recto: L: 35.0 cm H: 18.7 cm (As mounted in glass) Verso: L: 4.7 cm H: 5.6 cm Fragment Recto length: 35 cms Fragment Verso height: 5.6 cms Fragment Verso length: 4.7 cms Frame height: 27 cms Frame width: 37 cms Frame depth: 0.6 cms
