manuscripts (object)

Hieratic deed of sale or cession (swnt) of the treasurer assistant Ankhreni in favour of his brother Wah. Hieratic is in thick, large, clear signs, in red and black on recto with one 'age' of six full horizontal lines and four tabulated horizontal lines in which four foreigner women are named. Some fold marks, torn below, with insect-holes. According to Griffith (see reference), found folded and sealed with the scarab impression Kahun pl. X. no 19 Petrie lost I.2. This legal document attests to the transfer of foreign people from the household of Ankhreni to the one of his brother Ihyseneb, son of Shepset, also known as Wah in the ‘Will of Wah’ (UC32058). Text has been translated as: 'Year 29, month 3 of the season of flood, day 7 Done in the Office of the Vizier in the presence of the Overseer of the City and Vizier Khety, by the Scribe and Solicitor of the Bureau for People, Amenemhat’s son Ameny. Transfer contract of the Assistant to the Solicitor, Shepset’s son Ihyseneb, from the Northern district (also called Ankhreni), and priest in charge of the team of Sopdu, Lord of the East, Shepset’s son Ihyseneb (also called Wah). Approved by the scribe of this town Ptahwenenef’s son Sehetepibra. The foreigners: Akhiatef, also called Kemeni (female) Kemeni, also called Sopdummeri (female) Meshy, also called Senen (infant) (Name lost), also called …benu (infant)'

Lahun

Kahun Workmens' Town

late Middle Kingdom

LDUCE-UC32167

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology