Image of Deed of sale of a slave boy (P. Lond. I

Deed of sale of a slave boy (P. Lond. I 229), with original seals, 116

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IMAGE number: BL8598599
Image title: Deed of sale of a slave boy (P. Lond. I 229), with original seals, 116
Artist: Unknown
Location: British Library, London, UK
Medium: papyrus
Date: 116 AD (C2nd AD)

Image description: Ref. Papyrus 229 Deed of sale (P. Lond. I 229), in Latin, whereby C. Fabullius Macer purchases a boy named Abbas or Eutyches, aged seven years, from Q. Julius Priscus. Signed by the parties and witnesses, whose seals are ranged along the top of the document. Mutilated Greek subscription.
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 2nd century / Antiquity / colour / writing / slavery / latin script / manuscript / ancient Rome / nobody / document / hand writing / seal (emblem)

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