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Seven Arabic slave sale contracts on papyrus

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Annotated editions and translations of seven Arabic slave sale contracts on papyrus dating from the late ninth and early tenth centuries CE. Six of these documents belong to the Arabic Papyrus, Parchment and Paper Collection of the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library; one document is kept in the Egyptian National Library (its editio princeps has been published as P. Cair. Arab. II 124). Keywords: slavery, slave trade, sale contracts, Egypt, Arabic papyri.

Source: The Journal of Juristic Papyrology

DOI: 10.36389/uw.jjurp.55.2025.pp.29-64

Author: Jelle Bruning

Language: English

Topic: Medieval History and Crusades

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7123854170

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