Seven Arabic slave sale contracts on papyrus

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.

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The Journal of Juristic Papyrology
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2025-12-30
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https://doi.org/10.36389/uw.jjurp.55.2025.pp.29-64
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Archaeology and Historical Studies
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Seven Arabic slave sale contracts on papyrus

Jelle Bruning
The Journal of Juristic Papyrology
Archaeology and Historical Studies
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Seven Arabic slave sale contracts on papyrus

Jelle Bruning
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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.

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