Agreements and accounts.

A Pack of Hounds and its Master? A Bi-Species Burial from the Necropolis of Deir El-Banat (Fayum)

“…The demographic profile argues against a natural grouping of dogs that died by drowning. It should be noted that an "Island of Dogs" is mentioned in one of the Fayum Demotic Papyri found at the site of Dime, located at the northwest end of Lake Qarun (Lippert & Schentuleit, 2006); however, there is no evidence that it had anything to do with dog-raising for offerings, especially as most of the Fayum cult sites are related to crocodile worship. It can also be posited that dogs separated from their mothers and kept in an enclosure in preparation for mummification had fallen prey to some natural catastrophe and were buried as a group.…”

Démotique

“…Tandis que d'autres actes de partage insèrent ici la description de l'ensemble des objets partagés, le papyrus Vienne D 10085 enchaîne directement avec la « clause d'attribution de la part » qui précise la quote-part de Harpagathès : l'époque 54 . Le fait que les trois personnes qui constituent la partie déclarante possèdent ensemble seulement un tiers de la propriété, sans pour autant partager tous un de leurs parents 55 , indique qu'ils ont hérité ce tiers d'un grand-parent (C) qui était lui-même l'enfant cadet du propriétaire originel (« ancêtre A »).…”