Aramaic Adoption Contract Aramaic. Aramaic Adoption Contract, October 22, 416 Papyrus, ink, : Largest Fragment #1: 13/16 × 1 3/4 in. (2 × cm). This document originates in the archive of Ananiah and Tamut, members of a Jewish family living on Elephantine Island in the fifth century This contract allows a man named Uriah to adopt a boy named Jedaniah and thus free him from slavery. Adoption was one legal method used to free slaves in ancient Egypt. Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art October 22, 416

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