Land lease

This palm-leaf document is a land lease. It states how five men (karantanh, kaTTaiyanh, coonhai, naaccaanh and karuppanh) of uTantaikuLam village and one man (niilameekam piLLai son of leccumaNa naaraayaNa piLLai) of pattakuRicci village leased their land to cuppiramaNiyanh ceeruvaikaaranh of uTantaikuLam village. This information is available in the 1st palm-leaf in the images 1 and 2; 4th palm-leaf in the images 3 and 4.

Physical characteristics/Extent and format of original material: Palmyra leaf (borassus flabellifer); varying sizes: height 3cm, width 41cm to height 3 cm, width 51cm; sideline perforation. 2 handwritten palm-leaf document (2 palm-leaves).

Creation dates of original material (Gregorian and/or Tamil calendar): vikkirama/cittirai/25; vikkirama/aippaci/23.