Servitude agreement

This palm-leaf document is servitude (aTimai) agreement between viiraNanh ceeruvaikaaranh, son of coonhai ceeruvaikaaranh of atalai village and cangkili, brother of tooTTi cittiranh of potumpu village; between kaattaa mukuntanh, muttukkaruppa mukuntanh, coonhai mukuntanh and viiraNanh ceeruvaikaaranh, vengkaNa koonh, namaccivaayam piLLai, muttiruLaaNTi ceeruvaikaaranh of potumpu village and others. This information is available in the 1st palm-leaf in the images 1 and 2; 2nd palm-leaf in the images 3, 4, 7 and 8; 3rd palm-leaf in the images 5, 6, 9 and 10; 4th palm-leaf in the images 11 and 12.

Physical characteristics/Extent and format of original material: Palmyra leaf (borassus flabellifer); varying sizes: height 3cm, width 31cm to height 3 cm, width 47cm; sideline perforation. 6 handwritten palm-leaf documents (6 palm-leaves).

Creation dates of original material (Gregorian and/or Tamil calendar): tunhmuki/kaarttikai/17; tunhmuki/aavaNi/01; pava/cittirai/30.