Incomplete court record in the hand of Halfon b. Manasseh, concerning the heirs of a murdered woman, Sitt al-Husn bat Isaac. She had been killed by her husband (ʿUmmār the banker?), along with her mother (Sitt al-Bayt bat Mevoraḵ) in what is called \u2018the famous murder case\u2019. The order of the deaths was significant, as the second woman to die would have inherited the estate of the first woman to die, and the second-degree heirs of each woman subsequently laid claim to both estates. T-S NS 31.9 is a duplicate copy of this document, and reveals that the relatives of the murdered women (Abū Yaʿqūb Isaac the cantor b. Ḡalib known as Abū Manṣūr, and Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon the cantor b. Ḡalib known as Abū Manṣūr) reached an agreement to divide the inheritance equally.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "1100-1138 CE" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Legal document" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "CUL" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Paper" }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "T-S 8.111" }, { "label": "Donor(s)", "value": "Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Cairo Genizah" }, { "label": "Associated Name(s)", "value": "Sitt al-Husn bat Isaac; Sitt al-Bayt bat Mevoraḵ; ʿUmmār the banker; Abū Yaʿqūb Isaac the cantor b. Ḡalib known as Abū Manṣūr; Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon the cantor b. Ḡalib known as Abū Manṣūr" }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Aramaic; Judaeo-Arabic" }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "14 lines (recto; verso is blank)" }, { "label": "Scribe(s)", "value": "Halfon b. Manasseh" } ], "@type": "sc:Manifest", "attribution": "Provided by Cambridge University Library. Zooming image © Cambridge University Library, All rights reserved. This image may be used in accord with fair use and fair dealing provisions, including teaching and research. If you wish to reproduce it within publications or on the public web, please contact genizah@lib.cam.ac.uk. This metadata is published free of restrictions, under the terms of the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.", "structures": [{ "canvases": [ "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-TS-00008-00111/canvas/1", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-TS-00008-00111/canvas/2" ], "@type": "sc:Range", "@id": "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-TS-00008-00111/range/DOCUMENT", "label": "Legal document" }], "description": "
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