Recto: draft of a Hebrew inscription in large bold letters, consisting of a poem on the pleasures of studying the Torah and the futility of worldly pursuits, apparently intended as a draft for an inscription on a Torah cabinet. This text was written over seven lines of an address for the letter that now forms part of the verso. Verso: the first document is a Judaeo-Arabic letter sent from Palermo to the merchant Joseph Ibn ʿAwkal. The second document is an Arabic deed in which ʿAbd al-Bāqī b. Aḥmad, the preacher, leases a house in Fusṭāṭ from Mūsā b. ʿAdī \u2018the Jew\u2019. Dated Muḥarram 424 AH (= December 1032 CE). Witnessed by Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. [\u2026], ʿAlī b. Ibrahim b. Ḥasan b. Ḥusayn, and Aḥmad b. ʿAbdallāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdallāh. The third document is an unidentified Arabic text.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "1032 CE" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Poem; letter; legal document" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "CUL" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Paper" }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "T-S Ar.5.1" }, { "label": "Note(s)", "value": "This document was formed by gluing together three leaves to create a larger piece of paper. Recto and verso are conserved the wrong way around." }, { "label": "Recipient(s)", "value": "Joseph b. Jacob Ibn ʿAwkal" }, { "label": "Donor(s)", "value": "Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Cairo Genizah" }, { "label": "Associated Name(s)", "value": "ʿAbd al-Bāqī b. Aḥmad; Mūsā b. ʿAdī; Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. ʿAlī; ʿAlī b. Ibrahim b. Ḥasan b. Ḥusayn; Aḥmad b. ʿAbdallāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdallāh" }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Arabic; Hebrew; Judaeo-Arabic" }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "16 lines (recto); various lines (verso)" } ], "@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-AR-00005-00001/canvas/1", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-TS-AR-00005-00001/canvas/2" ], "@type": "sc:Range", "@id": "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-TS-AR-00005-00001/range/DOCUMENT", "label": "Poem; letter; legal document" }], "description": "
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