Recto: letter of appointment from 10th-century Tunis, in which the widow of Zechariah b. Othniel and his daughter Farha, acting for her still-minor sons, appoint the widow\u2019s father, Aaron, and his brother Maymūn as their representatives to retrieve whatever possible from the dead man\u2019s estate. Written by Ḵalfūn (כלפון) the cantor b. Isaac the scribe, addressed to a prominent person abroad, and signed by many individuals (a surprising number with the name Maymūn): Isaac the doctor b. Yom [\u2026], Abraham b. Samuel, Oṯniel b. Naʿaman, Maymūn b. Nathan, Samuel b. Ḥayyim Kohen, Maymūn b. Isaac, Maymūn b. Ḵal[..], Ḥayyim b. Ḵalfūn Kohen, Ḵalūf b. Maymūn, Jacob Kohen b. Ḵalfūn, Faraḥ b. Samuel, Maymūn b. Abraham, Samuel b. Maymūn, Raḥamīm b. Abraham, Joseph b. Raḥamīm, Mūsā (מושה) b. ʿEli (עילי), Ibrahīm b. ʿIzzūn (עזון), Ḥayyim b. [\u2026], Isaac b. Joseph, Raḥamīm b. Moses, and Abraham b. Maymūn. Verso: several lines in Arabic script.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "10th century" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Legal document; letter" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "CUL" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Parchment" }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "T-S 16.177" }, { "label": "Note(s)", "value": "" }, { "label": "Donor(s)", "value": "Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Cairo Genizah" }, { "label": "Associated Name(s)", "value": "[...] bat Aaron (widow of Zechariah b. Oṯniel); Farha bat Zechariah b. Othniel; Zechariah b. Oṯniel; Aaron; Maymūn; Isaac the doctor b. Yom [\u2026]; Abraham b. Samuel; Oṯniel b. Naʿaman; Maymūn b. Nathan; Samuel b. Ḥayyim Kohen; Maymūn b. Isaac; Maymūn b. Ḵal[..]; Ḥayyim b. Ḵalfūn Kohen; Ḵalūf b. Maymūn; Jacob Kohen b. Ḵalfūn; Faraḥ b. Samuel; Maymūn b. Abraham; Samuel b. Maymūn; Raḥamīm b. Abraham; Joseph b. Raḥamīm; Mūsā b. ʿEli; Ibrahīm b. ʿIzzūn; Ḥayyim b. [\u2026]; Isaac b. Joseph; Raḥamīm b. Moses; Abraham b. Maymūn" }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Hebrew; Aramaic; Arabic." }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "16 lines (recto); 4 lines (verso)" }, { "label": "Scribe(s)", "value": "Ḵalfūn the cantor b. Isaac the scribe" } ], "@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-00016-00177/canvas/1", "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-TS-00016-00177/canvas/2" ], "@type": "sc:Range", "@id": "https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-TS-00016-00177/range/DOCUMENT", "label": "Legal document; letter" }], "description": "
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