Cairo Genizah : Legal document: geṭ

Legal document: geṭ (Mosseri VII.75)

Geṭ, written in Av 1500 Sel. (= 1189 CE) in Aleppo, between Elʿazar ha-Kohen b. Solomon, called Abū Naṣr al-Ṣārifī from Egypt and Sitt al-Ḡarb bat Judah from Egypt, with witnesses Ṭoviyya b. Elijah b. Tamim he-Ḥaver and Elʿazar b. ʿAmram. Verso: permission for a representative, Abraham b. Ḥananʾel, to collect the divorce money, signed by the same witnesses.

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Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: Mosseri VII.75
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Origin Place: Aleppo
Date of Creation: 1189 CE
Language(s): Aramaic
Former Owner(s): Mosseri, Jack, 1884-1934
Associated Name(s): Elʿazar ha-Kohen b. Solomon, called Abū Naṣr al-Ṣārifī; Sitt al-Ḡarb bat Judah; Ṭoviyya b. Elijah b. Tamim he-Ḥaver; Elʿazar b. ʿAmram; Abraham b. Ḥananʾel
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 14.9 cm, width: 12.8 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: holes
Layout: 16 lines (recto); 6 lines (verso)
Provenance: Collected 1909–1912 from Fustat, Egypt, by Jacques (Jack) Mosseri and given by the Mosseri family to Cambridge University Library on long-term loan in 2006
Funding: Conservation, cataloguing and digitisation of the Jacques Mosseri Genizah Collection has benefitted from the support of the Mosseri family, the Endangered Archives Programme, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Isaac Newton Trust, the Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust and the Friedberg Genizah Project .
Author(s) of the Record: CUL

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Information about this document

Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: Mosseri VII.75
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Origin Place: Aleppo
Date of Creation: 1189 CE
Language(s): Aramaic
Former Owner(s): Mosseri, Jack, 1884-1934
Associated Name(s): Elʿazar ha-Kohen b. Solomon, called Abū Naṣr al-Ṣārifī; Sitt al-Ḡarb bat Judah; Ṭoviyya b. Elijah b. Tamim he-Ḥaver; Elʿazar b. ʿAmram; Abraham b. Ḥananʾel
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 14.9 cm, width: 12.8 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: holes
Layout: 16 lines (recto); 6 lines (verso)
Provenance: Collected 1909–1912 from Fustat, Egypt, by Jacques (Jack) Mosseri and given by the Mosseri family to Cambridge University Library on long-term loan in 2006
Funding: Conservation, cataloguing and digitisation of the Jacques Mosseri Genizah Collection has benefitted from the support of the Mosseri family, the Endangered Archives Programme, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Isaac Newton Trust, the Samuel Sebba Charitable Trust and the Friedberg Genizah Project .
Author(s) of the Record: CUL