Cairo Genizah : Legal document

Legal document (T-S 8J7.20)

Record of the testimony of Tiqva, known as Rajāʾ (רגא, ‘hope’) b. ʿAzariah the cantor, concerning someone from Damascus whose name is only partially preserved as ‘known as the son of the hod-carrier’ (אלטיאן, though possibly to be read אלעיאן). Although not much of the document is preserved, it was probably all in Hebrew, suggesting a date early in the 11th century.

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Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S 8J7.20
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Date of Creation: 11th century
Language(s): Hebrew
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Tiqva b. ʿAzariah the cantor (known as Rajāʾ)
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 7 cm, width: 18.1 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: torn
Layout: 8 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Provenance: Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
Funding: The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
Author(s) of the Record: CUL

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Information about this document

Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S 8J7.20
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Date of Creation: 11th century
Language(s): Hebrew
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Tiqva b. ʿAzariah the cantor (known as Rajāʾ)
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 7 cm, width: 18.1 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: torn
Layout: 8 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Provenance: Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
Funding: The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
Author(s) of the Record: CUL