Cairo Genizah : Legal document

Legal document (T-S 13J2.11)

Witness statement in which al-Sitt bat Joseph b. ʿAmram and her mother Jamīla bat Jacob testify that their father and husband had left 50 dinars with Abū l-Bišr Azhar, whose heir claims Abū l-Bišr had also given 157 dirhams of silver to al-Sitt’s father Joseph. The remaining sum of 12 and a half dinars is then paid out. Dated Tammuz 1415 of the Seleucid Era (= 1104 CE), and signed by Ḥayya ha-Kohen b. Yešuʿa and Abraham b. Aaron he-Ḥaver.

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Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S 13J2.11
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Date of Creation: 1104 CE
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Hebrew; Aramaic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): al-Sitt bat Joseph b. ʿAmram; Jamīla bat Jacob; Abū l-Bišr Azhar; Joseph b. ʿAmram; Ḥayya ha-Kohen b. Yešuʿa; Abraham b. Aaron he-Ḥaver
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 27 cm, width: 18.8 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: holes, rubbed
Layout: 28 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 13J2.11
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Date of Creation: 1104 CE
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Hebrew; Aramaic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): al-Sitt bat Joseph b. ʿAmram; Jamīla bat Jacob; Abū l-Bišr Azhar; Joseph b. ʿAmram; Ḥayya ha-Kohen b. Yešuʿa; Abraham b. Aaron he-Ḥaver
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 27 cm, width: 18.8 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: holes, rubbed
Layout: 28 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