Cairo Genizah : Legal document

Legal document (T-S 13J3.21)

Recto: legal document concerning a loan to Ephraim the silkweaver b. Ṣedaqa from Abū l-Faḍāʾil Šela ha-Levi the cantor b. Elʿazar. Dated Sivan 1521 of the Seleucid Era (= 1210 CE). Verso: addenda concerning the document on recto.

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Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S 13J3.21
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Date of Creation: 1210 CE
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Hebrew; Aramaic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Ephraim the silkweaver b. Ṣedaqa; Abū l-Faḍāʾil Šela ha-Levi the cantor b. Elʿazar
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 21.5 cm, width: 20.2 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: torn, holes, rubbed
Layout: 21 lines (recto); 13 lines + marginalia (verso)
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 13J3.21
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Date of Creation: 1210 CE
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Hebrew; Aramaic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Ephraim the silkweaver b. Ṣedaqa; Abū l-Faḍāʾil Šela ha-Levi the cantor b. Elʿazar
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 21.5 cm, width: 20.2 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: torn, holes, rubbed
Layout: 21 lines (recto); 13 lines + marginalia (verso)
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