Cairo Genizah : Legal document

Legal document (T-S 16.225)

Long piece from a deed of sale of a female slave. Abū l-Faraj Yešuʿa ha-Levi sells his slave Jaḥūn to Abū l-Riḍā. In the hand of the scribe Ḥalfon b. Manasseh (1100-1138 CE).

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Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S 16.225
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Scribe(s): Ḥalfon b. Manasseh
Origin Place: Fusṭāṭ
Date of Creation: 1100-1138 CE
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Aramaic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Abū l-Faraj Yešuʿa ha-Levi; Jaḥūn (female slave); Abū l-Riḍā
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 33.2 cm, width: 5.5 cm.
Material: Parchment
Condition: Badly torn, holes
Layout: 30 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 16.225
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Scribe(s): Ḥalfon b. Manasseh
Origin Place: Fusṭāṭ
Date of Creation: 1100-1138 CE
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Aramaic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Abū l-Faraj Yešuʿa ha-Levi; Jaḥūn (female slave); Abū l-Riḍā
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 33.2 cm, width: 5.5 cm.
Material: Parchment
Condition: Badly torn, holes
Layout: 30 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