Cairo Genizah : Legal document

Legal document (T-S 20.121)

Legal document containing testimony regarding a business dispute in Alexandria. Ḵalīf b. Joseph and Aaron ha-Kohen b. Hillel make statements to the court concerning transactions not completed between the late Abū l-Ḥasan and Ezekiel the shopkeeper and about 4 books sold. In the hand of Abraham b. Nathan, ca. 1100 CE.

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Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S 20.121
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Scribe(s): Abraham b. Nathan
Origin Place: Alexandria
Date of Creation: 1100 CE
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Abū l-Ḥasan; Ezekiel (shopkeeper); Ḵalīf b. Joseph; Aaron ha-Kohen b. Hillel
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 44 cm, width: 16 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: Torn, holes
Layout: 57 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 20.121
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Scribe(s): Abraham b. Nathan
Origin Place: Alexandria
Date of Creation: 1100 CE
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Abū l-Ḥasan; Ezekiel (shopkeeper); Ḵalīf b. Joseph; Aaron ha-Kohen b. Hillel
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 44 cm, width: 16 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: Torn, holes
Layout: 57 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