Cairo Genizah : Legal document; liturgy

Legal document; liturgy (T-S H10.173)

F. 1r and f. 2: deed of sale for the purchase by Abū l-Faraj Ṣemaḥ b. Ṣedaqa b. Ṣemaḥ of part of a house in Fusṭāṭ from his uncle, Dāʾūd b. Ṣemaḥ, the Jewish indigo dealer. The house is part of the ‘Fortress of the Greeks’ and abuts the former church of St Michael, the oven of al-Jalāl, and the house of Maymūn b. Dāʾūd. Dated Šaʿbān 448 AH (= October-November 1056 CE). F. 1v: liturgical text in Hebrew.

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Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S H10.173
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Origin Place: Fusṭāṭ
Date of Creation: 1056 CE
Language(s): Arabic; Hebrew
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Abū l-Faraj Ṣemaḥ b. Ṣedaqa b. Ṣemaḥ; Dāʾūd b. Ṣemaḥ (Jewish indigo dealer); Maymūn b. Dāʾūd
Extent: 2 leaves (bifolium).
Material: Paper
Condition: Torn, holes
Layout: 17-19 lines
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 H10.173
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Origin Place: Fusṭāṭ
Date of Creation: 1056 CE
Language(s): Arabic; Hebrew
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Abū l-Faraj Ṣemaḥ b. Ṣedaqa b. Ṣemaḥ; Dāʾūd b. Ṣemaḥ (Jewish indigo dealer); Maymūn b. Dāʾūd
Extent: 2 leaves (bifolium).
Material: Paper
Condition: Torn, holes
Layout: 17-19 lines
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