Dublin Core
Title
Unknown: Egypt, c. 1100
Subject
Unknown
Description
This woman's will was recorded by the well-known court clerk and scribe Halfon ben Menashe, who was active from 1100 to 1138 CE. It is written in Judeo-Arabic.
DESCRIPTION FROM THE PRINCETON GENIZA PROJECT:
Will of a woman. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. She gives 1/2 dinar to her sister Mukhaddara bt. Khalaf if she is still alive. She gives 1/2 dinar to her cousin Abū l-Khayr, the son of her paternal uncle Kathīr al-Naḥḥal (the beekeeper), who lives in New Cairo. She leaves six dinars for eventualities (nawāʾib). Many details specified about her desired clothing for burial. (Information in part from Goitein's note cards.)
(https://geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents/7302/)
See above link for IMAGE.
DESCRIPTION FROM THE PRINCETON GENIZA PROJECT:
Will of a woman. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. She gives 1/2 dinar to her sister Mukhaddara bt. Khalaf if she is still alive. She gives 1/2 dinar to her cousin Abū l-Khayr, the son of her paternal uncle Kathīr al-Naḥḥal (the beekeeper), who lives in New Cairo. She leaves six dinars for eventualities (nawāʾib). Many details specified about her desired clothing for burial. (Information in part from Goitein's note cards.)
(https://geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents/7302/)
See above link for IMAGE.
Creator
Egypt
Date
c. 1100
Source
Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection, University of Cambridge
T-S 12.636
Princeton Geniza Project: https://geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents/7302/
Language
Judeo-Arabic
Coverage
Egypt
Cairo Geniza
Contributor
Princeton Geniza Project