Dublin Core
Title
Unknown: Egypt, c. 1100
Subject
Unknown
Description
This Geniza document is missing both the beginning and end of the will, and thus the testator's name is unknown, as is the exact date. It is written in Judeo-Arabic by the well-known court clerk and scribe Halfon ben Menashe, who was active between 1100 and 1138 CE.
DESCRIPTION FROM THE PRINCETON GENIZA PROJECT:
Will in which a woman is donating a house for religious and charitable purposes while she stayed in an apartment she had acquired. Written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (ca. 1100-1138). (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 327)
(https://geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents/4229/)
See above link for IMAGE and TRANSCRIPTION.
DESCRIPTION FROM THE PRINCETON GENIZA PROJECT:
Will in which a woman is donating a house for religious and charitable purposes while she stayed in an apartment she had acquired. Written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (ca. 1100-1138). (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 327)
(https://geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents/4229/)
See above link for IMAGE and TRANSCRIPTION.
Creator
Egypt
Date
c . 1100
Source
Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection, University of Cambridge
T-S NS 184.57
Princeton Geniza Project:
https://geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents/4229/
https://geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents/4229/
Language
Judeo-Arabic
Coverage
Egypt
Cairo Geniza
Contributor
Princeton Geniza Project