Unknown: Egypt, c. 1100

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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.

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/

Language

Judeo-Arabic

Coverage

Egypt
Cairo Geniza

Contributor

Princeton Geniza Project