Dublin Core
Title
Unknown: Egypt, c. 1000
Subject
Unknown
Description
The unnamed testator was Karaite, and testated while pregnant. The will is recorded in Hebrew (the first half) and Judeo-Arabic (the second half, included many of the bequests).
DESCRIPTION FROM PRINCETON GENIZA PROJECT:
Recto: Fragment of a Karaite will by a mother of two girls, before delivering another child, in particular with regard to her valuable jewelry. The Karaite nature is evident from the style and script and by a text on the other side, in the same hand, relevant to Karaite law. Dated to the first half of the eleventh century. (Information from Mediterranean Society, IV, p. 418, and from Goitein's index cards)
(https://geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents/3192/)
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DESCRIPTION FROM PRINCETON GENIZA PROJECT:
Recto: Fragment of a Karaite will by a mother of two girls, before delivering another child, in particular with regard to her valuable jewelry. The Karaite nature is evident from the style and script and by a text on the other side, in the same hand, relevant to Karaite law. Dated to the first half of the eleventh century. (Information from Mediterranean Society, IV, p. 418, and from Goitein's index cards)
(https://geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents/3192/)
SEE ABOVE LINK FOR IMAGE AND TRANSCRIPTION
Creator
Egypt
Date
c. 1000 (first half 11th century)
Source
Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection, University of Cambridge
T-S 12.646
Princeton Geniza Project: https://geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents/3192/
Language
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Coverage
Cairo Geniza
Egypt
Contributor
Princeton Geniza Project