Na'ima, the daughter of Ya'aqov: Malij, 12th century

Dublin Core

Title

Na'ima, the daughter of Ya'aqov: Malij, 12th century

Subject

Na'ima, the daughter of Ya'aqov

Description

Na'ima's deathbed will is written in both Hebrew (the opening which situates the testator as sick but in her right mind) and Judeo-Arabic (the bequests). The end of the document is missing. 

DESCRIPTION FROM THE PRINCETON GENIZA PROJECT:

Will of Na’ima bt. Yaʿaqov stating that one-half of a house with a store in Malij that she bought from her son for six dinars, with the money she received from her second husband at divorce, was to be divided as gifts: one-quarter to a grandson and the other quarter to a granddaughter. Twelfth century. (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 4:275) EMS

(https://geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents/2198/)

See above link for IMAGE and TRANSCRIPTION.

Creator

Malij, Egypt

Date

12th century

Source

Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection, University of Cambridge
T-S 8J7.7

Language

Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic

Coverage

Egypt
Cairo Geniza

Contributor

Princeton Geniza Project