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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.
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
Princeton Geniza Project: https://geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents/2198/
Language
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
Coverage
Egypt
Cairo Geniza
Contributor
Princeton Geniza Project