University of Pennsylvania, Halper 352

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS25857

Shelfmark:

Halper 352

Title:

Court document

Document

Place:

Fustat

Old Cairo TGN

Date:

12th century-13th century?].

twelfth century (dates CE) AAT

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic

Judeo-Arabic WIKIDATA

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Aramaic WIKIDATA

Material:

fragment, damaged, triangular in shape; losses, faded; verso is blank

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 folio : fragment, damaged, triangular in shape; losses, faded; verso is blank

Note:

The upper-left corner of a document. The first two digits of the date (=Monday, of the year...66 of the Seleucid era [Halper, l.2]) and the members of the court are missing. Many laudatory terms, in Hebrew, appear in the first lines, including an unusual one, צינצנת המן. The rest of the content is in legal Aramaic.
The names Sheik Abu'l-Rabiʻa (l.6) ...ha-Kohen (l.7), Abu'l-Fakhar or Abu'l-Fikr (אבו אלפכר, l.8), and Abu'l-Faraj (l.11) are preserved.
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram.

Keyword:

Business records

Jewish law

Court records

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940420303503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3f18t029/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania