Legal document T-S J3.47

Title:

Legal document T-S J3.47

Date:

6th-19th century

Description:

Recto: draft Karaite deed of release, dated 1029 CE. This document continues for 15 more lines on the verso. Verso: continuation of the document on recto, and a second document written inverted in relation to recto, a draft Karaite betrothal deed, in Arabic script, in which Abū l-Ḥasan Daʾūd b. al-Faraj ʿImrān al-Levi ha-Kohen (i.e. David b. ʿAmram) is betrothed to […] bat Abū l-Faḍl. The bride’s father is her agent, and one of the witnesses to his appointment was Abū l-Ḥasan b. al-Jabāwi. The betrothal took place on Wednesday 15 Av 1344 ‘of the era of Alexander’ (= 1033 CE). Both recto and verso are shown to be drafts by their interlinear corrections and lack of signatures.Condition: HolesLayout: 53 lines (recto); 21 lines (verso)

Language:

Hebrew
Arabic

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Geographic region:

Egypt

Provenance:

Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Medium:

Paper

Publisher:

Cambridge University Library

Rights:

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Identifier:

T-S J3.47

Is part of:

The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

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