Accounts; jottings; exercises T-S K6.110
- Holding institution:
- Cambridge University Library
- Data provider:
- Cambridge University Library
- Title:
- Accounts; jottings; exercises T-S K6.110
- Date:
- 6th-19th century
- Description:
- Accounts of the owner of a shop, recording the prices of grocery items, such as rice, sugar, sumac, almonds, hazelnuts, pomegranate seeds, bread and cheese. The names of some customers are mentioned, including Ibn al-Ramlī, Abū l-Faḍl and Naṣir b. Ṯābit, and whether they owe money. Parts of the account, which is written in large, crude characters, are repeated in a smaller and better trained hand. In addition, individual words are repeated in Arabic script, probably as a writing exercise. On recto, there are some jottings.Condition: Holes, slightly stainedLayout: various lines
- Language:
- Arabic
Judeo-Arabic - Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Provenance:
- Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
- Medium:
- Paper
- Extent:
- 2 leaves (bifolium). Leaf: (height: 16.6 cm, width: 25.8 (1 leaf: 12.9) cm)
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Library
- Rights:
- This image may be used in accord with fair use and fair dealing provisions, including teaching and research. If you wish to reproduce it within publications or on the public web, please contact genizah@lib.cam.ac.uk.
This metadata is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. - Identifier:
- T-S K6.110
- Is part of:
- The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection