Legal document T-S 13J1.14

Title:

Legal document T-S 13J1.14

Creator:

Daniel b. ʿAzariah (Nasi)

Date:

1056 CE

Description:

Recto: fragment from a power of attorney in which Abraham b. Isaac appoints Ephraim b. Moses the physician, to collect a debt owed to him by Yefet b. Ṯābit in Fusṭāṭ. Dated Thursday, 6th Marḥešvan 1368 (= 1056 CE), in Ramla. Witnessed by Ḥayyim he-Ḥaver b. Solomon, Joshua b. Abraham, Isaac b. Ezra, Yešuʿa ha-Kohen ha-Parnas b. Ṣedaqa, Solomon b. Jacob, and Boaz the cantor b. David. Following the signatures of the witnesses, all six signatures are validated in an attestation from the court of Daniel (b. ʿAzariah), ha-Nasi, Head of the Yešiva of the Pride of Jacob. It appears the power of attorney was written by a court scribe, while the attestation was written by Daniel himself. Verso: two unrelated lines in Arabic script.Condition: torn, holesLayout: 27 lines (recto); 2 lines (verso)

Language:

Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
Arabic

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Geographic region:

Ramla

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:

Leaf: (height: 24.2 cm, width: 20.1 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 13J1.14

Is part of:

The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

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