Legal document T-S 16.145

Title:

Legal document T-S 16.145

Date:

1050 CE

Description:

Part of a deed of settlement noting that Aaron, father of Ḵalaf b. Aaron al-Bayḍānī of Ramla had lent 39 and a half dinars to Ḥesed b. Yašar (Ḥesed b. Sahl Tustarī), and that Ḵalaf has received the money back from Ḥesed’s estate. Ḥesed was known as Faḍl (פצל). Ḥesed’s surviving brother Abū l-Manṣūr Aaron b. Sahl was involved in the repayment. The date and location are not preserved, but Ḥesed is known to have been executed in Egypt in the summer of 1050 CE. Witnessed by Saʿadya b. Ephraim he-Ḥaver, Mevoraḵ b. Saʿīd b. Moses, Daʾūd b. Moses, Solomon b. ʿEli, Isaac b. Muʾammal, Judah b. Samuel, Samuel b. Naḥum, Sahlān Roš ha-Seder b. Abraham Roš ha-Seder (active 1024-1050 CE), Samuel b. Abraham, and Nathan ha-Levi b. Yešuʿa.Condition: Badly torn, holes, fadedLayout: 30 lines (recto; verso is blank)

Language:

Hebrew

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Geographic region:

Fusṭāṭ

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:

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.
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Identifier:

T-S 16.145

Is part of:

The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

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