University of Pennsylvania, Halper 351
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS25814
- Shelfmark:
- Halper 351
- Title:
- Court document
- Place:
- Fustat, 1098-1114?
- Date:
- 1098-1114
- Language:
- Judeo-Arabic
- Material:
- damaged, losses along all edges, folded widthwise into at least five equal parts; verso is blank
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 folio : damaged, losses along all edges, folded widthwise into at least five equal parts; verso is blank
- Note:
- A legal declaration in Judeo-Arabic. Signed in autograph by the court of Mevasser ha-kohen ben Abraham, Abraham ben Moses, who appears to be the scribe of this document, Abraham ben Nathan ("Av ha-Yeshiva", see the list of judges assembled by S. D. Goitein, A Mediterranean Society vol. II Appendix D, no. 14) whose signature appears on documents dated 1098-1114.
A young man, Khatsab ben Abu Natsr, claims goods that he gave as a pledge on a loan from Moses Sharaji, who had died. The tax farmers of the market protested, as Khatsab owed them taxes. In this declaration, Khatsab agrees to pay them 2 dinar in cash and 5 and five sixth dinar in installments.
These payment orders were transferred to al-Ḥakīm (אלחכים), the representative of the merchants, who would pay the taxes when he payed the orphans of Moses, enabling the delivery of the goods to Khatsab.
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940420293503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3js9hs6q/manifest
- Holding Institution:
