[Court record] : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Subjects (All):

Shemuʹel ben Nisim.

Matsliaḥ, ha-Kohen, 12th century.

Matsliaḥ.

Court records.

Jewish law.

Penn Provenance:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).

Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).

Amram.

Physical Description:

1 folio : damaged losses from upper left edges; folded as a mail item

Paper 26 X 18.1 cm material applied: black ink ruling method: columns: lines: 27 extant (recto), 3 (verso).

Contained In:

Cairo Genizah Collection

Other Title:

Letter from the court of Matsliaḥ ha-Kohen Gaʾon

Place of Publication:

[Fustat], [publisher not identified], [1127-1138]

Language Note:

Judeo-Arabic. Hebrew

Notes:

In the right margin of the recto is an additional inscription in diagonal lines in the opposite direction of the main inscription, as is common in mail items; fol. appears to be folded as a mail item, but there is no address nor delivery instruction.

A record in Judeo-Arabic, from the court of Matsliaḥ ha-Kohen Gaʾon, (mentioned in ll. 2, 14, 16, 20) who served in this capacity between 1127-1138. There are no signatures, which indicates that this is not a valid document, rather a court record or letter.

20 dinar has been presented in Alexandria by an honorable S[amuel ben N]issim (l. 9), is to be distributed among the widow and orphans of an unspecified man, recently deceased.

Forms part of: Cairo Genizah Collection.

Cited in:

Halper, no. 343

IMHM, no. F38400

OCLC:

249590250