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J-Ḥ-W-[.] ([.]גחו)

بيانات التعريف

Gender
Female
Dates
Active dates
1100–1138 CE
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Enslaved woman or girl (possibly named Jaḥū[n]) who is mentioned in a bill of sale in which she was sold by Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa ha-Levi to the buyer Abū l-Riḍā. The scribal hand of the document is that of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, which supports a dating estimate of 1100-1138 CE. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 45)

Matthew Dudley, "J-Ḥ-W-[.] ([.]גחו)," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/j-h-w/, accessed June 6, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/j-h-w/