List or table: T-S K11.31

List or table T-S K11.31

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Shelfmark
T-S K11.31
Document Date
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Two bifolios of well-preserved accounts from the "isqāla Maṣr al-Qadīma" (the port of Old Cairo/Fustat). Dated Dhūl-Ḥijja 962 – Shawwāl 964. The word "isqāla" in Arabic or "iskele" in Turkish is derived from the Italian "scala" commonly associated with the docks of maritime ports. The accounts make use of western Arabic numerals and Hebrew alphanumerals. These bifolios were likely bound as part of a broader commercial and/or customs ledger. Requires further examination. MCD.

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Location
Fustat

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2024
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T-S K11.31 1r

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1r

T-S K11.31 1v

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1v

T-S K11.31 2r

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2r

T-S K11.31 2v

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2v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S K11.31. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/40079/ (accessed October 7, 2026).