List or table: BL OR 5566C.9 + BL OR 5566C.10

List or table BL OR 5566C.9 + BL OR 5566C.10

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Shelfmark
BL OR 5566C.9 + BL OR 5566C.10
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

Description

Account of the public bread distribution spread over two sheets. In the late style of the handwriting of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dating: 1100–40 CE, based on Goitein's assessment. Ninety-three households in receipt of about 250 (loaves, not money). Summarized in detail in Med Soc II, Appendix B, #32 (p. 447).

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Collection
British Library
Historical shelfmarks
BM Or 5566C, f. 9; BM; BM Or 5566C, fol. 9; BM Or 5566C, fol. 10; BM; BM Or 5566C, f. 10
Input date
In PGP since 2017
British Library, BL OR 5566C.9 + British Library, BL OR 5566C.10. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6280/, accessed November 27, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6280/