List or table: T-S J1.22

List or table T-S J1.22

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Shelfmark
T-S J1.22
Document Date
Primary Language
Hebrew

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Accounts in Hebrew and western Arabic numerals. Dated in line 2 of the lower section on the recto: Adar I 5337 AM (1577 CE). The same section mentions Safed and a certain Reʾ[ube]n De Leon. The accounts reference 'the fattoria' several times, probably referring to the mercantile arrangement of 'factors/fattores' representing an employer. Currencies: real/reales (spelled ריאליץ) and עוט׳, an abbreviation of ʿUth[mānī] with a slightly different orthography. The latter term was a synonym for Ottoman silver akçe. One of the brief entries on the left column of the verso mentions R. Bu-l-ʿAfiyya, a variant of the surname Abulafia. Some of the accounts utilize symbols resembling the "<" and "÷" in contemporary mathematics but their meaning in the context of these calculations is unclear. Requires further examination. MCD

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Safed

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Box J, 1, fol. 22; TS Box J, 1, f. 22; TS J, 1, fol. 22; TS J, 1, f. 22
Input date
In PGP since 2021
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Translation

T-S J1.22 1r

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1r

T-S J1.22 1v

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1v
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