Legal document: T-S Misc.28.241

Legal document T-S Misc.28.241

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Shelfmark
T-S Misc.28.241
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Legal document(s). In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya? Multiple entries, it seems all dealing with the estate of the late Menashshe. On recto, mentions Hiba b. Avraham and Yeshuʿa who sue Ḥabīb; 16 dinars; orphans. Signed by Avraham b. Shemuel ha-Levi, Yosef b. MN[...] ha-Levi, and [...]. The entry underneath mentions the testimony of ʿEli b. Shelomo. The text on verso still concerns the estate of Menashshe. Mentions Khalaf; a cousin who is a business partner; Maḥfūẓ; Salama b. Manṣūr (סלמה בן מנצור); Yiṣḥaq; al-Shaṭranjī (=the chess player); a white silver ṣīniyya; a shop; 50 dinars; and "the house where his wife lives." Needs further examination.

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Scribe
Efrayim b. Shemarya (uncertain)

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Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Box Misc. 28, f. 241; TS Box Misc. 28, fol. 241
Input date
In PGP since 2020
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T-S Misc.28.241 1r

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1r

T-S Misc.28.241 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Misc.28.241. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/23418/ (accessed October 17, 2026).