Legal document: T-S NS 224.84

Legal document T-S NS 224.84

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T-S NS 224.84
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi? Outline of a deed of sale for an enslaved woman named Ibtidāʾ. Seller: Sitt al-Banīn bt. [...] the wife of [...]. Buyer: Sālim b. [...]. Enslaved person: Ibtidāʾ. The price is too faded to read. A manumitted women by the name of Ibtidāʾ is listed in Appendix II of Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt. The latter individual is mentioned in a document c. 1154 CE (PGPID 6313).

Related People

Mentioned
Ibtidāʾ (uncertain)
Scribe
Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (uncertain)

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2019
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T-S NS 224.84 1r

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1r

T-S NS 224.84 1v

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1v
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