State document: T-S NS 306.70

State document T-S NS 306.70

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T-S NS 306.70
Primary Language
Arabic

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Petition. In Arabic script. Fragment (upper right corner). The petitioner seems to be a female slave (and not just a figurative slave/mamlūka): "wa-tunhī al-mamlūka annahā jāriya kānat...." In the margin, it may say that "she is in the room of ʿAlī Ibn Zaf[fān or Zaffāt]."

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Petitioner
Unnamed Enslaved Person 45

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Geniza
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
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In PGP since 2019
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T-S NS 306.70 1r

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Marina Rustow's digital edition.

  1. [العبدة المملوكة فلانة بنت فلان من ناحية فلان]

  2. بسم الله الر[ـحمن الرحيم]

  3. تقبل الارض بالمجلس الـ[ـشريف الـسامي الـ          ]

  4. وتنهي المملوكة انها جارية كانت [

  5. عليها ان صار[

Right margin

  1. ومن بجرة/تحجره/تحجزه (؟) علي بن الـزفا[ة

T-S NS 306.70 1v

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