Legal document: JRL B 3787 + JRL B 3788 + Moss. VII,26

Legal document JRL B 3787 + JRL B 3788 + Moss. VII,26

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Shelfmark
JRL B 3787 + JRL B 3788 + Moss. VII,26
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Languages
Aramaic
Hebrew

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Legal document. Location: al-Maḥalla (בעיר אלמחלה הגדולה הסמוכה לצען). Dating: Likely late 11th century, based on the reference to the court of David ha-Nasi ha-Gadol (=David b. Daniel?) in the validation. Witnesses to the main document were ʿOvadya b. Avraham ha-Levi Rosh ha-Qahal; Seʿadya b. Elʿazar; and Yeshuʿa b. Avraham (now missing). The validation is signed by the scribe Yosef b. Moshe ha-Levi (also the scribe for the main document?); Yaʿaqov b. [...] ha-Kohen; and [...] b. Menaḥem ha-Kohen. The document itself concerns ʿĀliya bt. Yosef ha-Kohen Peqid ha-Soḥarim and Yeshuʿa b. Elʿazar (not the same one as in Bodl. MS heb. d 65/13, if the dating of the present document is correct). Needs further examination for the details of the case. On verso there are two more lines containing the draft of the beginning of a legal document. Join was made by whoever catalogued the JRL fragments. ASE

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al-Maḥalla

Additional metadata

Collections
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester; Cambridge University Library, Mosseri
Historical shelfmarks
JRL SERIES B 3787; ; JRL SERIES B 3788;
Input date
In PGP since 2020
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JRL B 3787 1 / 1 leaf, recto

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1 / 1 leaf, recto

JRL B 3787 1 / 1 leaf, verso

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1 / 1 leaf, verso

JRL B 3788 1 / 1 leaf, recto

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1 / 1 leaf, recto

JRL B 3788 1 / 1 leaf, verso

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1 / 1 leaf, verso
Image Permissions Statement
  • JRL B 3787: Image rights: The University of Manchester Library. Access rights: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 None
  • JRL B 3788: Image rights: The University of Manchester Library. Access rights: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 None
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL B 3787 + John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL B 3788 + Cambridge University Library, Mosseri, Moss. VII,26. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/27105/ (accessed February 25, 2026).