Legal document: T-S Misc.25.66

Legal document T-S Misc.25.66

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Shelfmark
T-S Misc.25.66
Primary Language
Aramaic

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Description

Bill of divorce formulary or draft. Location: Fustat. Dateable perhaps to the eleventh or twelfth centuries. Line one was left incomplete and undated perhaps as draft or formulary. Line two mentions a husband's name Masʿūd b. Yosef b. Nissim. The wife is named Sayyida. This document represents a rare instance in which a husband notes that he himself has drawn up the bill of divorce (ll. 12-13). MCD. ASE.

Related People

Party
Masʿūd b. Yosef b. Nissim
Scribe
Masʿūd b. Yosef b. Nissim

Related Places

Location
Fustat

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Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Box Misc. 25, fol. 66; TS Box Misc. 25, f. 66
Input date
In PGP since 2022
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Transcription
Translation

T-S Misc.25.66 1r

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T-S Misc.25.66 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Misc.25.66. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/35940/ (accessed October 7, 2026).