Legal document: ENA 4011.63

Legal document ENA 4011.63

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ENA 4011.63
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Judaeo-Arabic

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Deed of sale for a slave. Fragment (upper left corner). Probably in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1463 Seleucid = 1151/52 CE. Seller: the parnas Abū ʿAlī Yefet b. Shemarya. Buyer: Abū Isḥāq Avraham b. ʿAmram. Slave: a woman named Rahj. This name could be translated as "dust" or "discord" (Lane, Lexicon, 1109). Dozy also defines rahj as "zarnīkh" (arsenic). Price: 20.5 dinars.

Related People

Mentioned
Rahaj

Related Places

Location
Fustat

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Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Historical shelfmarks
ENA 4011, f. 63; ENA 4011, fol. 63
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In PGP since 2017
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Jewish Theological Seminary Library, ENA 4011.63. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6844/ (accessed June 5, 2026).