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Unnamed Enslaved Person 42

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Gender
Female
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Enslaved woman mentioned in a draft spousal agreement ca. 1066–1108 CE in which a husband promises to bequeath her (the enslaved woman) to his first wife when he dies. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 162)

Matthew Dudley, "Unnamed Enslaved Person 42," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/unnamed-enslaved-person-42/, accessed February 25, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/unnamed-enslaved-person-42/