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Unnamed Enslaved Person 49

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Gender
Female
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Enslaved woman mentioned in two geniza documents related to a marital/financial dispute between a husband and wife regarding the valuation of her ketubba, ca. 1140–59 CE. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 169)

Matthew Dudley, "Unnamed Enslaved Person 49," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/unnamed-enslaved-person-49/, accessed February 9, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/unnamed-enslaved-person-49/