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Sitt al-Rūm

מטא-דאטא

Gender
Female
מסמכים
Active dates
16 מרץ 1070–14 אפריל 1070 CE
Social roles
  • Enslaved person
  • Manumitted person

Description / Bio

Manumitted woman who appeared before a Jewish court in Alexandria to appoint an attorney in collecting a loan in March-April 1070. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 2, no. 34)

Matthew Dudley, "Sitt al-Rūm," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/sitt-al-rum/, accessed April 17, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/sitt-al-rum/