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Unnamed Manumitted Person 61

מטא-דאטא

Gender
Female
Social roles
  • Enslaved person
  • Manumitted person

Description / Bio

Manumitted woman mentioned in a legal document, ca. 1100-38 CE, dealing with inheritance litigation that followed the death of a man who had been a business partner in a commercial store. The deceased man's heir, Naḥman, manumitted the enslaved woman in question after "he received her price from her." (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 2, no. 49)

Matthew Dudley, "Unnamed Manumitted Person 61," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/unnamed-manumitted-person-61/, accessed February 9, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/unnamed-manumitted-person-61/