COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
A 866 - 1
Obverse:
A 866 - 2
Image Number:
JRL050172dc
Image Title:
Payment order
Subject:
Records
Subject:
Legal documents
Creator:
Abu Zikri (Judah b. Joseph ha-)Kohen (al-Sijilmasi) (12th cent.)
Creator Role:
Author
Description:
Order of payment to Abu 'l-Surur Kohen of 13.5 dirhams for almonds
Date created:
12th century
People covered:
Abu 'l-Surur (Farah b. Yeshua ha-)Kohen (12th cent.)
People covered:
Abu Zikri (Judah b. Joseph ha-)Kohen (al-Sijilmasi) (12th cent.)
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Script:
Numerals: alphanumerical
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
63 mm
Item width:
76 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Bibliographic Reference:
Goitein, S.D., A Mediterranean society, 6 vols. (Berkeley/Los Angeles/London, 1967-93). Cf. e.g.
Bibliographic Reference:
Shaked, S., A tentative bibliography of Geniza documents, p. 181.
Bibliographic Reference:
Goitein, S.D., Letters of medieval Jewish traders, pp. 299-304. Cf. e.g.
Notes:
4 lines. Both men were involved in the India trade. This is one of more than 80 orders of payment signed by Abu Zikri. This document is part of the India Book corpus (V, 42b). Shaked refers to Goitein's unpublished 'India book' (229e).
Discovery site:
Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository:
Moses Gaster
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Access rights:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number:
A00866-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2008-05-14
Date: added:
2009-02
Metadata language:
eng-GB
