COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
Ar. 85 - 1
Obverse:
Ar. 85 - 2
Image Number:
JRL0908987dc
Image Title:
Arabic document
Subject:
Contracts
Description:
Housing contract. Al-Shaykh 'Abd Allah has agreed to let the entire first floor in the Glaziers' residence that is in the Jewish quarter to the teacher Shmuel Ibn Musa adh-dhimmi (the dhimmi, free non-Muslim subject living in a Muslim country) al-yahudi (the Jew) ar-Rumi (the Romaean/Byzantine/Greek). The entire sum should be paid each year at the beginning of the year. Vertically to the right side of this contract appear the signatures of the clerk and the witness and a stamp.
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Arabic
Support material:
Paper
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
12 lines.
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:
JRUL
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:
PAR00085-1
Image technique:
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured:
23/01/2009
Date: added:
2009-11
Metadata language:
eng-GB
