Detail View: Genizah Collection:
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Reference number:
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A 866 - 1
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Obverse:
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A 866 - 2
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Image Number:
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JRL050172dc
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Image Title:
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Payment order
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Subject:
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Records
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Subject:
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Legal documents
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Creator:
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Abu Zikri (Judah b. Joseph ha-)Kohen (al-Sijilmasi) (12th cent.)
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Description:
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Order of payment to Abu 'l-Surur Kohen of 13.5 dirhams for almonds
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Date created:
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12th century
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People covered:
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Abu 'l-Surur (Farah b. Yeshua ha-)Kohen (12th cent.)
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People covered:
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Abu Zikri (Judah b. Joseph ha-)Kohen (al-Sijilmasi) (12th cent.)
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Language:
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Arabic
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Script:
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Hebrew
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Script:
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Numerals: alphanumerical
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Support material:
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Paper
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Item height:
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63 mm
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Item width:
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76 mm
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Folio:
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1 / 1 leaf, recto
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Bibliographic Reference:
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Goitein, S.D., A Mediterranean society, 6 vols. (Berkeley/Los Angeles/London, 1967-93). Cf. e.g.
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Bibliographic Reference:
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Shaked, S., A tentative bibliography of Geniza documents, p. 181.
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Bibliographic Reference:
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Goitein, S.D., Letters of medieval Jewish traders, pp. 299-304. Cf. e.g.
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Notes:
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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).
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Transcription:
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Discovery site:
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Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Former repository:
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Moses Gaster
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access rights:
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Image sequence number:
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A00866-1
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by Gten
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Date image captured:
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2008-05-14
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Date: added:
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2009-02
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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