Halper 360 Court document
Title
Court documentOther related names
- Halfon ben Menasse, fl. 1100-1138., scribe
Call number
Halper 360(Philadelphia, United States, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library, Cairo Genizah Collection)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies LibraryLanguage
Judeo-ArabicOrigin
12th century?
- Place
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Fustat
Notes
- A legal document in Judeo-Arabic. The named parties involved are Moses ha-Kohen, Abu Mantsur, and Abu Saʻad. The subject is a business transaction between them; The hand is recognized as that of the court scribe Ḥalfon ha-Leṿi ben Menasheh. Over 250 such documents have been collected by Gershon Weiss, Legal documents written by the court clerk Halfon Ben Manasse, dated 1100-1138, a study in the diplomatics of the Cairo Geniza (Thesis (Ph.D.) in Oriental Studies--Graduate School of Arts and Sciences), University of Pennsylvania, 1970.
- Condition: fragment, losses along all edges; bleeding from recto through to verso; verso is blank.
Extent
17.1 X 20.3 cm.Support
ParchmentLayout
Decoration
Material applied: black ink
Script
Provenance
- Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
- Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
- Amram.
Subjects topical
- Court records
Licenses
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