رسالة: AIU VII.E.141

الوصف

Legal document mostly in Ladino, with some Hebrew and Aramaic that affirms a transaction for a sum of 100 "pataqas" ("סומה די פטקאס") from Shemuel b. Yiṣḥaq de Ancona and Masʿūd Azulay (l. 1-3r). Location: possibly [Iz]mir, but this reading is tentative in line 14 (איזמיר). The document can be dated to 1772/1773CE through l.14r 5533 AM. This term "פטקאס" likely indicates coins of Spanish or Austrian mintage, such as a silver real or thaler, that are being sent to Alexandria: "y ditos siyen pataqas me obligo de mandarlos a No Amon [Alexandria]" (l. 3-4r). In lines 10-11r, the document code-switches primarily into Hebrew and its legal bearing is confirmed in the closing line: "והכל שריר ובריר וקיים" (l. 14r). The document is followed by signatures that have been torn and have lost their clarity making it difficult to confirm who is confirming receipt of the monetary sum at the center of this shetar. The verso contains notes in Hebrew script left by a different hand than the recto. MCD.