ثيقة شرعيّة: AIU VII.D.63

الوصف

Debt acknowledgement in Hebrew. Dated 8 Sivan 5536 AM (May 1776 CE). Location: Cairo. Yaʿaqov Yaʿabeṣ/Yuʿbaṣ commits to repay a debt of 68.5 reales abūṭ[aqa] to David b. Yiṣḥaq Ḥanūn Maʿarevī. The signatures of Yeḥezqel Ḥefeṣ (witness/scribe), Yaʿacov Yaʿabeṣ/Yuʿbaṣ, and Yaʿacov Būnān (witness) appear at the bottom of the document. Verso: A note discussing payments from Y[aʿaqov} Yaʿabeṣ and the port of Rashīd. The word "Ancona" also appears in the note, but is more likely a surname rather than a placename given the usage: "מיד הר׳׳ש אנקונה". The curreny mentioned in line 4 , "būtāqa", is one of the many terms used for Austrian thalers in Egypt around the turn of the nineteenth century (rīyāl abū ṭāqa, baṭāqa, pataqa, abū ṭāqa). For this coinage, see also l. 4 on the recto. The note on the verso may have been recorded by David b. Yiṣḥaq Ḥanūn Maʿarevī. MCD.