ثيقة شرعيّة: BL OR 12369.14

الوصف

Legal document related to real estate property in the "Samaritan Quarter" of Cairo, which remained as an urban placename despite the unexplained disappearance of the Samaritan community across the sixteenth- and seventeenth centuries. Dated: first third of Adar 5425 AM which is February 1665 CE. Those selling the property are Yahuda Barūkh and his son Yaʿaqōv Barūkh. The buyers of the property are two widows: Raḥel widow of Ṣadaqa Beirab and Safira widow of David Asher. Mush of the document explains the rates and terms of the sale. There are three witness signatures: Yahuda Ḥezeqīya ha-Kohen, Shalom[?] Romano, and Menaḥem ha-Kohen. The ligature for Romano's name is so cursive that it might have alternate readings but the first letter does appear to be ש.The verso has dashes and dots that may signify unrelated geomancy. MCD.