Legal document: T-S Ar.34.191

Legal document T-S Ar.34.191

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T-S Ar.34.191
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Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic

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Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Mentions the date 9 Av 1412 Seleucid, which is 1101 CE. The issue involves a man and his daughter Maḥfūẓa a sum of dinars (35? 55?), and living arrangements in a mustaraqa (a kind of mezzanine, see Goitein, Med Soc III, viii, A, 2). Witnesses: Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel; Yeḥezqel ha-Kohen b. ʿEli; Ḥiyya ha-Kohen b. Yeshuʿa. On the facing page there is a text about bills of divorce, in a different hand.

Related People

Witness
Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuʾel ha-Sefaradi

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Geniza
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 34, fol. 191; TS Arabic Box 34, f. 191
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In PGP since 2021
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T-S Ar.34.191 1v

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