Legal document: Bodl. MS heb. b 12/4

Description

Copy of three court records concerning a dispute over a wall between two houses. The latest one is dated to Nisan 1413 Sel. (March 1102 CE). Details about the wall are given in lines 9, 11, 16, and 25–31. The records are bracketed by an introduction and a conclusion explaining the purpose of making these copies: [...] al-Lawwāz came to the court with these in hand and asked for them to be copied "lest they be lost." (Information in part from Goitein’s index card.) Record #1: Names mentioned: Yefet; the parnas ʿUlla b. Shemarya ha-Kohen; [...] b. Naḥum; Abū Manṣūr b. al-[...]; Sason. Witnesses (judges): [...] b. Moshe; Avraham b. Aharon he-Ḥaver; [...]. Record #2: Names mentioned: Binyamin b. [Avraham]; Yefet; Abū Manṣūr al-Zayyāt; Ibn al-Layth. Witnesses (judges): Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel (ha-Sefaradi); the ḥaver Yeḥezqel b. ʿEli ha-Kohen he-Ḥaver; Sason b. Natan. Record #3: Names mentioned: Yefet; Netanel; Binyamin b. Avraham; Shela b. Eliyya. Witnesses (judges): Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel; Avraham b. Shemaʿya he-Ḥaver; Sason b. Natan; Avraham b. Aharon he-Ḥaver.