Legal document: Bodl. MS heb. d 66/46

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Court record about the settlement of various claims between Shela b. ʿAyyāsh ha-Kohen and Tiqva b. ʿAmram. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1410 Seleucid = 1098/99 CE. Describes a dispute over a debt. The defendant paid part of the debt at the time of becoming engaged to a sister of the complainant. An oath was to be given by one party declaring to have meddled with wine adjudicated to the other party by a previous decision of the court. Receipt of sums adjudicated. See a previous related document of the two persons, from Elul 1409 Sel. (August 1098 CE) - PGPID 2097. In the hand of Nissim b. Nahray (Goitein). In the hand of Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel ha-Sefaradi (Ashur). Verso is blank. See also T-S NS 324.30 (PGPID 25683) in relation to the engagement. (Information from Goitein notes and index card linked below, Goitein, Med Soc, Vol. 2, p. 513, Ashur, Engagement and Betrothal Documents from the Cairo Geniza (PhD, Tel-Aviv, 2006). p. 14.)