Legal document: T-S 16.57

Legal document T-S 16.57

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T-S 16.57
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Judaeo-Arabic

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Court record written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Location: Fustat. Dated: Middle decade of Ṭevet 1432 Seleucid, which is December 1120 CE. Detailing an allowance for a widow, Sitt al-Ḥusn bt. ʿEli, and her baby, Sitt al-Fakhr bt. Yakhin ha-Kohen, from the community chest. Abū Manṣūr Yakhin b. Abū l-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā ha-Kohen (known as al-Ḥalabī al-Ṣayrafī, i.e. the Aleppan banker) died penniless and as his widow is still nursing their baby she is unable to work. She asks the community judges to give her a monthly allowance (20 dirhams) while she is nursing and raising her daughter. The judges agree, but rule that the money given should be considered a debt granted to the baby by her mother, and that in future the mother will be able to collect the debt from the baby or from the baby’s heirs. Signed by Avraham b. Shemaʿya, Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel, and Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. (Information from CUDL.)

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Mentioned (deceased)
Abū Manṣūr Yakhin b. Abū l-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā al-Kohen
Scribe
Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi
Witness
Avraham b. Shemaʿya he-Ḥaver, Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi, Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuʾel ha-Sefaradi

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T-S 16.57 1r

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T-S 16.57 1v

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