Legal document: T-S 12.148 + T-S 12.94

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Description from T-S 12.148: Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dating: Under the authority of Mevorakh (b. Seʿadya). Mentions: Syria (al-Shām); Abū Isḥāq... Avraham known as Ibn Baqara (seems to be the grandson of the one in Ibn ʿAwkal's time); and Yaʾir b. Elʿazar b. ʿUbays (l. 15). Concerning an affair of an orphan and 247 dinars (l. 18). In another hand: "his agent ʿUlla ha-Levi ha-Neʾeman." Several lines are crossed out, and there are interlinear and marginal additions. (Information from Goitein's index card.) Description from T-S 12.94: Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dating: Probably 1094–1111 CE, as it was drawn up in the court of [Mevorakh b. Seʿadya after he became known as] Sar ha-Sarim. Involves Yehuda b. Faḍlān; [...] b. Moshe known as Ibn ʿUṣfūra; and several members of the Ibn al-Shuwaykiyya family, including Meshullam [b. Hiba] (who is probably dead), Abū l-Faḍl, and Nissim and his mother Bahiyya bt. Ḥalfon (the wife or widow of Meshullam). Refers to a person who presented powers of attorney and two people who separated after a mutual release. The court questions various people, including relatives of the parties. Mentions the large sum of 102 dinars and a sum of 72 dinars. Needs further examination. See also T-S 13J37.9 + T-S AS 146.157 + T-S 10J5.13 (PGPID 3022) and T-S 20.30 (PGPID 16149). All need further examination. Join: Oded Zinger.