Legal document: ENA NS 7.23

Legal document ENA NS 7.23

Shelfmark: ENA NS 7.23

Document Date: first decade of Av 1456 Seleucid (1145 CE)
Primary Language: Judaeo-Arabic

debt

Historical shelfmarks: ENA NS 7, f. 23; ENA NS 7, fol. 23
Input date: In PGP since 2017

Description

Legal document. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Location: Minyat Ashna. Dated: first decade of Av 1456 Seleucid, which is 1145 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Abū Sahl Shela b. Meshullam the judge will repay a large debt of 138 dinars to Shemarya ha-Kohen in 6 monthly installments of 23 dinars from Elul 1456 through Shevaṭ 1457. Signed by: Mordekhay b. Yefet; Yeshuʿa b. ʿAmram. The qiyyum also lists Yosef b. Yaʿaqov ha-Mumḥe as one of the witnesses and is signed by Menashshe b. Seʿadya. On verso there is a receipt for all but one installment—115.5 dinars—dated 1457 Seleucid and signed by Shelomo b. Zurʿa and Yefet b. Aharon.