Legal document: T-S 13J6.10

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Recto: Legal record. Debt contract. In which David b. Yaʾir (ha-Shofeṭ ha-Nadiv Peʾer ha-Qahal ZL) acknowledges owing 28 1/6 dinars to the beadle of the Iraqi synagogue, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿEli b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen. The document states that there is also a debt contract from the Muslim courts (בנימוסי הגוים). The debtor is a scion of the known family Ibn al-Shofeṭ, son of the judge Yaʾir and descendant of Abū l-Bishr Azhar aka Yaʾir b. Avraham (fl. mid-11th century). The grandson, known as Yaʾir ha-Shofeṭ like his grandfather, was active in the late 11th century and died by 1098 CE (based on CUL Add.3413v (PGPID 40211)). (Information in part from Goitein, Med Soc, 1:251, 463.) EMS/MY/ASE