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Legal document Moss. VII,72
  1. Bibliographic citation
    Motzkin, "The Arabic Correspondence of Judge Elijah and his Family" (PhD diss., n.p., 1965), 2.
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Moss. VII,72 1r

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Motzkin, "The Arabic Correspondence of Judge Elijah and his Family" (PhD diss., n.p., 1965), 2.

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  1. כ'ז' לחדש אלול     פוסטאט

  2. בה' בשבת       בא אלינו

  3.             חוסין ברב' משה

  4. ויאמר לנו [שמעו] אתם בית דין הנה מסרתי דברי

  5. לכם    והודעתי אתכם כי כל חוב שיש לי בידי

  6. אחרים לא אשמיטנו בשנת השמיטה אלא

  7. אגבנו כל זמן שארצה וגם אתם תעזרוני

  8. בכה בית דין

  9.        יחיאל ברבי אליקים   הצובי

  10.           אליהו ברבי זכריה ת'נ'צ'ב'ה'

Motzkin, "The Arabic Correspondence of Judge Elijah and his Family" (PhD diss., n.p., 1965), 2.

Recto

  1. 27 of the month of Elu'l Fust'a't'

  2. On Thursday

  3. There came to us

  4. H'usayn son of R. Moses

  5. and said to us, Hear ye! You are the court. I have said what I have to tell

  6. you and informed you that every debt owed me by

  7. others I will not give up; rather,

  8. I will collect it whenever I so desire, and you will help me

  9. in accordance with your authority as a court

  10.           Yeh'iel son of R. Elia'qi'm the S'o'bi'

  11.           Elijah son of R. Zechariah (may his) s(oul) b(e) b(ound) i(n the bundle of) t(he living).

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