Legal document: T-S 12.701

Legal document T-S 12.701

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S 12.701
Document Date
Primary Languages
Aramaic
Hebrew

Description

Bottom of a legal document, probably a prenuptial agreement. The name of one of the parties is just barely legible in the top line: Abū ʿAlī b. Abū l-Faḍl. Written by Mevorakh b. Natan (1150–81) (a prior PGP description also said "written by Natan b. Shemuel"). Signed by Berakhot b. Shela ha-Kohen, Mevorakh b. Sar Shalom. Attested by the Bet Din and signed by Menaḥem b. Berakhot, Yaʿ[aqov] b. Yosef, and Hillel b. [Ṣadoq]. Reused on verso for an unrelated text in Judaeo-Arabic consisting of ethical advice for pursuing good and avoiding evil. AA/ASE

Related People

Validating judge
Hillel b. Ṣadoq Av Bet Din, Menaḥem b. Berakhot
Witness
Berakhot b. Shela ha-Kohen, Mevorakh b. Sar Shalom
Scribe
Mevorakh b. Natan he-Ḥaver

Additional metadata

Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2019
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S 12.701. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/20060/ (accessed February 9, 2026).