Legal document: T-S NS 31.29

Legal document T-S NS 31.29

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T-S NS 31.29
Primary Language
Judaeo-Arabic
Secondary Language
Arabic

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Notes for a legal query or responsum. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th or 13th century. Regarding Reuven who willed a house to his grandson. After 23 years, the other heirs challenged his title to the property. On verso there is also a line of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, mentioning ink (ḥibr), baṭāʾiq(?), ṭaḥīna, and either a pigeon (ḥamām) or a bath (ḥammām).

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
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In PGP since 2019
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T-S NS 31.29 1r

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1r

T-S NS 31.29 1v

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1v
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