Legal document: Yevr.-Arab. II 1413

Description

Karaite bill of sale in Judaeo-Arabic dated Thursday 29th Shevat 5548 (1787 CE). Location: Cairo, Darb Abū Qamr. The document was likely a draft given the layout and lack of any signatures from witnesses or consenting parties. The legal arrangements center on the sale of a shop and the ownership of its contents, specifically: six "copper kettles for their drinking" (דסות נחס בשורבהם), two hundred earthenware jars (זלע/זלעה פוכ'אר), and a dūlāb (דולאב), which could indicate some type of machinery or a storage cabinet. The latter seems more likely given the other types of items mentioned. Avraham Levi Gabbay aka Qūdsī purchases his business partner Yosef Raṣon's half-share of these items (3 kettles, 100 jars, and half the dūlāb). It is unclear what form of beverage production and/or sales the partners had previously been involved in together. MCD.