Legal document: T-S NS 150.155

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Two legal documents written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (ca. 1100–38). Recto: Possibly a debt acknowledgment. Fragment (upper right corner). Involves Abū Sahl Menashshe b. Yehuda who owes 5 dinars to [...] b. Efrayim ha-Kohen. 1 dinar will be paid per every הרגה (the meaning is unclear; Goitein's index card suggests חרגה, "fit of anger"). Verso: Oath to be given by Ḥassūn/Yefet b. Ḥalfon to his brother-in-law Avraham b. Yosef that he had paid (him?) the 4.5 dinars given to him in Abyār. There is an itemized list, mentioning goods from Syria (al-Shām), but spelled "אלשם"(!). Underneath the names of probably family members (recipients of some of the money): Rashīda bt. Ḥalfon, Abū ʿAlī b. Ḥalfon, al-Ṭarābulsī b. Abū l-Khayr. (Information from Goitein's index cards)