Scholarship on Legal document: T-S NS 320.22 + CUL Or.1080 J121

T-S NS 320.22

1. Testimony which was given before us, we the undersigned witnesses […]
2. of the week, which was the twenty-sixth day of the month of Sivan, of the year one thousand and f[our hundred …]
3. years, according to the count to which we are accustomed, in Fusṭāṭ Egypt [situated] along the Nile [River.]
4. Thus: the Elder Abū al-Faḍl Mr. Mevorakh the Parnas, Treasure of […]
5. b. Mr. Abraham known as (I)bn Sabrī (who) r(ests in) E(den), and Mr. Moses Ha-Kohen, known as Abū ‘I[mrān b.]
6. Mr. Mordecai ha-Kohen (may his) e(nd be) g(ood), appeared before us and said to us, “Testify [concerning us and perform] a qinyan with us from now o[n, write]
7. and sign concerning us using all [the a]ppropriate legal formulae and the [expressions of certainty], and all the language
8. of claims, and give that to each of us, in order that we would have proof and a legal document [from now] on
9. that the two of us attest before [you] in our good health and the freedom of will, [willingly,] with neither duress nor
10. force [nor compulsion, with neither] negligence nor error, with neither illness [of dis]ease [among us], nor any of the
11. fa[ctors which invalidate testim]ony, that we have a[sked the Creator,] may His Name be exalted, (for guidance,)
12. collaborating [in the] specified [sho]p in […..] olives and other
13. things. I, Moses Ha-Cohe[n,] brought out from the goodness of Ex[alted] God, of my assets, fifty excellent and acceptable dinars
14. of gold in specie, by the Fusṭāṭ standard weight; and the Elder Abū al-Faḍl
15. this Mr. Mevorakh the Parnas brought out from the goodness of Exalted God, of his assets, eighty exce[llent] and acceptable gold [dinars]
16. in specie, weighed by the Fusṭāṭ standard weight, and [th]e total came to (be held by)
17. me; I, Moses ha-Kohen. I will sell […]

CUL Or.1080 J121

1. […] in it, and I will buy in the aforementioned shop, for the period
2. of a full year of successive months, beginning with the month of Tammuz of the year
3. mentioned in the body of this document. At the end of this year, I will carry out my reckoning
4. [in] what which the exalted Creator has facilitated in terms of profit. After subtracting all our capital, two thirds
5. will be for me—I, Moses ha-Kohen; a third will be for the Elder Abū al-Faḍl, this Mr. Mevorakh the Parnas.
6. Likewise, God forbid, if there would be the opposite of profit at that time. Then, if (continuation of) the balance of
7. the partnership (shirka) as we were is desired, we will continue; and if termination is desired, (Mevorakh) will wait for
8. the eighty din(ars) of his money—for a period of two months he has no statement (on which to rely), thereafter he may take it. I, Moses ha-Kohen, have already stipulated
9. concerning the Elder Abū al-Faḍl, this Mr. Mevorakh the Parnas, that I am to be treated as two
10. proper trustworthy witnesses in all that which I report in terms of profit. He has no right
11. to an oath of any other sort—simple or grave—from me therein, even
12. rider oaths; but if, God forbid, our capital lessens whatsoever, adjudication between him and me will take place
13. in this matter and neither of us may separate from the partnership during this year. Rather, each
14. [of us] has obligated his partner till the end of this year which is the duration of the partnership (shirka).
15. […] Effective immediately, I, Moses ha-Kohen [have taken] upon myself trust in Heaven that
16. […th]e matters for all of us, and I will not remain obligated
17. […] all the profit which I received