Legal document: CUL Or.1080 J59

Description

Fragment of an agreement for a planned engagement. Location: New Cairo. Dated: Nisan 1502 Seleucid = 1191 CE, or perhaps 15[4]2 Seleucid = 1231 CE. The fragment is faded and very difficult to decipher. The suggested reading is uncertain. From what can be salvaged, it appears that the son acts as his father's representative for the marriage. The father might have been going through the divorce procedures while the son was handling the arrangements of the wedding with the new wife. If this is the case, it is a unique situation which does not appear elsewhere. Names include the scholar Moshe b. Elʿazar ha-Melammed (cf. ENA NS 17.19 (PGPID 2428)) and ʿEzra b. Yefet ha-Levi, the agent of ʿAmāʾim bt. Yeshuʿa. Likely the same handwriting as T-S AS 160.143 (PGPID 29327). On verso there are accounts in Arabic script and other jottings in Judaeo-Arabic.