Legal document: BL OR 5566B.15

Legal document BL OR 5566B.15

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BL OR 5566B.15
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Legal document in Arabic script. A contract made before a Muslim notary, in which the proprietor of a Nubian slave promises to pay to the Jewish physician Makārim b. Isḥāq b. Makārim an honorarium for the successful treatment of the slave's left eye (June, 1245)—how much is not said. The fee perhaps depended on the degree of satisfaction of the contractor. The idea that payment should be made to a physician only after successful treatment is as old as the Codex Hammurabi (paragraphs 215 ff.), and presumably much older. Med Soc II, 257, 580. The verso was used for geometry practice.

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British Library
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BM; BM Or 5566B, fol. 15; BM Or 5566B, f. 15
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In PGP since 2017
British Library, BL OR 5566B.15. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6264/, accessed December 22, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6264/