Legal document: Bodl. MS heb. d 68/106

Description

Bill of sale for a female slave. Dating: ca. 1100 CE (based on Med Soc II, p. 601 n. 18). The name of the female slave may not have been preserved. Parties to the transaction: Ḥalfon b. Seʿadya and Netanel ha-Levi b. Ḥalfon. The document and the qiyyum (validation) are scribed and signed by Avraham b. Natan Av ha-Yeshiva, apparently in the same session. Witnesses for the main part of the document: Moshe ha-Levi b. David; Menaḥem b. Shemuel. Witnesses for the validation: Aharon ha-Kohen b. Ḥalfon ha-Ḥaver; Mevorakh b. Natan. Information mainly from Goitein's note card.