Letter: Moss. VII,156

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Recto: (1) Official letter to Damīra. In Judaeo-Arabic. The cantor Yiṣḥaq b. Yosef is requested to look into the case of Eliyya b. Naḥum ha-Kohen and his marriage to the daughter of Abū l-Ḥasan his maternal uncle. The nature of the doubts about the marriage are not fully clear; see Goitein's notes and attached transcription for more information. Verso: Additional legal/official notes, including (2) an order to Damīra to forward "rasm al-siyyum," i.e., the money collected at a siyyum, and (3) a legal record certifying that Naẓar bt. Dāʾūd gives her son 1/4 of a house which her husband had given her for her ketubba (with certain conditions); cf. ENA 4011.55 (PGPID 36559). (Information mainly from Goitein notes and index card linked below.)