Legal document: T-S 16.140

Legal document T-S 16.140

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T-S 16.140
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Judaeo-Arabic

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Recto: agreement regarding a three-storey house. Location: al-Maḥalla al-Kubrā. Dated: Adar II 1432 Seleucid = February/March 1121 CE. The parties involved are Yeshuʿa b. Yeshuʿa the Byzantine (from Bilād al-Rūm) and 'the convert' (ha-Ger) Avraham b. Moshe. A fourth storey might be built. Signed by Hillel b. Saʿadya ha-Kohen, Avraham b. Yeshuʿa, and Nissim b. Shela. Verso: alphabetic pen trials, atbash, and jottings of names. (Information from CUDL and Goitein's index card.)

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al-Maḥalla

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
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In PGP since 2017
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T-S 16.140 1r

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T-S 16.140 1v

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