Legal document: T-S 20.2

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1. … [May they build and] prosper [?] (II Chron. 14: 6).
2. … near the Salty Sea, Mevorakh, our brother, the groom, ben Samuel [came before the elders]
3. [and said to them: Be my witnesses, and perform with me the qinyan now], that with full rights I declare, and I am not coerced and not in error, but with full resolve
4. [I married, performed the qinyan and took Sitt-al-Ahl daughter of … for wife in purity and holiness, by mohar, writ, sexual intercourse and qiddushim, according to the custom of [Moses and
5. Israel, the pure ones. And I shall dress, clothe and support her and I shall not diminish] her food, clothes and sexual intercourse, to the best of my strength and possibilities, and I shall be with her in truth, justice, [love]
6. [compassion and honesty, like the children of Israel who feed, support and respect] their pure wives, and do all they owe them in faithfulness and honesty. And the mohar that I will give her
7. … al-^cAzīzī. I have advanced her, before I come to her, forty dinars. As for the fifty coins of silver, I shall give them to her
8. Maimōn ben Faḍīl and his son Solomon ben Maimōn, and they declared [before] the elders that Sitt-al-Ahl, the virgin, wanted
9. … the advanced mohar which is hers, and she took upon herself all the conditions that [^cEli], the agent, will stipulate with Mevorakh
10. … [and he testified] about himself that he was the agent to this Sitt-al-Ahl, the virgin, [and that he married] her to this Mevorakh, the groom.
11. [And this Sitt-al-Ahl accepted the words of this Mevorakh, and wanted to be married to him, to respect] and esteem him, and to do in his house all that the pure daughters of Israel [do in the house of their husbands] and to behave towards him
12. … the groom … the advanced portion of the mohar of this Sitt-al-Ahl, which is … with him, and in his possession
13. [These are the belongings that Sitt-al-Ahl brought] from the house of her father to the house of her husband, this Mevorakh, the groom   a sofa…
14. … six dyed cushions […] 6; six Sicilian embroidered cushions …
15. … a silver jewel box, 10; small silver [buckets], 5; a mirror, …
16. … six rings, from them […], 4; a basin and a ewer …
17. … a water jug for copper cups, 4; […]; a copper candle-stick, 1; …
18. … pieces of Damiētī fine linen, 12; a small bamboo fumigator, 1; […] a case …
19. … a head-band of fine linen, 8; a Tūnī tunic, 5; a tunic […] 5; two kerchiefs of Dabīqī linen …
20. … 1; 12 pieces of Ţalī and Sicilian stuff, a silk waistband, 2. The total value …
21. … that they will be under his jurisdiction and in his possession, and that he took upon himself to keep them like everything that belongs to him, and not to change [anything from them] …
22. … except for what is lost or worn out. This Mevorakh, the groom and ^cEli ben Solomon, the agent, also wanted
23. … this Mevorakh, all these belongings, except for what is lost or worn out will return …
24. … this Mevorakh, the groom, and his wife, this Sitt-al-Ahl, [will] observe the commandments of the Lord …
25. … Israel. And we performed the qinyan with Mevorakh, the groom, and with ^cEli ben Solomon, the agent, about all that is written …
26. and strong. And what happened before us, [we wrote], made explicit and recorded to be in possession of Sitt-al-Ahl …
27. … Shālā [?], may he rest in peace; Mubārak ben Husain, may he rest in peace; Shela ha-Kohen bar Rabbi Mevasser, may his end be good;
28. Mevorakh ben Yefet, witness; Mevasser ben Abraham, witness; Shela …