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Legal document CUL Or.1080 J137
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    Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman, "A Partnership Culture: Jewish Economic and Social Life Seen Through the Legal Documents of the Cairo Geniza" (PhD diss., Princeton University, 2007).
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    S. D. Goitein, India Book vol. 6 (unpublished)‎ (in Hebrew).
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    S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions.
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    S. D. Goitein, unpublished editions.
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CUL Or.1080 J137 1r

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Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman, "A Partnership Culture: Jewish Economic and Social Life Seen Through the Legal Documents of the Cairo Geniza" (PhD diss., Princeton University, 2007).

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  1. ש]נת אלפא וחמש מאה ועשרין ושבע[ שנין לשטרות בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא
  2. [מו]תבה רשותיה דאדוננו נגידנו אב[רהם הרב המובהק הפטיש החזק נר 
  3. [המע]רבי דגל הרבנים יחיד הדור ופלאו [ממזרח][ שמש עד מבואו הנגיד
  4. הגדול נגי][ד] עם ייי צבאות ירום הודו ויגדל כבודו חצר [אלינא ..........]
  5. [ע]מארן אלאסכנדרי בן אלשיך בו מנצור הזקן[...............]
  6. [אשה]דו עלי בגמיע אלאלפאט אלמחכמה[ ואלמעאני אלמוכדה ובכל לישאני דזכואתא וכתבו
  7. [וחת]מו וסלמו דלך ללשיך בו אלמעאלי אל...[...............]
  8. [ ]מ ור חלפון הלוי הזקן היקר נע ליכ[ון בידה לזכו ולראיה מן אליום
  9. ומא ב]עדה אנני מעתרף ענדכם אתרפא [תאמא אן ...........]
  10. [ ].נה מן אלעין אלמצרי אלמחקק אלואזן [אל][גייד ...............]
  11. דינא]ר עינא מצרייה מתאקילא גיאדא[...............]
  12. [ת]ורת עסקא עלי חכם אלקראץ וקבלת[ עלי נפסי ..........]
  13. [ ] ואגתנאב אלכיאנה ולאן אביע פי הדא[ ...............]
  14. [ ]כה אלי עדן פקט ואנני לא אדכל אלי גהה[ ...............]
  15. [ ]אלפאידה כאן ביננא חסב מא תצמנה[ ...............]
  16. [ ]...... לנא איצא אלשיך אבו אלמעאלי[ ...............]
  17. [ ]........................וסלמת[ ]
Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman, "A Partnership Culture: Jewish Economic and Social Life Seen Through the Legal Documents of the Cairo Geniza" (PhD diss., Princeton University, 2007).

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  1. [the y]ear one thousand five hundred and twenty-seven [years (of the Era) of Documents, in Fusṭāṭ Egypt,]
  2. [si]tuated [on the Nile River,] jurisdiction of our lord, our Nagid Ab[raham, the outstanding Rav, the mighty hammer, light]
  3. [of the W]est, standard of the Sages, inimitable of the generation and its wonder, from East of the Sun to its West, the great]
  4. [Nagid] of the people of the Lord of Hosts, may (God) raise up his glory and enhance his honor,
  5. [‘I]mrān al-Iskandarī b. the Elder Manṣūr the Elder […] came before [us …]
  6. [“Testi]fy on my behalf using all the appropriate legal formulae and [the expressions of certainty, and all the language of claims, write]
  7. [and si]gn and give that to the Elder (A)bū al-Ma‘ālī the … […]
  8. […] (our) t(eacher) and m(aster) Ḥalfōn ha-Levi the beloved Elder (who) r(ests in) E(den), in order that he would [have proof and a legal claim from this day]
  9. [for]ward that I acknowledge before you [completely that …]
  10. […]of Fusṭāṭ coinage, precise, of [good] weight […]
  11. [dina]rs, Fusṭāṭ coinage, of good weight […]
  12. [according to the l]aws of ‘isqa, under the rules of a commenda, and I have taken [upon myself …]
  13. […] and avoidance of betrayal. I will buy with this […]
  14. […] to Aden only. I will not go towards […]
  15. […] the profit will be (divided) between us according to that which he has included […]
  16. […] … for us as well, the Elder Abū al-Ma‘ālī […]
  17. […] … and I have given […]

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