Legal document: Moss. V,382

Legal document Moss. V,382

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Will in which a dyer setting out for a pilgrimage to Jerusalem makes provisions for his wife and children in the event that something should happen to him. He appoints his partner as sole executor, trustee, and guardian. His dyeing workshop is valued at 150 dinars, a considerable sum. Dated: equivalent of 1215 CE. Summarized in Goitein, Med. Soc., App. C, no. 18, where he cites it by the old shelfmark, Moss. A11. Ed. Assaf, Texts, p. 172, and also apparently in Rivlin (non vidi). MR