Legal document: Iqrār (acknowledgment of a debt) of 400 dinars contracted by Buṭrus b. Jirjis from Abū l-Faḍāʾil ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Hibatallāh b. Shūʿa the Jew. […]
Abū l-Faḍāʾil ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Hibatallāh b. Shūʿa the Jew transfers the last two installments of the 400 dinars that had been owed to him by the same Buṭrus b. […]
The document is signed by the witnesses ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAlī b. Aḥmad and Yaḥyā b. Muslim.
Peace be upon his servants, whom he has chosen.
Abū al-Faḍāʾil ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Hibatallāh ibn Shūʿā, the Jewish merchant, who is
the one to whom the acknowledgement was made named on the recto, in the presence of the witnesses of this supplementary document, written on this verso, calling them to be his witnesses, he being
in sound mind and body, his acts being legal, while acting voluntarily, not forced, coerced or constrained, nor
ignorant of what he acknowledged in it, its witnesses confirming and recognizing it, with a valid and reliable recognition,
acknowledged that, of all the debt registered as owed to him by Buṭrus ibn Girgis, the Christian watchman, who is the acknowledger
named on the recto, amounting to four-hundred dīnārs, standard weight, gold, in minted coin, full weight, of good alloy, payable in instalments,
[ … ] .. the half, that is two hundred dīnārs of gold, in minted coin, full weight, of good alloy.