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  1. 12851Legal documentT-S AS 156.397

    Mentioning Abū l-[...], [...] b. the cantor Ayyūb, Mevasser ha-Levi and al-Mahdiyya. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe?

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  2. 12852List or tableT-S AS 176.282

    The names include a chicken seller (dajājī), a couple of druggists (ʿaṭṭār), a clothier (bazzāz), a sugar maker (sukkarī), and a certain Sayyid al-Ahl.

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  3. 12853List or tableT-S AS 177.122

    Dating: one entry mentions "beginning with 1 Dhū l-Qaʿda 579" and another entry mentions "until the end of al-Muḥarram 580." Mentions rose water. Merits further examination.

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  4. 12854State documentT-S AS 177.187

    Recto mentions "hādhihi al-ruqʿa." Verso mentions a dīwān. Recto ends with prayers for 'mawlānā' and verso ends with the typical ṣalwala for Muḥammad.

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  5. 12855List or tableT-S AS 179.264

    Account in Arabic script, evidently itemizing amounts/items owed between Abū l-[...] and Yūsuf al-Bayyāʿ. May mention calves (ʿujūl, ʿijl). The term طرف appears several times followed by a quantity in raṭls.

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  6. 12856State documentT-S AS 181.2

    Hard to piece together the story but contains various interesting references such as to the judges (al-quḍāt) and to عبد يشوع ("the slave of Jesus").

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  7. 12857LetterT-S AS 181.44

    Mentions Abū l-Maʿānī and his son. On verso greetings to al-Sadīd.

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  8. 12858LetterT-S AS 183.146

    Addressed to 'my brother' ʿAbd al-Salām (r3). The sender reports that he or she obtained a maymūn (a kind of amulet, per Goitein) for the addressee (r10).

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  9. 12859Legal documentT-S AS 184.89

    Legal document, perhaps Mamluk or early Ottoman-era, with a large and elaborate ʿalāma at the top. Some phrases are preserved including the blessings for the judge (ايد الله تعالى احكامه) and phrases regarding a debt owed (في ذمته بحق صحيح شرعي)

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  10. 12860State documentT-S AS 184.251

    Bottom part of a tax receipt in the hand of the jahbadh Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ. Dated: 17 Ṣafar 404. Measurements: 4.3 x 8.2 cm.

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  11. 12861List or tableT-S AS 186.118

    Rudimentary hand. Some or all of the list is for items for the synagogue at Dammūh, including: "hot oil" (lamp oil, likely linseed), "good oil" (olive), pullets (farārīj), a watermelon (biṭṭīkha), soap (ṣābūn), and sulfur (kibrīt).

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  12. 12862LetterT-S AS 200.275

    Verso: Bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions [...] Ibn al-Urjuwānī. Otherwise very damaged and difficult to read.

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  13. 12863Legal documentT-S AS 204.369 + T-S AS 204.383 + T-S AS 204.384

    Deathbed declaration of Abū l-ʿAlāʾ ʿEli b. Yefet. Mentioning merchandise and silk, and his cousin (ibn ʿamm).

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  14. 12864LetterT-S K3.26

    This is a letter of recommendation for the bearer, a Persian man (ʿajamī), who is suffering for various reasons (ḥamas/oppression and cold weather are mentioned) and who needs a riding animal to travel to Syria (al-Shām).

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  15. 12865Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.8

    The money should come from the waqf of al-Muhadhdhab.

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  16. 12866List or tableT-S Misc.8.62

    Private account by Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī. Dating: ca. 1058. Contains details about dinars exchange and a list of amounts of money of debts and payments for an unknown person.

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    1. בסם אללה אלעטים

    2. ביע אלדנא אלאטראבלסיה ואלחסניה עלי

    3. אבו עמראן מוסי אולא סתין דינ מנהא

    4. לא ביע כא קיר גיר כב כל דינ וכ ונצ ביע כב קיר ונצ

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    1. (1–3) בשם אלוהים הנורא, מכירת הדינרים 'אטראבלסי' ו'חסני', לחובת אבו עמראן מוסא. בתחילה, שישים דינר, מהם 
    2. (5-4) ל"א, שנמכרו בער כ"א קיראטים…

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  17. 12867Legal documentT-S Misc.28.79.2

    Refers to a partnership, 'the religion of the rabbis (or Rabbanites?),' and Abū ʿAlī. T-S Misc.28.79.2 and T-S Misc.28.79.15 are two copies of the same document.

    1. אלי דיני גוים ולא אלי אלמחאכמה פי שי מן ]
    2. פי שי מן דלך ען דין אלרבאנין יעזרם קדוש י[
    3. [..]הם ורצינא גמיעא בדלך ואלתזמנא בה וקב[
    4. [.]גמיע מא אלתזמה עלי…

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  18. 12868LetterT-S NS 83.6

    Letter from [...] b. Yūsuf to Abū ʿAlī Ismāʿīl [...]. In Arabic script. (The addressee is confusingly called 'my father' in the body of the letter and 'my son' in the address.)

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  19. 12869Legal documentT-S NS 202.80

    Verso: Draft of the opening of a court record from al-Maḥalla dated Tuesday 11 Nisan 14__(?) Seleucid.

    1. הבה בן נאצר חסאן בן אלשעאב
    2. ואבו נצר אלמטרז מעאלי בן . . . .
    3. וסאלם אלמטרז סאלם בן אלמסך
    4. ואבו אלחסן אלבלקיני ביאן בן חגי
    5. ונאצר בן אברהים אלחלבי הבה
    6. אל…

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  20. 12870List or tableT-S NS 210.21

    Mentions people such as Masʿūd, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz; the children of Barhūn; Mordekhay.

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  21. 12871List or tableT-S NS 226.8

    Three much damaged columns, containing about 60 names of male persons, all of low professions. The list contains no numbers and was obviously drawn up in connection with the payment of the capitation tax.

    1. . . . . . . .]ה[
    2. [. . . . . . . .
    3. . . .]שר. .[
    4. . .]ק[.]. . . .[
    5. אבו [
    6. נתן [
    7. אבו [גא]לב בן[
    8. אהרן ושלמה ו[
    9. לוי ואבנה [
    10. מנחם הזקן [
    11. יצחק בן אליה [
    12. ישוע…

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  22. 12872Legal documentT-S NS 259.152

    Mentions another property known by the name of al-Jawharī, currently in possession of Aḥmar b.

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  23. 12873LetterT-S NS 264.38

    Letter addressed to Simḥa the physician (al-ḥakīm). In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Shelomo b.

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  24. 12874List or tableT-S NS 305.39

    Messy handwriting. Fol. 1r begins "alladhī qabaḍa Mūsā..." Mentions soap; a chicken; wheat; something in the mill; silver; honey.

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  25. 12875List or tableT-S NS 315.12

    The margin contains a set of the eastern Arabic numerals from 1 to 10 (atypically early for these numerals in the Geniza corpus) along with the corresponding Coptic numerals written over them.

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  26. 12876Legal documentT-S NS 320.100

    Concerns [...] b. Muslim b. Shuʿayb al-Dimashqī and a woman. Later, refers to "the witnesses of the ketubba" and somebody's mother.

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  27. 12877LetterT-S NS 321.55

    The document concerns Abū l-ʿIzz al-Qazzāz and Hibatallāh and a convoluted case involving two mandīls and payments and a power of attorney.

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  28. 12878Unknown typeT-S NS 324.25

    Original document (both sides): Several names in Arabic script, e.g. al-Shaykh Abū Manṣūr . . . Hilāl). Verso (around the original text): Greetings or address of a letter to Yakhin ha-Sar Pe'er ha-Yeshiva Mordekhai ha-Zeman.

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  29. 12879Legal documentT-S NS 324.97

    Netanʾel ha-Levi to Abu l-ʿAlā. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138).

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  30. 12880Literary textAIU VI.C.10

    The advice includes: boiling all water before drinking it or mixing it with wine; cooking all produce to "remove the disease from it"; or to pick wild herbs growing in desolate locations; to dwell in spacious, airy, and beautifully decorated houses; and not to eat too much, not to sleep too much, not to eat excessively warming foods, not to wear excessively warming clothes.

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  31. 12881Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16

    (Document #30) Investment partnership connected to an apotropos (guardianship) fund for Yaʿaqov and Esther, the orphans of Moshe Juwwānī/Jawwānī—whose widow Ḥabība is still alive and known from previous entries in the same court register (documents #27-29). […] The sum is then annotated on an itemized basis, such as: an apartment on Darb al-לולויה, Passover donations, payments of some kind connected to Ḥelwān(?)

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    1. בהיות שהר׳ שלמה הלוי סכנדרי יצ׳׳ו והר׳ יוסף הלוי יצ׳׳ו בכה׳׳ר יצחק יצ׳׳ו שניהם יחד קבלו סך חמשה ושבעים אלף מאידי
    2. כ…

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  32. 12882List or tableBodl. MS heb. a 2/11

    Throughout the account, one feels the pressure of the active partner to explain himself to the investor and above all the necessity of keeping capital in motion: a couple of items are described as "stuck" (wāqif) because they won't sell, whereas the pearls brought half their investment in profit. […] Goitein in his unpublished notes describes this as "the large account on indigo etc. from al-Mahdiyya," whereas Gil assumes that it's from Qayrawān.

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    1. מערפה חסאב אבי אלבשר מן ד'לך עדל לך אלוזן 
    2. וסך קנטרין פט' רטל ידהב ללט'רף ואלטרח י'ד 
    3. רטל אלכאלץ קנטרין ע'ה' רטל מן סער י'ו דינר אל
    4. קנטר אלתמן…

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    1. הודעת חשבון של אבו אלבשר, כלהלן: משאוי לכה משקלו
    2. ברוטו שני קנטארים ופ"ט רטל, בניכוי המכלים והטרה, י"ד
    3. רטל. נקי שני קנטארים וע"ה רטל, במחיר י"ו…

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  33. 12883Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 11/36

    In the hand of Natan b. Shemuʾel although not signed by him. In which Abū Sulaymān Dāʾūd b. Abū l-Khaṣīb Zurʿa confirms to owe to the trader Abū l-Maʿālī b. Abū l-Ḥasan al-Tājir the trader, aka Shemuʾel b. Yehuda Ben Asad, 100 dinars which he will return in two yearly installments.

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  34. 12884Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/46

    Shemuel ha-Sefaradi (Ashur). Verso is blank. See also T-S NS 324.30 (PGPID 25683) in relation to the engagement.

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  35. 12885LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/87

    At the end, he brings up various business matters to be conducted by al-Shaykh al-Sadīd together with the writer's maternal uncle Abū l-Munā.

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  36. 12886LetterBodl. MS heb. d 74/40

    I have trouble from them all. God is my witness, would I know any profitable occupation bringing two dinars a month, I would not have touched the service of the Jews. […] Numbers 22:34] They have torn my honor to pieces . . . I sit alone in my house, which is empty of everything.

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]יד כלעה פאוצא בכ דינ ננצב
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .].ה הם והדא אלדי ערפת אן כשף
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  37. 12887LetterBodl. MS heb. d 75/17

    The 50 dinars should be taken from those that are hidden in dār al-ṣarf ("the house of money-changing," see Med Soc IV, p. 28). […] Qannā or Fannā in the chronicles), who acted as advisor to the caliph al-Āmir, ca.1125–28 CE. (Information in part from Goitein's index card.)

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  38. 12888Legal documentENA 3616.14

    "Another woman, Mubāraka bt. Maḥfūẓ, already separated for over four years from her husband, Yefet b. […] Ḥalfon to sue her brother-in-law, Moshe b. Ḥalfon al-Ziyādī, for her husbandʼs burial expenses (for which she was forced take a loan), for her maintenance, and her release from levirate duty (ḥalīṣa). . . .

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  39. 12889LetterENA NS 17.19

    Probably there is an epidemic: amrāḍ wa-awjāʿ wa-mawt. He reports that al-Ḥamishi ('the Fifth') died, but the addressee's family is well. They have moved to a new location. Abū l-Maʿānī al-Kohen sends regards. The writer begs indulgence "for the magnitude of my ignorance, for I wrote this (letter) after drinking the medicine.

    1. אשרי אדם מצא חכמה וג
    2. הבוטח בייי חסד יסובבנו וג
    3. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך וג
    4. שלום שלום לרחוק ולקרוב [וג]
    5. ברכות רבות וישועות קרבות וחמלה ורעדה
    6. ושלום ושלוה…

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  40. 12890LetterENA NS 48.19

    T-S 6J7.20 (PGPID 17152) for khatm/"sealing" possibly in a similar context); the elder ʿAlī; and how the sender wishes he were able to do more to help 'deliver' everyone from this distressing situation. Greetings to Abū l-Barakāt and Yūsuf 'and all of our colleagues.' ASE

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    1. וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך אלאגל ואנתהי
    2. כאדמה אלי מא דכרה מן ציק צדרה
    3. פלא יסאל מא לחקה מן אלגם ומא רמית
    4. כתאבה מן ידי חתי טלעת אלי מן
    5. כלד ייי מלכהא ו…

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  41. 12891LetterHalper 466

    The Hebrew term ransom of captives was also applied to many different states of hardship, e.g. a man in prison for failure of paying taxes.

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    1. בשמ`] רח` פדיון שבוים
    2. ....]בש פסיקה אלאנטאכי לאולאדה

    ...]א

    1. ...] ב` סלאמה א` בן סלימאן ב`
    2. ...].ם ב` בן אלביאן ו` בן אלחזן ר`…

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  42. 12892LetterMoss. L 279

    "The comparatively strong control exercised by the academies over even remote communities is to be explained by the fact that many local leaders had themselves pursued their postgraduate studies there and their loyalty to their alma mater was like that of modern alumni. Some, or perhaps the majority, of the students had benefited from the academy's funds.

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  43. 12893Legal documentNLI 577.3/5

    Yehuda Ibn Asad and Shemuel b. Moshe Ibn al-Kharrāz ("the cobbler") reached a settlement. […] Moshe agreed to pay 40 dinars in 40 monthly payments in return for release from all claims. One of the conditions is that the payments must be recorded on verso of this document (in fact they never were).

    1. חצר...] בשער הישיבה יכון לעד מרו"ר נתן הזקן בר מרו"ר אלעזר הזקן נ"ע ומרו"ר שריה
    2. הכהן [?] ...בר מרו]"ר טוביה הזקן (נ"ע ?) ושהדא בין ידינא שהאדה צחיחה…

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  44. 12894Paraliterary textRNL Yevr.-Arab II 223

    Aharon b. Bakhtawayh are also mentioned together in in legal deed from Egypt from 1004 CE (PGPID 7430).

    Dedicatory inscription

    1. [......]אים [...
    2. [..]ותו חסן בת יעקב בן יוסף בן [כשנאם
    3. אל על עדת בני מקרא הקראים השו[כנים 
    4. בירושלים עיר הקדש אלהים יכוננה עד

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  45. 12895Legal documentT-S 8.166

    MS Heb. e 98, f. 63, dated 1138 CE), concerning a woman named Sitt al-Ḥusn, the widow of Ibn Qasāsā upon her remarriage. By this time (apparently soon after the death of Ibn Qasāsā) Sitt al-Ḥusn had a minor son and the ownership of a store near her house.

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    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות יד[נא ]
    2. הזקן דידיע אבו מנצור בן קסאסא נע זוגה מ[ ]
    3. הכהן הזקן הנכבד דידיע אלשיך אבו אלכיר בן [ח]פא[ ]
    4. אהרן ה…

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  46. 12896List or tableT-S 8J5.14

    Nine persons receive 5 (dirhams), eight, 3, and one, 2, altogether 18 recipients, all women, except for 3--2 of whom are characterized as foreigners.

    TS 8 J 5, f. 14a 1183

    1. אבו אלמגד אללבאן מקדר
    2. סרב אלמעתוקה גוכאניה
    3. ארמלה אבו אלימן גוכאניה
    4. בית בן אלרקוקי מקדר מחפוט
    5. מכארם בן סהלאן גוכאניה
    6. הבה בן פינ…

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  47. 12897List or tableT-S 8J5.14

    Nine persons receive 5 (dirhams), eight, 3, and one, 2, altogether 18 recipients, all women, except for 3--2 of whom are characterized as foreigners.

    1. אלבאקי ביד אבו אלביאן 1 אבנה [[מכתאר]] //פרח// ב

    --------------------- 2 אבנה אבו נצר ג

    1. * בית אלשׁבראוי ה
    2. * ארמלה פהד אלחז [כך] ה
    3. אם אבו אלכיר ה
    4. א…

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  48. 12898LetterT-S 8J21.26

    Moshe's brother has consulted an astrologer and also wants him to come quickly so that he can tell him what the astrologer said.

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    1. בש רח
    2. וצל כתאבך אללה לא יקטעה ועצדך
    3. באלתופיק ונחן מן פצל אללה פי
    4. עאפיה ומא עלא קלבנא [. . . .] מן
    5. וחשתנא מנך ואללה לא יוחשנא מנך
    6. ותפצל אגעל ד…

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  49. 12899Legal documentT-S 12.487

    Twenty years after agreements on repairs to be made jointly were signed between the qodesh and al-Nadiv, Abu'l-Makarim, we have such agreements now with Judge Shemuel b. […] Abu'l-Makarim first advances the rent owed by him for a period of two years for the lease of al-Burj; this compound, as shown by its name, was probably originally some stronghold and was no completely owned by the qodesh.

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    1. [ ופקרה[ ] וקע אל[ ]מדכורה פאצ[
    2. מדכור בגמלתה מע מא קרר עלי אכדה מן אגרה אלרבע אלמדכור פי עמארה אלטבקה אל
    3. מדכורה ותכמיל מא תדעוה אלצרורה אלי עמ…

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    1. ... the whole of the above-mentioned .... Also, the decision to let him take a part of the rent of the above-mentioned estate for repairs i…

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  50. 12900Legal documentT-S 13J8.12 + T-S 8J4.7

    Joseph his unlimited agent to collect debts from Maḥbūb b. Ḥibān in al-Maḥdiya, some of which consist of partnership assets (including semiprecious stones, glass beads, gold, and similar commodities) as a ṣuḥba, in this case meaning a deposit with, with Ḥassūn ha-Levi b. […] Maḥbūb may have been a regular partner with Moses or alternatively, an agent serving many traders and remitting funds from active partners who stopped in Tunisia to their investors in Fusṭāṭ and elsewhere.

    T-S 8J4.7 Recto

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא בשטרא דנן 
    2. דהוא       יומין בירח אדר דשנת אלפא ותלת מאה ותשעין וחמש 
    3. שנין למנינא דרגילי…

    T-S 8J4.7 recto

    1. Testimony which was given before us—we the witnesses whose signature is at the end of this document:
    2. on which was of the month of Adar…

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