מסמך משפטי: Yevr.-Arab. II 1616

תיאור

Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 20 Kislev 5422 AM, which is 1661 CE. Location: presumably Cairo, based on the witness signature of Barukh Rofe– a well-attested scribe in the city during the late 1600s. Barukh Nasiya nin Eliʿezer Ẓemāḥ reaches an agreement with Yosef Kohen, nephew of the deceased Aharon Kohen b. Yosef Kohen, that Barukh no longer owes his surviving family members the "אלשבכה" that previously existed between them. Given the various exclusionary clauses in ll. 8-9 regarding clothing and precious metal items, this term is probably the Egyptian Arabic word شبكة "engagement present" (esp. of jewelry). For this translation see the Badawi & Hinds Dictionary, p. 450. The term can also translate more broadly as "net" or "veil" in Arabic, but the Egyptian dialect translation seems more likely in context. MCD.