מסמך משפטי: AIU VII.E.236

תיאור

Late legal documents in Hebrew from Cairo, probably drafts of what resulted in a single legal deed. This seems to be the case because the names repeat across each entry, as does the reference to a "temessuk", and none of the documents are formally signed/dated. The names of those mentioned in entries on the recto and verso are Ḥayyīm Rīyūḥ, Shelomo Qabayero (Caballero), and Avraham Abudarhem. During the early modern period the term "temessuk" was used widely in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic as a "debt acknowledgment" or "title deed." It is likely that these Jewish legal drafts mention a document that was issued outside the batei din system in Cairo, perhaps by a qadi court. The people mentioned in these drafts may be traceable in other geniza documents and these references could lead to a direct dating estimate. Based on the paleography this fragment is likely post-1600. MCD.