Cairo Genizah : Legal document

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'><p>Partnership agreement, written in Alexandria (נא אמון) on 19 Tišri 5575 (= 3 October 1814 CE). It sets up a significant partnership between Isaac ha-Levi from Istanbul (קשטא), who puts in 10,000 Egyptian gerušim (גרושים ממעות מצרים); Isaac di Curiel (די קוריאל) from Fusṭāt/Cairo (מצרים), who puts in 17,500; Abraham Cesana (ג׳יזאנה) 'and company' (אי קונפאניאה) from Alexandria (נא אמון), who puts in 17,500; and Elijah (Eliʾu, אליאו) Ayllon (אאילייון), who puts in 1,500. Under the deed is a מורים אנחנו על כל הנז׳׳ל, before five witnesses sign, some with very ornate signature sigils.</p></p>