Cairo Genizah : Legal document

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Legal documents in the hand of Nathan he-Ḥaver b. Solomon ha-Kohen. Recto: first document concerns Joseph b. Ibrahim b. Ṣaṭṭāra (צטארה), who is ordered to travel to a provincial town where he had been excommunicated and to sort out his case there before 1st Kislev 1445 of the Seleucid Era (= 1133 CE), under threat of a fine. Written on Yom Kippur 1445 of the Seleucid Era (= 1133 CE). Below is a settlement between Abū ʿAlī and his nephew Abū l-Faḍl, which stipulates that Abū l-Faḍl will live in the ṭarma of a house, while his niece will occupy the ṭabaqa. Verso: Makārim b. Yaḥyā’s debts of 2 and a third dinars owed to Abū l-Ḥusayn b. Abū l-Faraj are transferred to Jacob b. Šomer, who will pay them off in monthly installments of half a dinar. Dated Kislev 1445 of the Seleucid Era (= 1133 CE), and signed by Nathan b. Solomon ha-Kohen. Also mentions Sayyid al-Kull Ibn al-Bustānī and Abū Saʿīd the glazier. </p>