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| ^string | Matches the text at the beginning of the string |
| string$ | Matches the text at the end of the string |
| . | Matches any single character (including special characters) |
| a* | Matches the sequence of zero or more of the specified character |
| a+ | Matches the sequence of one or more of the specified character |
| a? | Matches zero or one occurrence of the specified character |
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Boolean Search
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| כתאבי +מולאי+ | Use a + sign before word to search for rows that contain all of them (in this case the words כתאבי and מולאי) |
| כתאבי AND מולאי כתאבי OR מולאי | The keyword AND indicates that both search terms must be present in the results. OR matches either search term. |
| כתאב –כתאבה | Use a - sign to exclude a term from your results (in this case, the search will include כתאב but exclude כתאבה) |
| *כתאב ?כתאב |
Use an asterisk or a question mark as a wildcard. An asterix matches any number of characters. A question mark matches any single character |
Join: T-S 10J21.3 + T-S 12.571
T-S 10J21.3
Recto/verso:
Section:
Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Acknowledgment of debt? Concerns the late Abū Saʿd, who willed half of 50 bales (of flax) to his partner and brother Eliyya and the other half to the two children (Miryam and Abū l-Ḥasan) of his sister Sitt al-Ahl. Gershon Weiss (who did not know about the join with T-S 12.571) explains that Abū l-Ḥasan Eliyyahu, the nephew and likely partner of Abū Saʿd, testified that the latter's will instructed that his inheritance of bales of flax would go to Eliyyahu's mother and sister. Eliyyahu acted as executor of Abū Saʿd's will; he and the beneficiaries agreed that the inheritance would be paid in installments. There is a release from other responsibilities except for the debt acknowledged. (Information in part from Goitein's index cards and Gershon Weiss.) Join: Oded Zinger.
Ed. Gershon Weiss, "Legal Documents Written by the Court Clerk Halfon Ben Manasse (Dated 1100-1138)" (1970). T-S 10J21.3 only.
Type: Legal document
