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Halper 350

Recto/verso: verso

Verso: Informal note, instructing the scribe of the court to write a promissory note on 96 dirhams—obviously the outcome of former litigation. Writtnen in Judaeo-Arabic in an oriental cursive hand, preserving seven lines. Avraham is asked to testify that Abū al-Faḍl owes Yaʿqūb b. Abū al-Surūr ninety-six dirhams. (Information from Halper Catalogue of Dropsie Geniza and Goitein's index card.)

Library: CAJS

Type: Letter

Tags: testimony

1 ינעם ר אברהם שצ ושהד עלי בו אלפצל

2 אן עליה ליעקב אבן אבו אלסרור אללוי דין באל

3 סתה ותסעין דרהמא ואנה אברי רב אלדין

4 מן אלשבועות ואלחרמות ואן הדא אלדין

5 לא ישמיט אותו ויקנא מן יעקוב רב אלדין

6 אנה אבטל כל מסטור יתקדם הדא אלתאריך

7 ואנה אבראה כמא אבראה

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