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Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Three fragments from the lower part of the document. Dated: Ṭevet 1435 Seleucid, which is December 1123–January 1124 CE. Involves: A deceased Sar Shalom; Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa b. Menashshe ha-Levi Rosh ha-Qahal known as al-Jubaylī; Natan/Hiba ha-Levi; and Abū l-Riḍā. Abū l-Faraj agrees to deposit with Abū l-Riḍā a debt contract worth 75(?) dinars which are owed to him by Natan; the debt contract is dated the first decade of Dhū l-Qiʿda 517 AH, corresponding to Ṭevet 1435 Seleucid; its witnesses are Ibn al-Fāʾiqī and Ibn al-Amadī. Abū l-Faraj relinquishes his right to sue Natan for the total unless the government appropriates (yaʿtariḍ) from Abū l-Faraj anything pertaining to the estate of Sar Shalom, specifically the money that he (Abū l-Faraj?) transferred to his (Abū l-Faraj's? or Sar Shalom's?) son Zikrī. If the government does interfere, Abū l-Faraj has the right to retrieve the document from Abū l-Riḍā with the authorization of the court (i.e., after they have validated the claim that the government took the money), and Natan will have to pay. The witnesses testify that the debt contract has been deposited with Abū l-Riḍā. Two copies of the present document were drawn up, one for Abū l-Faraj and one for Natan ha-Levi. The witness signatures are not preserved on these fragments, though the top of one signature might be barely visible on T-S 8.153. Joins: Alan Elbaum. ASE