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Bodl. MS heb. d 66/68
Recto/verso: recto
Document (b), written in the blank space underneath the book list, at 90 degrees: Draft or copy of a legal document. Looks like the same hand as the booklist. In which ʿIzziyya(?) the daughter of Barakāt al-Qalyūbī ratifies a settlement (ṣulḥ) with (or on behalf of?) the wife of her recently deceased father. The widow is owed money from belayot (i.e., wear and tear on her trousseau). The widow (or the daughter?) will receive 15 dinars, and the daughter relinquishes her right to the two half-ruins and the half-schoolhouse that Barakāt owned in Qalyūb. At the end of the entry, it states that her husband Hillel b. [...] al-Malījī was also present and in agreement. This is probably not the same case as DK 239.1 + T-S AS 151.31 (a petition featuring an Umm ʿIzziyya(?), a dead man, a widow, and two ruins), but it is tempting to consider that possibility.
Library: Bodl.
Type: Legal document
