T-S 16.144
Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: 4 Elul 1410–1429 Seleucid, which is 1099–1118 CE (yielding a likely range of 1100–18 CE based on Ḥalfon b. Menashshe's years of activity). In which Mehullal ha-Kohen gives his wife the right to dispose of (complete taṣarruf with) her dowry, and in return she releases him from any responsibility for her dowry. The documents specifies that her entire family was present and "signed" for her. Signed by Meshullam b. Menashshe he-Ḥaver, Moshe b. Moshe ha-Levi, the cantor Menashshe b. Yaʿaqov ha-Kohen, and Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. The following validation is signed by Avraham b. Shemaʿya, Yiṣḥa b. Shemuel, and Netanel b. Yeshuʿa ha-Parnas. (Information from CUDL and Goitein's index card.)
Editor: Ed. Gershon Weiss, "Legal Documents Written by the Court Clerk Halfon Ben Manasse (Dated 1100-1138)" (1970).