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Deed of sale. In Arabic script. Fragment (upper right corner). Dating: ca. 11th–12th century. Abū Aṭibbāʾ b. Abū l-Faḍl b. Abū Aṭibbāʾ the Jew buys 1/4 of a shop from [Sitt al-]Kuttāb bt. […]; 1/2 of the property belongs to her. Also mentioned are Ṣāʿid b. Shukr and his wife ʿAzīza bt. Ḥāmid, who may also be buying or already own part of the same shop. The document contains a detailed physical description of a man (probably the buyer). The property is near ʿAqabat al-ʿAddasīn and Sūq Wardān. (Information from CUDL, Khan, and Goitein’s index card.)

Editor: Ed. and trans. Geoffrey Khan, Arabic Legal and Administrative Documents in the Cambridge Genizah Collections (1993).

Library: CUL

Type: Legal document

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