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Reference number: 
Ar. 106 - 1
Obverse: 
Ar. 106 - 2
Image Number: 
JRL0909029dc
Image Title: 
Arabic document
Subject: 
Deeds
Description: 
Arabic document of what happened on Wednesday, 27 of Rajab 1256 (= Thursday, 24 September 1840 CE). The rent al-mu'allim Ya'qub Balul al-Yahudi the tailor has to pay al-mu'allim Shu'a (?) ibn al-mu'allim Ibrahim al-Yahudi? The sum mentioned is 122 Rumi qirsh (piaster), for every qirsh 40 half silver (nisf fida) should be paid. Y'aqub Balul should pay this sum of money 4 qirsh every Friday. If he fails to do so, he would have to pay the entire sum. 3 witnesses are signed on this contract.
Time period covered: 
19th Century CE
Language: 
Arabic
Script: 
Arabic
Support material: 
Paper
Folio: 
1 / 1 leaf, recto
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Notes: 
Mutilated and torn in the middle.
Discovery site: 
Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
Current repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository: 
Moses Gaster
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Fragments
Image rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access rights: 
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number: 
PAR00106-1
Image technique: 
Digital capture by JRUL Imaging Services
Date image captured: 
23/01/2009
Date: added: 
2009-11
Metadata language: 
eng-GB