5. Legal Documents

Documents 44–52 are legal documents of various types. These include a lease of land (44), a lease of a boat (45), a document of testimony relating to the sale of property (46r), a document of sale (46v), an acknowledgement of a debt (47), marriage contracts (48, 51), a document concerning the division of property after divorce (49r), a court record relating to divorce (49v), an acknowledgement relating to divorce (50) and a court record relating to marriage (52). Document 53 is a letter written by a judge relating to a marital dispute. The content and structure of the documents are described.