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  1. 1Legal documentT-S 8J34.6

    Fragmentary court record, apparently settling or recording accounts between partners. Location: Fustat. Dated: Thursday, 20 Tammuz 1404 = 17 July 1093 CE. Mentioning the title …

    1בחמשה בשבה דהוא עשרה יומין בירח

    1. תמוז דשנת אלפא וארבע מאה וארבע שנין
    2. למנינא דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט מצרים ד[על
    3. ני]לוס נהרא מותבה חצר בבי(!) דינין דממנא…

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  2. 2Legal documentCUL Add.3422

    A leaf from a court register. Contains four different entries, dated to Nissan and Sivan 1409 Sel. (Spring 1098 CE). On left hand side of …

    1. בחמשה בשבה דהוא שיתה יומין בירח ניסן דשנת אתט לשטרות
    2. חצר למושב בית דין הקבוע בפסטאט מצרים מ יפת בר משה
    3. הידוע אללואז ואדעי עלי מ שלמה בר אברהם הידוע …

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  3. 3Legal documentT-S AS 152.356

    Minute fragment, seems to be from the top of a legal deed, but too little text remains. AA

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  4. 4Legal documentT-S AS 147.280

    Small fragment of a ketubba in the Palestinian style. Location: Probably Damascus. Same handwriting as T-S AS 156.394, probably. Contains some rare formulae, some of …

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  5. 5Legal documentJRL SERIES B 4717

    Jottings for a legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Yoshiyya ha-Kohen and Abū l-Khayr. Dated: The year is given as '21, perhaps 521 AH = 1127/28 …

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  6. 6Legal documentT-S AS 146.66

    One of four fragments from the court ledger of the Babylonian congregation of Damascus (T-S 16.181, T-S AS 146.66, T-S NS 320.108, and T-S 12.592). …

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    1. [בש]שה יומין בירח ניסן שתה ג דשבועה ושנת ד אלפים ושש מאות ותשעים ושלוש [שנים]
    2. [לבריות עולם] בדמשק נתן חותם ערבון שמואל בן אברהם הפרסי על כיריה הבת…

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  7. 7Legal documentCUL Or.1081 2.18

    Probably a dowry list, quite faded.

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  8. 8Legal documentT-S Ar.35.387

    Fragment from the middle section of a legal document in Arabic script. Needs examination for content.

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  9. 9Legal documentT-S 8J23.23

    Legal query. Dating: Early 13th century (per Goitein). Concerning the wife of a Kohen who traveled two or three times without letting her know how …

    1. מא יקול סידנא ירום הודו ויגדל כבודו פי
    2. אמראה בעלהא כהן סאפר דפעה ותנתין
    3. ותלאתה ולם תעלם וקת ספרה ומא
    4. כלא להא לא מא תאכל ולא מא תשרב
    5. תם חלפת באימאן ת…

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    1. What does our lord—may his splendour be exalted and his honour increase—say concerning 

    2. a woman whose husband, a Kohen, has travelled, once…

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  10. 10Legal documentT-S 16.57

    Court record written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Location: Fustat. Dated: Middle decade of Ṭevet 1432 Seleucid, which is December 1120 CE. Detailing …

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    1. 25 קבצת דלך מן וראתהא בעדהא וכתבנא להא בדלך הדא אלמעשה
    2. וסלמנאה אליהא ליכון בידהא
    3. 26 עלי אבנתהא סת אלפכר דא ועלי וראתהא בעדהא לזכו ולראיה
    4. וכאן ד…

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  11. 11Legal documentAIU VII.E.187

    Long legal document in clear Hebrew with four signatures. Dated: middle of Sivan 5455 AM = May/June 1695 CE. One of the signatures is that …

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  12. 12Legal documentT-S 16.310

    Collection of Geonic responsa, in the same hand as T-S 16.99, T-S G2.29, T-S 12.169, and T-S 16.310. (Information from CUDL)

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  13. 13Legal documentYevr. II K 66

    Decorated Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Hayyim b. Avraham. The bride is Esther d. Ya'aqov Halevi.

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  14. 14Legal documentBL OR 5561B.16

    Rental contract. In Hebrew. Location: Rashīd. Dated: Thursday, 1 Nisan 5442 AM, which is 1682 CE. Lessor: A woman named Konfrada. Lessee: Shemuel [...]. The …

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  15. 15Legal documentT-S NS 320.59

    Bill of divorce (geṭ). Dated: Monday, 18 Adar 1430 Seleucid, which is 1119 CE. Husband: Ḥalfon b. Mevorakh. Wife: Sitt al-Ahl bt. Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi. On …

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    1. 1 בתרין בשבה דהוא תמני עשר יומי בירח אדר
    2. 2 דשנת אלפא וארבע מאה ותלתין שנין למניינא
    3. 3 דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס
    4. 4 נהרא מותבה אנא חלפו…

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  16. 16Legal documentMoss. VIII,419.2

    An opening of a legal query sent to Yehiel b. Elyaqim (Date: 1213-1238). Published by Glick, Seride Teshuvot: A Descriptive Catalogue of Responsa. Fragments from …

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  17. 17Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/66

    India Book I, 12: Court proceedings from Fustat dealing with the dispute between Yosef ha-Lebdi the India trader and Yequtiʾel b. Moshe, 'the representative of …

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    1. בארבעה בשבה דהוא תמניסר יומין בירח אלול
    2. דשנת אלפא וארבע מ[אה] ותשע שנין למנינא
    3. דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא
    4. מותבה חצר אלי…

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  18. 18Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1395

    Bill of debt. Dated: Tuesday, 28 Elul 5406 AM, which is 8 September 1646 CE. Rahamim b. Ya'aqov Qayyim and his wife Muhja acknowledge that …

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  19. 19Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J290

    Legal document. Location: New Cairo. Dated: end of Tishrei 1351 Seleucid (October 1039 CE). Ṭoviyya b. Yefet ha-Levi and ʿAllūn b. Faraj testify that on …

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    1. יקול מן כתב כטה פי אכר הדא אלכתאב מן אלשהוד
    2. אלמתבתה כטוטהם פיה אנהם חצרו יום ערובה
    3. אלפסח מן סנה אשנ לשטרות באלקאהרה אל
    4. מחרוסה פי בית סלימאן בן…

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    1. Those who wrote their signatures at the bottom of this document, from among the witnesses whose signature
    2. has been confirmed, said that they (…

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  20. 20Legal documentT-S AS 147.165

    Small fragment from the top of a legal document. Dating: probably second half of the 13th century; the date itself is missing. Location: Probably [Minyat …

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  21. 21Legal documentENA NS 77.74

    Small fragment of a legal document. Mentions entering the bath and an illness.

    1. ]הא מע[
    2. ] . ת להא איצא . . [
    3. ] . י אלי אלחמאם פי אל[
    4. ]תק . ה ערצא פא[
    5. ] . מא וא . א . . מא . [
    6. ]קדותא דא . . . . [
    7. ד]ליהוי בידיה לזכו ולר[איה
    8. אלעשר]…

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  22. 22Legal documentT-S J3.23

    Book of legal formularies and some literary text. Bifolium. The spaces remaining at the bottom of two of the pages are filled in with magical …

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  23. 23Legal documentJRL SERIES B 5058

    Multifragment. (a) Legal fragment. Involves a woman [...] bt. Avraham and Yiṣḥaq ha-Melammed b. [...]. (b) Tiny legal fragment. Probably a release. There are only …

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  24. 24Legal documentBodl. MS heb. c 28/41

    Recto: Legal record of a sale of an upper-story apartment made by Surūra bt. Shelomo ha-Rofeʾ to Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham al-Qābisī. In the margin mentions …

    1. מעשה שהיה לפנינו אנו בית דין הקבוע במצרים והעדים החותמים עדותם
    2. מטה בכתב הזה איך מרב יוסף המכונה אבו אלפצל [ב]ר מרב פרחיה /אתא קדמנא/ קובל על מרב
    3. צבי…

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  25. 25Legal documentT-S 6J3.5

    Draft of legal document; the merchant Nahrir b. Mawhub appears before the rabbinical court of Fustat on 23 Ḥeshvan (Shawwāl) 521 AH = October/November 1127 …

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. חצר אלי ענדנא נחריר בן מוהוב אלתאגר
    3. פי תלת ועשרין מן מרחשבן (!) סנה אחד
    4. ועשרין וכמס מאיה

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  26. 26Legal documentT-S 8J35.11

    Fragment of a deathbed will. The testator is Abū Yaʿqūb Yequtiel (b. Moshe) known as al-Ḥakīm, the well-known representative of the merchants. He gifts two …

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  27. 27Legal documentENA NS 77.356

    Small fragment of a ketubba. Hand of Natan b. Shemuel?

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  28. 28Legal documentENA NS 77.60

    Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Referring to two possible outcomes of a legal case, "if they …

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  29. 29Legal documentT-S Ar.41.95

    Rental contract in Arabic script. Lessee: Sālim b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abū l-Ḥasan the baker (? al-khabbāz). Lessor: Barakāt b. Abū l-[...] the Jew. The …

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  30. 30Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 61/51

    Legal document. Perhaps a partnership agreement (an najlis jamīʿan fī dukkān... wa-yataṣarraf fī l-dukkān bi-maḥḍar...). Names mentioned are Natan b. Ṣadaqa ha-Zaqen ha-Ḥasid and [...] …

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  31. 31Legal documentT-S NS 306.80

    Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: Dhū l-Ḥijja 624(?) AH. Involves Abū l-Faraj b. Fāḍil(?) b. Khalaf al-Tājir and Bū l-ʿIzz b. Bū ʿAlī b. …

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  32. 32Legal documentT-S AS 152.398

    Legal fragment, mentioning Abū l-Karam. (Information from CUDL.)

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  33. 33Legal documentT-S 8.205

    Legal document, concerning Abū ʿAlī b. [...], a debt of 100 dirhams, and possibly the appointing of an agent. At the bottom the names: Ḥalfon …

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  34. 34Legal documentT-S AS 150.18

    Fragment from the top part of a court record, from the year 1335 Era of documents = 1024. [...] Hakohen known as [Ghu]layb is declaring …

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  35. 35Legal documentT-S 16.170

    Legal document. Partnership agreement. Dated: 1406 Seleucid, which is 1094/95 CE. Written in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Location: Fustat. Abū Isḥāq Avraham b. …

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    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתחתא בחד בשבה דהוא ריש [ירח ... דשנת[ 
    2. אלפא וארבע מאה ושית שנין למניינא דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט מצרים דע…

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    1. Testimony which was given before us, we the undersigned witnesses, on Sunday which was the beginning [of the month … of the year]
    2. one thousand f…

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  36. 36Legal documentT-S 13J21.31

    Verso: Statute for tenants of the Qodesh. Dating: ca. 1215 (according to Gil, but his handwriting comparison may not be sound, and this document could …

    1. יעתדר ען וזנה אלאגרה פי כל
    2. שהר בחאלה מן אלאחואל פאן כמא
    3. יכדי ויתצדק מא יאכלה יתצדק
    4. מא יזנה אגרה תם אחרמנא
    5. באסם מן יסכן פי דאר או טבקה
    6. בגיר אלקימה אל…

    …. (that nobody should)

    1. excuse himself from paying the rent every
    2. month, whatever his circumstances might be, even if, just as
    3. he begs and receives…

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  37. 37Legal documentBL OR 5547.1

    Legal document, deed of acknowledgment, concerning an inheritance dispute between Jamīla bt. Lāḥiq the veterinarian and her brother. Contains three testimonies at the bottom. The …

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  38. 38Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 13/47

    Fragment of a marriage contract (ketubba). Groom: Efrayim ha-Levi. Bride: Sitt al-Ḥusn. Dating: probably 11th century, per Goitein.

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  39. 39Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 12/12

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Jerusalem. Dated: Friday, 6 Ṭevet 5211 AM, which is 11 December 1450 CE. Groom: Khalaf Allāh b. Yiṣḥaq. Bride: Sitt al-Banīn …

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  40. 40Legal documentT-S NS 338.54

    Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Mentions Abū [Isḥa]q(?)

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  41. 41Legal documentT-S 8J11.11

    Legal document in which a deposited estate is handed over to the heirs. Mentions people including al-Dhahabī, Ṣedaqa ha-Kohen (called Zayn), and Ibn Ghazāl. In …

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    1. 1 ( )ון הנקרא זין דנן והי( )
    2. 2 אלדהבי נע ואודעו בעד ופאתה ( )
    3. 3 מ צדקה הכהן הנקרא זין דנן מן ג( )
    4. 4 וראתהא בעדהא פי דלך עליה א( )
    5. 5 אכתלאף אגנא…

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  42. 42Legal documentBL OR 10578O.5

    Partnership in sarraflık business between two groups: (1) Mordekhay Bialobos, Moshe ha-Levi Ṣanūʿa, Raḥamīm b. Eliyahu Najjār, Yiṣḥaq ʿAfīf, Avraham ha-Levi aka Skandarī and (2) …

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  43. 43Legal documentENA 2735.14

    Legal document describing how a person took an oath upon the holy Torah. Abū l-Makārim is mentioned and a fine of 5 dinars to the …

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  44. 44Legal documentT-S 12.714

    Outline of a story probably intended to be written up as a court record. Describing an inheritance dispute concerning two brothers and two sisters. One …

    1. יאשיה ואכוה //ולה אכתין// אזוג אכוה
    2. אכת אלכהן [צאח]ב אלפנדק
    3. ורזק אולאד ומאת
    4. אכת יאשיה אלואחדה
    5. תזוגת בעם אבו יוסף בן זכרי
    6. ורזק מנהא בנתין ומאתת //ומא…

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  45. 45Legal documentT-S AS 146.267

    Legal query followed by a responsum written and signed by a certain Yiṣḥaq. The query concerns a man ("Reʾuven"), his father and mother, and another …

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  46. 46Legal documentT-S 8.100

    Part of a ketubba for Abū l-Munā Ṭiqva b. Berakhot (groom), who is remarrying his divorcee. Dated 14[..] (12th century CE) in Fusṭāṭ, invoking the …

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  47. 47Legal documentT-S NS 321.25

    Court proceedings. There are two drafts, possibly of the same document. Involving Nissim and Shemuel ha-Ḥaver and Abū l-Karam and Peraḥya. The hand of the …

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  48. 48Legal documentJRL SERIES A 604

    Partnership/investment agreement (עסקא). Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: First third of Shevaṭ 5577 AM = January 1817 CE. Khalīfa ʿAfīf acknowledges that David ʿAfīf has invested 17,000 …

    1. ב׳׳ה
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הודה היקר נשא ונעלה לשט׳׳ו כמה׳׳ר כליפה עפיפ יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמורה שרירא
    3. וקיימת מעכשיו מדעתו ורצונו הטוב והגמור מבלי זכר שום מין אונס וכפיי…

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  49. 49Legal documentT-S 16.183

    Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated Shevaṭ 1356 Seleucid = December 1044 / January 1045 CE. In which 3 sisters, Badr (בדר), Ḍiyāʾ (ציא) and Sittūna …

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  50. 50Legal documentT-S AS 153.44

    Responsum introduced by the basmala, with citations from rabbinical sources such as Bava Batra 9:1 (CUDL)

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