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  1. 501Legal documentT-S Ar.39.501 + T-S Ar.35.373

    Muslim marriage contract. In Arabic script. Dating: Unknown. Written in a calligraphic hand, in pairs of two lines separated by moderately wide spaces. For other …

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  2. 502Legal documentT-S NS 190.121

    Legal notes. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Recto: Something involving a woman and her father; profit; half of a house. Dated: Monday, 18 …

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  3. 503Legal documentENA NS 44.17

    Legal document. Draft, probably. In the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu? In Judaeo-Arabic. The wife of Yiftaḥ ha-Dayyan declares that she sold Abū l-Barakāt...

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  4. 504Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#83) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 29r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 17 Elul 5325 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 29r 

    1. [[למא בתא׳ נהאר אלתלאת]]
    2. למא בתא׳ לילה אן יספר צבאחהא נהאר אלגמעה י׳׳ז פי שהר אלול המכו׳ סנה
    3. ה׳ש׳כ׳ה ליצירה חצל כנאק ו…

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  5. 505Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 3/1

    Copy of a power of attorney in the name of David b. ʿAmmār b. ʿAzrūn Madīnī. Location: the document itself was drawn up in Fustat, …

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    1. נחן אלשהוד אלמסמון אספל הד'א אלכתאב חצר אלינא ר' דויד
    2. בר עמאר נ'ע' בן עזרון נ'ע' וקאל לנא והו פי צחה' עקלה ובדנה
    3. וגואז אמרה אשהדו עלי ואקנו מנ…

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    1. ....אנחנו, העדים החתומים למטה בכתב זה, (אומרים כי) בא אלינו ר' דויד
    2. בר עמאר נ"ע בן עזרון נ"ע ואמר לנו, והוא בריא בשכלו ובגופו
    3. ובגמר דעתו: היו …

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  6. 506Legal documentMIAC 177

    Religious rulings – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 177) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl …

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  7. 507Legal documentT-S 16.136

    Marriage contract (ketubba) from Tyre, ca. 1079.

    1. ומייקרין [...]
    2. כחלכת נשייא [...]
    3. ונקיו ומני[ית לה הדה] סת [אלבית]....[...]
    4. דשמריה דנן ורצת [וצבת] בכל דהוא עבד ב[עסק זיווגה ...]
    5. [ת]ריין שהדין קדמינ…

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  8. 508Legal documentT-S NS 288.185 + T-S AS 152.160

    Court register fragment. Join: Matthew Dudley. Dated: Kislev 5480 (1719 CE) Verso: sale of a one-year tax-farming partnership within the Ottoman customs house of Old …

    M. Dudley Dissertation, Appendix 6 /// T-S AS 152.160r + T-S NS 288.185v

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בהיות שהנבון וחכם והנעלה הגביר השר המרומם כה׳׳ר יאודה פרובינצאל נר׳׳ו…

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  9. 509Legal documentT-S NS 313.17

    Damaged bill of release written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). In which [...] b. Ḥusayn al-ʿAṭṭār releases his maternal uncle Abū Isḥāq …

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  10. 510Legal documentT-S AS 146.317

    Recto: legal document in the hand of Shemuel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi. Mentions Abū l-Ḥasan b. Avraham and possibly a deposit for an orphan. Also possibly …

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  11. 511Legal documentT-S AS 149.166

    Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Damaged, difficult to extract much. (Information in part from …

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  12. 512Legal documentT-S AS 147.23

    Legal document in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan (fl. 1150–1181 CE). Two brothers confirm in a Cairene court under the authority of Shemuel ha-Nagid …

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא באלמעזיה
    2. אלק]אהרה דס[מוכ]א לפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה
    3. רשו]תיה דאדוננו שמואל ה[נ]גיד הגדול ירום ה…

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  13. 513Legal documentT-S AS 153.343

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). On parchment? Mentions 450 dinars, possibly with the term "Malikī" after, which would …

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  14. 514Legal documentENA 4011.47

    Legal document(s). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Recto and verso are distinct documents, but related. They concern a rent agreement between Sitt al-Nās …

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  15. 515Legal documentENA 4010.1

    Court record or draft of a legal document. Dated: Thursday, 17 Sivan 1386 Seleucid = 4 June 1075 CE. ʿEli ha-Parnas ha-Neʾeman produces before the …

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  16. 516Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 12/26

    Marriage contract. Groom: Munā b. Shelomo. Bride: Mubāraka bt. Avraham. Location: Fustat. Dated: 13 Tishrei 1406 Seleucid = 26 September 1094 CE. The couple is …

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  17. 517Legal documentT-S NS J346

    Legal documents (one each on recto and verso). Recto: Involves a certain Seʿadya and Sitt al-Tujjār bt. Peraḥya b. Zuwayn. It might be the sale …

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  18. 518Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J6

    Court record in the record book of Fustat dealing with the remains of an inheritance in Qayrawan. Dated Adar 1345/March 1034.

    1. כתב לחיים בן שלמה בן אהרן כהן רחבי כתאב אלי גמאעה
    2. אלקירואן יתצמן וכאלה וכל חיים הדא [[לברהון]] ליצחק בן
    3. ברהון צבי יהודה ודלך אן אבוה חיים תופי באלקי…

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  19. 519Legal documentJRL B 8374

    One phrase from the first line of a legal document.

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  20. 520Legal documentENA NS 13.27

    Legal record (one large piece and 5 smaller pieces) mentioning a wālī and a girl. Very damaged and difficult to figure out the story. Some …

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  21. 521Legal documentT-S Ar.34.236

    Contract of a lease. In Arabic script. Fragment: only the first 3 lines are preserved here. The tenant may be Ṣadaqa b. ʿAyyāsh.

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  22. 522Legal documentT-S NS J421

    Bottom of a legal document. None of the content is preserved. About 20 signatures are preserved.

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  23. 523Legal documentT-S NS 225.40

    Minute fragment of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138)

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  24. 524Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1863/1a

    Recto: Formulary for a legal testimony. Verso might be more of the same; there is additional text written between the lines at 180 degrees.

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  25. 525Legal documentT-S Ar.38.30

    Legal document. In Arabic script. Perhaps a deed of sale. Mentions (l. 6) the mound known as Kawm Dīnār in the vicinity of Birkat Ramīs …

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  26. 526Legal documentENA NS 35.29

    Probably a legal document in Judaeo-Arabic, late. Mentions an Amīr Yūsuf [...] and "all the demands and all the debts. . . " incumbent on …

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  27. 527Legal documentJRL P 544

    Legal fragment. Small piece from the upper right corner. Possibly a ketubba? Opens with the date (a Wednesday in the year [..]18). Location: Fustat. Not …

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  28. 528Legal documentT-S K25.251

    A notary's draft concerning three houses and two ruins forming the object of a settlement. Among the most detailed description of houses in Cairo. Description …

    Beginning of draft, recto, ll. 1–12

    Her name is both Sitt al-Rutab and Sitt al-Fakhr. He releases Sitt [al-Rutab] from all claims and concedes to her…

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  29. 529Legal documentT-S NS J401s

    Fragment of a partnership contract regarding the sale of wine. Upper, lower, and right side are torn away and no signatures are extant. (Information from …

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    1. [ ]ר מן [ ]
    2. [ ] ען מגו לנא [ ]
    3. [ ]צא או למן א[צ]א[ ]
    4. [ ]מה מא [ ]
    5. [ ] תל[ ]

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  30. 530Legal documentT-S NS 99.61

    Recto (original use): Trousseau list, small fragment, possibly from a ketubba.

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  31. 531Legal documentT-S AS 148.32

    Ketubba. Fragment (first few lines only). Dated: 27 Shevat 1282 Seleucid, which is January 971 CE. (Information from Moshe Yagur.)

    1. בנחשא טאבא וסימנא מעליא
    2. [בחמשה] בשבת דהוא עשרון ושבעה יומי בירח שבט
    3. [בשנת] אלפא ומאתן ותמנן ותרתין שנין למניינא דרגיליננא 
    4. [למנות בו] בפוס[טאט

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  32. 532Legal documentT-S 16.49

    Pen trials in various hands, including signatures, biblical phrases and a note dated Tevet 1397 (= 1085 CE) with the names Mevorakh b. Mufarrij ha-Kohen …

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  33. 533Legal documentENA NS 83.154

    Small official document of some kind. Resembles ENA NS 83.222.1 + ENA NS 83.222. Needs examination.

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  34. 534Legal documentENA 2558.1 + ENA 4011.46

    Contract of debt. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: The case came before the court in the last decade of Kislev …

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  35. 535Legal documentENA 3743.15

    Legal document. Concerning a woman, a vow, and a delayed marriage payment. Reused on recto for technical instructions in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, maybe magical.

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  36. 536Legal documentT-S Misc.27.4.25

    Bill of divorce (geṭ). Fragment (lower left piece). Written and signed by the cantor Yefet b. David. Also signed by Shemuel b. Avraham. The location, …

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  37. 537Legal documentT-S 20.118

    Legal document. Sitt al-Fakhr bt. Peraḥya, the widow of Yeshuʿa b. Ḥalfon the cantor, confirms to have received from Nadiv b. Meshullam ha-Levi payments of …

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  38. 538Legal documentT-S AS 149.9

    Fragment of a will in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE), dividing up a store. No names mentioned. (Information from Goitein's index …

    1. ] . . . .ו. [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. ] היה נצפין באלסויה [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. ] להמא הבה מני להם לא יפ[ . . …

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  39. 539Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Court notebook from the Qaraite court of Cairo that was based in the Dar Simḥa synagogue. Spanning the dates 1560–75 CE. 69 pages. Contains 190 …

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  40. 540Legal documentT-S NS 184.45

    Legal document concerning a deceased person (perhaps related to a dispute over the inheritance) and making reference to an orphan, a widow, and a mother. …

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    1. אלי בית [
    2. אלמתופ[א
    3. פענד דלך . [
    4. גמיעכם אלי [
    5. מרץ שי [
    6. יפ [
    7. עדה דפע [
    8. עלינא אן[
    9. דלך באיאם . . . . אד וכיל אלאל . [
    10. פאגאבו אלי דלך ונזלת ואלדה .…

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  41. 541Legal documentT-S 8J8.11

    Recto: legal document mainly in Hebrew, detailing the financial arrangements between the woman Sitt al-Bayt b. Aharon al-Tājir (the merchant), her husband Yūsuf/Yosef al-Najjār (the …

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  42. 542Legal documentMoss. VII,2.1

    Testimony stating that Abū al-Faḍl al-Ṣayrafī Maṣliah b. Meshullam informed Nahray b. Nissim that his wife had vacated the room on the floor (tabaqa) belonging …

    1. קאל מן כת]בה כתאמתה אכר הדא אלכתאב אנא ח[צר]נא ענד רבנו נהר[אי
    2. ביר]ב נסים זל פי יום אלאתנין אלתאלת מן שהר אייר שנת אתז
    3. לשטר]ות קד גא אבו אלפצל אלציר…

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  43. 543Legal documentT-S AS 209.327

    A legal deed regarding division of money between partners involved in the silk industry (אלקזאזה ואסתעמאל אלתיאב). There is an agent named Elʿazar; [...] b. …

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  44. 544Legal documentT-S AS 151.166

    Legal document. Fragment (bottom part). Location: Sunbāṭ (a town in the Delta). Dated: Elul 1460 Seleucid = August/September 1149 CE, under the authority of the …

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  45. 545Legal documentMoss. II,100.1

    Receipt written and signed by Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, documenting that Abū Naṣr al-ʿAṭṭār received from the court 19 triple-weave (muthallath) garments, as set forth …

    1. תסלם אלשיך אבו נצר אלעטאר פי
    2. בית דין יט תוב //מתלת והי אלדי כאנת פי אלשרוט// וכאן דלך יום אלכמיס
    3. אלעאשר מן אייר אתמו בפסטאט
    4. במחצר מן אבו אלחסן אבן צ…

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  46. 546Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1380

    Court notebook, probably. Bifolium. Entries in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably pertaining to the Qaraite court that convened in the Dar Simḥa synagogue (here called Dār Ibn Sameaḥ). …

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  47. 547Legal documentT-S K22.27

    Legal record (#18) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 2v of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated 1 …

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    :Left side of bifolio 2v (Documents 18-19)

    1. ושבעה וששים מאידיש כ[ס]ף וזקפם עליו הר׳ אברהם הנז׳ חוב גמור ומלה (מלוה)
    2. זקופה מעכשו ונתחייב לפרוע ל…

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  48. 548Legal documentJRL B 4925

    Legal fragment.

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  49. 549Legal documentT-S NS 324.139b

    Legal testimony, fragment. In Hebrew, with some unusual formulae. Muʿammar and Aharon the sons of Bāqī(?) came to the court complaining about a matter of …

    1. כך היה המעשה בפנינו אנו בית [דין
    2. באו לבית דין שלנו קובלים על . . [
    3. מעמר ואהרן בני באקי הצמר . [
    4. ואהרן מאה כספים משום ע[
    5. בדבריהם מחמת מונסה [

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  50. 550Legal documentNLI 4°9463.10

    Document of the qodesh (pious foundation). In the hand of Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya (aka Ḥusayn Ibn Shekhanya). Dated: Jumādā I 434 AH, which …

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