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Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Involving a woman and her ketubba conditions. No …
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Legal document. Location: Ṣahrajt. Dated: Monday, 11 Kislev 1372 Seleucid, which is 1060 CE. Ḥarīza b. Abraham appoints Mevorakh b. Abraham (most likely her brother) …
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Legal fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Perhaps notes for the drawing up of a document. Looks like the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. The parties are Abū …
Fragment of a legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). May consist entirely of legalese; no information about the case.
Ketubba fragment. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1462 Seleucid = 1150/51 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Groom: [...] b. Ṣadaqa. Bride: Turfa …
Small fragment from the bottom of a bill of release(?) for a widow. Her name may appear in l. 2. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe …
Legal document (written by Yosef b. Shemuel. AA) . Lease of an apartment of the Qodesh ca. 1194 and 1199. A deed of lease is …
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Ketubba fragment. The part preserved mainly consists of the dowry list.
Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom name is Eliyyau (אליאו) Halevi and the bride is Esther known as Mazal. The bride is deflowered.
Recto (secondary use): court record in the hand of Natan b. Shemuel. Dating: ca. 1145 CE or, more broadly, ca. 1128–1164 CE based on the …
Legal document. Damaged and faded. Location: the city of פלודס or פלורס(??). Dated: Sunday, 21 Av 4813 AM = 8 August 1053 CE. Power of …
Court record in the hand of R. Daniel b. Azarya ha-Nasi. Hayyim b. Harun announces his intention to marry a woman in Sahrajt, but people …
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Fragment from a legal deed, probably a bill of release granted by Zekharya. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). . In the …
Bottom of a marriage contract. Dating: ca. late 10th century based on the dates of the witnesses. The dowry is 75 dinars. Signed by: Efrayim …
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Page from the Book of legal deeds by R. Nathan from Sijilmasa, parallel to p. 196-197 in the printed edition. Contains deed of release of …
Many tiny fragments, some are from legal deeds.
Order, probably. For 3 ounces of almond oil.
Legal document in Arabic script. Maybe a lease - mentions money and a period of 3 months. Needs examination.
Legal document. Fragment (lower part only). In the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). Possibly a marital reconciliation agreement ("...and she will not …
Purchase of a half-share in a shop. Dated Thursday 7th Kislev, 5431 AM (1670 CE). Location: presumably Cairo, based on the paleography, scribe (Barukh Rofe), …
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Legal record (#23) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 9v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 4 Shevat [5321] …
Legal document in Arabic script. On parchment. This fragment contains the bottom portion only, with many witness statements/signatures. Very damaged. Dated: Muḥarram 410 AH = …
Legal document(s) in Arabic script. There are four distinct text blocks. The document on recto is extremely long and begins with announcing someone's death "baʿd …
Verso, lefthand page: End of a legal query and responsum from "our rabbi the Rav" (Friedman suggests this is R. Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen) concerning …
Bill of debt, from 1519 CE– this estimate from FGP was proposed by Avraham David on the basis of the coinage mentioned: ""תשעה ושלושים אלפים …
Draft of a legal document. Mentioning the death of someone's son Abū l-ʿAlā; the late Nagid; and an orphan, Saʿadya b. Saʿadya. (Information in part …
Small fragment, faded and damaged. Probably from a legal deed or letter. Only a few words are legible: פידפעהא ...אלרגוע אלי...
Bottom part from a ketuba. Only the end of the dowry list is preserved and partial signatures. AA
Marriage contract (ketubba). In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan (active 1150–81). Groom: [Naḥ?]um b. Menashshe ha-Dayyan. Marriage payments: 10 + 20 = 30. Two …
Legal document with testimony from Avraham b. Shemuʾel (known as Ibn al-Nabāt) concerning financial matters involving [...] bt. Yaʿaqov ha-Parnas, and 40 dinars. (Information mainly …
At the bottom of recto there are notes for a different legal document involving Moshe b. Ghālib ha-Kohen; Avraham; and somebody's wife.
Recto: Marriage contract between Riḍwān b. ʿAṭiyya and Bint Muṭṭalib in front of the qāḍī ʿImād al-Dawla Abū l-Faḍāʾil al-Ḥasan b. al-Khiyār b. ʿAlī, judge …
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله وحده وصلواته على سيدنا محمد نبيه واله [ ] . سلم تسليـ[ـما]
هذا ما اصدق رضوان …
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. Praise be to God alone and his blessings be upon our lord Muḥammad, his pr…
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Fragment of ketubba (marriage contract) in the hand of Yefet b. David, ca. 1030. Bride: Karīma bt. Yosef, virgin. Groom: Ḥalfon b. Saʿadya. Only monetary …
Small fragment of a legal document in Arabic script.
Legal document from Fustat. Dated: 969 CE. A loan deed describing two compounds owned by Jews ‘located in front of the idolatry (i.e., church) of …
Legal document. Location: Cairo. Dated: last decade of Elul 5500 = September 1740 CE. Involving the dissolution of a commercial partnership between Avraham Serrano, Moshe …
Investment partnership in which Avraham Munīr b. Saʿd declares that he has received 25000 מ״ך (medin) as an investment from Rabbi Moshe Kandiote (קנדיוטי). Moshe …
Part of a ketubba for [...] bt. Nuṣayr (נציר) and an unnamed groom. Date and location not preserved. Witnessed by Natan b. Yeshuʿa ha-Levi, ʿAmram …
Large legal document. Fragment (right side only). In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? Mentions a codex; a partnership (sharika); payments in installments. Names listed …
Legal fragment (lower left corner). Mainly in Hebrew and Aramaic, with Judaeo-Arabic for specific terms. Includes a list of the items of the trousseau of …
A Karaite bill of divorce. Yosef b. Mordechai Levi is divorcing his wife Sultana d. Elya Kohen. In Haskoy, Istanbul. The date is given according …
Recto: Legal document, probably. Bottom only. In Arabic script. Witness signatures are preserved.
Fragment of a deed of sale for a property, probably. Dated: Ramaḍān 421 AH = September 1030 CE. Reused for Hebrew text (lower margin and …
Legal fragment In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). No details preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)
Marriage document. An ornamented ketubah from Cairo "[near] Fusṭāt Miṣrayīm on the river Nile." Despite the damage to the document, this locational formula can be …
Legal document in Arabic script with traces of one attestation. Fragment (lower right corner). Needs further examination. Pinholes at the margin ~3–4mm apart.
Legal document, tiny fragment. Marriage-related?
Marriage document, probably. Narrow strip.
End of a legal document written and signed by Elḥanan b. Shemarya. Verso is blank.
Draft of the opening sentence of a legal document, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe or possibly Hillel b. ʿEli. Stating that Yehuda ha-Kohen …