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Legal fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Involves a woman "[sit]ting in the house of her widowhood"; children; and a son named Abū Manṣūr.
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Small and faded fragment of a legal deed regarding a lawsuit by the 'great elder, the haver' Dosa b. [Yehoshuaʿ(?)] of a shipment of musk …
Recto: agreement between Moshe b. Yehuda the cantor and Ḥasan b. Salmān. Another copy of the same contract found in T-S NS J161 + T-S …
Minute fragment of a legal deed dated 1443 Seleucid = 1131/32 CE. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi.
Either a letter or a legal query. In Hebrew. Late. Describing the legal arrangements following somebody's death.
Draft of a legal document. Confirming a settlement (ṣulḥ) negotiated by elders. A release by Shemuel b. Aharon for Nissim b. Meshullam and his brother …
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Legal record (#46) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on ff. 11v-12r of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 44-46) Folio 11v
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Acknowledgement of debt between David b. Elʿazar Kandiote (קאנדייוטי) and Shabbetay ʿAdda (עדה). Dated Kislev 5527 AM (= 1766 CE) and signed by Ezekiel Ḥefeṣ, …
Legal document in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Settlement of a dispute over a husband's support for his wife during …
Recto: Document in Arabic script. Possibly a letter. Rudimentary handwriting and orthography. Sings the praises of a Coptic sage in Alexandria. This sage is versed …
Unidentified document in Arabic script. Mentions Abū l-Karam b. Ismāʿīl in the first line. Needs examination.
Legal document. On top: legal document in which an uncle gives his possessions in equal shares to his dead brother's sons and daughters and appoints …
Legal document in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Wide line spacing. (Information from CUDL)
Much damaged court record in Hebrew regarding commodities worth of 300 (dinars?). Might join with T-S AS 152.406
Partnership agreement. Location: Cairo. Dated: Sunday, 16 Shevaṭ 5567 AM, which is 25 January 1807 CE. This is a more complete copy of the same …
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This shelfmark includes 3 unrelated fragments. Bottom fragment: Validation of a legal document. Signed by Yaʿaqov b. Avraham (also signed BL OR 5551.1), Ḥiyya b. …
Deathbed declaration of a druggist (ʿaṭṭār). Location: Fustat. Dated: middle third of Tammuz 1555 Seleucid = June 1244 CE. Abū Naṣr Elʿazar b. Abū l-Ḥasan …
Ketubba fragment. Groom: Aharon b. Shemuel. Bride: Mulūk bt. Mukhtār. Dated: 1339 Seleucid, which is 1027/28 CE. Signed by Saʿīd b. Aharon, Yeshuʿa b. David, …
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Legal document from Tyre between Musāfir b. Pinḥas (?) and ʿAmram b. L[...] regarding a payment of a debt. Refers to "leaving this copy in …
Interesting legal document probably from 1682 CE (at least after Adar 5442) involving a businesswoman apparently named Mazal Tov and at least two famous rabbis, …
Small fragment from a ketubah
Legal document. Location: Malīj. Dated: Monday, 11 Tevet 1800 Seleucid = 15 December 1488 CE. Looks like a deed of sale for a piece of …
IB VII, 15. Legal deed. On parchment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-138 CE). In which Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Tinnīsī (aka Yefet …
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Fragment from the end of a legal document. In Hebrew. In the hand of Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya (per Goitein's index card #6774). Dated: …
Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to the author's sister Sabaqīya (סבקייא), probably from one of the three siblings mentioned on the verso legal document (Gentīl, …
Verso: Four drafts of legal documents ca. 1085 CE, in one of which Hiba b. Hillel al-Ṭarabulsī and Yaʿaqov b. Yiṣḥaq al-Lādiqī witness that they …
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Legal register from the rabbinical court in Fustat, signed by Efrayim ben Shemarya in uncharacteristically calligraphic Hebrew letters. Recto has two entries from Ḥeshvan 1339 …
Ketubba. Dated: 1[.]4[.] Seleucid. Groom: Surūr b. Ḥayyim. Bride: Ṣubḥ bt. Yehuda. It is not her first marriage (dower of 12.5 dirhams). Sums of 5 …
Legal document, small fragment. Possibly a ketubba. All that is preserved is the date: [4]846 AM, which is 1085/86 CE.
Legal record (#34) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 9r of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 34-36) Folio 9r
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Concerning the transfer(?) of money (300 dinars) and Peraḥya and Mevasser. (Information …
Legal document in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Partnership agreement. The shared capital is 70 dinars. Dating: mentions the year 494 …
Legal document dated Av 1446 of the Seleucid Era (= 1135 CE) (though the digit "6" is not perfectly clear) in the town [..]דמ (possibly …
Karaite ketuba from Cairo. The groom is Elisha b. Yosef. The bride is Esther known as 'Aziza d. Eliyyahu the cantor.
Last lines of a legal document. (Information from CUDL)
Legal document from Fusṭāṭ in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyya, written under the authority of Avraham Maimonides and dated Tammuz 1531 Sel. (= 1220 …
Deed of sale. In Arabic script. Abū l-Ḥasan b. Ḥasan, the Jewish druggist, bought four shares of a house in Minyat Ghamr, consisting of a …
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Legal record (#98) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 33r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 18 Elul 5326 …
Recto: ketubbah, with a trousseau list including a short robe (jukāniyya), a mantle (ridā) and a face cover (niqāb). Verso: Bill of release of dowry …
Legal record (#119) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 39r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Location: Cairo. Dated: Av …
Legal record (#41b). Loan contract. Abū l-Faḍl b. Yūsuf is granted the right to repay his debt of 10 dinars to Abū Isḥāq al-ʿAṭṭār b. …
Fragment of a ketubba written by Yosef b. Shemuʾel ha-Levi from the year 1195/96 CE. The bride's name is Sitt al-Furs. Only the groom's father's …
Acknowledgement of the receipt of an amount for a period of use – January 31 1944CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 263) in …
Dowry list (taqwim) in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan, for the marriage of Natan b. Shabbetay and […] bt. Yeshūʿa. Marriage payments: 10 + …
Legal document. Location: Cairo. Dated: last decade of Elul 5500 = September 1740 CE. Involving the dissolution of a commercial partnership between Avraham Serrano, Moshe …
Scattered phrases having to do with marriage documents. Legible names include "Sarah bt. Avraham to the son of R. Yiṣḥaq," and "the daughter of David. …
Legal formulary. In Hebrew.
Legal document or letter. In Hebrew. Very faded. Seems to be dealing with monetary issues? Only few a phrases can be read: והיה על אביהם... …
Formulary for a power of attorney (wakāla).
Legal record (#111) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 36v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 10 Iyyar 5327 …