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  1. 6001Legal documentT-S 16.355

    Two deeds of sale for houses, written by ʿImmanuel b. Yeḥiʾel. They were erroneously combined under one shelfmark. Fol. 2r: Location: Fustat. Dated: 8 Adar …

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  2. 6002Legal documentENA NS 18.16

    Fragment from the bottom of a legal document. Location: Alexandria or another coastal city. Dating: 11th century; it was written on a Monday, 18 Sivan; …

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  3. 6003Legal documentT-S NS 338.109

    Ketubba, probably. In the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya. Contains a menstrual purity clause. See also record for T-S AS 145.149.

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  4. 6004Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 2/23

    Legal document concerning settlements among a family. Location: Qayrawān. Dated: Wednesday, 14 Iyyar 4810 AM, which is 1050 CE. Yosef b. Adoniyya ha-Kohen gave to …

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    Rabbi Abi ʾl-Maʿālī b. Japheth appeared before us, the witnesses who sign at the bottom of this document, and said out of his own free will : "…

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  5. 6005Legal documentT-S NS J401l

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). A mother concludes a contract for the teaching of her boy in Arabic. …

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    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי ד[חתמות ]
    2. אלשיך אבו אלפצל כגק מרור צדקה הז[קן ]
    3. כגק מרור שמריה הזקן הנכבד נבע [ ]
    4. מרור שלמה הלוי הזקן הנכבד ישצו […

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    Testimony about what happened in our presence, we the [undersigned witnesses. There appeared before us] the elder Abu ʾl-Faḍl, (his) h(onor), g…

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  6. 6006Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/5

    Upper fragment: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Partnership agreement between Abū l-Munā and [...] b. David ha-Parnas and …

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  7. 6007Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 11/35

    Deed of sale for a portion of a house. Location: Fustat. Dated: Ṭevet 1468 Seleucid, which is 1156/57 CE, under the reshut of Shemuel b. …

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  8. 6008Legal documentT-S 8.131

    Legal document. Signed and written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: 7 Av 1443 Seleucid, which is 1132 CE. Concerns the same case as …

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    1. נחן אלשהוד אלכאתמין לתחתא נעלם ונחק אן כאן אבתדא אכראג מ
    2. צדקה המשורר ביר צמח הזקן נע לזוגתה סת אלכל אבנה מרור ברכו[ת]
    3. הלוי ישצו מן מנזלה יום א…

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  9. 6009Legal documentT-S 20.167

    Debt contract. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: First third of Elul 1446 Seleucid = September 1135 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ …

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    1. אכד [ ]
    2. אלשה[ ]
    3. אלמח[ ]
    4. גיאדא [ ] ומחזקא פי מא [ ]
    5. לה בגמיע דלך פי מדה תלתה שהור מתואליה בעצהם לבעץ אולה פי שהרנא
    6. הדא אלדי הו חדש אלול מן שנת …

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  10. 6010Legal documentT-S 20.8 + T-S 12.552

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Dated: 12 Ḥeshvan 1467 Seleucid = 10 October 1155 CE. Groom: Peraḥya b. Tiqva ha-Levi. Bride: Sitt al-Thanāʾ bt. Avraham. Signed by …

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  11. 6011Legal documentBL OR 10590.10

    Top of a legal declaration drawn up in Fustat in the middle of Iyyar 15[..], under the authority of the Avraham Maimonides. One of the …

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  12. 6012Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#121) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 40r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated: 3 [...] 5329 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 40r

    1. למא כאן בתא׳ לילה אן י[ס]פר [צ]באחהא נהאר אלארבעה ג׳ בשהר [...
    2. סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ט׳ ליצירה חצר פרגא׳ א׳ אלמרחום ע׳אלרחים כהן שק…

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  13. 6013Legal documentT-S AS 149.262

    Small fragment of a legal document. Involves Yefet b. Sason. Includes release formulae.

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  14. 6014Legal documentT-S NS 184.46

    Legal notes in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. The main document on recto mentions a roofed market (saqīfa) and numerous other landmarks. There are …

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  15. 6015Legal documentT-S 16.198

    Marriage contract. Location: Tyre. Bride: Sitt al-Bayt bt. Yaʿaqov. There is a header decorated with fleurs-de-lis. (See Goitein's index card and the PGP record for …

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  16. 6016Legal documentT-S 12.96

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Bride: Nājiya bt. Hiba. Fragment (upper right corner). On verso there is a rhymed poem of praise for a certain person, with …

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  17. 6017Legal documentENA 2160.62

    Will in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Location: Fustat. Dating: Unknown. The writer specifies his wishes for his grave and shroud (for which he has also supplicated …

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  18. 6018Legal documentT-S AS 150.11 + Moss. VII,66.2 + AIU VII.D.112 + Moss. VII,45.2 + JRL B 6304

    The Case of the Great/Fat Eunuch: five-part join of a court record from Fustat in the hand of Yefet b. David dealing with a case …

    1. ] . ור .
    2. ]אח אלשלטון אקדר
    3. ה]תולי אתני עשר אלף דינאר
    4. ]בשמעון ובלוי ווזנו אלאגעאל
    5. ] . ה ודפע אלתולת מן דלך ותהידדו
    6. א]לשיך אפרים הכהן בר אברהם נע
    7. א]לית…

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  19. 6019Legal documentJRL A 889

    Recto: Engagement (shiddukhin) document for Moshe b. Nissim Ṭawīl and Simḥa bt. [...] ha-Levi known as al-ʿAjamī, dated August 1818 CE (Av 5578). Verso: Halakhic …

    1. בסט׳׳ו ובנים ועושר והרוחה כי׳׳ר
    2. שידך הבחור ונחמד החתן המפואר כה׳׳ר משה
    3. טאויל יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר הנבון נשא ונע׳ לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר נסים 
    4. טאויל יצ׳׳ו את הכלה הכלול…

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  20. 6020Legal documentT-S AS 152.minute fragments

    Many tiny fragments, some are from legal deeds.

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  21. 6021Legal documentT-S K22.27

    Legal record (#24) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 3v of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Undated, neighboring …

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    :Right side of bifolio 3v (Documents 23-24)

    1. באופן שנשארה הן אשה הנז׳ במותבוך(?) בין ההקדש הנ׳ ובין הכה׳׳ר שלמה ובין הר׳ שמואל
    2. הנז׳ בזה האופן ל…

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  22. 6022Legal documentMoss. VII,88.1

    Small piece of a marriage-related legal document, mentioning gifts and "Naẓar the mother of this bride." (Information in part from CUDL)

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  23. 6023Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#87) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 30r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 1 Kislev 5325 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 30r

    1. גדולים אתנם לה מחר בואי אליה וחמשה ועשרים פרחים //זהובים// גדו׳ מאוחרים א.[...
    2. אותה מתחת רשותי להיות עלי חוב אמת מחזק ו…

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  24. 6024Legal documentT-S NS 104.36

    Fragment from a ketubba. Dating: 11th century. Mentions Muʿizzī dinars. The bride's father is named Ḥubaysh. Reused for various jottings on verso.

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  25. 6025Legal documentT-S AS 152.414

    Unidentified, dark and damaged. Might be from a legal deed of some sort.

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  26. 6026Legal documentF 1908.44P

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. Dated: 2 Shawwāl 454 AH, which is 9 October 1062 CE. In which a Muslim acknowledges that he …

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  27. 6027Legal documentENA 4010.9

    Verso: Legal document involving al-Rayyis Abū l-Bayān (Moshe) b. Mevorakh. Many names are mentioned. Needs examination.

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  28. 6028Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1583

    Karaite agreement regarding cemetery usage and the authority of communal officials over burial practices. Location: presumably Cairo, based on the paleography and surnames mentioned. Dated …

    1. למא כאן בתאריך נהאר אלאחד אלמבארך סאדס עשר יום פי חדש ניסן המ׳ אפתתאח סנה התל׳׳ח ליצירה חצרו אלחברים ואלגביי[ם
    2. והם הכ׳׳ר יהודה רופא יצ׳׳ו נין המנוח …

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  29. 6029Legal documentDK 317

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). The first few lines and the last few lines are missing. Somebody forfeits …

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  30. 6030Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.15

    Legal record (#34). Divorce settlement(?). Dated: 20 Sivan, 1467 Seleucid. Turfa bt. Bū Saʿd b. Ṭībān, the wife of Bū Naṣr known as Ibn al-Dayyān, …

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  31. 6031Legal documentT-S 13J5.3

    Legal and communal documents. (a) Power of attorney granted by Saʿadya b. Yeshuʿa to Yosef b. Elʿazar ha-Melammed for the purpose of suing Yaʿaqov b. …

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתחתא
    2. בשטר אורכתא דא כן הוה חצר אלינא מר ור סעדיה בר
    3. כב מר ור ישועה הזקן וקאל לנא אשהדו עלי ואקנו
    4. מני מעכשיו…

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  32. 6032Legal documentT-S NS 320.29

    Legal notes in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38). Digest of a bill of sale for an enslaved woman named Tawfīq, a minor. Seller: …

    1. אלבאיעה נפיסא בת מ כת. דידיע בן אלצפורי
    2. אלמנת מ יעקב הכהן דידיע בן אלמעוצנה
    3. גאריה מסאויה דון אלבלוג תדעא תופיק
    4. אלתמן יט אלא רבע ביע אלגלב
    5. ואן כאן חק…

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  33. 6033Legal documentT-S 12.468

    Testimony by Avraham b. Kabir about the receipt of a shipment belonging to a person who had died, Qayrawan, 978. Avraham b. Kabīr asks for …

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    1. בא לפנינו אנו בית דין אברהם בר כביר ומסר כן ואמר כי יצחק בר אברהם
    2. נ'נ' הניח עזבון אצל קימוי בר אלחסן במצרים והיא פרקמטיה ולאחר
    3. פטירת יצחק זה ה…

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  34. 6034Legal documentT-S AS 40.263

    Probably part of a legal document, though also resembles a chancery document. Very little is preserved: . . . اقف لل . . . الجبلي …

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  35. 6035Legal documentT-S NS 64.92

    Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Hilell b. ʿEli. Mentions orphans, a sum of money, 20 (probably dinars), and the tax …

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  36. 6036Legal documentT-S 12.587

    Legal document. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan? Location: Fustat. Dated: First decade of Tammuz 1489 Seleucid, which is June 1178 CE. Abū l-Faraj …

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  37. 6037Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1770/17

    Legal testimony. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Heshvan 136[2?] Seleucid, which is 1050 CE. Involves Abū l-Ḥasan Yoshiyya ha-Nasi and Daniel ha-Nasi; also mentions Yefet b. …

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  38. 6038Legal documentT-S 16.35

    Court record of a legal agreement between a husband, Abū l-Ḥasan Shelomo b. Menashshe, and his wife, Sitt al-Nasab bt. Abū l-Munā, in which he …

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    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן חתומי מטה כן הוה למא סהל אלכאלק תעאלי דכרה
    2. ותקדסת אסמאה ואסבאב אלוצלה בין אלשיך אבו אלחסן כגק מרור שלמה
    3. הכהן היקר התלמי…

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    1. Testimony that took place before us, we the undersigned, as follows: when the Creator, exalted be His invocation

    2. and sanctified be His name…

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  39. 6039Legal documentT-S Ar.42.160

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) in Arabic script. Involves two Jews, a man named [...] b. Ibrāhīm b. [...] b. Ibrāhīm b. ʿAllān, and a woman …

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  40. 6040Legal documentMoss. VII,114

    Ketubba fragment (upper left corner). Location: Fustat. Dated: Ḥeshvan 13[..] Seleucid, which is 989–1088 CE. The bride's name appears in l. 3 but is difficult …

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  41. 6041Legal documentCUL Or.1080 1.52

    Legal document or letter, fragment, probably written by Hillel b. ʿEli. Involves Barakāt and [...] b. Mubārak. (Information in part from CUDL) Might belong with …

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  42. 6042Legal documentT-S Ar.53.70

    Deed of sale. Dated: Last decade of Rabīʿ I 512 AH, which is June 1118 CE. Sale of a one-fourth of a new portion of …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. هذا ما اشترى على بن [محمد بن احمد المعروف بابن الصيني المتصرف بباب] الجفار بمصر من حسين بن شباب الاسرائيلي اشترى منه…

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    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.  

    2. This is what ʿ Alī ibn [Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, known as ibn al-Ṣīnī, the  money-changer…

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  43. 6043Legal documentT-S 28.2

    Deed of release. Beautifully preserved. Location: Fustat. Dated: Thursday, 23 [...] 1329 Seleucid = 1017/18 CE. In which Shelomo b. Moshe b. Shelomo declares that …

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  44. 6044Legal documentT-S NS 225.89

    Fragment of a court record, probably a quarrel between partners about amount of money. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (active ca. 1066-1108). Mentions …

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  45. 6045Legal documentT-S 12.87

    Opening of a ketubba for Malka bat Yeshuʿa (bride) in a very calligraphic script. Reference to 20 dinars. There are many pen trials in the …

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  46. 6046Legal documentT-S AS 152.406 + T-S AS 152.417

    Much damaged court record in Hebrew regarding commodities worth of 300 (dinars?). Might join with T-S AS 152.406

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  47. 6047Legal documentENA NS 24.39 + ENA NS 24.40

    Legal document, probably. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Names [...] b. Efrayim; Yiṣḥaq ha-Zaqen ha-Nikhbad; Isḥāq al-Nafūsī. Also …

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  48. 6048Legal documentT-S Ar.35.336

    Drafts of documents - needs examination.

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  49. 6049Legal documentT-S NS 342.30

    Few words from a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138). AA

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  50. 6050Legal documentT-S 10J2.19

    Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Cairo. Dated: Thursday, 11 Av 1442 Seleucid, which is 6 August 1131 CE. Husband: Yehuda b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Wife: Sitt …

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