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  1. 7701Legal documentENA 1822a.18

    Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (dated documents: 1100–38 CE). The main text (not in the margins) on both sides may just …

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    1. אלתי ורתתה [
    2. בראס מאל . . [
    3. אנא עאלמא בה אלאן וממא לם אע[לם
    4. אלתי תתגה לי עלי כל מנהמא פי דלך [
    5. מנהמא ואלתפריד מן סאיר אצנאף אלמ[
    6. כלף . . . . …

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  2. 7702Legal documentT-S Misc.34.50

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Probably from a prenuptial agreement, stipulating that the wife can force the husband …

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  3. 7703Legal documentT-S NS J185c + T-S NS J185d

    Legal document written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Ḥeshvan 1432 Seleucid, which is September-October 1120 CE. Court record concerning a father’s will. Abū …

    T-S NS J185d 1 recto

    1. [ ] ה פק[אלת לה]ם אן כאן פי שרב [ ]זאגיי פקאלו לי מא תם נביד בל הי ח[ ]
    2. [ ] וגדתהם מגתמעין יכאטבוה ען אבנתה סתונה דא פקאל לי ול…

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  4. 7704Legal documentT-S AS 182.278

    Report of the death of a Jewish woman. In Arabic script. The deceased is Fāḍila, who was survived by her son Abū Dāʾūd. Dating: 621–29 …

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

    2. The slaves report the death of Fāḍila [ ]

    3. the Jew, on Wednesday, the twenty-eighth [ in …

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  5. 7705Legal 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. 7706Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.23v–24r

    IB V, 47a. Legal record (#60). Deposition in court. Dated: Av 1467 Seleucid. Concerning repairs of a dilapidated wall belonging to two houses. Sitt al-Khāṣṣa …

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  7. 7707Legal documentNLI CAHJP ET-Ca. 60

    A photocopy of a Muslim court deed documenting the endowment of properties to the Karaite community in Jerusalem, in 1519 CE. Current location of the …

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  8. 7708Legal documentT-S Ar.39.303

    Verso (secondary use): Proclamation (taqqana) in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1522 Seleucid = 1210/11 CE. Few details preserved. The text is not identical with the taqqana from …

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  9. 7709Legal documentENA NS 48.7

    Deed of compensation (שטר פיצוי) in the scribal hand of Hillel b. Eli (fl. 1066-1108). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Second half of the 11th century. In …

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  10. 7710Legal documentT-S AS 165.250

    Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dating: mentions 1438 Seleucid = 1126/27 CE. Possibly a debt acknowledgement mentioning a sum of …

    1. ]הא בעד[
    2. ]אלי סלך אלול אלמדכור[
    3. ]אלשטר אלמדכור קצי[חה
    4. ]אתלח לשטרות כאן עליה[
    5. ] . . . . פי שהר אלול . [
    6. ]ה ותלתין דינ . . . . [
    7. ]שהר אלול גמיע[
    8. ]שוי …

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  11. 7711Legal documentT-S AS 87.243

    Fragment of a power of attorney in Hebrew. No details preserved.

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  12. 7712Legal documentT-S AS 145.293

    Probably a legal document, mentioning the elder Abū l-ʿAlāʾ ha-Sar ha-Nikhbad Tifʾeret ha-Qahal. Crossed out. Verso is probably a distinct document. (Information in part from …

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  13. 7713Legal documentT-S AS 152.254

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Concerning trade and Yemen; someone appoints an agent. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  14. 7714Legal documentT-S NS 323.34

    Legal document in Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 28 Sivan 4746 AM, which is 8 June 986 CE. A woman named [...] bt. ʿEli and …

    1. זכרון עדות שיתה בפנינו אנו החתומים למטה בשלישי בשבת בעשרים ושמונה לירח סיון
    2. שנת ארבעת] אלפים ושבע מאות וארבעים ושש לבריאת עולם שהיא אלף ומאתים ותשעי…

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  15. 7715Legal documentT-S Ar.41.85

    Lower part of a legal document in Arabic script. Dated 5 Jumādā I 556 AH = 2 May 1161 CE. Mentions Aḥmad the agent (al-wakīl); …

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  16. 7716Legal documentENA 4010.7 + ENA NS 19.14

    Court deposition in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Dated: 1406 Seleucid, which is 1094/95 CE. Abū ʿAlī Yefet b. Menashshe accuses his wife Milāḥ …

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    1. יקול מן סיתבת כטה אכר הדה אלאסטר א||ננא חצרנא פי משאגראת גרת הין אבו עלי
    2. מ יפת בר מ מנשה נע ובין זוגתא מלאח בת || כירון נע פק…

    [Translation of all three fragments together]

    1. He who will affix his signature at the bottom of these lines declares: We were present during quarrels…

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  17. 7717Legal documentT-S 12.9 + T-S 16.196

    Rescript of the judges of the court appointed by the Nagid Mevorakh to the community of al-Mahalla, advising the community in strongest terms to take …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] כל
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]נהם ר יוסף אלמעולה פענד דלך
    3. . . …

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  18. 7718Legal documentT-S Ar.39.396

    Verso: draft of a legal document in Judaeo-Arabic, likely a draft. Mentions Salmān b. Hārūn, known from mid-11th century documents.

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  19. 7719Legal documentT-S NS 320.91

    Legal testimony. involving Sitt al-Nasab known as [...] and Abū ʿImrān known as Ibn Shumayʿ (?). The ends of the lines are missing, and the …

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  20. 7720Legal documentENA 3968.9

    Deed of lease in Arabic script. Fragment (upper left corner). Dating: Probably Mamluk-era. Lessee: ʿAlī b. Yūsuf b. ʿAlī al-Shawwāʾ. Lessor: al-faqīr ilā llāh taʿālā …

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  21. 7721Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 65/34

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Beginning only. Dated: 20 Kislev 1550 Seleucid = 29 November 1238 CE. Groom: Yosef b. Yaʿaqov. Goitein's index card suggests that the …

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  22. 7722Legal documentT-S 12.474

    Marriage contract containing a list of jewelry apparently of Syro-Palestinian manufacture, to be sold by Shemuel b. Ḥasan two months after the signing of this …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]יגוש . . . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  23. 7723Legal documentT-S NS 306.146

    Bottom of a legal document in Arabic script. Dated: Jumādā II 926 AH = May/June 1520 CE. Needs examination for content.

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  24. 7724Legal documentT-S J3.13

    Leaf from a Karaite book of formularies. Recto: divorce formula, continued for 2 lines on verso, with Arabic jotting in the margin. Verso: marriage formula. …

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    1. והדא שרח אלכתבה
    2. בשם אל עולם הצליחו האלהים: בי'י יצדקו
    3. ויתהללו: שוש אשיש וכי יבעל בחור בתולה
    4. עוד אבנך: עוד תטעי: כי יש יום קראו:
    5. כי אלהים י…

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    1. This is the formulary of the ketubba.
    2. In the name of the Everlasting God. God made him prosper (II Chron. 26: 5). In the Lord they will be…

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  25. 7725Legal 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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  26. 7726Legal documentT-S 8J10.14

    Legal document (validation/qiyyum). Fragmentary (right side only). In the hand of Avraham b. Natan Av. Concerning people such as: [...] b. [...] from Damsīs, Barakāt …

    כתב ידו של אברהם בר נתן אב

    קיום שטר

    1. אתקיים שטרא [
    2. ושהדוהי כתיבי[
    3. הדא מלפף ביה [
    4. דמסיס נע ברכא[
    5. ברכות ננ יוסף ב[
    6. חלפון החבר זל ב[
    7. ואחוי קדמנא א[
    8. הממח…

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  27. 7727Legal documentAIU VII.D.69

    Legal document from Cairo, dated March 1802 CE (Adar II 5562 AM). Me'ir ben Naʿim had borrowed 150 reals from the old woman Raḥel known …

    1. בע׳׳ה 
    2. בהיות שהאשה הזקינה מ׳ רחל המ׳ כחלה ת׳׳ם בת המ׳ כה׳׳ר שלום נרבונה נ׳׳ע היה לה
    3. ביד הח׳ כמה׳׳ר מאיר ן׳ נעים יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר שלום יצ׳׳ו סך מאה וחמשים…

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  28. 7728Legal documentT-S AS 151.298

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Elul 1437 Seleucid = August/September 1126 CE. (The signing of the document was delayed by …

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  29. 7729Legal documentT-S AS 202.416

    Small fragment in Hebrew. Late. Containing legal phrases בפנינו אנו . . חתומי מטה יודעים ומעידים עדות . . .

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  30. 7730Legal documentBL OR 10112D.16

    Document in Arabic script. Probably legal. Dated (on verso): 1173 AH = 1759/60 CE. There is an addendum in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Sulaymān b. Yiṣḥaq al-Qaysī(?). …

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  31. 7731Legal documentNLI 577.3/5

    Confirmation of a compromise agreement made before Masliah Gaʾon. Dated: Wednesday, 3 Shevaṭ 1444 Seleucid, which is January 1133 CE. Location: Not specified, either Fustat …

    1. חצר...] בשער הישיבה יכון לעד מרו"ר נתן הזקן בר מרו"ר אלעזר הזקן נ"ע ומרו"ר שריה
    2. הכהן [?] ...בר מרו]"ר טוביה הזקן (נ"ע ?) ושהדא בין ידינא שהאדה צחיחה…

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  32. 7732Legal documentT-S AS 146.119

    Minute fragment, probably from a legal document. AA

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  33. 7733Legal documentCUL Or.1080 5.17

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Written in a rudimentary hand (Goitein calls it a "most miserable script"). Location: Cairo. Dated: Av 1[3]82 Seleucid, which is 1071 CE. …

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  34. 7734Legal documentENA 2556.2b

    Recto: Deed of sale in Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Dated: Elul 1308 Seleucid = August/September 997 CE. “A bride's mother wrote in an interesting detailed Hebrew …

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  35. 7735Legal documentCUL Add.3350

    Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday, 22 Adar II 1472 Seleucid, which is 1161 CE. Husband: Yaʿaqov b. Binyamin. Wife: Sitt al-ʿIrāq bt. …

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  36. 7736Legal documentT-S 13J3.26

    Unsigned deed. Location: Fustat. Dated: last decade of Iyyar 1528 = April/May 1217 CE. This is a second version of ENA 2559.13 (PGPID 6594), and …

    עדויות על יחוס.

    1. נקול נחן אלשהוד אלואצעין כטוטנא אכר הדא
    2. אלמסטור אן נחן מחקקין בשהאדה לא ריב
    3. פיהא ולא אלתבאס יחתוי עליהא אן אלצבייה
    4. אלמסמאה אכרמיה אל…

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  37. 7737Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1861/14

    Fragment of a legal document in which Elʿazar b. Shela ha-Levi makes a declaration. Verso was not photographed.

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  38. 7738Legal documentT-S 12.784

    Partnership deed regarding a money exchange store. Around 1085. Yahya b. Eli b. Yosef Kohen Fasi and Sason b. Natan agree to have a partnership. …

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    1. נסחי למהוי לזכו ולראיה ודלך [ ]

    2. גאלטין ולא סאהיין ולא עלה בנא ולא מרץ ולא גיר דלך מן אלאעראץ אלמ[פסדאת אלא בלב]

    3. שלם ובנפש חפצה נחן מקרין …

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    We asked God for guidance and contracted a partnership between us. I, Yaḥyā ha-Kohen, produced from my property five hundred gold dinars, of ex…

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  39. 7739Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1566

    Pre nuptial agreement between Nissim Halevi b. Eliyyahu b. Nissim and Rachel d. Mordechai b. Shalom, dated Sunday 18th Adar, 5579 Era of creation (1819).

    1. בע׳׳ה             במותב בית דין
    2.                              יר׳׳ה
    3. סבב תסטיר האדי אלאחרוף במוגב תחרירהא והוא אנהו אקר ואעתרף
    4. ואשהד עלי נפסה הב׳ הי׳ …

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  40. 7740Legal documentT-S 20.48

    Legal document. Marriage agreement in the hand of Yosef b. Moshe, son and assistant of the provincial judge. The agreement is a tawqīm ("estimate") of …

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  41. 7741Legal documentT-S 12.8 + T-S 10J4.9

    Legal document, in which Sitt al-Rūm, a former slave who had been freed by her master Abū ʿ[...] before his death, appears in person before …

    1. זכרון עדות שהיתה בפנינו אנו העדים החתומים מטה באחד ב[שבת . . . . . . .
    2. יום לירח ניסן שנת ארבעת אלפים ושמ[ונה מא]ות ושלשים שנה [
    3. למנין שאנו רגילין למ…

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  42. 7742Legal documentT-S NS 225.96

    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 …

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  43. 7743Legal documentT-S 8J10.18

    Recto: Short note about a court settlement from Fustat. An uncle allows his nephew to pay him back a sum of 10 dinars in 20 …

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    1. חצר אלינא אנן חתומי מטה בו אלחסן בן
    2. שלה בן יפת ואקנא מן נפסה טועא מן גיר
    3. קהר ולא גבר אן ענדה וקבלה לכאלה ר הלל הזקן
    4. בר מ יופה הזקן עשרה // דנאנ…

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  44. 7744Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 129

    Accounts, in Arabic script. The list is itemized each beginning with "ʿalā" indicating the dues of each person listed. The usage of the ق qurush …

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  45. 7745Legal documentT-S 20.87

    Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Recto: Decision of the court on repairs in a compound partly owned by the Qodesh. Dated: …

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    1. [ ]תה [ ]
    2. [ ]ה ואנהא אד לם תלחק ואל[א ]
    3. [ ]א ואטפאלה תחת סכנה כבירה מן [ ]
    4. תסקיע אועד אנה יקום במא ינפק פי אלעמא[רה ]
    5. ינוב אלהקד[ש ]מן אלאגרה …

    Recto

    1. (1-2) .... and if it is not carried out, and if …. not 

    2. …. and his children in a grave danger of …. 

    3. assessment, (in which) he proposed…

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  46. 7746Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/119 + T-S NS J404

    Records of book sales, in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. Dated: Monday, 16 Tammuz 1540 Seleucid = 9 July 1229 CE. "To increase their …

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    1. אבאע אלשיך אבי אלביאן אלדלאלה עלי ידי ללמולי אלרצוי שצ
    2. באתנין ותלתין דרהמא קבץ הו ל וקבצת אנא סמסרה ב
    3. ודלך פי יום אלאתנין סאדס עשר תמוז אתק"מ…

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    1. The elder Abu'l-Baya'n, (may his) R(ock) p(reserve him), sold through me the small [treatise on the] Art [of medicine] to the elder

    2. Fad'l A…

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  47. 7747Legal documentT-S NS J412

    Legal document (zikhron ʿedut). Dated: Thursday, 13 Elul 1528 Seleucid, which is 18 August 1217 CE. Settlement of the payment of a mu'akhkhar in installments. …

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  48. 7748Legal documentMoss. Xa,1.1 (L)

    Recto: Legal document, formally a testimony, possibly related to a business partnership (?). Beginning and end missing, as well as left and right margins and …

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  49. 7749Legal documentAIU VII.D.61

    Recto: Legal document. There is a single signature from the scribe Meʾīr Ben-Naʿīm, which he must have included before discarding this document as an unfinished …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בהיות שהמנוח חיים לוי בכ׳׳ר ה׳׳מ (name omitted) בחיים חייתו היה שותף עם היקר ונע׳ כה׳׳ר משה סבייע יצ׳׳ו מבני מקרא
    3. וערל אחד ושמו אלמעלם (name o…

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  50. 7750Legal documentT-S 12.588

    Bill of divorce. Location: Cairo. Dated: Tuesday, 7 Av 1559 Seleucid, which is 1248 CE. Husband: Avraham b. Yishmaʿel, from Cairo. Wife: Ḥana bt. Netanel, …

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