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Draft of the opening date of a legal document (probably a ketubah). AA
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Deathbed will by Yefet ha-Levi. Location: Damascus. Dating: Unknown, but see verso. In which he dedicates one-third of an orchard and a house located in …
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Late proclamation, on vellum, ornate, in flowery Hebrew, with remnants of a black and red illumination at the top of the page. It opens with …
An agreement for cancelation of engagement. Dating: probably 16th century (looks like the handwriting of Eliyya b. David Ḥavriya).The two parties declares they have no …
Recto: part of a legal document containing the attestation of the Bet Din, in the hand of the scribe Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38 CE). One …
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Copy of a deathbed will. Location: Fustat. Dated: Sunday, 20 Sivan 4845 AM = 15 June 1085 CE. Testator: Moshe b. Aharon ha-Kohen, a well-known …
Secondary use: Inventory of possessions in Judaeo-Arabic, for legal purposes. The lists are arranged in columns on each side. Mentions "with his deceased brother." On …
Court register; two folios containing two legal records. Location: Fustat. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi and bearing his signature in a couple …
Recto: Levirate case in which a widow appoints an attorney to sue her brother-in-law with the demand either to marry or to free her. Zayn …
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Small fragment, faded and damaged. Probably from a legal deed or letter. Only a few words are legible: פידפעהא ...אלרגוע אלי...
Legal testimony written by a Muslim notary on paper. Dating: Ottoman period. At least one witness's attestation has been preserved: Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-? Later …
Monograph, Rabbinica. Fol. 1r-1v: specimen writ of divorce, with a few instructions in Judaeo-Arabic. There are two witness names listed: Reʾuven b. Yaʿaqov and Gilʿad …
Legal document(s) in Arabic script. On parchment. Large, but quite damaged. Verso refers to a buyer and a house and elements of the house, so …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (dates: 1100–38 CE). Fragment (upper left corner of recto). There is writing on both sides. Involves …
Will (waṣiyya), involving transfer of ownership of a house. Fragment (bottom only). On parchment. In the description of the property and its boundaries, mentions "the …
Ketubba, fragmentary. Groom: Yosef Kohen b. Khalūf. Likely from North Africa. Resembles Bodl. MS heb. a 2/2 (from Barqa, 990 CE). (Information from Friedman, Jewish …
Ownership note on a literary work that resembles but is not identical with Ruth Rabba (information from FGP). "The undersigned witness that Yehuda b. Ovadya …
Legal document. Very narrow vertical strip. The ends of nearly 30 lines are preserved. It involves [...] b. Shemuel and a house.
Legal fragment. On parchment. Looks like the handwriting of Natan b. Shemuel. Acknowledgment made by Yeshuʿa ha-Kohen (perhaps the same trader as in ENA 1822A.75 …
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 …
Legal document. Dated Thursday 26 Elul 1386 Sel. (September 1075 CE). There is an invocation of the Nagid Yehuda b. Seʿadya at the beginning. Yiṣḥaq …
מעשה שהיה בפנינ[ו ] אדוננו כב גד קד מר ור יהודה ראש המעולים
וראש כגק הנגיד יהו[דה ירום] הודו ויגבה . . . לי בן כבוד גד קד מר ור סעדיה זקל
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Engagement (shiddukhin) contract. Draft. Late. There appears to be an Ottoman-era seal. Groom: Moshe b. Yehuda. Bride: Saʿādat bt. Avraham Dukkān (or Dakkān?), virgin. The …
Fragment from the middle of a legal document. Refers to itself as a taṣāduq. Dating: likely late Mamluk or early Ottoman era. Refers to rings …
Marriage contract (ketubba). Bottom part only. Dating: Ca. late 10th century based on the dates of the witnesses. Bride: Ṭova bt. Ḥusayn. Groom: Shelomo b. …
End of a legal document, signed by David b. Mevorakh, Abraham b. Caleb and others. Below is a colophon written by Elʿazar b. Joseph b. …
Remains of a legal deed in Hebrew. AA
Legal document(s) or formulary.
Legal document in Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 28 Sivan 4746 AM, which is 8 June 986 CE. A woman named [...] bt. ʿEli and …
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Legal document. In Arabic script. Fragmentary (only the upper left corner is preserved). A portion of a date and several names are mentioned, including one …
Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38 CE). Involving Abū l-Ḥasan Shelomo ha-Kohen and Abū Isḥāq Avraham. Regarding a business partnership (sharika). …
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Power of attorney. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 4 Shevaṭ 4850 AM (8 January 1090 CE). Given by ʿAmram b. Yosef of Tyre to Shelomo b. …
Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100-1138 CE).
Marriage contract written by the court clerk Mevorakh b. Natan (dated documents ca. 1150-1181) mentioning a brocade sadr with two 'sidepieces,' and preserving the groom's …
Debt acknowledgement in Hebrew. Dated 8 Sivan 5536 AM (May 1776 CE). Location: Cairo. Yaʿaqov Yaʿabeṣ/Yuʿbaṣ commits to repay a debt of 68.5 reales abūṭ[aqa] …
Legal document. Fragment from the beginning. Location: Fusṭāṭ. Mentioning the authority of the Nagid. Declaration made by a certain Ibn al-Marjānī (‘the coral merchant’). (Information …
Legal document, a שטר סילוק (bill of release of a debt) per FGP, involving Avraham Malkhi (מלכי) and his (ex?)-wife Esther. Mentioning שעבוד כתובה Hebrew. …
Legal document mentioning [...] al-Ṣayrafī b. Khalfa. Small fragment (upper right corner). Location: Fustat. (Information from CUDL)
Document dated 21 December 1817 CE (12 Tevet 5578 AM) in which Mordekhai Romano details the plan for medical treatment for the children of his …
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Description of the location of a building and its surroundings, including its "second" …
Deed of compensation in the handwriting of Emanuel b. Yehiel concerning Sulayman ha-Kohen b. Efrayim, who engaged in dyeing silk with turquoise blue. Also mentions …
Recto: part of a dowry list (bedding and copper section). Verso: copy of a ketubba, probably not related to dowry list on the recto as …
Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: 1 Elul 5579 AM, which is 1819 CE. The widow of Avraham Yedid invests 9000 medins with Yeḥezqel …
Legal document in Hebrew. Written on parchment. Very damaged. Dating: Likely 11th century. A case of inheritance involving Faraj, Salāma, and Maymūn (somebody's uncle?). AA. …
Testimony in Arabic script. Fragment (top cut off). Dated: first third of Jumādā I 528 AH = February/March 1134 CE. The bottom is divided into …
Unidentified document(s) in Arabic script. Maybe a legal document on recto and accounts on verso. But needs examination.
Damaged fragment from a formula of a legal deed.
Legal testimony. Location: Fustat. Dating: one of the last days of Ṭevet 1393 Seleucid, corresponding to one of the first days of January 1082 CE. …
He who has signed at the end of this writ of testimony states that he present on the Sabbath day in the synagogue of the Babylonians—namely, [on] the…
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Recto: document, probably notes for a legal document. Verso: accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Legal document. Partnership agreement. Dated: January 1207. Location: Fustat. This document records a six-month partnership between Abū al-Fakhr b. Abū al-Futūḥ ha-Levi al-Shammā‘ (who invested …
Unidentified document(s) in Arabic script. Likely legal and Ottoman-era based on hand and format.