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Long discussion between a woman and the court about taking an oath in a legal dispute she had with a man (the document mentions that …
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Bill of divorce (geṭ). Fragment (bottom only). Wife: Naʿama bt. Menashshe(?). Signed by Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq and ʿEli b. Yaḥyā ha-Kohen.
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Engagement (shiddukhin) contract. Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday, 9 Kislev 1473 Seleucid, which is 29 November 1161 CE, under the authority of the Gaʾon Netanʾel b. …
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Fragment of a legal document from Alexandria (נא אמו]ן דעל כיף ימא רבא מותבה)). In the list of validated corrections, mentions an iron bucket (צטל …
Deed of sale in Arabic script. Concerns a house named "Dār al-Nakhla" in Cairo, in the Ḥārat Zuwayla neighborhood, in a place called Raḥbat Surūr …
Deathbed will of a notable, dividing his landed property, his flocks of sheep and all the orchards possessed or leased by him between his brother …
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Fragment of an Arabic deed of sale on recto and Hebrew pen trials citing the Book of Esther. writing exercise on verso. (Wissem Gueddich in …
P14: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Refers to a Hijri date; a period of 12 months; a tax …
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Minute fragment from a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (1100-1138 CE).
Betrothal contract draft, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Thursday, 5 Tishrei 5398 AM, which is 1637 CE. The scribe misspelled the number 8 as 80 twice …
Fragment from a legal document, mentioning Abū Saʿd and Munajjā, dealing with amounts owed. (Information in part from CUDL)
Court record. In Hebrew. Fragment (left half only). Location: Fustat. Dated: 21 Tevet 1[3]27 Seleucid, which is 1016 CE. In the time of Efrayim b. …
Legal document regulating payments after a divorce. Dated: Thursday, 24 Ṭevet 1406 Seleucid = 4 January 1095 CE. Arye b. Yehuda from Fusṭāṭ married a …
Legal document on parchment. Trousseau list, probably from a ketubba. The left edge has been cut into a serrated pattern. There is also a small …
Bottom of a legal document in Arabic. Dated the 17th of Jumādā. Unclear if any details are preserved.
Minute fragment, possibly from a Judaeo-Arabic legal document mentioning a cantor and an inheritance. But almost nothing is preserved.
Legal record (#13) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on ff. 1v, 5r of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated …
Legal document in Arabic script. Fragment (left side only). Dated: 564 H, which is the 12th century CE if this has been read correctly. The …
Legal document. Fragment (upper right corner). Mentions Rabbenu Pinḥas ha-K[ohen?], Nissim, the phrase פי ולאיה נטר perhaps referring to a girl or woman named Naẓar. …
Fragment of a legal document, probably a conditional betrothal (qiddushin, l. 6). Probably in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (previously catalogued on PGP as …
Legal document concerning a real estate sale in the Karaite quarter. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Monday, 20 Av 5436 AM, which is 1676 CE …
Recto: Engagement (shiddukhin) document, dated 7 November 1791 (10 Heshvan 5552), Cairo, for the cantor Khalīfa ʿAfīf b. Aharon and Simḥa bt. Yaʿaqov b. Barukh. …
Order. In Judaeo-Arabic. Sulaymān Kohen tells the addressee to give two ounces of lemon and rose (syrups?) to Abū l-Faraj. (This Sulaymān Kohen may be …
Legal document. Partnership agreement in a press (maʿṣara). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Sunday 4 Tamuz 5275 AM, which is 1515 CE. Currencies: Peraḥim. The …
Liturgy for the marriage ceremony, along with part of a copy of a Karaite ketubba for Muʾammala bat Ḥayyim. Dated: 1324 Sel. (= 1012-13 CE). …
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Legal document; vertical strip of parchment. Location: probably Fustat. Dating: [14]5[.] Seleucid under the authority of the Nagid [Shemuel b. Ḥananya]. Mentioning Ḥalfon the cantor; …
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Notes for drawing up a legal document? "The husband: Sahl b. Yefet. His wife: [...] bt. Maṣliaḥ. The property that is in Bilbays. The name …
Court record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Few details preserved. Involves a woman. (Information in part from CUDL)
Legal record (#62). Trousseau list (taqwīm). Groom: Bū l-Makārim al-Ṣā'igh Yosef b. Shemuel. Bride: Sitt al-Riyāsa bt. Shela ha-Levi ("the sister of Sitt al-Ḥasab" - …
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Marriage document. A torn, faded and damaged ketubah. The name שמריה Shemarya is preserved, probably the bride's or groom's father. The marriage gift is 50 …
F.1: calendrical reckoning for the years 1018–19 and 1019–20 CE. F.2: legal documents. Recto: document, mentioning Abū Abraham Ismaʿīl b. Ṭalyon, Maḵlūf b. Mūsā and …
Bottom fragment of a legal document, in Arabic script. 6 lines preserved, contains witness clauses at the bottom. Some sequences can be read: l. 1 …
Legal fragment. The beginnings of ~11 lines are preserved. Mentions various valuable items, such as a jūkāniyya. Possibly a dowry list?
Khan, Qaṣr Ibrīm, doc. 49
Iqrār.
Legal fragment (lower left corner). Almost no details are preserved. Signed by: [...] b. Moshe; Yosef b. Yeshuʿa ha-Kohen.
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: Middle third of Adar, 1430 Seleucid, which is 1119 CE. Involves Ḥalfon b. Mevorakh …
Legal record (#35) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 5r of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated in …
:Left side of bifolio 5r (Documents 35-37)
One side: Testimony of Efrayim b. Ṣibyān ha-Kohen. Dating: 11th century. Describing how Yaʿqūb b. Yaʿīsh traveled in the time of the unrest and famine …
Very damaged text in Hebrew characters, unidentified, possibly legal. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Fragment of a ketubba of a second marriage (or at least for a non-virgin bride, based on the ʿiqqar ketubba payment of 12(.5) silver coins). …
Small fragment of a legal document, probably, in Arabic script. Involving Abū l-Maʿālī b. Abū Yaʿqūb Ibn Kūshak. Mentions the year 515 AH and regular …
Legal document concerning a dispute over a book given as a deposit. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Written in Fusṭāṭ …
Legal fragment. Dating: ca. 13th or 14th century based on handwriting. Mentioning [Reuven?] al-Kohen, [...] b. Yosef, and maybe Abū l-Bahāʾ. (Information in part from …
Get (bill of divorce). Location: Damsīs. Dated: Tuesday, 20 Shevat 4810 AM = 16 January 1050 CE. Husband: Menahem b. Yefet. Wife: Riḍā bt. Avraham. …
Bill of divorce. Witnesses are […] b. Yūsuf and Yoseff b. Yeshuʿa. (Information from Goitein’s index card)
Legal document. A large damaged שטר אביזריה (= Bill of compensation), written by Hillel b. Eli (fl. 1066-1108). A certain Yosef is mentioned and also …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dating: 1126–29 CE, based on the mention of the state official Abū Najāḥ ibn Qannāʾ (who …
Legal document concerned with a house and its seller the elder [...] b. Netanel ha-Levi. Probably a draft. Dated: 1437 Seleucid, which is 1125/26 CE. …