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  1. 51Legal documentT-S 16.236

    Fragment of a Karaite marriage contract of the groom Mevorakh b. Yahya and the bride Mubaraka, containing the trousseau. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

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    1. … רמלי ח[מ]שה דרמונים תמניה מכאד כתאן מלון ומטייב [ב]רדעה …יה…
    2. … צגאר וצפט עשרים דרמונים צנדוק מוכבי שנים דרכמונה תובין מטייב א[… מ]קדמה …
    3. ויו…

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    1. … from Ramle, five dinars; eight cushions of multi-coloured and perfumed linen, a pad …
    2. … small ones, a case twenty dinars; a 'hiding' chest, …

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  2. 52Legal documentT-S 18J1.21

    Witness statement. Dated 25 Tevet 1438 Seleucid (1127 CE). Concerning a young man named Sedaqa the Meshorer b. Semah, an agent in a business venture …

    1. שהדותא דהוה באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתחתא כן הוה חצר אלינא כק
    2. מ ור צדקה הבחור היקר המשורר בר כק מ ור צמח הזקן נע פי יום אלסבת
    3. מן חדש כסליו מן סנ…

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  3. 53Legal documentT-S AS 150.30

    Legal document dated ‘middle [decade] of Av’ [...], most likely from Fusṭāṭ, mentioning [...] the perfumer (al-ʿaṭṭār) al-Levi; Abū [...] Peqid ha-Soḥarim Kelil ha-Yofi b. …

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  4. 54Legal documentT-S AS 151.253

    Legal document dealing with inheritances, apparently of two women, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). (Information from CUDL)

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  5. 55Legal documentBodl. MS Arab. c 56.21

    Note in Arabic script. Dating: Ottoman-era. Dated 12 Muḥarram '99 (possibly 1099 or 1199 AH). The top line appears to read الى حضرة المكرم انبارك …

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  6. 56Legal documentAIU VII.D.90

    Legal document draft or court register entry draft. Dated to the first third of Heshvan 5491 (1730 CE). Location: Cairo (noted in l. 8). The …

    1. [ב]היו׳ שראינו שטר //חוב// שנכתב בעיר קפוטקיי[א ...
    2. הוא שה׳׳ר אברהם מנשה תושב עיר קפוטקייא הנז׳ [...
    3. למ׳ צהור אלמ׳ יצחק סכנדרי ולבנה שלמה יצ׳׳ו תושב

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  7. 57Legal documentT-S 16.173

    Recto: part of a large, effaced ketubba for Ghāliya bt. Avraham ha-Levi and an unnamed groom, dated 28th [month] in Fusṭāṭ (year and month not …

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  8. 58Legal documentAIU VII.D.109

    Legal document. Location: Cairo. Dating: early 12th century. In the hand of Avraham b. Natan Av. Recounts the convoluted history of the financial arrangements between …

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  9. 59Legal documentENA NS 16.35

    Legal fragment. In Aramaic. Portions of five lines are preserved, with abbreviations, indicating that this is a draft or formulary. On verso there are geomancy …

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  10. 60Legal documentT-S AS 154.1

    Verso: bottom part of a beautifully illuminated ketubba, signed by Yaʿaqov b. Simḥa. It seems to be too damaged to extract much of the content. …

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  11. 61Legal documentT-S 6J1.15

    Small legal fragment, probably a contract of debt. Mentions al-ʿAlāqma, a town in the area of Bilbays. The debtor is Abū l-Bahāʾ b. Abū [...]. …

    1. ]מי מטה שכך היה בפנינו . .
    2. ]א ארבעה ימים לחדש אייר
    3. ] מאות ושבעים וששה שנים
    4. ]לא קמה מערי בלביס הסמוכה
    5. ]ר שיך אבלבהא בן אב[. . . .
    6. ואשהדו] עלי ואקנו מ…

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  12. 62Legal documentENA 2738.11 + ENA 2738.4

    Recto (secondary use): Power of attorney (שטר אורכתא) in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). A certain Yaʿaqov appoints Abū Saʿd b. …

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  13. 63Legal documentT-S 16.181

    Betrothal register (53b according to Friedman) between Manṣur b. [...] b. Yiṣḥaq b. Saʿīd b. Pinḥas to Zahara bt. Yaʿaqov haKohen the scribe. One of …

    1. בה בשבת ביו יום בחדש אדר הראשון שנה ג שלשבוע שנת עיבור ושנת
    2. ארבעת אלפים ם צג שנים לבריות עולם בדמשק נתן חותם ערבון מנצור
    3. בן [...] יצחק בן סעיד בן פי…

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  14. 64Legal documentT-S 20.129

    Power of attorney. Location: probably al-Mahdiyya. Dated: 486[.] AM (Goitein read 4861). A certain Efrayim appoints Abūn as his agent (wakīl) for settling his affairs …

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  15. 65Legal documentT-S AS 174.10

    Statement that a legal transaction (qinyan) was made by the Egyptian cheesemonger (al-jabbān al-miṣrī) Abū l-Faḍl b. ʿIwaḍ known as Ibn al-[...] that he commits …

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  16. 66Legal documentT-S NS J581

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Small fragment from the top. Dated: 12 Av 14[..] Seleucid, under the reshut of M[aṣliaḥ? Mevorakh?]. The groom may be Yeshuʿa b. …

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  17. 67Legal documentT-S Misc.28.267

    Ketubba. 16 lines preserved. Dating: Probably 13th century. (See Goitein's index card for further information.)

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  18. 68Legal documentT-S AS 154.509

    Probably a fragment from a legal document or halakhic text. (Information from CUDL)

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  19. 69Legal documentT-S 8.116

    Segment of a court testimony. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (Date: 1100-1138). Regarding dowry arrangements after the renewal of a lost ketubba. …

    1. [שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות] ידנא לתחתא כן הוה חצר אלינא אלשיך אבו אלפצל כגק מרור צדוק הזקן
    2. [הנכבד בן כגק מרור ה]זקן הנכבד נע בר חלפון בר מש…

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  20. 70Legal documentT-S AS 172.356

    Legal document in the form of a letter. Fragment (bottom part only). Refers to various legal conditions, might mention sugar, and specifies a fine of …

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  21. 71Legal documentYevr. II A 1320

    Circumcision certificate, Qaraite. Location: Damascus. Dated: Tuesday, [..] Adar II 1752 Seleucid, which is 1441 CE. (1) Eliyyahu ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. (2) Avraham b. (3) …

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  22. 72Legal documentT-S AS 183.55

    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 …

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  23. 73Legal documentJRL A 47 + JRL A 49

    Legal documents in Judaeo-Arabic related to real estate transactions that are dated 1784/85CE according to FGP (although it is unclear where exactly this year corresponds …

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  24. 74Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#11) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 5v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated solely as 23 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 5v

    1. במא כאן בתא׳ לילה אלגמעה חצרו פי מושב [[.]] אסתר אבנת
    2. אלמד׳ צדקה אלכהן ואדעת עלי ע׳אלמעטי אבן אלמד׳ כצ'ר אלפולאדי
    3. ועל ב…

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  25. 75Legal documentT-S AS 153.75

    Fragment of a legal document; concerning alimony and other marital matters between spouses; [...] Kohen b. Shelomo appears at the bottom. In the hand of …

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  26. 76Legal documentAIU VII.D.1

    Recto: Qaraite betrothal (erusin) document. Location: Fusṭāṭ. Dated: Thursday, 11 Kislev 1360 = 20 November 1048 CE. Groom: Maḥfūẓ b. Menaḥem. Bride: Fāḍila bt. Avraham …

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    1. בשם אל עולם נעשה ונצ[ליח]
    2. כי מה טובו ומה יפיו דגן בחו[רים]
    3. וארשתיך לי לעולם וארש[תיך]
    4. לי בצדק ובמשפט ובחסד
    5. וברחמים : וארשתיך לי בא[מונה]
    6. וידעת…

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    1. In the name of the Everlasting God, let us do and [succeed].
    2. For how great is his goodness and his beauty; corn shall make [young men] (Zach. …

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  27. 77Legal documentT-S AS 145.156

    Minute fragment from the bottom part of a legal deed. On parchment. Only a few words and partial signatures preserved: Yaʿaqov, Nusayr, Yefet. Also possibly …

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  28. 78Legal documentT-S NS 184.49

    Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? Deed of gift, or possibly a power of attorney appointing Abu l-Faḍl to collect the money …

    1. ] בנא מן מרץ ולא גיר דלך מן גמיע
    2. ] קד והבה מעכשו ארבע אמות קרקע
    3. ] במתנה גמורה גלויה ומפורסמת ואצפנא אלי דלך
    4. ] עלי קבץ אלסבעה עשר דינארא בקיה תמן אלר…

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  29. 79Legal documentT-S NS 320.10

    Legal document(s). Location: Fustat. Dated: 5 Ṭevet 1[4]21 Seleucid, which is November 1109 CE. May have to do with a mercantile partnership. Mentions (at least) …

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  30. 80Legal documentENA NS 18.32

    Court record. Fragment (strip from the right side). Involves Abū Yūsuf and Abū As[...]. Signed by Yehuda b. [...]; Efrayim b. [...] and someone ha-Levi …

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  31. 81Legal documentT-S AS 221.130

    Minute fragment from an opening of a court record

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  32. 82Legal documentT-S 12.360

    Verso: Legal formularies. In the margins of a literary text containing blessings.

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  33. 83Legal documentT-S NS 202.80

    Recto: List of names. Verso: Draft of the opening of a court record from al-Maḥalla dated Tuesday 11 Nisan 14[..] Seleucid. Above there is a …

    1. הבה בן נאצר חסאן בן אלשעאב
    2. ואבו נצר אלמטרז מעאלי בן . . . .
    3. וסאלם אלמטרז סאלם בן אלמסך
    4. ואבו אלחסן אלבלקיני ביאן בן חגי
    5. ונאצר בן אברהים אלחלבי הבה
    6. אל…

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  34. 84Legal documentMoss. IXa,2.61

    Legal document, in Arabic script. The hand is not very readable but contains two testimonies at the bottom. Needs examination for content.

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  35. 85Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1395

    Bill of debt. Dated: Tuesday, 28 Elul 5406 AM, which is 8 September 1646 CE. Rahamim b. Ya'aqov Qayyim and his wife Muhja bt. Yaʿaqov …

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    1. למא כאן בתאריך נהאר אלתלאת תמאניה ועשרין פי חדש אלול סנה הת׳׳ו ליצירה חצ'ר כה׳׳ר רחמים
    2. קיים יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר יעקב קיים נ׳׳ע הו וזוגתה אלאמראה אלכאמ…

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  36. 86Legal documentENA 3963.1

    Legal document in Arabic script, central portion of either a contract or a deed of sale. Dating: Likely Mamluk or Ottoman era. The name of …

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  37. 87Legal documentT-S Ar.41.58

    Legal document. In Arabic script. Dated: 8 Jumādā II 907. A (sale?) contract beginning with "qabaḍ al-muʿallim Aḥmad b. Yūsuf" concerning several people, one of …

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  38. 88Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J286

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Fragment (left side only). In the hand of Natan b. Shemuel. Location: Fustat. Dated: [14]66 Seleucid, which is 1144/45 CE. Groom: Avraham …

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  39. 89Legal documentT-S AS 168.219

    Fragment from the end of a legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: last decade of Adar 14[..] Seleucid = 1089–1188 CE. Two copies were made, or …

    1. ]טפסי דשטרי ומא דה[וי . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. ]הא כתבנא וחתמנא תרי נוסחי א[ . . . . . . . .
    3. . . . את]בתנא אנתקאל הדה אלדאר פי כתאב אלשרי אלד…

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  40. 90Legal documentT-S AS 99.31

    Recto: Maimonides, Mishne Tora, Hilkhot Sheḥiṭa 6:6-8 with Judaeo-Arabic note. Verso: jottings in Arabic, including the name of a physician (al-mutaṭabbib) al-Ḥasan Hibatallāh b. Mufaḍḍal …

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  41. 91Legal documentT-S Ar.41.101

    Legal document in Arabic script. Acknowledgment (iqrār). Dated: 10 Ṣafar 627 AH, which is December 29 1229 CE. One party is Isḥāq b. Manṣūr al-Yahūdī. …

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  42. 92Legal documentT-S AS 152.377

    Minute fragment probably from a ketubah. AA

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  43. 93Legal documentT-S 12.628

    Ketubba fragment (lower left corner). Groom: Yosef b. Yefet. Bride: Sitt al-Ahl. Mentions an apartment (ṭabaqa) that is over the cross-street bridge (sābāṭ). Signed by …

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  44. 94Legal documentT-S 16.221

    Opening lines of a legal document. Dated: Thursday, 1 Shevaṭ 4746 AM = 1297 Seleucid = 14 January 986. Location: Fusṭāṭ. In which Shelomo b. …

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  45. 95Legal documentYevr. III B 349

    Legal testimony. Location: Fustat. Dated: 26 Iyyar 1381 Sel., which is 1070 CE. Regarding the collection of a debt owed by Hillel b. Menashshe to …

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     .בתרי בשבה דהוא עשרין ושיתא יומין בירח אייר דשנת

    2 .אלפא ותלת מאה ותמנין וחד שנין למנינא דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט

    3 .מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה כן…

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    1. […] … ten, and five hundred and fifty and a half Almoravid dinars
    2. … silver weighing eighty-two dirhams, and a linen Tūnī cloak with a border,…

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  46. 96Legal documentT-S NS 320.106

    Large legal document. Fragment (right side only). In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? Mentions a codex; a partnership (sharika); payments in installments. Names listed …

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  47. 97Legal documentYevr. II A 1241/8

    Karaite betrothal document, with some water/liquid damage toward across middle lines. Date: 15 Heshvan 5485 AM (1724 CE). Due to discoloration/damage, parts of the document …

    1.                             בסימן טוב ובהצלחה
    2. ביום ראשון בשבוע והוא חמש ועשרים יום מחדש מרחשון שנת חמשת אלפים וארבע
    3. מאות ושמונים וחמשה שנים לבריאת ה…

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  48. 98Legal documentNLI 577.1/27

    Arabic legal document, iqrār, bottom left corner. There are two fragments under this shelfmark, and it is not immediately clear whether they belong to the …

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  49. 99Legal documentENA NS 18.25

    Detailed deathbed declaration made by Abu al-Tahir Mevorakh b. Shela al-murid (government supplier), written by the scribe Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). The testator …

    1. מעשה שהיה לפנינו אנו בית דין הקבוע המ[מנה . . . . . . . . . ס]אלנא אלדכול עלי אלשיך
    2. אבו אלטאהר מבורך בר שלה נע אלמורד פד[כלנא עליה פאלפינאה] אלמריץ …

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  50. 100Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/7

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: Monday night, 5 Av 1443, which is July 1132 CE. Connected with the …

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    1. למא ורד אמר הדרת אדוננו מצליח הכהן ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב תכון
    2. משרתו לנצח בגמע אלזקנים ותקריר אלפרץ לזוגה מ צדקה המשורר
    3. בר צמח הזקן נע ולולדה אלמר…

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