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Legal document. Location: Probably Minyat Zifta. Involves Abū l-Riḍā and his brother Ḥ[asan?] the sons of Khalaf ha-Levi. Signed by Sheʾerit b. Yakhin ha-Kohen; Yefet …
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Legal document(s) in Arabic script. One side: Legal document. Bottom part only. Written on vellum, so the text follows the curve of the fragment. There …
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Legal document. Deed of dedication of a house in Damascus to the Great Synagogue, ca. 1090. A certain Meshullam, known as Ibn Shurayq al-Dimashqi, i.e. …
.... and four hundred according to the era to which we are accustomed here in Fustat of Egypt which
is situated on the Nile River. This happened…
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Upper part of a legal document. Dated Thursday, 1 Adar II, but the year is not given. Sitt al-ʿAlāʾ, the wife of Abū l-Fakhr al-Kohen, …
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Receipt of payment (iqrār) in monies minted in copper, owed to ʻAlāʾ al-Dīn, dated 24 Ramaḍān 815 H. [1412]. [Described on the paper wrapper as: …
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. …
Ketubba. Dated: [..]38 or [..]68 AM. The bride's name is badly damaged in the opening lines as is the groom's but the latter is probably …
Legal document. In Hebrew. A release/quitclaim given by ʿAmram b. Shelomo. (Information from FGP.)
A leaf from the court register, with five different entries, all signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemu'el, all explicitly dated between Shevat and Iyyar 1410 Sel. …
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Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Adar I 1437 Seleucid, which is 1126 CE. Abū l-Munā al-ʿAṭṭār Yaʿaqov b. David ha-Parnas …
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Verso: Dowry list. Bride: Sitt al-Banāt bt. Yusuf. Groom: Mevorakh b. Abū ʿAlī. Early marriage payment: 10 dinars. Delayed marriage payment: 30 dinars. ASE.
Fragment of a deed of sale for a property in Fustat, in Maḥbas Bunāna. In Arabic script. Several geographical details and characteristics of the property …
Legal document, in Arabic script. Acknowledgement of a debt. The debtor agrees to repay the debt or submit to tarsīm (house arrest), taḥbīs (imprisonment), or …
Court notebook with four distinct records. (I) See PGPID 40206 (II) See PGPID 40207 (III) See PGPID 40208 (IV) Entry enumerating what left (or what …
Legal fragment in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Damaged. Mentions Tamīm ha-Kohen and the sale of pepper. (See description for …
Legal document, most probably Ottoman. Contains a seal (part of which reads علوالهمة) and two signatures, one in cartouche form. Needs examination for content.
Recto: fragment from a legal document written in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi, mentioning the son of Yaḥyā. Verso: Hebrew praises, including a …
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Unclear if any of the substance is preserved.
Legal fragment written and signed by ʿImmanuel b. Yeḥiel (active ca. 1231–79). Deed of sale with provisions about the right to buy back a house …
Marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday, 5 Shevaṭ 1378 Seleucid, which is 1067 CE. Written and signed by Hillel b. ʿEli. Groom: Wuḥaysh b. …
Recto: agreement between Moshe b. Yehuda the cantor and Ḥasan b. Salmān. Another copy of the same contract found in T-S NS J161 + T-S …
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 …
Legal document(s) in Arabic script. Very faded. There is writing on both sides. Part of a date and witness signatures are preserved on verso.
Engagement document issued in Cairo. Dated 5604 AM (1843/1844 CE). The location "in the home of the bride" is mentioned in the lower left corner …
Legal document. Extremely faded. Fragmentary (upper left corner). Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. The portion preserved here consists of the identification of the party or parties and …
Dowry list, probably part of a ketubba, written by Mevorakh b. Nathan (active ca. 1150–81). Faded and damaged. Bride: Sitt al-Fakhr bt. [...]. Groom: [...] …
Legal record (#96) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 32v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 14 Sivan 5326 …
A formula of bill of gift, written on parchment. Seems early- no later than 11th century
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Small fragment from the top. mentioning [Saʿa]dya ha-Kohen, [...] b. Saʿīd, and …
Legal record (#59) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 20v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 9 Adar II …
Minute fragment from a ketubah written by Emanuel b. Yehiel (Date: ca. 1231-1265)
Bottom of a legal document. In Arabic script. Dated: 23 Rajab 596 AH = 9 May 1200 CE. (A previous description stated 13 Dhū l-Ḥijja …
Marriage contract. Location: Cairo. Dated: 29 Shevat 5535 AM = 30 January 1775 CE. Groom: Eliyyahu Goren b. Nissim. Bride: Hermoza bt. Nissim Navaro. Total …
Original use: Two fragments of a legal document in Arabic script. ~8 partial lines preserved. Tight line spacing, stylized dhālika ذلك in l. 2, stylized …
Small fragment of a legal deed in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Very little content remains. In Judaeo-Arabic. Abū l-Faḍl …
Parts of documents - needs examination.
Karaite partnership dissolution agreement between two men who had been running a shop (דכאן) together. Dated Sunday 22nd Nisan 5441 AM (1681 CE). The two …
Legal fragment. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? Mentions the inspection of a lower apartment and two wood beams. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Legal record (#16) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 2r-v of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew.. Location: Cairo. Dated 5 …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Draft, based on the corrections and annotations in the margin. Involves Yosef b. …
Court record about a debt. Location: Alexandria. Dated: Tuesday, 6 Iyyar 4836 AM = 12 April 1076 CE. Yefet b. Yeshuʿa b. Qasāsa ha-Kohen declares …
שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא כדת [וכד]ין כן הוה חצר אלינא
[מך ור י]פת בר כלף נע אלמערוף בן עוכל והו פי צחה עקלה ובד[נה וגואז] אמ…
Fragment of a legal document in which Elʿazar b. Shela ha-Levi makes a declaration. Verso was not photographed.
Legal document. In Arabic script. Describes various architectural elements of a house: the living room (majlis), the guesthouse (dār al-ḍiyāfa), the wind catcher (al-bādhanj). Signed …
Two fragments of a legal document. Mentions Wahba(?) b. ʿIwaḍ, Sulaymān, and a sum of 1,600 dirhams 'fulūs.'
Fragment from a bill of divorce (get) from Fustat. The husband's name is Ya'aqov.
Three unsigned court depositions. Location: Damascus. Dating: July 1094 CE and March 1095 CE. They have to do with properties owned by the Zawbaʿa ("Tempest") …
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Legal note. The first part is in Arabic script: "What remains (owed) to al-Shaykh Abu l-Faraj...." The sum is 25 wariq dirhams. Dated: Shaʿbān 539 …
Legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. The parnas and shammash Elʿazar b. Hillel comes before the court with an unbound Torah codex, and Yosef b. Yefet known …
Tiny fragment of a document in Arabic script with a date preserved: Dhū l-Qaʿda 671 AH
Bottom part of Karaite ketubba, only partialy preserved. The groom is Yeshu'a and the bride Esther.