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  1. 1801Legal documentT-S AS 147.8

    Court record fragment of the sale of a European slave by a mother to her son. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 331, and Goitein's …

    1. מר]ץ ול[א] גיר דלך מן גמיע מפ[סדאת אלשהאדה אנני]
    2. מקרה ענדכם באנני תסלמת מנה ס[ת] ע[שר דינ . . .]
    3. בהא אלממלוך אלדי לי אלרומי [ . . ] אלמדעא במש[
    4. ומשל…

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  2. 1802Legal documentT-S NS 342.124

    Small fragment from a legal deed between a woman and her husband ʿEli regarding a house in Cairo. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. …

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  3. 1803Legal documentT-S K24.1 + T-S Ar.30.301

    Legal deed or letter. In Judaeo-Persian. There are at least two separate sections, one of which is a list of names. The document mentions Khurāsūh(?, …

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  4. 1804Legal documentT-S 6J2.1

    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 …

    1. למא כאן יום אלגמעה והו יום עשרין מחדש
    2. סיון משנת קסד אקנינא מן זין אלדאר ברת
    3. זכריה הזקן הנכבד נע אלמנת יפת בר שלה מקדסי נע
    4. באנהא וכלת מאיר הבחור היקר…

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  5. 1805Legal documentT-S AS 145.155

    Minute fragment from a ketubah. Only few words preserved. AA

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  6. 1806Legal documentT-S NS J440

    Recto: Legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: end of Tishrei 1525 Seleucid (1213 CE). Requires further examination.

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  7. 1807Legal documentJCC 1

    Judicial record of a discussion on the legality of the Rabbanite synagogue in the Ḥārat Zuwayla neighborhood in Cairo (al-Qāhira), during the reign of al-Mustanṣir …

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  8. 1808Legal documentT-S 13J4.15

    Two betrothal contracts. First is of Wazira bt. ___ b. Yishaq. The groom's name is effaced, but his marriage payment is 5+30. The second is …

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  9. 1809Legal documentT-S 16.370

    Deed of release in Hebrew. Location: Damascus. Dated: Sunday, 13 Nisan 4755 AM = 17 March 995 CE. Yaḥya b. Zekharya the judge and Zūrʿa …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]אפ[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…

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  10. 1810Legal documentT-S AS 150.119

    Document describing the four borders of a certain area, mentioning 'the alley of the poor' (zuqāq al-masākīn), the house of Muḥibb(?) al-Dawla, and the house …

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  11. 1811Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#35) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 13v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 25 Sivan 5320 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 13v

    1. למא כאן בתא׳ לילה אן יספר צבאחהא נהאר אלאתנין כ׳׳ה שהר סיון סנת ה׳ש׳כ׳ ליצירה
    2. חצ'ר יוסף אבן [[יוסף]] ע׳אלחק וחצל תואפק …

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  12. 1812Legal documentT-S AS 152.393

    Small fragment (lower left corner) from a deed of manumission of a female slave. Only a few words are preserved, including part of a signature …

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  13. 1813Legal documentMoss. VII,8.3

    Fragment of a partnership agreement. The trader [Abū l-Surūr] Peraḥya [b. Tiqva ha-Levi?] Ibn al-Amʿaṭ (known from several other documents from the second half of …

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  14. 1814Legal documentMoss. VII,42.2

    Legal document, small fragment. Contains remnants of some signatures.

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  15. 1815Legal documentT-S 24.19

    Mostly destroyed fragment of power of attorney given to Yaʿaqov ha-Sar b. Moshe to represent the daughters of the late Avraham b. Shelomo in connection …

    1. מ. . . . . . .ות.א. . . . . .שה. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ש. . .שנת. . . . . . . . .[. . . . . . . .]. . . .ליצי…

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  16. 1816Legal documentENA NS 77.335

    Outline of a legal document. Investment (ʿisqa). In Hebrew. Dating: Ca. 16th century. Shemuel b. Yiṣḥaq אמרריליו(?) (probably equivalent to Amariyo) apparently receives an investment …

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  17. 1817Legal documentT-S 8.149

    Deathbed will. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Fragment (upper left corner). Dating: 1112–ca. 1126 CE, as this was drawn up under the authority …

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  18. 1818Legal documentT-S 16.49

    Legal document: deed of release given by Rina bt. Yosef, widow of Maymūn b. Yaʿaqov al-Ghallāq (the locksmith), to her deceased husband’s brother, Yosef b. …

    . [.....] שהיתה בפנינו בשני בשבת בעשרים וששה לחדש ניסן שנת אלף ומאתים ותשעים ושמנה למנין שאנו רגילין

    2. [....] בפסטאט מצרים שעל נילוס הנהר מושבה איך …

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  19. 1819Legal documentAIU VII.A.38.1

    Clockwise from upper left: (c) Legal fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Almost everything preserved is formulary.

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  20. 1820Legal documentJRL A 1044

    Legal document from 1818 CE (5578) as per Shmuel Glick's FGP transcription—regarding an investment partnership involving Yaʿaqov ha-Levi aka ʿAkūbas and Eliyyahu b. Ṣahal.

    Transcription from FGP Metadata (with minor emendations by Matthew Dudley)

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    1. ...]ו הוו עלי ע׳׳נ. וקנו מיד[ו] קגו׳׳מ במדל׳׳ב בלשון מעכשיו כתחז׳׳ל…

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  21. 1821Legal documentMoss. V,393.1

    Verso is a list of names in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Possibly notes for a marriage document? The names: [...] …

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  22. 1822Legal documentMoss. IV,156.1 + T-S 8J35.4

    Recto: Claim on money (one dinar), though other property is also mentioned, and an acknowledgement of debt. The document has witness signatures in a different …

    1. ] . . . .לה . . . . [ ] . . . [ . . . .
    2. ] . . [ . . . ] . . .לה יבק לי ענ . . . . ל. . . . . אלבצר ולא
    3. ] הם ולא אקל מנהמא ולא אכתר ולא אלמלך ולא
    4. ] .…

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  23. 1823Legal documentT-S J1.11 + T-S 6Ja3

    Court notebook with four distinct records. (I) Set of quittances each beginning "ubriʾa min X," all relating to to a quantity of coral which the …

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  24. 1824Legal documentT-S NS 324.20

    Legal fragment. In Hebrew. Mentions Avraham b. Pinḥas (appears also in T-S 16.228 (PGPID 7461)) and Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif al-Shulḥani.

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  25. 1825Legal documentT-S AS 149.20

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Deed of a gift, granted by the wife of Abū Saʿīd to her …

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  26. 1826Legal documentT-S AS 150.79

    Fragment (bottom) of a legal document from Fusṭāṭ. Concerning a petition from a group of people ("al-mustaghīthīn"). The court validates a document and gives it …

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  27. 1827Legal documentJTS MS R1890.1 + JTS MS R1890

    Query from Gabes to Hayya Gaon (FGP)

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  28. 1828Legal documentT-S NS 226.82

    Legal notes, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Describing features of a house (al-dār... al-bāb... al-qāʿa...) and …

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  29. 1829Legal documentT-S Misc.20.99

    Fragment (right side) of a legal document, perhaps a release, involving [...] al-Ṣabbāgh b. Ṣedaqa and Hiba. Invokes the authority of 'adonenu geʾonenu....' Dated: 1[..]2 …

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  30. 1830Legal documentBL OR 10653.23

    Marriage contract recorded on parchment. Location: Cairo. Dated: Friday, 29 Adar II 5556 AM = 8 April 1796 CE. Groom: Yehuda Mercado. Bride: Sara bt. …

    1. בס׳׳ט והצלחה מצא אשה מצא טוב אכי׳׳ר
    2. בששי
    3. בשבת בתשעה ועשרים יום לחדש
    4. אדר השני שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות
    5. וחמשים ושש ליצירה הכא בעיר אלקאהרה הסמוכה
    6. לפסט…

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  31. 1831Legal documentT-S NS 292.17

    Long and narrow strip from the ketubah of Sitt al-Sada, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100–1138). AA

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  32. 1832Legal documentT-S NS 324.31

    Small fragment of a legal deed written on parchment. Probably regarding a debt from an husband called Sahlān to his wife, but too little text …

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  33. 1833Legal documentT-S AS 145.399

    Legal document, tiny fragment. Probably from a ketubba. Mentions 5 dinars.

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  34. 1834Legal documentT-S Ar.38.36

    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 …

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  35. 1835Legal documentENA 3902.2

    Legal document in Arabic script. Very damaged.

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  36. 1836Legal documentT-S AS 153.415

    Small fragment from a ketubah, probably written by Yosef b. Shemu'el Halevi. AA

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  37. 1837Legal documentT-S 16.196

    Draft, in the hand of the scribe Hillel b. Eli (fl. 1066–1108 CE), of an addition to the last will of the parnas Eli ha-Kohen …

    1. ויסאמחה בפצלה מן זעם אנה קד גרי עליה מנה מא קד גרי פלה מן
    2. אלחקוק //עליכם// מא לא יכפא ענכם ואנה קאל יתעלה ויתברך נושא עון ועובר על פשע
    3. ונחן נעלם אן …

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  38. 1838Legal documentT-S 8.209

    Only a small amount of text is legible, but what little remains, and the fact it is written on vellum, suggests a legal document rather …

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  39. 1839Legal documentENA 3942.4

    Legal document in Arabic script, fragment, 7 lines. Dating: Ottoman or possibly late Mamluk era. Mentions people such as Niʿmat (or Nūr?) al-Dīn, [...] b. …

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  40. 1840Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 56/54

    4 entries in a court register. (a) Record of marriage conditions. Groom: Abū Zikrī al-Kattanānī b. Aharon. Bride: Sitt al-Nās bt. Isḥāq. Delayed marriage payment: …

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  41. 1841Legal documentYevr. II A 1267

    Conditional divorce agreement. Date: Monday 29th Tishrei 5560 AM (1799 CE The groom is 'Uziel b. 'Uziel b. Yeshu'a and the bride 'Aziza d. Yehuda …

    1. בפנינו עדים חותמי מטה איך הודאה הב׳ הי׳ עזיאל החתן ס׳׳ט בן רבי עזיאל נ׳׳ע בן
    2. ישועה נ׳׳ע והו ..ודה(?) פי בית דין יר׳׳ה הודאה גמורה שרירה וקימה בלי שו…

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  42. 1842Legal documentENA NS 58.30

    Legal testimony. In Hebrew, with one signature in both Hebrew and Latin script. Location: Alexandria. Dating: 5624 AM in the month of Shevat which is …

    1. בשלישי בשבת שנת חמשת אלפים ושש מאות ועשרים וארבע ליר׳׳ח שבט למנין שאנו מונים פה נא אמון נתגרשה לפנינו האשה מרת ויניזייאנה דמתקריא
    2. יטא ברת אברהם מאת …

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  43. 1843Legal documentT-S 16.81

    Recto: deed of release (שובר) in Hebrew from Yosef b. Bahlūl to an unnamed person. Date, location and witnesses are not preserved. Verso: collection of …

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  44. 1844Legal documentENA NS 77.326

    Recto: Draft of a legal document. Mentions Yefet Tifʾeret ha-Qahal (maybe the same who appears in T-S 20.31, T-S Misc.24.137.1, and T-S NS J259 over …

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  45. 1845Legal documentT-S AS 151.39

    Legal document mentioning 20 dinars and people including Ibn Bundār (likely one of the prominent merchants of Aden known from the India Book documents), Abū …

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  46. 1846Legal documentENA 4020.16

    Legal document. Dated Tuesday, 5 Adar 4828 AM = 12 February 1068 CE. In the handwriting of "the Rav" Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen, according to …

    Recto

    1. פרצית באעאדה אלסבעה ותלתין דינארא [אלי] מ'ר' [שלה
    2. ענהא פיה ואלאן אשהדו עלי מן אלאן ואק[נו ל]ה בגמיע [
    3. ובכל לישאני דזכואתא ואכתבו ואכתמו [ו]סלמ…

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    1. (1–2) …. והסכמתי להחזיר את שלושים ושבעה הדינרים למ"ר עלה .... מהם בו ; ועכשיו היו עלי עדים בקניין ותנו לו ככל ....
    2. ובכל לישאני דזכואתא וכתבו…

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  47. 1847Legal documentT-S Ar.38.10

    Possibly a record of a birth. In Arabic script. "In the name of God the most gracious, the most merciful: the blessed ________ was on …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. كانت الوالدة المباركة ليلة الخميس

    3. لنصف من شهر رمضان سنة 

    4. اربع وثمان واربع مائة

    5. الله يعرفنا بركتها

    6. [و]يجعل العا[قبة…

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  48. 1848Legal documentT-S Misc.34.40

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves Bū l-Faḍl Shela ha-Levi.

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  49. 1849Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#54) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 19r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 2 Shevat 53[..] …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 19r

    1. למא כאן בתא׳ לילה אן יספר צבאחהא נהאר אלאחד תאני שהר שבט שנה הש[..
    2. ליצירה חצרו אכתר אלגמא׳ פי בית אד׳ הנ׳ הג׳ שמואל הדי…

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  50. 1850Legal documentT-S AS 152.388

    Minute fragment from a the end of a legal signed by Shelomo and David Halevi b. Ya'aqov. AA

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