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  1. 1851Legal documentENA NS 77.349

    Fragment of a legal document in Hebrew. On parchment. Dating: possibly 11th century. Involves David ha-Kohen b. [...] (l. 9). Someone makes a statement regarding …

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  2. 1852Legal 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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  3. 1853Legal documentT-S Ar.39.171

    Verso: Hebrew legal document, probably from a draft or formulary. AA

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  4. 1854Legal documentT-S 8J5.21

    Betrothal deed. Location: al-Maḥalla. Dated: Tuesday, 24 Sivan 1471 Seleucid (31 May 1160 CE), under the authority of the Gaʾon Netanʾel b. Moshe ha-Levi. Bride: …

    1. בשעת כושר והצלחה וששון ושמחה
    2. בתלתה בשבא דהוא עשרין וארבעה יומי לירח סיון שנת אלפא
    3. וארבע  מאה ושבעין וחד שנין לשטרות למנינא דרגילננא ביה בעיר
    4. אלמחלה …

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  5. 1855Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16

    Legal record (#13) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 4r-v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …

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    :(Documents 11-13) Folio 4r

    1. הירמוזא פה מצרים כעת פטירת אמה הופקד עזבון המ׳ אסתר הנז׳ שבכללם חזוקי העלייה הנז׳
    2. ביד שליש וכעת באה המ׳ הירמוזא הנ…

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  6. 1856Legal documentT-S AS 153.264

    Legal document. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli or Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? Concerning Natan b. Mevorakh ha-Kohen who who bought dyed cloth from Abū …

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  7. 1857Legal documentENA 3460.2

    Bill of divorce. Dated 13 Sivan 5505 AM which is 13 June 1745 CE. Location: Cairo. The husband's name is listed solely as Menaḥem b. …

    1. בשני בשבת בשלשה עשר ימים ליר׳׳ח סיון שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות וחמש מאות ליצירה
    2.  הכת בעיר אלקאהרה הסמוכה לפסטאט מצרים דעל נהר נילוס מותבה אנא מנחם
    3. בר…

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  8. 1858Legal documentT-S 8J7.6

    Bottom of a legal document signed by Yosef b. Yiṣḥaq, Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE), Munajjā b. Shelomo and Yeshuʿa b. Yaʾir. An addendum …

    1. ]יר ובריר וקיים
    2. יוסף בר יצחק נע
    3. חלפון הלוי ביר מנשה נע
    4. מנגא בר שלמה ננ אס
    5. ישועה בר יאיר נע
    6. שהדת עלא מא אסתקר
    7. בין אלחזאנין ובין יוסף ויצחק
    8. אלמדכורין …

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  9. 1859Legal documentT-S 12.587

    Legal document. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan? Location: Fustat. Dated: First decade of Tammuz 1489 Seleucid, which is June 1178 CE. Abū l-Faraj …

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  10. 1860Legal documentT-S 16.142

    Legal document acknowledging a debt on account of a dowry. Date: 29 Sivan 1293 Sel. (982 CE). Location: Fustat. The groom is Yosef ha-Kohen b. …

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    1. [ז]כרון עדות שהיתה בפנינו בששי בשבת בעשרים ותשעה לחדש סיון שנת אלף

    ומאתים ותשעים

    1. ושלש למי[נין ש]אנו ר[גי]לין למנות בו בפסטאט מצרים [דעל ני…

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  11. 1861Legal documentENA NS 26.32

    Letter, probably. In Arabic script. Conveying a first-person narration regarding a journey: فلما ان طال المكث . . . انا ومن معي وهجرت خرجت اما …

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  12. 1862Legal documentT-S AS 177.104

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. The muqirr is ʿAbd al-Qādir b. Rashīd b. [...]. Dated: end of Ramaḍān 777 AH = February 1376 …

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  13. 1863Legal documentT-S 12.621

    Fragment of a Qaraite ketubba. Bride: [...] bt. Sahlawayh b. Ḥayyim. Groom: Ḥesed (presumably Abū Naṣr al-Tustarī). (Information from Goitein's index card.)

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    1. [מכ]תומתין ע[תאבי] …
    2. …ין סוסי וא[כרה] …
    3. … [דרכמונים כלי המצעות מ[רתבה] …
    4. … מכאד שרב עשרה דנ[אר] …
    5. …כאת ספט כיאזר בחל…
    6. … כיאזר בחואיגהא חמשים …

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    1. … two cA[ttābī] dresses …
    2. … two […] of Sūsī silk and [another one] …
    3. … [di]nars. Bedding: a s[ofa] …
    4. … pillows of fine linen, ten di[nars] …
    5. ……

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  14. 1864Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J137

    IB VI, 46. Legal document. Partnership. Dated: 1215-1216 CE. This fragment emerged from the court of Avraham Maimonides. The partners ʿImrān Moshe al-Iskandarī b. Bū …

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    1. ש]נת אלפא וחמש מאה ועשרין ושבע[ שנין לשטרות בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא
    2. [מו]תבה רשותיה דאדוננו נגידנו אב[רהם הרב המובהק הפטיש החזק נר 
    3. [המע]רב…

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    1. [the y]ear one thousand five hundred and twenty-seven [years (of the Era) of Documents, in Fusṭāṭ Egypt,]
    2. [si]tuated [on the Nile River,] jurisd…

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  15. 1865Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.8

    Legal record (#15). Deposition in court. Dated: Monday, 29 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. Abū l-Makārim b. Salāma al-Kohen known as Ibn al-Maqāniʿiyya states that he was …

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  16. 1866Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 56/7-8

    The main text is liturgical. In the margin two strips from another document- a ketubba written by Mevorakh b. Natan (active 1150-1181 CE) - were …

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  17. 1867Legal documentT-S 12.453

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Small fragment from the middle of the top. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: 1438 Seleucid, which is 1126/27 CE, …

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  18. 1868Legal documentT-S 16.164

    Power of attorney. Location: Tinnīs (= Ḥanes). Dated: Sunday, 13 Tishrei 4750 = 15 September 989 CE. The paqid Ṭoviyya b. Yaḥyā of Aleppo appoints …

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  19. 1869Legal documentBL OR 5554A.44–45

    Formularies for legal documents, including for a Palestinian-style ketubba. Location: Probably Tyre. Same scribe as T-S NS 243.28. See M. A. Friedman's edition for further …

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  20. 1870Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1539

    Legal document. Dated: Friday 12 Shevat 5407 AM, which is 1647 CE. In Judaeo-Arabic. A woman named Khāṣṣ bt. Shelomo Levi Somekh, the widow of …

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    1. למא כאן בתאריך נהאר אלגמעה תאני עשר חדש שבט סנה הת׳׳ז ליצ׳
    2. ליצירה חצ'רת אלאמראה אלכאמלה כ'אץ בנת כה׳׳ר שלמה לוי סומך יצ׳׳ו
    3. אלמנה אלמ׳׳ר ר׳ אלי…

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  21. 1871Legal 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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  22. 1872Legal documentENA 3787.7

    Legal document (iqrār) in Arabic script. Mentions 3 dinars. Two witness signatures. Dated Ṣafar 449 H, and the beneficiary is a descendant of the Abbasid …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله وسلم على عبا[ده الذين اصطفى

    2. اقر جعفر بن محمد بن جعفر بن الفضل بن الفرات[

    3. في صحة عقله وبدنه وجواز امره وقد اشه…

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  23. 1873Legal documentT-S Ar.42.113

    Deed of lease. In difficult Arabic script. The lessee is [...] b. ʿĪsā b. ʿĀzif(?), a government employee (al-mustakhdam). Dated: 17 Rajab 531(?) AH = …

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  24. 1874Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.7

    Legal record (#12). Claim of money owed. Dated: Thursday, 18 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. Abū l-Faraj b. Barakāt Ibn al-Dayyān brings a claim on behalf of …

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  25. 1875Legal documentT-S Ar.38.6

    Legal document in Arabic script. Deed of sale (refers to "hādhā al-bayʿ" three lines from the bottom). Involves the daughter of Yaḥyā b. Naṣr al-Kātib, …

    1. ........................
    2. ]ابنة يحيى بن نصر الكاتب مبلغ هذا الثمن المذكور في هذا الكتاب وقبضه[
    3. براة قبض واستيفا وهو خمسون دينارا مصرية وازنة جيادا[
    4. و…

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  26. 1876Legal documentT-S 18J1.27

    Testimony that Abu al-Rida known as al-Subki had gifted all his property in Alexandria to his wife, Sitt al-Zaman bat Yiṣḥaq. Dated May 1185 in …

    1. שהדו]תא דהוה באנפנא אנן שהד[י] דחתמות ידנא לתתא סוף שטרא
    2. דנן כן] הוה אנה פי אלעשר אלאכיר מן שהר אייר משנת דתתקמה
    3. ליצירה בנא אמון דעל כיף ימא רבה רשו…

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  27. 1877Legal documentT-S NS J185c + T-S NS J185d

    Legal document written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Ḥeshvan 1432 Seleucid, which is September-October 1120 CE. Court record concerning a father’s will. Abū …

    T-S NS J185d 1 recto

    1. [ ] ה פק[אלת לה]ם אן כאן פי שרב [ ]זאגיי פקאלו לי מא תם נביד בל הי ח[ ]
    2. [ ] וגדתהם מגתמעין יכאטבוה ען אבנתה סתונה דא פקאל לי ול…

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  28. 1878Legal documentT-S NS 327.152

    Fragmentary legal document(s) in Arabic script. There are two distinct main documents, one on recto and one on verso. In the right margin of recto, …

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  29. 1879Legal documentT-S 18J1.33

    Legal document dealing with a debt of Hiba/Natan the dyer b.'Ulla to al-Sheikh Abu 'Ali Yefet b. David for two qintar of indigo he bought …

    1. למא כאן פי יום אלאתנין אלסאבע מן שהר טבת שנת
    2. אלפא וחמש מאה וארבעין וחד שנין לשטרות
    3. בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא רבה מותבה רשותיה
    4. דאדוננו נגידנו אברהם…

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  30. 1880Legal documentT-S Ar.4.1

    Recto: Legal document, probably, or a letter due to some loose formula. In Arabic script. Mentions "Abū l-Surūr al-madhkūr." Needs examination. Verso: Legal document in …

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  31. 1881Legal documentT-S AS 202.236

    Probably a legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded.

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  32. 1882Legal documentENA 4010.5

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). [Sitt al-Sāda bt.?] Evyatar ha-Kohen and [Shelomo b. Abū] al-Riḍā al-Wakīl and Sālim …

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  33. 1883Legal documentT-S Ar.34.185

    Multifragment. (a) Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Signed by ʿAmram b. Raḥamim and Yaḥyā b. Yiṣḥaq. (b) Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. On verso the name Sar …

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  34. 1884Legal documentT-S AS 151.126

    Fragment of a letter or legal document describing how in the presence of 'the community' two people testified concerning the cantor Hilāl, who apparently neglected …

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  35. 1885Legal documentT-S NS 297.328

    Legal note, probably for the drawing up of a proper document. In Arabic script. ʿAllun b. Ḥasan b. [...]ṭā al-Ṣayrafī owes 70 dinars to Mūsā …

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  36. 1886Legal documentAIU VII.A.42

    Legal testimonies before a beit din in Cairo. In Hebrew. Dated: 26 Kislev 5418 AM (verso) and Tishrei 5411 AM (recto) but the other verso …

    1. בפנינו ב׳׳ד חמ׳ בא הח׳ הש׳ כהה׳׳ר אהרן זיתון נר׳׳ו והעיד בעדות 
    2. ברורה גמורה אחר האיום והגזום איך בהיותו חולך בשוק פגם(?)
    3. בו גוי א׳ ששמו מח׳ אל וכיל …

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  37. 1887Legal documentYevr. III B 164

    Ketubba fragment (marriage contract). Location: Damascus. Dated: 1[.]01 Seleucid = [10]89/90 or [11]89/9 CE.

    1. [...].חתן וכלה יבנו ויצליחו............[...]
    2. [...מ]אה וחדא שנין לשטרות בדמשיק מדינתא דעל נהרי אמנה ופרפר מותבה רשותיה דאדוננ[ו...]
    3. [...]ראש ישיבת גא…

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  38. 1888Legal documentT-S 8J4.1

    1r-v: Agreement between Sari b. ‘Eli and Sedaqa b. […] with regard to goods left by Musafir b. Yish‘i. Shari undertakes to pay after his …

    1. בשמך רח
    2. תום חצר סרי בר עלי למ צדקה בר
    3. ואסתקר אלאמר בינהומא עלי אן [
    4. פי אסתיפא מא יגב לה מן אלחוכם פי גמי[ע
    5. אלמוטאלבאת אלמקדם שרחהא פי אלמושב
    6. אלמקדם …

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  39. 1889Legal documentT-S 16.133

    Part of a 10th-century legal document dealing with the estate of Bundār the freedman (בנדאר המשחרר). The document may derive from the Jewish community in …

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  40. 1890Legal documentENA NS 7.21

    Qaraite ketubba formulary (FGP)

    ENA NS 7.21 1, Right Side

    1. וחתמו עלי בכל
    2. לשון שלזכות
    3. שאני מודה
    4. לפניכם ואני לא
    5. אנוס ולא שוגה ולא
    6. טועה ולא שולה
    7. ולא מוכרח כי
    8. ברצוני וחפצי
    9. וגמר דעתי   ו

    7.21 1 Right Side

    1. and sign about me, that
    2. with full rights
    3. I am declaring
    4. before you. And I am not
    5. coerced, not mistaken, not
    6. in error, not drunk
    7. an…

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  41. 1891Legal documentT-S NS 321.59

    Legal document. Probably a partnership agreement. Dating: Shortly before Ṭevet 1422 Seleucid, which is 1110/11 CE. The capital may be 50 dinars. Maḥfūẓ and Abū …

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  42. 1892Legal documentBL OR 4684.3

    Document of sale dated 454 AH. Since the top part of the document is damaged neither the parties to the sale nor the object of …

    1. [......] المذكور في هذا الكتاب قد قبض البايعون المسمون
    2. تاما وافيا وأبروا جميعا براه قبض واستيفا وسلموا اليه
    3. وملكه وحازه وصار مالا من ماله وملكه من ا…
    1. [………] in this document. The named sellers collected
    2. in full and completely. And [the sellers] released him (the buyer) by means of a receipt (acknow…

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  43. 1893Legal documentNLI 577.1/48

    Legal document, in Arabic script. Fragmentary and damaged, bottom half. Mentions a Christian (al-Naṣrānī al-Dhimmī) who is probably the proprietor, and measures of wheats in …

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  44. 1894Legal documentHUC 1006

    Bottom of a legal document. Dating: ca. 1007–1055 CE, based on the years when Efrayim b. Shemarya was active. Only signatures are preserved: [...]ram ha-Shofeṭ; …

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  45. 1895Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1573

    Legal document, Qaraite. Conditional divorce. Dated: Monday, 21 Heshvan 5516 AM, which is 1755 CE. The document describes a quarrel between ʿOvadya b. Eliyyahu Rofe …

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  46. 1896Legal documentT-S NS 172.15

    Draft of the opening sentence of a legal document, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe or possibly Hillel b. ʿEli. Stating that Yehuda ha-Kohen …

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  47. 1897Legal documentT-S 6J8.6

    Three leaves, all of which belong together. One side of each fragment contains an elaborate trousseau list, with values given in both Hebrew numerals and …

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  48. 1898Legal documentENA NS 77.279

    Legal document. Entirely in Hebrew. Headed זכרון עדות. Dating: Likely 11th century. Abū [...] and a woman are involved, gold coins, and a payment. Unclear …

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  49. 1899Legal documentT-S 12.481

    Legal document on parchment. Damaged. Fragment (upper right piece). Referring to [...] ha-Levi; his travel to al-Andalus; 20 dinars; a half dinar; going with him …

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  50. 1900Legal documentT-S NS 192.125

    Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves Abū l-Ḥasan [...] b. Yosef and someone known as Ibn al-Quṣayyir(?) al-Zayyāt. …

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