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  1. 1901Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1862/4c

    Legal document. Small fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE).

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  2. 1902Legal documentMoss. VII,108

    Draft of a deathbed declaration of Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. ʿAdiyya Ibn Maṭrūḥ, who had sold his daughter, Sitt al-Sāda, and her son two-thirds of …

    1. י]ום אלאחד [[אלסאדס]] כז מן תמוז חצרנא ענד
    2. אלשיך אבו אלסרור מ פרחיה הזקן נע //בר עדיה נע// וגדנאה עלי [פראשה
    3. וג ידיע באבן מטרוח וקאל לנא אשהדו עלי […

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  3. 1903Legal documentT-S AS 46.125

    Small fragment of a power of attorney, appointing Ḥayyim b. ʿImmanuʾel (likely the 11th century Maghribī merchant).

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  4. 1904Legal documentENA NS 77.249

    Bill of sale for an eslaved woman. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). No details preserved. (Not a join with …

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  5. 1905Legal documentT-S 10J2.38

    Legal document. Bill of divorce, Fusṭāṭ. Dated: 10 Adar II 1537 (10 March 1226). This bill of divorce is one of forty under the T-S …

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  6. 1906Legal documentT-S Ar.35.227

    Probably a legal document, in Arabic script. Mentions 10 dinars. Needs examination.

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  7. 1907Legal 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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  8. 1908Legal documentT-S AS 46.160

    Minute fragment from the bottom of a legal deed. Written on the 11th of a month (...בשבה דהוא חדסר יומה...). Signed by someone whose signature …

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  9. 1909Legal documentBodl. MS heb. e 94/19 + Bodl. MS heb. e 94/25

    Legal document, unfinished, written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100-1138). Jayyida who possessed two thirds of a house was in need of fifty dinars. She received …

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתחתא כן הוה חצרת אלינא
    2. אלגידה בת מרור אברהם הזקן נע זוגה אלשיך אבו אלסרור אלעצאר מרור
    3. פרחיה הזקן התלמיד יש …

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  10. 1910Legal documentT-S 24.17

    Ketubba fragment. Very elaborately decorated with colorful patterns and micrography. The handwriting is probably that of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya ha-Levi (ca. 1181–1209). Location: …

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  11. 1911Legal documentJRL L 248

    Bottom of a much-decayed legal document, probably 11th century, featuring the names Sar Shalom b. Avraham and David b. Nasi, both signatures girdled with tiny …

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  12. 1912Legal documentYevr. III B 627

    Ketubba. Entirely in Hebrew and Aramaic (Qaraite?). Groom: Aharon b. Sameaḥ. Bride: Rayyisa bt. Yehuda b. Yiṣḥaq. Groom's agent: Yeshaʿya ha-Zaqen ha-Ḥaver b. Namir. Sums …

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  13. 1913Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 65/16

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Fragment (narrow strip from the middle). Location: Cairo. Dated: Elul 14[..] Seleucid, corresponding to the range 1088–1189 CE. Names mentioned include Yefet, …

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  14. 1914Legal documentENA NS 7.49

    Responsum. Long and narrow strip of paper, containing a responsum regarding the property of orphans. It seems that the ruling is not to deliver the …

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  15. 1915Legal documentT-S AS 147.282

    A damaged leaf from a book of legal documents or monograph.

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  16. 1916Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1770/4

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Large and well preserved. Release granted by Yaḥyā ha-Kohen to Abū l-Waḥsh Sibāʿ, …

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  17. 1917Legal documentT-S 12.486

    Upper fragment of a ketubba, very faded. Dating: probably no earlier than 13th century. Reused on recto for calligraphic biblical text in two columns.

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  18. 1918Legal documentT-S AS 184.272

    Legal document in Arabic script. There is a date and witness signatures. Refers to a sum of 5 1/2 dinars and a monthly payment schedule. …

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  19. 1919Legal documentT-S K22.27

    Legal record (#27) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 4r of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Undated, neighboring …

    Right side of bifolio 4r (Documents 26-27):

    1. בה(י)ות שהיקר ונעלה כה׳׳ר שלמה הכהן חגנ׳׳ע/חמדי(?) נפטר לבית עולמו פה
    2. מצרים והשאיר אחריו אלמנתו בירושלים…

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  20. 1920Legal documentFriedberg MSS 9-004/23

    Deed of sale, probably. Fragment; the beginnings of ~12 lines are preserved. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). May be related …

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  21. 1921Legal documentMoss. VIII,47.3

    Small fragment of a legal or state document in Arabic script. Reused on recto for Hebrew literary text.

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  22. 1922Legal documentT-S 8J10.12

    Legal document concerning claims of the wife of Abu al-Makarim b. Da’ud al-Muḥ[aṣṣil?] against him. The town of Minyat Zifta in Egypt and Muslim courts …

    1. ]מרא[
    2. ]פאצלי אזאדה אללה עלוא ונפאד [
    3. ז]וגה אבו אלמכארם בן דאוד אלמערוף באלמחצ
    4. ]לה לם תרא מנה מקאצד מרציה
    5. ]גייש עלי באלגוים ואסחבני אלחאל
    6. ] אלי מניה …

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  23. 1923Legal documentENA 2739.11

    Legal document. Fragment (upper right piece). Location: Damascus. Concerning the cantor [...] b. Meʾir and his qualifications for ritual slaughter. He undertakes not to slaughter …

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  24. 1924Legal documentT-S NS 34.119 + T-S NS 34.130

    Two short fragments of a legal document (or prescriptive text?) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE) that contain instructions for conducting …

    T-S NS 34.119+ T-S NS 34.130

    1. [...וה]|תקין
    2. [לו ממנו בנין עדי עד ברוך אתה ה יוצר] | האדם
    3. [...] עלי דלך ש|יא
    4. וישרב מן אלקדח אל|נביד הו והי
    5. ומא יגב כתב …

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  25. 1925Legal documentENA NS 85.1329

    Minute fragment of legal jottings in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Mentions the phrase אלמדכורה בעד הדא; the year 1440 Seleucid = 1128/20 …

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  26. 1926Legal documentT-S NS 327.141

    Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: Dhū l-Ḥijja 610 or 620 AH (=1214 or 1223 CE). Nearly complete, with two witness signatures, but smudged. Needs …

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  27. 1927Legal documentENA NS 83.354

    Possibly a promissory note. In Arabic script. "I owe the shayh [...] X dinars... in the year...." Needs further examination.

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  28. 1928Legal documentT-S J2.78

    There are several distinct items on this fragment, all but one in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. (I) The main text block was edited …

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    1. גרץ] הדא אלשמוש אלמבארך
    2. אלסעיד אלמופק אלסדיד
    3. ריאסה הדרת יקרת צפירת
    4. תפארת כבוד גדולת קדושת
    5. מרנו ורבנו אדוננו משה הרב
    6. הגדול בישראל אור הדור ופלא…

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  29. 1929Legal 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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  30. 1930Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16

    Legal record (#27) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 7r-v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …

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    :(Documents 25-27) Folio 7r

    1. וזכות וחזקת הר׳ יצחק אחיה הנז׳ ובאי כחו לדור ולהשכיר ולמכור ולמשכן ולתת כמתנה ולעשות
    2. בהם כפי חפצו ורצונו ככח המכיר…

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  31. 1931Legal documentENA 2808.5b

    Fragment from a woman's deathbed will. This was mistakenly attributed to Maimonides by Ratzhaby (Sinai 111, p. 214). On verso there is a list of …

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  32. 1932Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 300

    Court document. Financial settlement between a husband and his wife? All the parties are Jewish. Dated: 26 Dhū l-Ḥijja 1056 AH, which is 2 February …

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  33. 1933Legal documentT-S NS 342.98 + T-S NS 342.89

    Draft of a legal document or documents, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Regarding a partnership in a tax farm, …

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  34. 1934Legal documentT-S 20.47

    Verso (original use): Part of a Qaraite ketubba. Bride: Naʿama bt. Nisi b. Yaʿaqov. Groom: Barakāt b. Daʾūd. The betrothal deed for this couple is …

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    1. להן באמונה ויושר והמוהר אשר התנה וקצ[ב לה] חמשים כסף מוהר בתוליה וארבעים דרכמונים ט[ובים] שקולים שלמים מז …
    2. את החמשים הכסף אשר הם מוהר בתוליה …

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    1. [and fulfil all they owe] them in faithfulness and honesty. And the mohar that he stipulated and allocated [for her], fifty coins of silver, m…

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  35. 1935Legal 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. The other two digits …

    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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  36. 1936Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1380

    Court notebook, probably. Bifolium. Entries in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably pertaining to the Qaraite court that convened in the Dar Simḥa synagogue (here called Dār Ibn Sameaḥ). …

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  37. 1937Legal documentT-S 12.451

    Ketubba (marriage contract) fragment, clearly in the Palestinian tradition. Dated 1034 CE (Elul 4794 AM). The groom is Yefet b. Avraham.

    1. על שמה דב[ריי]ן
    2. בששי בשבת בירח אלול בתלת עשר יומין בה ב[שנת ...]
    3. אלפין ושבע מאוון ותשעין וארבע שנין לביריתה ד[עלמה...]
    4. [..]ה אנה יפת בן אברהם אמרת מ…

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  38. 1938Legal documentT-S Ar.53.65

    Verso (original use): Legal document. In Arabic script. On parchment. Portions of 9 lines are preserved. Involves Mūsā b. ʿĀdī(?). Dating: Mentions the year 42[.] …

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  39. 1939Legal documentT-S NS 224.25

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dates: 1100–38). Fragment (upper right corner). Moshe b. Shelomo makes a declaration in favor of …

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  40. 1940Legal documentT-S AS 168.201

    Fragment from the end of a legal document. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38). Also signed by Hillel b. Yosef. Concerning a …

    1. . . . . ] דא אלשטר ליכון לזכו ולראיה [
    2. וגה כאן ודלך בעד אן אקנינא איצא מן אל[
    3. גמור חמור בכלי הכשר לקנות בו מע[כשיו
    4. קד אמצא לזוגתה דא הדא אלעתק . [
    5. כ…

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  41. 1941Legal documentT-S 8.95

    Part of a ketubba, written under the authority of Maṣliaḥ ha-Kohen (1127-1139 CE), in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Manassah (1100-1138 CE). (Information from CUDL)

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  42. 1942Legal documentT-S 10J2.16

    Legal document. Bill of divorce. Dated: 143[.] Seleucid. Fragment (the upper left corner is missing). Husband: [...] b. Tamīm. Wife: [...] bt. Yaḥyā ha-Levi. The …

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  43. 1943Legal documentT-S AS 145.286

    Small fragment of an unidentified (legal?) document.

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  44. 1944Legal documentMoss. V,374

    Court notebook. Recto, right side, continuing onto verso, left side: Probably a legal query addressed to the Nagid (al-ḥaḍra al-ṭāhira). Needs examination.

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  45. 1945Legal documentBL OR 4856.2

    Testimony dated the 8 Av 1776 Seleucid = 31 July 1465 CE. Regarding Manṣūr b. Ibrāhīm ("known as the leprous (al-Abras)"?) and another party who …

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  46. 1946Legal 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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  47. 1947Legal documentT-S 13J6.31

    Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Thursday, 12 Adar I 1350 Seleucid = 9 February 1039 CE. The contents are difficult to understand because of the …

    1. ]יומ . . . ה . ה . . . אקה פתטלעת
    2. ]ך יו . ל מן . . . . דה פי אלוקת פענד
    3. ]ק אברהים בן דוד אלמערוף באבן
    4. זג]מאר דרג . . . . . . . ותבתה חרף בחרף וקרוה …

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  48. 1948Legal documentT-S NS J319 + T-S NS 190.108 + T-S NS 190.114

    Legal document in the form of a letter addressed to the Gaon (Maṣliaḥ?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Signed by Yefet b. Shelomo and Elʿazar b. [...]. The …

    T-S NS J319

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. אלעביד אלממאליך יקבל [.]ל[
    3. וראש ישיבת גאו[ן
    4. ויעטר כלל עמו ישראל [. . .] וכן יהי רצון [
    5. יהדרה אל אן מוצלהא מר יוסף הלוי בר [
    6. הו …

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  49. 1949Legal documentT-S NS 223.7

    Legal testimony. It has elements of a formulary (the protagonists are called only fulāna and fulān), but very specific dates are mentioned as well as …

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  50. 1950Legal documentT-S 6J1.19

    Fragment of a legal document, apparently a release. Date not preserved.

    1. ] סוי אלתמנין ד[
    2. ]הא לא דראהם ולא דנאניר ול[
    3. ]א אלה ולא כרתי ולא נחאס ו[
    4. ] דלך מן גמיע אלאשיא אלתי י[
    5. ]ל עיקר ולא דין ולא דיאן ולא פיקר [
    6. ]יגר ולא מ…

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