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  1. 2001Legal documentT-S AS 148.102

    Legal document relating to a ketubba (trousseau list), mentioning the groom [...] son of the late [...] ha-Levi ha-Parnas and the bride Mubāraka. (Information from …

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  2. 2002Legal documentT-S 8J9.2–3

    IB I, 24a-24b. Copy of three court proceedings involving the sale of a house. Nājiya, the wife of Yefet b. Avraham, 'the Pride of the …

    T-S 8J9.2 recto (IB I,24a)

    1. נסכה אלשימושים אלדי גראת בין אלשיך אבו עלי 
    2. אלתפארת ובין אלשיך אב[ו י]עקוב אללבדי
    3. חצר בבית דין ר' ישועה וכיל נאגיה זוגה א…

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  3. 2003Legal documentENA NS 2.27 + ENA 2739.13 + T-S 10J29.1

    Recto with continuation on verso: Legal document in Hebrew. In which the brothers Yefet, Mevorakh and Yosef, sons of the late Mawhūb b. Faraj, acknowledge …

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    1. בנו [ ]
    2. נאמנים והם [... האחים סהל ויוסף וסעדיה]
    3. בני ישראל בן יעקב [הידועים אלתוסתריין...]
    4. ונפטר אבינו במדינת מ[ ]
    5. אל השפלה ונפטר אחרי מיתת אב[ינו …

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  4. 2004Legal documentT-S AS 147.44

    Legal document mentioning Shela b. [...], Fusṭāṭ and the Gaʾon. Signed by [...] b. Ṣedaqa, Yefet b. Saʿadya and [Jose]ph b. Yefet. (Information from CUDL)

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  5. 2005Legal documentT-S Misc.25.138

    Guardian deed from the heirs of Israel b. Yosef Januni to Nahray b. Nissim. Around 1065. Marduk and Yosef, the sons of Israel, probably from …

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    1. חצ'רא אלינא נחן אלשהוד אלמסמון אספל הדא אל[מחצ'ר] מ'ר' מרדוך ומ'ר' יוסף בני מ'ר' ישראל ביר
    2. יוסף גנוני זכ' לב' והמא פי צחה אבדאנהמא ועקולהמא וג…

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    1. באו לפנינו אנחנו העדים הנקובים בשמותיהם בתחתית המעשה הזה, השניים: מ"ר מרדוך ומ"ר יוסף בני מ"ר ישראל בי"ר
    2. יוסף ג'נוני זכ' לב', והם בריאים בגופם…

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  6. 2006Legal documentT-S Ar.18(1).132

    Verso (original use): Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: Rabīʿ II 504 or 540 AH. Maybe a partnership agreement. Describing an arrangement between two men …

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  7. 2007Legal documentT-S NS J206 + JRL B 6345

    Two fragments of a legal document in the hand of Yosef b. Shemuʾel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi. Location: Fustat. Dating: 1188–93 CE based on the Seleucid …

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  8. 2008Legal documentT-S 13J1.3

    Legal document. Record of release. Dated: September 1016. Location: Fustat. ‘Ammār b. Joseph the Dyer releases Samuel ha-Kohen b. Moses b. Ṣemaḥ from all claims, …

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    1. זכרון עדות שהיתה בפנינו אנו העדים החתומים למטה בששי בשבת 
    2. בתשעה ימים לירח תשרי שנת אלף ושלש מאות ועשרים ושמנה שנים 
    3. למנין שאנו רגילין למנות בו…

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    1. Record of testimony which was before us—we, the undersigned witnesses—on Friday
    2. the ninth day of the month of Tishri of the year one thousand an…

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  9. 2009Legal documentT-S NS 297.326

    Fragment of a deed of sale for 12 out of 24 shares of a house. In Arabic script.

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  10. 2010Legal documentT-S 10K15.1

    Maimonides' decree on menstrual purity. Dated 1487 Seleucid = 1175/76 CE. See Eve Krakowski, "Maimonides' Menstrual Reform in Egypt," JQR (2020), 245–89.

    Build up, build up, clear the way! Remove a stumbling block from my people’s way.

    We, the scholars living in Egypt at this time, say: When we were …

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  11. 2011Legal documentJRL B 3857

    Fragmentary record of testimony from the 'Permanent Court' in Fustat dated Sivan 1367 = May/June 1056 CE.

    1. זכרון עדות שהיה בפנינו אנו בית דין הקבוע במצרים וה[עדים
    2. החותמים עדותם למטה בשטר הזה בתרין בשבה ו
    3. יומ]י[ן] בירח סיון אלפא ותלת מאה ושתין ושב[עה] שני[…

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  12. 2012Legal documentT-S AS 159.212

    Fragment of a legal document. Likely an engagement or betrothal agreement (including phrases such as מתי מא אפסכת דלך כאן... and ואלעאיד באללה...), but could …

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  13. 2013Legal documentMoss. VII,93.4

    Marriage contract, tiny fragment. Includes part of three lines from a dowry list.

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  14. 2014Legal documentT-S NS J451

    Legal document. Yaʿqūb b. Yūsuf known as בן כדורה attests that he owes 71 dinars to Barakāt b. Yosef Ibn al-Lebdī (who died prior to …

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  15. 2015Legal documentT-S Ar.34.76

    First three lines of a legal document in Arabic script, likely a deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) for Maḥāsin b. Zayn b. Barakāt the Jewish banker.

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  16. 2016Legal 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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  17. 2017Legal documentT-S AS 150.11 + Moss. VII,66.2 + AIU VII.D.112 + Moss. VII,45.2 + JRL B 6304

    The Case of the Great/Fat Eunuch: five-part join of a court record from Fustat in the hand of Yefet b. David dealing with a case …

    1. ] . ור .
    2. ]אח אלשלטון אקדר
    3. ה]תולי אתני עשר אלף דינאר
    4. ]בשמעון ובלוי ווזנו אלאגעאל
    5. ] . ה ודפע אלתולת מן דלך ותהידדו
    6. א]לשיך אפרים הכהן בר אברהם נע
    7. א]לית…

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  18. 2018Legal documentMoss. VI,137.2

    Bifolio of literary text (אלו הן הקרובין from Mishna Sanhedrin 3:4). On a blank page there is a draft of a legal summons: Abū l-Faḍl …

    1. יחצר אלשיך אלאגל אבו אלפצל //באמרי\\
    2. [[מ]] מ[ע] כצמה ללשרע סרעה

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    1. יחצר אלשיך אלאגל אבו אלפצל //באמרי\\
    2. [[מ]] מ[ע] כצמה ללשרע סרעה

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  19. 2019Legal documentT-S AS 87.237

    Likely legal formularies. Faded and damaged.

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  20. 2020Legal documentT-S Ar.42.6

    Recto: Legal document in Arabic script, likely an iqrār. Complete. One witness statement at the bottom. Verso: Columns of numbers which are added up. (Polliack …

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  21. 2021Legal documentT-S 16.247

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Fragment (left side only). Location: Fustat. Dating: ca. 1128–38 CE, based on the …

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    1. [ ]הן החבר ישצו בר מרור אהרן הכהן הזקן
    2. [ ]ה ואלמעאני אלמוכדה ובכל לישאני דזכואתא
    3. [ ]גק מרור יוסף הכהן הזקן הנכבד נבע
    4. [ ] צחה מני וגואז אמר טאי…

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  22. 2022Legal documentENA 2808.24

    Betrothal deed written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Fragment (upper left corner). The bride's name is Sitt al-Sāda bt. A[...].

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  23. 2023Legal documentAIU VII.D.118

    Fragment from a page about the halakhot and formulae to recite for valid qiddushin.

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  24. 2024Legal documentT-S J3.46

    Procedure of ḥaliṣa. Two cases, one serving as model. (1) Fulāna bt. Netanʾel b. Aharon; Moshe b. Seʿadya; Moshe's brother Shelomo b. Seʿadya. (2) On …

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  25. 2025Legal documentNLI 577.1/35

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) involving a Christian and a cow. In Arabic script.

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  26. 2026Legal 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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  27. 2027Legal documentT-S 18J1.8

    Compensation bill from Fustat. Dated: 7 Nisan 4815 AM = April 7 1055 CE. Three witnesses approved (not in front of the court) that Abū …

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    1. בשמ רחמנ

    2. [ישה]דו אלשהוד אלמסמון פי אכר הדה אלבראה חצר מר יהודה אלמכני

    3. אבו זכרי ביר משה נבע הידוע אבן צגמאר וקאל לנא טאיע גיר כארה ולא

    4. מ…

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    1. (1–2) יעידו העדים הנקראים בשמותיהם בסוף כתב הפיצוי הזה, כי בא מ"ר יהודה המכונה 
    2. אבו זכרי בי"ר משה נב"ע הידוע אבן סגמאר, ואמר לנו מרצונו בלא …

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  28. 2028Legal documentBL OR 10589.26

    Account in Arabic script, seems to be private though the layout resembles official documents. "Account of the soap which arrived on the date of [...] …

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  29. 2029Legal documentT-S NS 324.67

    Legal document (top only) in which Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham (probably Ibn Furāt) appoints Asad a.k.a. Yehuda b. Moshe as his agent. Yiṣḥaq is here titled …

    1. לפנינו אנו בית דין הגדול שלשיפלת דלת יעקב בא כבוד קדושת מרב יצחק
    2. הכהן השר //לעדה// הרופא בן כבוד קדושת מרב אברהם הרופא זקן הקהלות ברמלה
    3. נו]ח נפש ואמ…

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  30. 2030Legal documentMIAC 8

    Complaint of the Cairo Jewish community to the "Jabila" council regarding the given neglect for slaughter and a lack of commitment to the Jewish legal …

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  31. 2031Legal documentT-S 13J9.5

    Document written in Zawīlat al-Mahdiyya with a validation written by the court of Fustat, as denoted in Hebrew אשרנוהו (in the validation of the court). …

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    1. [                                                כ]תאב סלמאן בן [שביב ]

    2. ידכר פיה אן קאל לה זכרי הדא אן אלעוד אלדי כאן פי אלעלאוה [       ]פ…

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    1. .... (2-1) .... השטר של סלמאן בן שביב.... ובו הוא אומר שאמר לו זכרי זה כי עץ הבושם שהיה ב'עלאוה' ....
    2. מי שיתבע אותו ממני. ועכשיו, בבקשה מכם,…

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  32. 2032Legal documentT-S Ar.18(1).136

    F. 1: various (drafts of) legal documents in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan, including a trousseau list, power of attorney and witness statements. (1) …

    1. [ב]תרי בשבה דהוא עשרין ותשעה יומי לירח
    2. תשרי דשנת אלפא וארבע מאה ושבעין וחד שנין
    3. לשטרות בפסטאט מצרים כן הוה שידך מ יפת
    4. הבחור בן מ יצחק הזקן החזן נע <…

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  33. 2033Legal documentT-S AS 150.198

    An IOU specifying a sum owed to al-Ḥājj al-Fawwāl.

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  34. 2034Legal documentT-S NS 226.11a

    Small fragment from the end of a betrothal deed, from the year 1119, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. Published by Ashur, Engagement and Betrothal, …

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    1. [ ]מע[ ]
    2. [ ] קבל אלארוס [ ]
    3. [ ]ה ובכל מיני תשמישתה ב[ ]
    4. [ ]ם נאמנים חוץ מכתובתה ולית עלה שום
    5. [ ]לם ולא אפילו חרם סתם ואסתקר אן יכון
    6. [ ] חודש ס…

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  35. 2035Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 56/53

    3 entries in a court register. (a) Marriage portion of Munā the freedwoman of Ibn Futayḥ marrying Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa b. Avraham al-Tinnīsī. 10 + …

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  36. 2036Legal documentENA 2462.5

    Formulary for a power of attorney (wakāla).

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  37. 2037Legal documentT-S Ar.51.104

    Legal agreement regarding the Rabbanite Jewish communal pious endowment of Cairo (al-Qāhira al-Maḥrūsa) and Old Cairo/Fustat (Miṣr al-ʿAtīqa). In Arabic script. Date: 26 Ramaḍān 9[04] …

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    1. باسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. اشهد على الريس ابراهيم المدعو ناتان بن سعيد بن ناتان اليهودي الربان ال[م] غربي ريس... [اليهود]
    3. والمتحدث عليهم شهوده وا…

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    1. In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate.

    2. The [lit., ‘its’] witnesses [to the case] testified on behalf of Raʾīs Ibrāhīm, called…

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  38. 2038Legal documentYevr. II K 18

    Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Daniel b.Yosef. The bride is Esther known as Faraj d. Yeshu'a b. Ishaq. AA

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  39. 2039Legal documentT-S Misc.25.63

    Legal testimony. Marriage permit. Location: Cairo. Dated: 1 Tevet 1500 Seleucid = 23 December 1188 CE, under the authority of the Gaʾon Sar Shalom ha-Levi. …

    1. נקול נחן אלואצעין כטוטנא אכר הדין
    2. אלמסטור אן נחן נעלם ונתחקק חאל
    3. אלשיך אלשיך (!) אבי נצר כגק מרור
    4. [...] הנכבד בר כגק מרנא
    5. [ורבנא] מבורך השר האדיר שר…

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  40. 2040Legal documentT-S AS 165.26

    Either a draft of a legal declaration or a letter about a legal dispute, containing a story about Hiba, 30 dirhams, Yehuda, and a release …

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  41. 2041Legal documentT-S AS 177.395

    Document in Arabic script headed 'tadhkira' ('memorandum'). There is a line of honorifics for somebody.

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  42. 2042Legal documentMoss. VII,48.1

    Legal document. Location: Al-Maḥalla. Involves [...] b. Yefet ha-Zaqen and [...] b. Peraḥya ha-Levi ha-Zaqen and contains the curious phrase "I have leased myself to …

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  43. 2043Legal documentT-S 8J6.7

    Legal document. Unsigned. Location: Fustat. Dated: Last decade of Tammuz 1540 Seleucid, which is 1229 CE. In which Shelomo b. Eliyyahu purchases from Abū l-Faḍl …

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    1.             זכרון עדות
    2. אשתרות אבי אלברכאת בן ר' אליה ס'ט מן אבו אלפצ'ל בן מחאסן יערף באבן אלכאמכי

    3. אלכהן ס'ט מצחף נביאים בכמסה וסתין דרהמא נ…

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    1. A record of a testimony.

    2. Abu'l-Baraka't, son of R. Elijah - (may he come to a) g(ood) e(nd) - bought from Abu'l-Fad'l b. Mah'a'sin, who is …

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  44. 2044Legal documentENA 2607.4

    Table of contents of a responsa collection

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  45. 2045Legal documentT-S AS 145.315

    Legal document(s). Dated: 8 Tammuz 5613 AM, which is 1853 CE. On one side there is an Arabic document witnessed by "Daniel" and on the …

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  46. 2046Legal documentENA 2559.14

    Draft for a document of appointment for a synagogue beadle. In Judaeo-Arabic. Location: somewhere near Fustat. Dated: "such-and-such month" of the year 15[..] Seleucid = …

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  47. 2047Legal documentYevr. II K 28

    Marriage contract, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: 7 Shevat 5480 AM, which is 1720 CE. Groom: Nissim b. ʿAmram b. Shemuel. Bride: ʿAzīza bt. Yeshuʿa b. …

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  48. 2048Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J73

    Legal document. Partnership agreement. Dating: ca. 1090 CE. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). One ʿUlla and one Yaḥyā release one …

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    1. אן יסלם אליי מ[.. גמיע ]מא ענדה [...................................]

    2. ביננא אלמעאמלה ודאך אננא נשתרך גמ[יענא........................מאיה]

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  49. 2049Legal documentT-S AS 151.108

    Legal document (שהדותא. . . .). Apparently a declaration made by Ḥisday ha-Sar. Mentioning Ibn al-Kāzarūnī and 50 or [.]50 dinars. T-S NS 310.77 (PGPID …

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  50. 2050Legal documentENA 4010.41

    Legal document. The elders of the community orchestrate a settlement concerning the companies of grave diggers (aḥzāb al-ḥaffārīn). One is led by Wusayd b. ʿUqayb …

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