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Legal declaration, probably the concluding page of a deposition, signed by Shem Ṭov al-Ḥāmī. In Hebrew and Ladino. Dating: Late. Shem Ṭov declares that he …
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Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Declaration by a woman connected to Evyatar ha-Kohen the Palestinian Gaon (likely his …
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Minute fragment of a legal deed regarding Eli and 3 brothers- probably concerning inheritance. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100–1138). AA
Small legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mentions powers of attorney (wakālāt).
Recto: document, probably notes for a legal document. Verso: accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Small fragment of a legal document. Dating: probably 13th–15th century. Mentions various sums of thousands of dinars (4000 and 7000 and 3000), [...] b. Yaʿqūb …
Legal fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Perhaps a bill of sale, describing in detail a house and its surroundings.
Legal document from Cairo, from the first third of Heshvan 556[.] AM (1799-1808 CE). Me'ir Ṣevi and his partner Raḥamim Ḥamīs acknowledge an investment of …
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Typewritten transcription of BL OR 10653.9, which is the poetic introduction of a "Yemenite Ketubah" dated Nisan 1368 (=1057 CE?).
Legal document in the hand of Hillel b. Eli. Dating: 3 Nissan 1388 Seleucid (March 30, 1077 CE). Declaration by ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh the Parnas, …
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Damaged legal deed, probably a bill of release for a woman. No further details.. AA
Legal fragment. Dating: 12th-13th century. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions many people: Abū l-Raḍiyy; Abū l-ʿAlā' Ṣāʿīd b. Najā al-Ne'eman (namely Ulla ha-Levi ha-Parnas b. Yosef); and …
Sale of a female slave. Seller: David Ha-Levi. 25 dinars. Probably 12/13 century. (Ashur estimation). VMR
Part of a Qaraite betrothal deed from the time of the Nasi Ḥizqiyya b. Shelomo b. David. Dated: Thursday, 9 Shevaṭ 1373 Seleucid = 22 …
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Partnership contract. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dating: Mentions 1428 Seleucid, which is 1116/17 CE (but this is not necessarily the date of …
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Two minute fragments from the end of a legal deed. Signed by Yosef Hakohen b. Halfon. AA Hebrew and Judeo Arabic
Ketubba for Sittūna bt. [...] and Yaʿir b. Khalaf, dated Nisan 13[..] of the Seleucid Era (= 989–1089 CE) in Egypt. Total dower: 100 dinars …
Decorated, torn Karaite ketuba from Cairo. The groom is Yeshu'a b. Yosef and the bride is Esther known as Karima d. Shlomo
Legal document from the high court (al-Bāb al-ʿĀlī) in Cairo. In Arabic script. Dated: 17 Ṣafar 1228 AH = 19 February 1813 CE. Judge: Muṣṭafā …
Bill of divorce. Scribed and signed by Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya. Also signed by ʿEli ha-Kohen b. Yaʿish. The husband may be named Ḥal[fon]. …
Legal document in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Location: Fustat. Dated: last third of Tammuz 1410 Seleucid = July 1099 CE. Hiba b. Moshe …
Document concerning the manumission of slaves. (Information from CUDL)
Recto: Legal testimony, fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Involving Abū l-Faḍl and Abū l-Barakāt. Perhaps related to verso.
Recto: Hebrew and Aramaic legal document. (Information from CUDL)
Legal document, in Arabic script. Fragmentary. Only the physical description of the beneficiary is preserved: "rajul muʿtadil al-qāma", wāḍiḥ al-jabha".
Legal agreement, possibly regarding a dowry, between Yequtiʾel b. Moshe and his wife Munā. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (active 1066–1108 CE). Goitein …
Legal document in Arabic script. Brief debt contract, probably, mentioning the name [Man?]ṣūr b. Bū Saʿd.
Text with citations from halakhic sources, possibly a responsum, mentioning an orphan. (Information from CUDL)
Legal document, in Arabic script, Ottoman-era. Probably a receipt of payment for 577 Kurūş Rūmī, with the header "ʿammā yakhṣim", towards Rasmī Effendi, the overseer …
Ottoman-era legal document, in Arabic script. The Jew Musā Naṣīr (or Nuṣayr) pays the ḥikr (ground tax) for his house in the Jewish neighborhood (ḥārat …
Legal document? Probably from a book of legal formulas. Very damaged. Hebrew, Aramaic. AA
Deathbed declaration of a physician who includes in his will a gift to his wife in addition to the money owed to her as written …
A few words regarding bill of divorce, probably halakhic.
Recto: Deed of sale, probably, for real estate. Some of the details of the property are preserved, including mention of a latrine (mirḥāḍ, l. 4). …
Small fragment from the top of a ketubba. In the hand of Yefet b. David (early 11th century).
Legal deed. The body is in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: classical Geniza period. Mentions Peraḥya and al-Shaykh al-Ṣafiyy Abū l-ʿAlā. Otherwise, too faded to discern the content.
The bill of divorce that is the subject of JRL Gaster heb. ms 1636/12a.
Fragment of a court notebook containing a legal record (or records) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38). Mentions the daughter of …
Bill of sale for property to Yuḥannis ibn Saqina and his wife. Buljusuq (Fayyum), Rajab 369 [Jan.-Feb. 980]. Parchment ; 16 lines ; 170 x …
Minute fragment of a document. Medieval-era. Possibly legal formulary.
Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic with occasional Hebrew or Aramaic phrases. Dating: Unknown. Location: Yemen, probably, based on the handwriting and dialect words and names of …
Marriage contract from September 1301 CE (13 Tishrei 1613 Sel), under the authority of Avraham Nagid. Bridegroom: Jephthah b. Avraham.
India Book I, 23. Draft or notes of court proceedings (legal document) regarding a sale of half a house for 300 dinars. Abu Sahl, Menashshe …
Rental contract (هذا ما استاجر) on parchment, mentioning titles of high state officials (e.g. qāḍī al-quḍāt wa-dāʿī [al-duʿāt]) and with a long ʿalāma at the …
Recto: part of a deed of release (אביזר), granted by ʿEli b. Ḥusayn b. Moshe al-Maghribī, to his brother Azhar b. Ḥusayn b. Moshe al-Maghribī,. …
Minute fragment, probably from a legal deed.
Drafts of legal documents. (I) Verso: Template for a legal document, with several blanks left. Location: Fustat. Dated: Shevaṭ 1394 Seleucid = December 1082/January 1083 …
Legal testimony. In Judaeo-Arabic. Two business partners who had gotten into legal fights (mushājarāt kathīra) state that they are reconciling with each other in accordance …
Karaite bill of release of a debt, dated 30 Shevat 5594 AM (1734 CE). The document was recorded in the home of the brothers Eliyahu …
Draft of a legal document, notably made in a mixed Qaraite-Rabbanite court. Agreement by two parties in a complicated inheritance case stipulating obligations should one …
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