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Small fragment from the bottom of a kettubah signed by [...] b. Avraham Aluf.
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Recto: Formulary for a bill of divorce (get). In Hebrew and Aramaic. Upper margin and verso: several lines of Arabic script. The verso reads, "Yashūʿā …
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 …
Deed of sale of a house. Only the recto was photographed. Dating: Likely c.1170 CE, based on the reference to “our [mast]er Sar Shalom, the …
Recto: Deed of manumission for a slave. Fragment, bottom part only. There are jottings in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script underneath, probably completely unrelated (ויאכל פיהא …
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A photocopy of a Muslim court deed concerning a conflict between the Qaraite supervisor on Qaraite endowments in Jerusalem, and a tenant, from the year …
Discussion on the use of the Era of Documents - needs examination. Image not available
Legal entries in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38). Entry at upper right: mentions the 17th of Jumādā, the name of a witness …
Legal record (#13b). Loan contract. Dated: Thursday, 25 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. Barakāt b. Abū l-Ḥasan declares that he owes 30 dirhams to Abū l-Ḥasan b. …
Ketubba. Dated: 9 Tammuz 2191 Seleucid = 18 June 1880 CE. Groom: Yos[ef] b. Sulayman b. Avraham al-Sabari. Bride: Ghina bt. Y[.]ya b. Yahya [...] …
Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dealing with a settlement between husband and wife and an item …
Fragment from the bottom of a legal deed, probably written by Natan b. Avraham (or rather Hillel b. ʿEli?). One of the parties is Abū …
Legal document in Arabic script. Fragment (upper left piece). Dating: no earlier than ~14th century, and potentially much later, based on the formulae used. After …
Upper right corner of a deed of lease.
Minute fragment, probably from the middle part of a ketubah, based on the mention of דמיפטרא ביה (what that will make her divorce) which is …
Legal document(s). In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps Mamluk-era; the dates are given, but are faded and difficult to read. Recto and verso contain two distinct …
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Probably a deed of sale for an enslaved person. There are several clauses …
Typewritten transcription of BL OR 10653.9, which is the poetic introduction of a "Yemenite Ketubah" dated Nisan 1368 (=1057 CE?).
Karaite marriage agreement between Hananya b. Ya'aqov Halevi and Esther known as 'Aziza d. Eliyyahu b. Sa'adya. Date: 2 Nisan 5576 AM (1816 CE). As …
The scholar and hazzan Shela ha-Levi gives a loan of 552 dirhams to the silk weaver Efrayim b. Sedaqa, to be paid back in three …
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Legal deed: record of payment (שטר שילום), written on parchment. Nine signatures. Dated: 1284 Sel. (972/3 CE).
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Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: First decade of Ṭevet 5561 AM, which is 17–26 December 1800 CE. Moneychanging (sarraflık) partnership agreement between three …
Marriage contract. Dating: first half of the 13th century, on paleographic grounds. The handwriting is similar to that of ʿImanuel b. Yeḥiel (also compare T-S …
Part of a ketubba, for Shemarya ha-Kohen (groom) and Sitt al-Bayt (bride). (Information from CUDL)
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 …
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See PGPID 20944
Small and torn fragment written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138), contains remnants of list of legal actions that took place in court (written …
Legal document. Tiny fragment. Signed by Elʿazar b. Evyatar.
Legal document dated Av 1446 of the Seleucid Era (= 1135 CE) (though the digit "6" is not perfectly clear) in the town [..]דמ (possibly …
Debt acknowledgment. Dated 4 Nisan 5408 AM (1648 CE). Location: presumably Cairo, based on the paleography and surnames mentioned. The partners Avraham Levi Qudsi b. …
Minute fragment of a legal document. Same hand as the unusual Palestinian ketubba T-S 8.129; the Khalaf ha-Kohen ha-Gizbar mentioned here may be identical with …
Legal testimony (marriage permit). Location: Fustat. Dated: Adar 1485 Seleucid, which is 1174 CE. Natan b. Yaḥyā and Shelomo b. Yefet testify that there is …
Late legal or official document. In Arabic script. Dated: Apparently 15 January (يناير) [18]84 CE. Refers to the railroad (ṭarīq al-sikkat al-ḥadīd). Signed by Shamʿūn …
Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: Dhū l-Ḥijja 514 AH = February/March 1121 CE. Mentions Fustat, ḥikr (ground rent), and repeated references to renting (ijāra, …
Bill of sale of a slave. In Arabic script. Location: Fustat. Dated: first decade of Ramaḍān 483 AH, which is October/November 1090 CE. Seller: Ḥanūn …
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
Ḥanūn ibn ʿAlūn, the Christian clerk in the Dār al-Dībāj, states that: I have sold …
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Legal document or documents. The primary block of text on verso appears to be the original legal testimony, written in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. The second …
Small legal fragment, probably a contract of debt. Mentions al-ʿAlāqma, a town in the area of Bilbays. The debtor is Abū l-Bahāʾ b. Abū [...]. …
Ketubba in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Dated: Tuesday, 28 Elul 14[.] Seleucid, so no earlier than 1089 CE, and no …
Legal document about an agreement to write a copy of a codex of the eight Prophets (nevi'im ahronim). Based on details worked out in the …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Fragment (thin vertical strip from the left side). In which a wife releases her husband from …
The end of a will, mentioning the names Yehoshuaʿ b. Nathan, Abū l-Surūr, [Abū] Kaṯīr b. Ezra, Abū Sahl b. Azhar and Menashshe al-Maghribī. It …
Legal document, in Arabic script. Late, Ottoman era. Probably a waqf document with five signatures at the bottom in swirls. A marginal note says two …
See PGPID 15902
Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: (Ramaḍān?) 721 AH = 1321/22 CE. With signatures. Refers to someone's demand as worthless and null and void (وطلبه …
Legal document concerned with a house and its seller the elder [...] b. Netanel ha-Levi. Probably a draft. Dated: 1437 Seleucid, which is 1125/26 CE. …
Legal document written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38), under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). Fragment (bottom part). Involves Yaḥyā al-Kohen, Abū …
Non-Geniza. Legal document sent from Lublin to Troki (טראקא). Dated: 1577 CE.
Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Fustat. Dated: Monday, 27 Kislev 1560 Seleucid = 14 December 1248 CE. Husband: Shela b. Yefet ("known as [...]"). NB: …
Legal document, bottom part only, plus qiyyum/validation. Location: Fustat. Dated: [14]38 Seleucid, which is 1126/27 CE. Witnesses: Avraham b. Shemaʿya ha-Ḥaver descendant of Shemaʿyahu Gaon; …
Certificate of kashrut. Location: Alexandria. Dated: First third of Tammuz 500[.] AM; the options are 5004, 5007, and 5009 (=1244, 1247, or 1249 CE). Abū …