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  1. 3601Legal documentT-S 24.5

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Fustat. Dated: Adar 1422 Seleucid, which is February–March 1111 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Mevorakh b. Seʿadya (who died …

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  2. 3602Legal documentMoss. VII,90.2

    Legal document. Fragment (bottom part only). Mentions: A debt of 27 dinars; Yosef al-Dimashqī on the one hand; Abū l-Makārim and Abū l-Bishr on the …

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  3. 3603Legal documentT-S K25.125

    Legal fragment (upper left corner). On parchment. Location: Fustat. Possibly a deathbed will, because the witnesses describe how they entered the house of Abū l-Faraj …

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  4. 3604Legal documentT-S NS J159

    Recto: Legal document headed "testimony" (שהדותא). Ibrāhīm/Avraham b. Yehoshuaʿ owes Hilāl Sheʾerit 200 dirhams from 'the old Egyptian cash/currency (al-wariq al-qadīm al-Miṣrī). He will repay …

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  5. 3605Legal documentT-S NS J164

    Bill of divorce (geṭ). Written and signed by Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 8 Tammuz 1451 Seleucid = 25 June 1140 CE. …

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  6. 3606Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1051

    Court notebook, probably Qaraite. Many pages. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated with individual entries spanning the 1570s CE, such as 8 Tevet 5337 AM which is 1576 …

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  7. 3607Legal documentT-S 16.211

    Marriage contract (ketubba), Palestinian-style. Bride: Dalāl bt. Yefet. The groom's name is lost. Location: Tinnīs, Egypt. Dating: probably 1085 or 985 CE.

    1. [... באלה]י כי הלבישני בגדי ישע
    2. [...] פאר וככלה תעדה כיליה
    3. [... ות]הלה: החתן יתברך ברכת
    4. [... ש]מחה: וששון: ומלוי משאלה
    5. [...] מבעלה כלקנה וברכה כפולה

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  8. 3608Legal documentT-S AS 174.157

    Legal formularies and instructions. Fragment; small strip of parchment.

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  9. 3609Legal documentDK 310

    Ketubba with an elaborate floral border (recto). Location: Salonica, the Hebrew/Aramaic names of the nearby rivers (?מגינות ובארוה) are unclear but there are several possibilities: …

    1. בשני בשבת שתי ימים לחדש [.]בת שנת
    2. חמשה אלפים וחמש מאות. ותשעים שנים לבריאת עולם למנן
    3. שלנו כאן במתא שאלוניקי יע׳׳א דעל כף ימא מותבה וממימי
    4. מגינות(?) …

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  10. 3610Legal documentT-S Ar.41.101

    Legal document in Arabic script. Acknowledgment (iqrār). Dated: 10 Ṣafar 627 AH, which is December 29 1229 CE. One party is Isḥāq b. Manṣūr al-Yahūdī. …

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  11. 3611Legal documentENA NS 18.20

    Court record. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1140s CE, under the reshut of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Abū l-Faḍl al-Kutnānī b. Hiba al-Iskandarānī claims that he …

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  12. 3612Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.11

    Legal record (#18). Loan contract. Dated: Monday, 29 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. Abū l-Khayr b. Nājī owes 2.25 dinars to Abū l-Murajjā Sālim al-Ṣayrafī b. Abū …

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  13. 3613Legal documentT-S Ar.43.270

    Fol. 1v: Legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th or 13th century. Involves a real estate transaction between two Levi brothers 'the princes' (שני האחין השרים …

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  14. 3614Legal documentENA 3960.10

    ENA 3960.6–10 are five distinct but related Mamlūk-era legal documents in Arabic script, all dated 909 H (1503/04 CE), and involving the same people (e.g., …

    1. [اقر . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

    2. الاقرار الشرعي في صحته وسلامته] وطواعته واختيار…

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  15. 3615Legal documentT-S AS 145.391

    Probably a legal document. On parchment. Mentioning Mufarraj b. Yiṣḥaq and Yosef b. ʿAzarya. Arabic jottings below. (Information from CUDL)

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  16. 3616Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/94

    Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: First decade of Ḥeshvan 1493 Seleucid, which is 1181 CE, under the authority of the Gaʾon Sar Shalom ha-Levi. In …

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  17. 3617Legal documentT-S AS 181.160

    Recto: Legal document in Arabic script. Possibly a deed of sale or lease of a property. Needs further examination.

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  18. 3618Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 5

    Legal document in Hebrew, or draft of one. The format is uncommon for early modern geniza documents. Location: Marrakesh (l. 9, במראכש). Dated Elul חרו׳׳ת …

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  19. 3619Legal documentT-S 16.49

    Pen trials in various hands, including signatures, biblical phrases and a note dated Tevet 1397 (= 1085 CE) with the names Mevorakh b. Mufarrij ha-Kohen …

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  20. 3620Legal documentMoss. VII,121.3

    Small fragment from the opening of a legal document. On parchment. Mentions ‘[...] the dear elder’ and someone inheriting something from his wife. (Information in …

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  21. 3621Legal documentT-S AS 147.271

    Legal fragment. Mentions Mubārak b. Avraham and a street in Ḥārat Zuwayla. Probably continues onto verso, where Shelomo b. Kalev ha-Levi is mentioned (the same …

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  22. 3622Legal documentT-S AS 147.257

    Small fragment from the bottom of a legal document written and signed by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). AA

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  23. 3623Legal documentT-S 12.119

    Ketubba (marriage contract) fragment describing that one-third of a house is given to a daughter upon marriage, on the condition that it would become her …

    1. [... דינרי]ן ונכללו בנדונייתה [ו]אשתיירון עלוהי חמשין ד[ינרין ...]
    2. [... לית לה ר]שות למתבע מנהון פר[ו]טה חדא כל זמן דהוא חאיי וקאים בתלת מיל[י סיפוק…

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  24. 3624Legal documentT-S AS 148.152

    Tiny fragment from the beginning of a ketubba. Dated: Wednesday, 1[.]5[.] Seleucid. Very little else is preserved.

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  25. 3625Legal documentT-S AS 183.55

    Fragment from the middle of a legal document. Refers to itself as a taṣāduq. Dating: likely late Mamluk or early Ottoman era. Refers to rings …

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  26. 3626Legal documentT-S 12.284

    Recto: Fragment cut out from a poem of Natan b. Shemuel ha-Ḥaver. In the margin is a fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. Verso: Legal query …

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  27. 3627Legal documentENA 3950.7

    Recto: Small fragment of a deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) in Arabic script. The one making the acknowledgment may be named Salmūn b. Isḥāq al-Māwardī.

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  28. 3628Legal documentT-S AS 86.195

    Fragment from the book of legal formulae, no. 23 (divorce deed). Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE).

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  29. 3629Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J244

    Query about niddah submitted to Abraham Maimuni by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu-- see Goitein Nachlass material

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  30. 3630Legal documentENA 972.4

    Bill of divorce. Dated: Tuesday, 8 Nisan 1435 Seleucid, which is 1124 CE. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Husband: Yeshuʿa b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. …

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  31. 3631Legal documentENA 4011.42

    Verso: Legal document: agreement with the Qodesh. Dating: ca. 1160. An agreement is concluded between a certain Ṣubḥ and his wife, and the qodesh, represented …

    1. חצר צבח וזוגתה ואקנו מנהם מעא אנהם
    2. רפעו ידהם ען אלתסעה קראריט אלדי
    3. פי אלדאר אלמערופה בדאר אלצבאג
    4. שרכה אלעניים והי בקצר אלשמע
    5. בזקאק אלחראני ואנהם גמי…

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    1. There were present (in court) Ṣubḥ and his wife and it was legally acquired from both of them that 

    2. they relinquish any claim to the 9 qīrā…

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  32. 3632Legal documentT-S 12.500

    Release given by Yakhin b. ʿEli to his brother Yeḥezqel. Dated: Friday, 7 Nisan 1409 Seleucid, which is 1098 CE. Likely in the handwriting of …

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  33. 3633Legal documentT-S Ar.39.270

    Business accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. One entry refers to the revenue from the shop; customs (maks); brokerage (samsara): and 83 dirhams. The …

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  34. 3634Legal documentYevr. II K 24

    Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Zekharya b. Raṣon ha-Rofe. The bride is Esther known as Sit al-Bayt d. Ya'aqov. AA

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  35. 3635Legal documentT-S NS 190.33

    A copy of a legal document about inheritance, probably the copy to be kept in court. Name mentioned: Shmuel

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  36. 3636Legal documentT-S AS 146.2

    Deathbed declaration of a druggist (ʿaṭṭār). Location: Fustat. Dated: middle third of Tammuz 1555 Seleucid = June 1244 CE. Abū Naṣr Elʿazar b. Abū l-Ḥasan …

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתימין לתתא למא כאן פי אלעשר
    2. אלאוסט מן חודש תמוז שנת אלפא וחמש מאה וחמשין וחמש שנין למנין שטר[ות
    3. למנינא דרגילנא לממני ב…

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  37. 3637Legal documentT-S Ar.38.127

    Will (waṣiyya), involving transfer of ownership of a house. Fragment (bottom only). On parchment. In the description of the property and its boundaries, mentions "the …

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  38. 3638Legal 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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  39. 3639Legal documentT-S 20.38

    IB I, 44. Court record. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 21 Adar II 1377 Seleucid, which is 21 March 1066 CE. Maymūn b. Yaʿaqov declares that …

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    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא בתלתה בשבה דהוא עשרין וחד יומי בירח אדר שני דשנת אלפא

    2. ותלת מאה ושבעין ושבע שנין למנינא דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט מצרים דעל ני…

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    1. ….
    2. בא לפנינו מ''ר מימון בן יעקב נ"ע ואמר לנו: היו עלי עדים וקנו ממני מעכשיו
    3. וכתבו וחתמו עלי בכל לשון של דין ובכל מובן החלטי ובכל לישאני
    4. דזכו…

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  40. 3640Legal documentT-S 8J34.12

    Legal document in Hebrew, perhaps a draft or beginning of a copy. In a which a woman, possibly Jawhara bt. Maḥfūẓ (whose name appears at …

    1. גוהרה בת מחפוץ
    2. דויד בר סלמאן
    3. עבאס בר כלף
    4. הידוע בן אלזעתר
    5. משמנה שנים
    6. זכרון עדות שהית(!) בפנינו
    7. אנו העדים החתומים למטה
    8. בשיני בשבת בשלשה
    9. בחדש תשרי
    10. דעו …

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  41. 3641Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16

    Legal record (#62) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 16r-v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …

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    :(Documents 60-62) Folio 16r

    1. [בהי]ות שהיה עסק משא ומתן ושותפות בין הר׳ יוסף תמים י[דיע] פ.[...] יצ׳׳ו וכה׳׳ר נסים גרייאני ידיע חפץ יצ׳׳ו
    2. בזה ה…

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  42. 3642Legal documentT-S 12.485

    Legal fragment written and signed by ʿImmanuel b. Yeḥiel (active ca. 1231–79). Deed of sale with provisions about the right to buy back a house …

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  43. 3643Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.17

    Legal record (#41b). Loan contract. Abū l-Faḍl b. Yūsuf is granted the right to repay his debt of 10 dinars to Abū Isḥāq al-ʿAṭṭār b. …

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  44. 3644Legal documentT-S Misc.20.232

    Legal document, quite faded. In which [...] Abū l-Faḍl b. [...] Daniʾel(?) "ha-sofer ha-mahir" acknowledges a debt of 287 dirhams to Abū Saʿīd b. Ṣedaqa …

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  45. 3645Legal documentT-S Ar.38.25

    Legal document(s). In Arabic script. The same block of text seems to be copied at least three times, followed by witness statements. At the far …

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  46. 3646Legal documentBL OR 5566B.15

    Legal document in Arabic script. A contract made before a Muslim notary, in which the proprietor of a Nubian slave promises to pay to the …

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  47. 3647Legal 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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  48. 3648Legal documentT-S 12.675

    Recto: beginning of a Qaraite ketubba. Dated: Wednesday, 1 Adar 12[..] Seleucid = 889–988 CE. There is a small drawing in the header. Verso and …

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    1. … [בשם אל עול]ם    הצליחו האלהים
    2. …ם קד : אז תשמח בתולה
    3. ביום רביעי בשבת בראש חדש אדר שנת אלף ומאתי[ם] …
    4. משמי [מר]ומו וי[קנ]א לקדשת שמו ויבנה בי…

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    1. [In the name of the Everlasting God]    God made him prosper (II Chron. 26: 5).
    2. … the holy ones : Then shall the virgin rejoice (Jer. 31: 13).

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  49. 3649Legal documentDK 369

    Legal document in Arabic script. Perhaps an iqrār made by Aḥmad b. Ismāʿīl b. ʿAbs(?). Mentions Cairo in line 6 and may also mention zakāt …

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  50. 3650Legal documentT-S AS 148.12

    Notice of oath written by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. He states that on Monday of the week of Beshalaḥ, he took an oath that he will …

    1. למא כאן יום אלאתנין שבת ויהי בשלח
    2. חלפת אני מא אקף עלי דכאן מכין
    3. לאכר אלשהר ושלום
    4. וכתב שלמה בן אליה [שמ] צו

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