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  1. 4001Legal documentENA NS 77.326

    Recto: Draft of a legal document. Mentions Yefet Tifʾeret ha-Qahal (maybe the same who appears in T-S 20.31, T-S Misc.24.137.1, and T-S NS J259 over …

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  2. 4002Legal documentHalper 159

    Legal query with Avraham Maimonides' autograph responsum and signature (r. 1205–1237 CE). Description from Penn Catalog: "The recto contains three related inquiries, in three separate …

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  3. 4003Legal documentENA NS 71.1

    Recto: Legal document. In Arabic script. Dated: 25 Shaʿbān 1280 AH, which is 4 February 1864 CE. There is one signature in Hebrew script: הצעיר …

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  4. 4004Legal documentT-S NS 226.63

    Probably a draft or record. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Refers to a sum of 81 (dinars?); the dues …

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  5. 4005Legal documentT-S Ar.38.117

    Recto: Deed of sale. In Arabic script. Dating: ca. 530 AH (= 1135/36 CE). (However, Goitein read the year 55[.] AH somewhere, which would be …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2.  [هذ]ا ما اشترى مكارم بن أبي الفرج بن يوسف الـ[ ]

    3. [ السمـ]ـرة واضح الجبهة وبها غضون مقرون خفي وبقرن جبهتيـ[ـه ] 

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

    2. This is what Makārim ibn Abī al-Faraj ibn Yūsuf the [ … ] bought  [ … ]  

    3. [ … brownness]…

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  6. 4006Legal documentT-S NS 262.41

    Legal fragment (lower right corner). Signed: [...] b. Yosef ha-Kohen; Shela b. Mevasser (dated documents 1065–1103). On verso there is a prescription/recipe in Arabic script.

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  7. 4007Legal documentT-S Ar.38.101

    Strip of parchment from the end of a deed of sale, preserving the date: Jumādā I 434 AH = December 1042 / January 1043 CE. …

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    1. ولا سبب يقبض فيه ولا وضيعة ولا [   ]

    2. ]الاقرار عليها به وقبل ذلك [   ]فيها ابو سهل منشا هذا[

    3. ]طوعا وعلى صحة معرفتها جميعا وذلك في جمدى الا…

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  8. 4008Legal documentT-S 18J1.35

    Legal document, identified internally as a "gift deed" in line 28. Dated: 1 Tammuz 5509 AM = 17 June 1749 CE. Location: Cairo. David ben …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בהיות שמרת אשכנז אשת היקר ונעלה לתהלה כמה׳׳ר דוד ן׳ נעים יצ׳׳ו נפטרה לכ׳׳ע בעת לדתה מרדכי ן׳ נע(!) יצ׳׳ו העומד היום
    3. לחיים ולקיימא ונפל כל העזב…

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  9. 4009Legal documentT-S 8J4.18

    Fol. 2r: Deed regarding alimony provided by a husband for his wife in Tyre, while he travels to Egypt. The husband will provide wheat, oil, …

    1. ] . . . . . . . . . ם לך וכאנת א[. . . . . . . . . . . . .] לך בהא אליד ואן [
    2. ] אלתזם בה . . . [. . . . . . . . . . ל]סת אלבית אלמדכורה פי דלך פאגא[…
    1. ...
    2. ... the obligations undertaken by him in favor of the aforementioned Sitt al-bayt… 
    3. We, the community, arranged the symbolic purchase in he…

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  10. 4010Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1399

    Legal document regarding two business partners and a debtor. Date: 10 Iyyar 5454 AM (1694 CE). Location: Cairo, Dār Simḥa Synagogue. The partners are Moshe …

    1. למא כאן בתאריך נהאר אלאחד אלמבארך עשרה איאם פי חדש אייר המ׳ סנה ליצירה חצ'רו
    2. אתנינהם והם כה׳׳ר משה כהן יצ׳׳ו אבן אלמר כה׳׳ר אהרן כהן נ׳׳ע וכה׳׳ר יוס…

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  11. 4011Legal documentT-S AS 153.237 + T-S AS 153.238 + T-S AS 153.240 + T-S AS 153.242 + T-S AS 153.243 + T-S AS 153.244 + T-S AS 153.245

    Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Concerning the sale of property. There is writing on both recto and …

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  12. 4012Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J93 + T-S 8.130

    Court record(s) containing signatures of three Jewish witnesses in Arabic script, in the first of which a Jewish woman is charged by two Muslims with …

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    1. וחצר ר ע[מ]רם בן סעיד בן מוסי ודכר אנה כאן יעמל פי דכאן אבו אלפרג
    2. אבן מעמ[ר] אלשראבי ואנה כאן טביבא יצף עלי דכאן אבי אלפרג
    3. אלמדכור יכנא אבא גא…

    Amram ibn Sa‘id ibn Musa appeared [before the court] and reported that he was working in the apothecary practice of Abu’l-Faraj ibn Ma‘amar al-Sharab…

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  13. 4013Legal documentT-S Misc.28.189

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment. Involves a tenant named Ḥusna, Abū l-Fakhr, and a property.

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    1 ( )א בזיאדה ו(לא )

    2 ( ) איאהא אלתי אולהא תש( )

    3 ( )מיעא בדלך ואלתזמא בה ואקנינא ( )

    4 ( ) ומנסוב אליה מן דלך בעד צחה אלמערפה בחסנה

    5 ( ) ושה…

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  14. 4014Legal documentT-S 13J4.15.2

    F. 2r: Betrothal contract between Ṣedaqa b. M[oses?] and Wazīra bt. Mūsā b. Isaac. Dated Kislev 1691 of the Seleucid Era (= 1379 CE), and …

    זכרון עדות

    1. למא כאן בתאריך ליל...
    2. אתנין אלראבע מחדש כסליו שנת
    3. אתרצא לשטרות למניינא
    4. דרגילנא לממני ביה הכא בעיר
    5. אלקאהרה הסמוכה לפסטאט
    6. מצרים דעל נהר ניל…

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  15. 4015Legal documentT-S 8J4.2

    Lawsuit concerning a consignment of oil, which upon its arrival in Alexandria was left in the ship instead of being forwarded immediately to Fustat because …

    1. חצר אלי בית דין ומושב הזקינים פי יום
    2. אלכמיס זי מצת מן טבת שנת אשלח במצר
    3. מר צדקה בר יחיה ומר יוסף בר מוהוב
    4. וטאלב מר צדקה הדא למר יוסף הדא במא דכר
    5. אנה…

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  16. 4016Legal documentT-S NS 323.4b + T-S NS 323.4a

    Marriage contract (ketubba). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: Friday, 15 Kislev 1417 Seleucid, which is 24 November 1105 CE. Groom: Yefet …

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  17. 4017Legal documentAIU XII.173

    Recto: Long, calligraphic legal document in Arabic, referred to as a "ḥujja" in the Judaeo-Arabic filing note. Location: Cairo (مصر المحروسة). Dated October 1649 CE …

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    1. هو المنعم

    Recto, ʿalāma 

    1. الامر كما ذكر فيه حرره الفقير اليه سبحانه
    2. احمد المولى خلافة محكمة
    3. باب الخرق والسعادة
    4. عفي عنه

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    Recto, heading

    1. He [God] is the benefactor.

    Recto, ʿalāma 

    1. The matter is as it was recounted in it [the document]. The

      poor one in need of [God…

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  18. 4018Legal documentT-S 16.20

    Legal document. Elʿazar b. Yefet sells to Shelomo b. Ṣedaqa his female slave named Ṭāʾūs ('Peacock') and her 10 year old son, named Mubārak ('The …

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתימין לתתא פי אלעשר אלאכיר מן
    2. חודש אלול דשנת אלפא וחמש מאה וחמשין ותרין שנין למנין שטרות למנינא
    3. דרגילנא (!) לממני ביה …

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  19. 4019Legal documentT-S 12.569

    Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tishrei 1465 Seleucid = September/October 1153 CE, under the reshut of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Debt contract between Abū …

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  20. 4020Legal documentT-S 8J8.3

    Fragment from the bottom of a legal document signed by Shemuʾel. Mentions garments (e.g., maʿāriq, shuqqa khām). (Information in part from CUDL)

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  21. 4021Legal documentT-S 13J1.9

    End of a legal deed; only the date and signatures are preserved. Nine signatures, Nisan 1041. (Information from Goitein's index cards) EMS

    1. כתב [ ]ממ[
    2. נכתב בחדש ניסן שנת אלף שלש /ו/מאות וחמשים ושתים למנ[י]ן [שאנו
    3. רגילין למנות בו בפסטאט מצרים שעל נילוס הנהר מושבה
    4. ניסין בר בשר ישועה הלוי ב…

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  22. 4022Legal documentT-S 16.67

    Detailed Karaite marriage contract of Elʿazar b. Shemarya and Rivqa bt. Yosef. Dated Tishrei 1512 (September 1200), Cairo. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 409)

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    1. בשם אל עו' : בי'י יצדקו : ישראל בטח : ויאמר י'י אלהים : על כן יעזב :
    2. טובים הש' : קחו נשים : בית והון נחלת מצא אשה : מי'י מצעדי' :
    3. לא יאמר לך :…

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    1. In the name of the Everlasting God. In the Lord they are justified (Is. 45: 25). Israel, trust (Ps. 115: 9). And the Lord God said (Gen. 2: 18…

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  23. 4023Legal documentT-S AS 145.85

    Legal document written and signed by Eliyya b. David Ḥavriya (חברייה). Dating: 16th century. Record of debt with values measured in Venetian zecchini (Ar. bunduqī, …

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  24. 4024Legal documentT-S 10J2.33

    Legal document. Bill of divorce, Fusṭāṭ. Dated: 15 Iyyar 1491 (12 May 1180). This bill of divorce is one of forty under the T-S 10J2 …

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  25. 4025Legal documentT-S AS 150.10

    Model of a legal document in which a mother gives her daughter the upper story of a building as a gift. (Information from Goitein's index …

    1. . . ] . . הבה מרה לבנתהא נצף [ . . ]בצור
    2. מ . . .לפ כן הוה חצ אלינ פ . . וקאלת לנא [[ל]]
    3. [[ .רינה צור פי אלזקאק אלפ]] אשהדו [עלי] אלאן מעכשיו
    4. ואכתבו …

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  26. 4026Legal documentL-G Misc. 130

    Bifolio from a collection of legal documents from Yemen. The first document on f. 1r is in a different, cruder, hand to the rest, and …

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  27. 4027Legal documentT-S AS 145.2

    IB IV, 2 (ח4). Legal document detailing an agreement between Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi and his partner Abū l-Faraj b. Abū l-Khayr. During the upcoming …

    1. ויסלם אי̇צא לחלפון בר נתנִ[א]לִ הלוי דנן עדל אכר א[... פי]
    2. עידאב ענד אלוצול אן שאללה ובעד כרו̇ג דלך [...]
    3. יתבקא מן אלאעדאל סתה אעדאל געל לה ו[...]
    4. מ…
    1. וימסור גם כן לחלפון בר נתנ[א]ל הלוי דנן משא אחר [...]
    2. [ב]ַעְ̇יַדאבּ עם ההגעה לשם, אם ירצה ה', ולאחר ההוצאה של זה [...]
    3. יישאר מן המשאים שישה מש…

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  28. 4028Legal documentT-S 6J12.4

    Beginning of a legal document. Location: Fusṭāṭ. Dated: Sunday, 21 Iyyar 1531 Seleucid = 26 April 1220 CE, under the authority of Avraham Maimonides. Probably …

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  29. 4029Legal documentNLI 577.8/1

    Legal document, in Arabic script. Late. Probably related to the sale of a house with a detailed description. Mentions a eunuch, "استاد له الطوشي". Needs …

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  30. 4030Legal documentENA 4014.9

    See PGPID 15888

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  31. 4031Legal documentT-S 12.514

    Legal deed. On parchment. Particularly old. Dated: Monday, 6 Shevaṭ 4716 AM = 21 January 956 CE. Signed by at least thirteen witnesses, all in …

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  32. 4032Legal documentAIU VII.D.27

    Replacement ketubba dated 12 September 1802 (15 Elul 5562 AM) from "Kafr al-Nāqir" on the Nile. Line 6 notes that the couple's original ketubba is …

    1. ב׳׳ה              בסט׳׳ו
    2.      בשבת בחמשא עשר לחדש אלול
    3. שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות וששים ושתים ליצירה הכא בכפר אלנאקר דעל נהר
    4. נילוס מותבה אתא קדמנא היק…

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  33. 4033Legal documentT-S AS 146.289

    Verso: Unidentified Judaeo-Arabic document (draft of a legal document?) mentioning Abū l-Faraj, Yiṣḥaq b. Moshe ha-Kohen, ha-Talmid, Abū ʿImrān Ibn al-[...], and al-Raqqī. Seems like …

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  34. 4034Legal documentUPenn RAR MS 82.313.1.5

    Fragment of a deed of sale for a property, probably. Dated: Ramaḍān 421 AH = September 1030 CE. Reused for Hebrew text (lower margin and …

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  35. 4035Legal documentT-S AS 152.375

    Fragment from a bill of divorce (get). AA

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  36. 4036Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J43

    Power of attorney embedded in a letter. Yakhin b. Elʿazar of Minyat Zifta writes to Abū l-Ḥasan and Abū l-Munā and instructs them to pay …

    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך
    2. ואדאם עזה וסעאדתה וסלאמתה ונעמתה
    3. ען] חאל סלאמה ועאפיה ושוק אליך שדיד אללה
    4. יסאהל קרב אלאשתמאע ברחמתה אנה ולי דלך
    5. ואלק…

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  37. 4037Legal documentT-S NS J401c

    Legal fragment. Mentions various precious goods (aʿlāq) and amounts of money. No names.

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  38. 4038Legal documentT-S NS 320.78

    Recto: Ketubba fragment. Most of the text here is the dowry list, which includes "royal Rūmī [broca]de" and blue dabīqī curtains. The early marriage payment …

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  39. 4039Legal documentENA NS 46.1

    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 …

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  40. 4040Legal documentT-S AS 145.203

    Legal document written in Fusṭāṭ, mentioning Nathaniel and the elder Abū [...]. Includes the word אסתאגתת = a misspelling of استغاثت? (Information in part from …

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  41. 4041Legal documentT-S 16.56

    Legal document. Location: somewhere in Egypt, probably Fustat. Dated: Kislev 1286 Seleucid = November/December 974 CE. The merchant Maṣliaḥ b. Yiṣḥaq b. David acquits another …

    1. זכרון עדות שהיתה בפנינו ב. . בשבת ב]שנת אלף ומ[. .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ע]שר יום לחדש כסלו שנת אלף ומאתים ושמנים ושש
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  42. 4042Legal documentT-S 18J1.23

    Legal document recording that Sitt al-Husn, daughter of Saadya, sought a gold tiara ('isaba) that she had pawned to the recently-deceased physician Abu al-Murajja b. …

    1. כאן לסת אלחסן בת סעדיה נע הידועה בנת אלחדבא ענד אבו אלמרגא אלטביב בן דינאל רצי אללה ענה עצאבה
    2. דהב פלמא תופי אלתמסתהא מן וראתה פי בית דין פסאלו ענהא …

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  43. 4043Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16

    Legal record (#12) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 4r of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …

    Recto

    :(Documents 11-13) Folio 4r

    1. הירמוזא פה מצרים כעת פטירת אמה הופקד עזבון המ׳ אסתר הנז׳ שבכללם חזוקי העלייה הנז׳
    2. ביד שליש וכעת באה המ׳ הירמוזא הנ…

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  44. 4044Legal documentT-S NS 224.61

    Fragment from a legal deed from Mevorakh b. Saʿadya's period (1094–1111) regarding a quarrel between Aharon b. Shemarya ha-Kohen and Abū Saʿd b. Siman Ṭav …

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  45. 4045Legal documentENA 2558.6

    Legal deed written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. On parchment. Almost nothing is left. The name of some of the other signatories may be …

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  46. 4046Legal documentBL OR 10118.7

    Bottom of a ketubba. Groom: Yosef. Bride: Ḥaziyya (חזייה). Signed by חטר(?) b. Shalem and Yosef b. Avraham. Looks Yemeni and potentially late.

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  47. 4047Legal 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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  48. 4048Legal documentT-S AS 147.273 + T-S AS 147.259

    Legal document in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). On parchment. Bill of compromise. No names preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  49. 4049Legal documentT-S AS 177.626

    Fragment from a document in Arabic script, probably legal or at least dealing with legal matters. Mentions a house, testimonies, and assertions about what is …

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  50. 4050Legal documentT-S Misc.8.98

    Legal formulary, mainly in Judaeo-Arabic.

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