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  1. 451Legal documentL-G Misc. 48

    Legal deed. On parchment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In which Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Tinnīsī (aka Yefet b. Shemarya) appoints Makārim b. Shelomo …

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  2. 452Legal documentMoss. VII,16.1

    Fragment of a general prenuptial agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. The agreement contains remarkable conditions that favor the woman: the bride …

    1. הבחור [...]
    2. ודכולהִ[א ...]
    3. הכהן הִ[... ולא]
    4. ישתמُהִאִ ולא ימדִ יִדִה [עליהא ב̇צרב ...]
    5. מן כואתִהִ אלא באכתיא[רהא ...]
    6. פי מכאן ואחִדִ טול מא [...]
    7. אן…

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  3. 453Legal documentMoss. VII,125.1

    Legal notes in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (Date: 1100-1138). Partnership record. Seʿadya b. Menashshe ha-Kohen has inherited funds from his father, and places …

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    1. סעדיה הכהן בר מנשה נע  
    2. לה מע כאלה  
    3. אבו אסחק אברהם בר אפרים נע  
    4. כו דינ יעמל בהא שרכה בינהמא  
    5. עלי אן אלכו [[פי דמתה]] לא יסלף מנהא  
    6. שי אלא …

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    1. Saadiah ha-Kohen b. Manasseh (who) r(ests in) E(den)
    2. has with his maternal uncle,
    3. Abū Isḥaq Abraham b. Ephraim (who) r(ests in) E(den,)
    4. 26 din(ars…

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  4. 454LetterMoss. VII,168

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. …

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  5. 455Legal documentT-S 8J5.1

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: Tuesday, 7 Elul 1425 Seleucid, which is August 1114 CE. Inventory of the estate …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. חצרנא אנן שלשת הדינים הקבועים בעיר אלקאהר(ה )
    3. ובפסטאט מצרים יום אלתלתא אלסאבע מן חדש אלול
    4. שנת אתכה לשטרות פי מנזל אלשיך אבו יעק…

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  6. 456Legal documentT-S 10J7.11 + T-S NS J81

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Two fragments from the right side. Concerning a release granted by a creditor to Abū …

    T-S 10J7.11 recto

    1. [ ]לך א[ ]
    2. דנן בקנין גמ[ור ]
    3. ותנאין אן אלת[ ]
    4. עליה אלסלטאן לל[ ]
    5. אלשרוט אלמשרוח[ה ]
    6. טלב עלי אלשיך אבו אל[ ]
    7. מסתכלאצהא לא גיר בח[ ]…

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  7. 457Legal documentT-S 20.87

    Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Recto: Decision of the court on repairs in a compound partly owned by the Qodesh. Dated: …

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    1. [ ]תה [ ]
    2. [ ]ה ואנהא אד לם תלחק ואל[א ]
    3. [ ]א ואטפאלה תחת סכנה כבירה מן [ ]
    4. תסקיע אועד אנה יקום במא ינפק פי אלעמא[רה ]
    5. ינוב אלהקד[ש ]מן אלאגרה …

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    1. (1-2) .... and if it is not carried out, and if …. not 

    2. …. and his children in a grave danger of …. 

    3. assessment, (in which) he proposed…

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  8. 458Legal documentT-S Ar.51.53

    Recto: Legal document in Judaeo-Arabic, which partly consists of a deathbed will. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday, 24 …

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  9. 459Legal documentT-S AS 146.53 + T-S AS 146.425

    Bill of divorce (geṭ). Husband: Ṣedaqa b. Shel[omo] (same as in T-S 8J35.12 (PGPID 18633)?). Wife: Malīḥa bt. Berakhot. Written and signed by Halfon b. …

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  10. 460LetterT-S AS 146.403

    Minute fragment. A beginning of a letter addressed to Mevorakh b. Saadya written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. AA

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  11. 461Legal documentT-S AS 220.77

    Small fragment from a legal deed relating to Abū l-Faraj al-Jubayli, and his trip to Yemen. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi.

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  12. 462Legal documentT-S Misc.28.263

    Legal document. Partnership agreement (copy). Written in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Tishrei 1424 Seleucid = September/October 1112 CE. Same case as T-S …

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    1. יכן הו]ה חצרא אלינא אלשיך אבו אלברכאת כגק מר ור ברכות הזקן הנכבד ישצו בר כגק מר ור יעקב
    2. נע ואבו ][אל]ופא בן אכתה כגק מר ור תמ[ים הז]קן הנכבד ה…

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    1. [Thus:] the Elder Abū al-Barakāt (his) h(onor,) g(reatness, and) h(oliness) Berakhot the honored Elder (may) his R(ock) pr(otect him) b. (his) …

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  13. 463Legal documentT-S NS 190.5

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Fragment (lower right corner). Concerning a divorce. Mentions something (the bill of divorce? the ketubba payment?) …

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  14. 464Legal documentT-S NS 224.20

    Legal deed written and signed by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (although the hand looks very different from other documents by him - PG). Small fragment …

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  15. 465Legal documentT-S NS 224.40 + T-S NS 184.67

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Ṣāfī b. Yakhin appoints [Yaʿ]aqov(?) b. Yiṣḥaq(?) al-Sijilmāsī as his agent to collect aloe from another …

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  16. 466Legal documentT-S NS 224.43

    Bottom of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: last decade of Adar 1441 Seleucid = March 1130 CE. Contains …

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  17. 467Legal documentT-S NS 224.45 + T-S NS 224.44

    Two fragments of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: Adar II [1]440 Seleucid = February/March 1129 CE, under the …

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  18. 468LetterT-S NS 224.97

    Fragment from a business letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon. Abu sl-Fadl is mentioned and ruba'i of 'anzrut (= Sarcocolla, mentioned …

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  19. 469Legal 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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  20. 470Legal documentT-S NS 226.29

    Legal document. Fragment of a prenuptial agreement written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dating: 1100–38. The wife is permitted to leave her house only with …

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  21. 471Legal documentT-S NS 226.48

    Legal document. Prenuptial agreement in the hand of Halfon b. Menashse ha-Levi (dating: 1100–38) between a Rabbanite husband named Natan ha-Levi and a Qaraite wife, …

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  22. 472Legal documentT-S NS 226.107

    Court record. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38), under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon (1127–39). Dating: 1127–38 CE. Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. …

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  23. 473Legal documentT-S NS 320.29

    Legal notes in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38). Digest of a bill of sale for an enslaved woman named Tawfīq, a minor. Seller: …

    1. אלבאיעה נפיסא בת מ כת. דידיע בן אלצפורי
    2. אלמנת מ יעקב הכהן דידיע בן אלמעוצנה
    3. גאריה מסאויה דון אלבלוג תדעא תופיק
    4. אלתמן יט אלא רבע ביע אלגלב
    5. ואן כאן חק…

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  24. 474Legal 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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  25. 475Legal documentT-S NS 324.97

    Fragment of a bill of acknowledgement of a debt by Yehezkel Halevi b. Netan'el to Abu 'Ala. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). …

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  26. 476Legal documentT-S NS J620 + T-S NS J624

    Legal agreement between spouses. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Location: Fustat. The husband of Sitt al-Bahāʾ takes her to court …

    1. [ ] בית דין [ מ]צליח הכהן נע עלי נפסה לזוגתה סת אלבהא
    2. [ ] בל אלואגב אן יכון [ מ]עישתה פי אלקאהרה ויצטר אלי אלמבית
    3. [ וליס לה וגה] אן יפרץ להא עלי זוג…

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  27. 477Legal documentYevr. III B 634 + T-S 8J32.1 + Bodl. MS heb. f 108/61 + Bodl. MS heb. b 13/48

    Marriage contract (ketubba). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Tuesday, 5 Adar II 1437 Seleucid, which is 1126 CE. Groom: Elʿazar b. Shemarya. …

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  28. 478LetterENA 4020.30

    Letter by the scribe Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE) to his brother in law, with a long narrative about the difficulties he encountered procuring …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. רקעתי אלי מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם חראסתה ונעמאה
    3. וכבת באלדל חסדתה ואעדאה מן תופיקה אלחסן לא אכלאה וכאן לה
    4. וליא וחאפטא פ…

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    1. In your name, merciful one.
    2. I am writing to you — my lord, the lofty elder, may God perpetuate your existence and make your protection and ben…

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  29. 479Legal documentENA NS 2.45

    Recto: Fragment of a large ketubba in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). "The primary purpose of providing a woman with real …

    1. אל. . .ה ען אלתלתה מואצע אל[
    2. קניא א.כתארדונה באלביע וקבץ אל[
    3. ירושה בעולם ואן ליס לה אלתעלק ב.[
    4. הכשר לקנות בו מעכשו בביטול כל מוד[עין
    5. וגעלתה ברסם כבז…

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  30. 480Legal documentENA NS 64.8

    Court ledger in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Fragment of a bifolio; three columns of text are partially preserved. Recto: Probably a partnership …

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  31. 481Legal documentMoss. VII,77

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Involving Abū l-Baqā' and the late Abū l-Riḍā, who had business dealings in Yemen. Needs further …

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  32. 482Legal documentT-S 10J28.9

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Location: Fustat. Dating: 1130–38 CE, based on Ḥalfon's dates and the fact that Abū l-Barakāt …

    1. [שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא למט]ה כן הוה למא סהל אלכאלק תעאלי
    2. [ותבארך אסבאב אלוצ]לה בין אלשיך אבו אלברכאת כגק
    3. [מרור אברהם הלוי בן כגק] …

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  33. 483Legal documentT-S 16.239

    Marriage contract, fragmentary and damaged, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, in the later period of his activity as scribe (dated documents: 1100-1138), in …

    1. ]י ארבעה דינרי דדהבא חק ימני שוי חד דינר דדהב מלאה שויא עשרה דינרי דדהבא עצאבה מני מדהבה שויא ארבעה דינרי דדהבא מערקה לאנס שויא חד
    2. ]א אזרק שון כולהו…

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  34. 484Legal documentT-S AS 148.47 + T-S 10J15.22

    Description from T-S AS 148.47: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Mentions a will (אלצואה אלמדכורה); Abū l-Barakāt; Yaʿqūb …

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    1. [ ]ק
    2. אביעת [ רב]ע בעד אלטרח
    3. סער עשרה דנאניר ונצף ורבע אלמאיה אלתמן אתנין ועשרון דינארא וקיראט ווצל מנה
    4. איצא פי שהור סנה אחדי עשר …

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  35. 485Legal documentT-S Misc.28.44

    Legal document. On parchment. Cairo. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Involves [...] b. Ṣadaqa ha-Zaqen who was "killed for the sake of God's …

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    1. [ חצ]רתה אות[ ]
    2. [ ]מין שהאדתנא אכר הדא אלמ[ ]
    3. על יחוד השם בר מרור צדקה הזקן הנכ נע [ ]
    4. דלך מסטור ונרסם שהאדתנא פיה אגבנ[ ]
    5. שך ענדנא פיהא ולא ר…

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  36. 486Legal documentT-S Misc.34.42

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. May be a declaration made by the merchant Benaya b. Mūsā (line 6). Mentions "all that …

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  37. 487Legal documentT-S Misc.34.50

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Probably from a prenuptial agreement, stipulating that the wife can force the husband …

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  38. 488LetterT-S NS 173.76 + T-S NS 226.113

    Letter/petition of a woman to the Gaʾon Maṣliaḥ ha-Kohen (1127–39). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38). Describing in detail an episode related …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום [רעה ימלטהו ה]
    3. קד געל אללה תעאלי הדרת אדוננו מצ[ליח הכהן ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב יהי שמו לעולם]
    4. כירח יכון עולם מלגא לכל קא…

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  39. 489Legal documentT-S NS 190.6

    Deed of betrothal (erusin). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (dates: 1100–38). Drawn up under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon (dates: 1127–39). Fiancée: Malka, …

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    1. אירס בפנינו אנן חתומי מ[טה ...]
    2. למלכה מתרכתא בת ר[...]
    3. זל על שם קידושים ג[מורים ...]
    4. ותסלם אכיהא וכילה[א ...]
    5. קידושיה אלכאתם אל[...]
    6. יכון אלמק…

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  40. 490LetterT-S NS 224.14 + T-S NS 224.13 + T-S NS 184.51

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Drawn up under the authority of the Nagid Moshe b. Mevorakh (ca. 1112–26 CE). It is …

    1. ]אנה [
    2. קד אשרעו פי עמא [
    3. ליצרף פי עמארתהא ואן[
    4. ומא תחתאג אליה מן אלמאל [
    5. דנן ודפעו להא מן גמלה מאל [
    6. עגמי כבוד גד קד מרנ ורבנ יצח[ק
    7. ור שמחה הזקן הנכ…

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  41. 491Legal documentT-S NS 259.37 + T-S 8J5.3

    Prenuptial agreement between a future husband and his prospective second wife, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Location: Fustat. Dated: Monday night, 6 …

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    1. שידך לפנינו אנו בית דין | הקבוע בפסטאט מצרים
    2. ומאן דחתים עימנא לתחת|א מרור אברהם היקר יש צו
    3. בר מרור יכין הזקן נע לדלא|ל בתולתא בת מרור יוסף
    4. ה…

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  42. 492LetterT-S NS 313.6

    Letter in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (ca. 1100–38 CE). Almost complete. Unclear if Ḥalfon himself is the sender; could be written on …

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  43. 493Legal documentT-S NS 321.12

    Court register, fragment. Upper left corner of a legal record. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dating: 1127–39, under the reshut of Maṣliaḥ Gaon. …

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  44. 494Legal documentT-S NS 321.50

    Legal document. Partnership agreement (copy). Written in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dating: 1112 CE (based on T-S Misc.28.263). Goitein records that this fragment …

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    1. ]..חסן .........................[
    2. ]דלך ומנא מן כתב באסמאינא גמיעא וכדלך פעל[
    3. ]פעלה צאחבה גמיעאנא מתפק אן וניתנא מסתקימה[
    4. ]א יד... .ל. מא .. מן…

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    1. […] good … […]
    2. […] that, and those of us who wrote our names together. Likewise …[…]
    3. […] his fellow enacted, agreeing with all of us, our intenti…

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  45. 495Legal documentT-S NS 323.27

    Legal document written and signed by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Very faded, but complete. Dated: Monday, 8 Adar I 1448 Seleucid = 1 February 1137 …

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  46. 496Legal documentT-S NS 342.74

    Court records in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi, probably drafts or copies. On recto: mentions partners in silk and a quantity of qinṭārs; …

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  47. 497Legal documentT-S NS 342.98 + T-S NS 342.89

    Draft of a legal document or documents, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Regarding a partnership in a tax farm, on …

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  48. 498Legal query or responsumT-S NS J496 + T-S 10J21.15

    Legal query (in a different hand than recto) concerning the case of a widow holding a statement of trustworthiness, who had declared that she possessed …

    1. ] . . . ירום הודו ויגדל כבודו פי אמראה [
    2. ] .דכל אלדיאן ושיוך אליהוד ליתבתו מא [
    3. ] ואלאלמנה מעהא שטר נאמנות מחזי[
    4. ]נת בביתה ובדבורה ובכתובתה נאמנת
    5. ] …

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  49. 499Legal documentAIU VII.A.38.2

    This fragment is actually several fragments stuck together. In the lower right corner of 'recto,' at 90 degrees to the other text blocks, there is …

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  50. 500LetterHalper 418

    Letter of appeal for help. In Judaeo-Arabic. Written on behalf of a woman, probably in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. "A divorced woman complains …

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