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  1. 101Legal documentT-S 13J1.6

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    Hebrew

    Document describing a Damascene husband who had settled in Jerusalem and went bankrupt in Ramla, and who was being sued by his Egyptian wife. Her …

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    1. זכרון עדות שהיתה בפנינו אנחנו העדים החתומים למטה באחד בשבת בארבעת
    2. ימים בחדש תמוז שנת אלף ושלש מאות ושלשים וחמש לשטרות למינין שאנו
    3. רגילין למנות…

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  2. 102Legal documentAIU VII.D.38 + AIU VII.D.65 + AIU VII.D.66

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    Recto: Legal declaration from Fustat, 1737 CE (18 Shevat 5491), in which the witnesses testify that Shelomo b. David divorcd his wife Sarah bt. Mordechai. …

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  3. 103Legal documentT-S 13J8.1

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    Court record concerning a grain dealer who promises to pay his former wife 4 dirhams every week for his five-year-old son, who was staying with …

    1. בתרין בשבה כד בתשרי שסד חצר בבית דין ר יוסף בן ר צדקה
    2. אלפאמי ומטלקתה גניה בת ר חסן ואקנינא מנה לרצונו ותאותו
    3. בלא אונס אן ידפע אלי ר סלאמה אלזיאת באל…

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    1. On Monday, 24 Tishrei (1)364 AG (= 21 September 1052 CE), R. Joseph b. R. Ṣedaqa 

    2. the keeper of a grain store and his divorcee Gh[aniyya] b…

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  4. 104Legal documentBL OR 5534.1

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    Aramaic

    Calligraphic get (bill of divorce) dated the 19th of Kislev 5422 AM (5422) from Damascus. Moshe b. Avraham known as Ibrahim repudiates Malkah known as …

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  5. 105LetterT-S NS 321.99 + CUL Or.1080 J192

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    Letter addressed to ʿEli the Parnas. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender petitions on behalf of a divorcee who came to him "complaining and crying" that her …

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    1. אלס[גל?]ת ר עלי הפרנס הנאמן ירבה ויסגא לעד
    2. אן כאנת מכאתבתי מנקטעה ען מולאי אלפרנס . [
    3. ואדאם עלוה ותמכינה ופסח פי מדתה פאלק[
    4. טאמחה ויתצל בי אכ…

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  6. 106Legal documentENA 972.11

    Qaraite bill of divorce formulary

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  7. 107Legal documentT-S K1.66

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    Aramaic

    A magical deed of divorce (geṭ), from ʿImrān b. Mordekhay of Muʿizziyya (= New Cairo?) to Ḥabība bt. [...] followed by a spell to open …

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  8. 108Legal documentT-S NS J412

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    Legal document (zikhron ʿedut). Dated: Thursday, 13 Elul 1528 Seleucid, which is 18 August 1217 CE. Settlement of the payment of a mu'akhkhar in installments. …

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  9. 109Legal documentT-S Misc.25.66

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    Bill of divorce formulary or draft. Location: Fustat. Dateable perhaps to the eleventh or twelfth centuries. Line one was left incomplete and undated perhaps as …

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  10. 110Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J58

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    IB I, 19. Legal document: testimony on the date of a bill of divorce written by Yaʿaqov b. Avraham, Yosef Lebdi's travel companion. Dated: Thursday, …

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    1. תאריך אלגט 
    2. [בחמש]ה בשבא דהוא עשרין ושבע[ה]
    3. יומי בירח ניסן דשנת אלפא 
    4. וארבע מאה ושית שנין למנ' 
    5. קאבלנא נחן אלשהוד אלכאתמין
    6. לתתא בהדא אלתאריך ו…

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  11. 111LetterHalper 418

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    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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  12. 112LetterHalper 419

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    Letter from an unknown man, unknown location (not Fustat or Alexandria), to his mother Umm Mufaḍḍal, in Alexandria. Written in Judaeo-Arabic with the address in …

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  13. 113LetterT-S 8J28.11

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    Letter with a legal purpose. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. From an unidentified sender to a certain parnas, trustee of the court. The …

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  14. 114LetterT-S NS 320.6

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    Letter from Masʿūd b. Mawhūb to his brother Sābiq b. Mawhūb. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is agitated about the news he heard from Umm Subayʿ …

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  15. 115Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/100

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    Formularies for divorce-related documents. The one on recto is clearly based on a real document and a real case, but gives "peloni" for the month …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בשלישי בשבת באחד עשר יום ליר׳׳ח פ׳ שנת חמשת אלפים וחמש מאות וארבעה עשר ליצירה הכא בעיר אלקאהרה
    3. הסמוכה לפסטאט מצרים דעל נהר נילוס מותבה גירש הי…

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  16. 116LetterT-S 8J16.14

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    Recto: Letter fragment to a distinguished person named Abū l-Barakāt b. [...], titled Sar Menuḥa and Sar Shalom. Contains profuse well-wishes for the addressee's recovery …

    1. ] וכלא
    2. ]ע א[ ] צהרגת ולא
    3. ] את ממנה וקבעוני להם חזן זקנים ובחורים
    4. ] ואדוני הזקן הטוב אשר שמו אבי אלברכאת בן
    5. ] בשר מנוחה ושר שלום שמ צו ואני תמיד שואל…

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  17. 117Legal documentENA NS 17.31

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    Legal document. Court record. Dated: 1084. Location: Fustat. This document contains a partial court record of a partnership between Yefet b. Wad‘a and Abū Zikrī. …

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    1. בחמשה בשבה דהוא עשרין ושיתה יומין בירח  
    2. ניסן דשנת אלפא ותלת מאה ותשעין וחמש שנין למנינא  
    3. דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה  
    4. ח…

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    1. On Thursday, the twenty-sixth day of the month
    2. of Nisan of the year one thousand three hundred and ninety-five years according to the count
    3. to …
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  18. 118LetterT-S 10J15.9

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    Letter from a woman to her husband (ṣāḥib al-bayt). In Judaeo-Arabic. After the greetings, which include wishes for the husband's recovery from illness, she continues, …

    1. I inform you, master of the house, may God always give you happiness, strengthen your well-being,  

    2. cure your sorrows, destroy your enemies and…

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  19. 119Legal documentT-S 8J5.23

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    Conditional bill of divorce. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Dated: Av 1480 Seleucid, which is 1169 CE. The trader Bū Saʿd Moshe b. …

    1. בחד בשבה דהוא ש[
    2. אב דשנת אלפא וא[
    3. לשטרות באלמ[
    4. לפסטאט מצר [
    5. אנא משה בר [
    6. וחניכא דאית [
    7. אניסנא ות [
    8. ליכי אנתי פכ [
    9. וחניכא דאית [
    10. דנה וכדן תר [
    11. רשאה ו…

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  20. 120LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/16

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    Recto: Petition to Masliah Gaon from a woman wishing to have a divorce. Probably 1127 CE. Discussed in detail, with translation, in Oded Zinger's dissertation, …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. יענך יי ביום צרה ישגבך שם אלהי יעקב וג
    3. אעלם חצרה אדונינו גאונינו נזרינו וכתרינו ועטרת ראשינו
    4. מצליח הכהן ראש ישיבת גאון יעקב יברכהו וי…
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  21. 121LetterENA NS 7.43

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    Letter of appeal from a woman whose husband had abandoned her with Muslims. "In this fragmentary letter a woman bitterly describes her marital misfortunes. Her …

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    1. כאן פי כרוגי . . מצלחהם פאמתלת מ[א]
    2. אמרתם בה וכרגת אנא ובנת תמניה
    3. סנין פאסכנני בין אלגוים ודכל מע אביה
    4. אסבתו פי אלקאהרה וכאן לי סנתין פי מ . .…

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    1. [...] the sick [...] of the bereavement and the illness 

    2. [...] news. Joseph was there 

    3. [...] told me, “Cut your hair and ransom yourself”…

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  22. 122Legal documentT-S 8J14.2

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    Letter in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Ḥisday ha-Nasi (a Qaraite communal leader) concerning a husband who wishes to divorce the wife he …

    1. יקבל אלארץ אללה תע אמאם מ הדרת מעלת יקרת צפירת
    2. תפארת מרנו ורבנו אדוננו נשיאנו מלכא חסדאי הנשיא הגדול ראש
    3. כל גליות בית ישראל ירום ונשא וגבה מאד וינהי…

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  23. 123Legal documentT-S AS 147.17

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    Legal query in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi regarding a man who married a widow, then found in her a "hidden defect" from …

    1. אל
    2. מא יקול הדרת פי ראובן אגוז אמראה // ארמלה // ולקי פיהא עיב
    3. באטן [[תם]] וחצל לה מן דלך מרץ והו סעלוך ולם יכון
    4. מעה מא [י]תעשא בה אלא מן עניי ישראל …

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