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  1. 301Legal documentENA NS 18.25

    Detailed deathbed declaration made by Abu al-Tahir Mevorakh b. Shela al-murid (government supplier), written by the scribe Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). The testator …

    1. מעשה שהיה לפנינו אנו בית דין הקבוע המ[מנה . . . . . . . . . ס]אלנא אלדכול עלי אלשיך
    2. אבו אלטאהר מבורך בר שלה נע אלמורד פד[כלנא עליה פאלפינאה] אלמריץ …

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  2. 302Legal documentENA NS 19.19

    Legal document. A small fragment, written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138 CE), regarding a settlement between a couple, probably after their divorce (a …

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  3. 303Legal documentENA NS 61.25

    Legal document(s). Probably a draft. Small and damaged fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Includes part of a partnership …

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  4. 304Legal documentENA NS 66.2

    Probably a bill of sale for an enslaved woman. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). No details preserved.

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  5. 305Legal documentFriedberg MSS 9-004/22

    Deed of sale, probably. Fragment (upper left corner). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). For "the large dār with the square …

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  6. 306Legal documentFriedberg MSS 9-004/25

    Deed of gift of an enslaved woman (waṣīfa). Fragment, containing the first half of 5 lines. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 …

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  7. 307Legal documentJRL B 2970

    Fragment of a betrothal (erusin) document, written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). The groom is the son of Binyamin ha-Levi.

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  8. 308Legal documentJRL B 4804

    Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves Shemarya the Cretan (אלאקריטשי) and someone making a will. May be …

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  9. 309Legal documentJRL B 5478

    Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Deed of sale for an enslaved woman named Sahar. One of the parties …

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  10. 310Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/14

    Upper fragment: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: 1437 Seleucid, which is 1125/26 CE. Involves Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. [...], Aharon …

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  11. 311Legal documentL-G Misc. 4

    Ketubba fragment (right lower corner). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Groom: Yefet ha-Zaqen b. [...] ba-Ḥavura. Witnesses: Peraḥya b. Araḥ; Yefet b. Ṣadaqa. …

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  12. 312LetterMoss. IV,15.2

    Petition from ʿImrān b. Khalaf to the Gaon Maṣliaḥ b. Shelomo ha-Kohen (r. 1127-1139). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). …

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  13. 313Legal documentMoss. V,385.1

    Long vertical strip from the top of a ketubba written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: 1130 CE, under the jurisdiction of Masliah Gaon. Groom: …

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  14. 314Legal documentMoss. VII,6.2

    Lease contract for an entire top-floor apartment rented by Abu al-Ḥasan Shelomo ha-Kohen b. Menashshe. from Abu al-Fadl Mevorakh b. Yefet. The place is described …

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתחתא כן הוה חצרא אלינא אלשיך
    2. אבו אלפצל כגק מר ור מבורך הזקן הנכבד בר כגק מר ור יפת הזק[ן . . . . . ] . . . …

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  15. 315Legal documentMoss. VII,40.2 + T-S Ar.50.73

    Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Join: Amir Ashur. Recto: Document referring to a woman whose husband traveled to …

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  16. 316Legal documentMoss. VII,66.1

    Deathbed will. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: 29 Kislev 1448 Seleucid = 25 November 1136 CE. The testator is owed 2/3 dinars …

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  17. 317LetterMoss. VII,147.1

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother or brothers. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). He complains about separation and neglect. (Information …

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  18. 318Legal documentT-S 8.228

    Recto: Legal declaration in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE), per Weiss' paleographical assessment. Involving a bridegroom and his fiancee, Sitt al-Ahl. …

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    1. [ ] כצוץ אללאזמה לה[ ]
    2. חמורה אנה לא אכד להא עמל ולא ט[ ]
    3. ואכתמו עלי בגמיע אלאלפאט אלמחכמ[ה ]
    4. אלי סת אלאהל ארוסתי דא ליכון בידיהא [ ]
    5. מעאני אלא…

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  19. 319Legal documentT-S 8J5.4

    Court notebook in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Location: Fustat. Fol. 1r: Power of attorney. Dated: Tuesday, 2 Av 1438 Seleucid = 12 …

    Fol. 1r

    1. חצרת אלינא אנן חתומי מטה פרגיה בת מ יצחק נע זוגה אלשיך אבו אלמעאלי
    2. מרור אברהם הזקן יש צו דידיע בן אבו סלאמה ואשהדתנא עלי נפסהא
    3. אנהא קד והבת …

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  20. 320Legal documentT-S 8J5.12

    Two judges inspect together with two government muhandisīn two houses in the Laban (?) lane (near the synagogues) and find that the house of Hibāt …

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    1. חצרנא אנן חתומי מטה יום אלתלתא שלהי ירח שבט אתמז
    2. מע אבו אלחסן בן חאתם ואלמהנדזין אלמוקופאן מן גהה אלסלטאן
    3. לנטר אלאמלאך ו[בירא אלד]אר אלמערופה ב…

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    We, the undersigned, together with Abu ʾl-Ḥasan b. Ḥātim and the two surveyors provided by the Government for the inspection of properties, wer…

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  21. 321Legal documentT-S 8J10.10

    Legal document concerning the breaking off of an engagement agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fiancee: Sitt al-Banāt the …

    1. [בפנינו אנו בית דין הק]בוע בפסטאט מצר[ים] ו[מן] דִ[ח]תִ[י]םִ עימנא
    2. [לתחתא למא סהל אלכאלק תעא]לי דכרُה ותקדّסת אסמאה [אס]באב אלוُצלה
    3. [... ב]ר נתן הזק…

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  22. 322LetterT-S 8J11.10 + T-S AS 149.62

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi to his brother the court clerk Ḥalfon, who was active ca. 1100–1138 CE. (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 5:422, …

    1. וצלת כתאבך יאכי וסידי ואלעזיז [עלי וענדי] | אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
    2. עזך וסעאדתך וסלאמתך ונעמת[ך ומן] | חסן תופיקה לא אכלאך וכאן
    3. לך ומעך עונא ומעינא פי …

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  23. 323Legal documentT-S 8J17.9

    Court notebook. Location: Fustat. Betrothal (erusin) contract. Fiancé: Yosef b. ʿEli Ibn Qashqūsh. Fiancée: [Sitt al-]Jamīʿ bt. Shelomo, a virgin. Dated: middle decade of Ṭevet …

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  24. 324LetterT-S 8J17.31

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe, in Alexandria, to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (upper left corner of recto). The writer asks …

    1. ] עלי אטאל אללה בקאכם ואדאם עזכם בע
    2. ] . אלליל ואלנהאר מן וקת סמענא ען כיאר
    3. ]אלעטימה למא וסעה כתאב וכל מן פי אל
    4. ס]מעו כבר פמא נסמע אלא מא י . מס
    5. ] מא…

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  25. 325Legal query or responsumT-S 10J21.15 + T-S NS J496

    Legal query, draft, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Regarding the money left by a dead husband. In the margin: "As …

    T-S 10J21.15

    1. מא יקול רבנו פיההמיאה אל[ ]
    2. מחכם אלמעאני יקתצי כו[ ]
    3. ובכתובתה עליו ועל כל יור[שיו ]
    4. כשרים נאמנים ובעד ופ[אה ]
    5. יתבתו מא כלפה פסאלו [ ]
    6. ת…

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  26. 326Legal documentT-S 12.164 + Bodl. MS heb. b 12/19 + T-S 8.210

    Marriage contract in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Thursday, 11 Marḥeshvan, 142[.]. The original estimate for this shelfmark inferred 142[8] Seleucid, probably based …

    T-S 8.210

    1. ]א ודנא [
    2. ]תנא דנן [
    3. ]ה מעשה ידיה לית ליה [
    4. ]ביד ממוקדם [
    5. ]דנן בר מ חלפון נע לכ[
    6. ]ר ובריר וקיים[
    7. ] סט אברהם[
    8. ] סט [

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  27. 327Legal documentT-S 12.595 + T-S 12.604

    Ketubba in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). The bridegroom is possibly Is[aac b. ...]. The name of the bride and further …

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  28. 328Legal documentT-S 12.637

    Damaged ketubbah of Joseph b. ʿEli (groom), dated [...] Kislev [...]. No other details preserved. Probably written by Halfon b. Menasheshe Halevi. AA

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  29. 329Legal documentT-S 12.700

    Small strip from the top a ketubbah of Sason b. [...] (groom), in Fusṭāṭ. No further details are preserved. Written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe Halevi …

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  30. 330Legal documentT-S 16.44 + T-S 12.613

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: 11 Iyyar 1437 Seleucid (1126 CE). Change of a will signed by Ḥalfon b. …

    T-S 16.44 + T-S 12.613

    1. שה[דותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתחתא […
    2. אלצ[
    3. אב[
    4. ואפ[
    5. אלאסו[
    6. למתלהא [
    7. כנת מן מ[
    8. אלדאר אלדי א[
    9. אבו אסחק בן ט[
    10. מדעאה …

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  31. 331List or tableT-S 16.207

    Verso: Six lines of accounts of debts on clothing, written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated Kislev 1431/ November-December 1119. (Information from Mediterranean Society, IV, p. …

    1. ] לבזאז ען תוב אסכנדראני מו דרהם
    2. אלע]שר אלאכיר מן כסליו שנת אתלא אלמואפק לשעבאן
    3. ]דה מן דלך יום אלארבעא אלכח מן אלשהר אלמדכור ה
    4. ] ענדה אול גמעה פי רמ…

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  32. 332Legal 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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  33. 333LetterT-S Ar.7.19

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). There is also an incomplete address to their other brother Abū …

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  34. 334Legal documentT-S AS 131.24

    Small fragment from a prenuptial agreement written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: 1442 Seleucid, which is 1130/31 CE. There is an even smaller fragment …

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  35. 335Literary textT-S AS 145.159

    Completely damaged page from what use to be a Bible. The ink was corrosive so almost nothing left. On top of the page Halfon b. …

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  36. 336Legal documentT-S AS 145.354

    Bill of sale for an enslaved woman, probably. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). (Information in part from CUDL and from …

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  37. 337Legal documentT-S AS 147.148

    Bottom part from a legal document written under the jurisdiction of Masliah Gaon (although his name does not appear) by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi, so …

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  38. 338Legal documentT-S AS 148.50 + T-S NS 292.84

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (active 1100–38 CE). Two fragments from a bill of release regarding a shipment of tamarind to …

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  39. 339Legal documentT-S AS 149.265

    Minute fragment, a few incomplete words, but from what is preserved we can tell it is a ketubbah, contains the dowry section and probably written …

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  40. 340Legal documentT-S AS 152.3

    Legal document, fragmentary, calling for someone to give evidence about a certain person's misconduct and who is subject to a herem (excommunication). (Information from Goitein's …

    1. למא חצרת אלשהאדה אלקאטעה אלתאבתה בחצרה בית דין ע[
    2. הכהן הזקן נע אנה א . . . . עבירה ותגאוז עלי אלשריעה הו ומע [
    3. . . . . . . . . ] . . [ . . . מ]א לא …

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  41. 341Paraliterary textT-S AS 157.50

    Twitch divination (palmomancy) fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. See Wagner, E., & Bohak, G. (2008). T-S AS 157.50: A twitch divination text …

    recto

    1. …ב כירא
    2. …אר גמיעא
    3. … [אד]א אכתלג
    4. … [וי]ציב כירא כבירא
    5. … [אכתל]גת אל כُמّרה ולד
    6. … ואדא אכתלג
    7. …ה אלאימן פאנ[ה]
    8. … ואדא אכתלג
    9. …קאל עליה …
    10. … דלך כיר…

    Recto

    1. … good fortune (khayra)
    2. … entirely
    3. … [i]f it twitches
    4. … he will [ob]tain great good fortune.
    5. … [if] the head of the penis (kummara) twitch, a …

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  42. 342Legal documentT-S AS 159.230

    Digest of a legal document. Probably in the cursive hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. For a partnership in a shop in Cairo. One partner …

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  43. 343Legal documentT-S AS 169.292 + T-S AS 169.291 + T-S AS 169.294 + T-S NS 220.29

    Petition and/or legal report to the Gaʾon (Maṣliaḥ), in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Dating: 1127–1138 CE, based on the active …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. ממאליך הדרת אדוננו הגאון | תכון משרתו לנצח יקבלו ידיהא אלכרימתין וינ[הו . . .
    3. למא באלאמס יום אלתלתא אכ|ר אלנהאר ענד צלוה מעריב כאנו פי אלכני…

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  44. 344Legal documentT-S AS 214.242

    Fragment of a dowry list probably in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. On recto a list of items, mainly garments (maʿraqa) and textiles. …

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  45. 345Legal documentT-S AS 222.233

    Enormous bill of release. Written and signed by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: last 10 days (21-30) of the month of Shevat 1445 Seleucid, which …

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  46. 346Legal documentT-S Misc.28.79.3

    P3: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Refers to the purchase of a property; someone titled 'sar'; "that is …

    1. יטול שרחהא [
    2. מנה ואלמלך אלדי אשתראה [
    3. עדה אלאן לא חצרה שרינו וא[
    4. וסאטה פי דלך בנפסה ואכד לנא [
    5. מן אללה תעאלי פקרר מעה אן יקר ללד[
    6. אלדי פי אלגזירה מת…

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  47. 347Legal documentT-S Misc.28.79.7 + T-S Misc.28.79.11

    P7 + P11: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Partnership agreement. Tamīm ha-Kohen will be the active partner, traveling …

    T-S Misc.28.79 7r

    1. פיהא אלתלת כחסב מא גרת בה [
    2. הקהלות דנן אלתלתי ואשרט[..] לה עלי נפסי אנני א[
    3. כלטה דרהם ואחד לא[. .]פקד שי מן שי וגמיע מ[
    4. פאידתה כלט…

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  48. 348List or tableT-S Misc.28.79.22 + T-S Misc.28.79.25

    P22 + P25: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Tammuz 1430 Seleucid, which is 1119 CE. Involves: [Yosef] b. Mevorakh (the …

    T-S Misc.28.79 22

    1. ] ור מבורך הכ[הן ...] נע וצהרה אבו אלכיר ביר סעדיה הזקן סט .
    2. ].. בת מרור יוסף דנן אלתמס ואלדהא נקלתהא מן גואר ואלדתת
    3. ].ה בדלך וקלנ…

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  49. 349LetterT-S Misc.28.80 + T-S Misc.28.81

    Letter of recommendation in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. He describes the suffering two people underwent and asks for …

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  50. 350Legal documentT-S Misc.28.218

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves Abū Saʿd; a house in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ; and someone's maternal grandmother. Probably …

    1. [ ]ק[ ]
    2. [ ] מן שמי מן יומא דנן ולע[ילא ]
    3. [ ] עלי אבו סעד דנן ולא פי גמיע אלדאר שו[ ]
    4. [ ] דאר ען גדתי אם ואלדיעוקע מני לה הד[ ]
    5. [ ]קנא ולאקנואה ולאור…

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