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Very damaged betrothal deed, probably between Rabbinate bride and Karaite groom (See Ashur, Engagement and Betrothals, p, 69). It is the bride's second marriage and …
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Long discussion between a woman and the court about taking an oath in a legal dispute she had with a man (the document mentions that …
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Recto: bottom line of a court record, (written and?) signed by [Avraham] b. Shemaʿya he-Ḥaver, [Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel] the Spaniard, Menashshe b. Shemuel, Ḥalfon b. …
Small fragment containing various legal notes with multiple distinct entries. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). One mentions a tax …
Small fragment from the opening of a letter written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–1138 CE) containing greetings for Masliah Gaon, probably for his appointment …
Legal query addressed to the Gaʾon (probably Maṣliaḥ) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Concerning a man who remarried after …
Several fragments from a business letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi to his brother Ḥalfon (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Informing him that he …
Several fragments of a letter from Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. The middle pieces (T-S …
Fragment from legal deeds written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). On recto a reverence is made to 'al-wakil al-goy' = the gentile …
Small fragment of a legal deed regarding sugar refining (ṭabīkh al-sukkar). Involving Yeshuʿa b. Yiftaḥ ha-Kohen. In the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. …
Legal record(s) in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–38 CE). Fragment (lower left part of recto). The main record concerns a dispute over …
Legal notes in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Outline for the sale of enslaved people (bayʿ jalb). Seller: Moshe b. …
Fragment from a legal deed involving Halfon b. Eli. Cairo is mentioned. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100–1138). AA
Minute fragment from the top part of a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE), who is named …
Deathbed declaration of Abū l-Maʿālī Shelomo al-Dhahabī. The witnesses to the declaration are ʿEli he-Ḥaver and Araḥ Ibn Kokhav (or Kawkab), and the judge is …
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Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). "A litigation concerning an inheritance. Two partners were operating a store and upon …
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Legal document written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Ḥeshvan 1432 Seleucid, which is September-October 1120 CE. Court record concerning a father’s will. Abū …
Account of repairs of a house, written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). A previous version of this shelfmark description listed the date range …
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Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (upper left corner of recto). Mentions Abū l-Surur (their brother …
כת]אבי אלי אלעבראני וקד וגה מע מר רב יוסף הדא
]ו וורקא ינסך לה מן הנאך מא אמכנה וכתב לה רבנו נהראי נטרי
רחמ כתאבא אלי חצרתה יסאלה פי …
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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 …
Legal fragment. Betrothal (erusin) document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Surviving names include Yeshuʿa ha-Zaqen and Avraham.
Prenuptial agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: last decade of Tishrei 1438 Seleucid = October 1126 CE. This was before the …
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Segment of a ketubba (marriage contract), in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–1138 CE).
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Legal document. Record of release. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1125 CE. This document describes release from a partnership in …
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IB I, 33. Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE) containing a commercial account and a record of court proceedings. On …
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Purchased with this:
lac sent in four pieces {alt. tr.: units}, price: 1,000 dirhems;
a small bale of spikenard: 300 di…
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Court record. A settlement between a brother and his two sisters concerning their late father’s inheritance. Dated: 1440 Seleucid (1128/9 CE). In the hand of …
The first six leaves of a copy of the Ghurar al-Balāgha of Hilāl al-Ṣābi' — a book of formularies for letter-writing — copied in the …
Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Addressed to someone important, possibly the Nagid, and possibly specifically Maṣliaḥ Gaon (based …
Legal document. Deed of sale for a house in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ that Levi b. Namer sells to the banker (al-ṣayrafī) Abū l-Ḥasan Shelomo b. Menashshe …
Two copies of a legal declaration in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dated documents: 1100–38). Draft. In which Abū l-Ḥusayn Moshe b. Shelomo …
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Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (active 1100–38 CE). Two fragments from the top. Seems to be the resolution/settlement of a …
Verso: Legal agreement. Probably in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Avigayil bt. Eliyya ha-Kohen gives her husband David b. Eliyya the right to remarry …
IB II, 11b. List of the honorary titles of the Bundar family of Aden, ca. 1120. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. Names and titles …
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Marriage document. Draft of a prenuptial agreement, by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100-1138 CE). Damaged. Aramaic. AA
Legal deed concerning an enslaved woman, who is probably sold (mentions the figure 1[.].5 dinars). Mentions people including a woman named Sitt al-Nās, Mevasser b. …
Segment of a prenuptial agreement, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100-1138 CE).
Prenuptial agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dated documents from 1100-1138). It is possible that the agreement reflects special circumstances: the marriage …
IB VI, 12. Recto (written later): Legal document written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Also signed by Mevorakh b. Natan. Dated: last decade of …
Deed of sale of an enslaved woman. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves a woman named Sitt al-Kull and notably …
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, …
IB VII, 15. Legal deed. On parchment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-138 CE). In which Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Tinnīsī (aka Yefet …
Fragment of a general prenuptial agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). The agreement contains remarkable conditions that favor the …
IB VII, 16. Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Involving Abū l-Baqā' and the late Abū l-Riḍā, who …
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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Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic …
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 …
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 …
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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assessment, (in which) he proposed…
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 …