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  1. 1Legal documentT-S 6J1.1

    Deposition in court on a compound of the Qodesh ca. 1230. Judge Yehi'el b. Elyaqim and Netaniel b. Yeshu'a bear witness that a tabaqa and …

    1. נקול נחן אלשהוד אלוצעין(!) כטוטנא
    2. אכר הדה אלמחצר באן אלטבקה אלפוק/א\ניה
    3. אלדי(!) פי דאר אלהקדש פי זקאק כביצה
    4. אלמערופה בדאר אבן בשר ואלטארמה
    5. אלדי פוק …

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    1. (1-2) We, the witnesses who affix their signatures at the end of this court record, declare that the upper ṭabaqa
    2. that is in the compound o…

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  2. 2Legal documentT-S AS 185.377

    Fragment from the top of a large ketubba with an ornate heading of geometrical designs, blessings for the Nagid David I Maimonides (r. 1237–1300 CE), …

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  3. 3Legal documentT-S 20.14

    Legal document in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (ca. 1066–1108 CE). Location: Fustat. Dated: Adar I 1383 Seleucid = January/February 1072 CE. Power of …

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  4. 4Legal documentT-S 13J8.12 + T-S 8J4.7

    Legal document. Power of attorney. Location: Fustat. Dated: February 1084. Power of attorney from Moshe b. Avraham to ʿAmram b. Yosef ha-Ḥasid, to act on …

    T-S 8J4.7 Recto

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא בשטרא דנן 
    2. דהוא       יומין בירח אדר דשנת אלפא ותלת מאה ותשעין וחמש 
    3. שנין למנינא דרגילי…

    T-S 8J4.7 recto

    1. Testimony which was given before us—we the witnesses whose signature is at the end of this document:
    2. on which was of the month of Adar…

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  5. 5Legal documentENA 4010.36 + PER H 1

    Marriage contract (ketubba) in the Palestinian style. Location: Tyre. Dated: August 1079 CE. Groom: Ḥalfon b. Aharon. Bride: Ghāliya bt. Musāfir. Early: 2 dinars. Late: …

    1. חלפון בן אהרן
    2. גאליה בת מסאפר

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    1. על שמיה דבריין יבנו ויצליחו
    2. ביום חמשתא בשבעה יומין לירחא דאלול דהיא שנת ארבעא אלפין
    3. ותמאני מאוון ותלתין ותשע שנ…

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  6. 6Legal documentBL OR 5561B.2 + BL OR 5561B.3

    Legal document or record. Quotes a ketubba verbatim (but is not the ketubba itself). Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 17 Sivan 1475 Seleucid, which is 1164 …

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  7. 7Legal 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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  8. 8Legal documentT-S NS 324.98

    Court record written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Fragment (upper left piece). Regarding 20 dinars and involving Peraḥya the elder, Avraham b. …

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  9. 9Legal documentT-S 8.99

    Part of a ketubba, with no details preserved. Various jottings are added between the lines of recto and on verso. Ca. 13th century. Contains a …

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  10. 10Legal documentT-S AS 176.352

    Ottoman-era legal or official document. There is an elaborate signature or endorsement at the top. Also.a seal imprint. Only the first line of the document …

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  11. 11Legal documentT-S 16.124

    Bill in which Shelomo b. Hakim promises to pay back to Nissim b. Yaʿaqov a sum of thirty 'pieces of gold' (dinars). The latter is …

    1. זכרון עדות שהיתה בפנינו אנו העדים החתומים למטה ברביעי בשבת בתר[י
    2. עשר יום לירח [ . . . . שנת אלף ש]לש מאות ועשרים ושמנה שנים למנין שט[רות
    3. דנ[הגין ביה…

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  12. 12Legal documentT-S 12.499

    Legal document from Fustat. Dated: 969 CE. A loan deed describing two compounds owned by Jews ‘located in front of the idolatry (i.e., church) of …

    1. זכרון עדות שהיתה בפנינו ברביעי בשבת שהוא עשרים וארבעה ימים
    2. לחדש אדר שיני שנת אלף ומאתים ושמונים שנה למיניין שאנו רגילין למנות
    3. בו בפ[סט]אט צשרים שאל …

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  13. 13Legal documentAIU VII.D.79

    Deed of sale. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Dating: Probably 10th or 11th century. This range could potentially be narrowed based on identification of the parties …

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  14. 14Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J60

    List of books that [...] al-Dawla Abū l-Barakāt inherited from the late Abū l-[...]. The first two items are difficult to read (except for maqāla …

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  15. 15Legal documentMoss. V,390.3

    Legal document written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Also signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel ha-Sefaradi. Dating: 1127–38 CE, in light of …

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  16. 16Legal documentT-S NS 338.55

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: Middle third of Adar, 1430 Seleucid, which is 1119 CE. Involves Ḥalfon b. Mevorakh …

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  17. 17Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 65/41

    Bill of divorce (get). On vellum. Location: al-Maḥalla al-Kubrā. Dated: Monday, 10 Iyyar 1454 Seleucid, which is 1143 CE. Husband: Abū Naṣr b. Dinar(??). Wife: …

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  18. 18Legal documentT-S 13J6.31

    Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Thursday, 12 Adar I 1350 Seleucid = 9 February 1039 CE. The contents are difficult to understand because of the …

    1. ]יומ . . . ה . ה . . . אקה פתטלעת
    2. ]ך יו . ל מן . . . . דה פי אלוקת פענד
    3. ]ק אברהים בן דוד אלמערוף באבן
    4. זג]מאר דרג . . . . . . . ותבתה חרף בחרף וקרוה …

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  19. 19Legal documentT-S NS J162

    Legal record. Written and signed by the judge Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen; also signed by Saʿadya b. Menashshe ha-Kohen. Certifying that Abū l-Faḍāʾil b. Salāma …

    1. קבץ אלשיך אבו אלפצאיל בן סלאמה בן סעיד
    2. מן אלשיך אבו עלי אלגבילי עשרה דנאניר
    3. מנהא סבעה עין ותמן וג ורק וכאן דלך
    4. יום אלאחד יא חודש מרחשוון שנת אתלי
    5. נת…

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  20. 20Legal documentT-S NS 329.998

    Bifolio, mostly contains Mishna. On verso, agreement of Moses b. Solomon Perla in front of Ishaq b. Yosef and and Shemuel Tawil to remain in …

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  21. 21Legal documentT-S Misc.34.38

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves Abū l-Faraj al-Jabīlī (or al-Jubaylī); the estate of his father; and his …

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  22. 22Legal documentT-S 12.784

    Partnership deed regarding a money exchange store. Around 1085. Yahya b. Eli b. Yosef Kohen Fasi and Sason b. Natan agree to have a partnership. …

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    1. נסחי למהוי לזכו ולראיה ודלך [ ]

    2. גאלטין ולא סאהיין ולא עלה בנא ולא מרץ ולא גיר דלך מן אלאעראץ אלמ[פסדאת אלא בלב]

    3. שלם ובנפש חפצה נחן מקרין …

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    We asked God for guidance and contracted a partnership between us. I, Yaḥyā ha-Kohen, produced from my property five hundred gold dinars, of ex…

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  23. 23Legal documentT-S 8.198

    Legal document (end only) signed by witnesses including Menaḥem ha-Levi b. Tamim and Efrayim b. Ḥayyim. (Information from CUDL)

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  24. 24Legal documentT-S AS 84.91 + T-S AS 84.90

    Two fragments from the bottom part of a late bill of appointment. Dated: Monday, 25 Ṭevet (year missing). One of the parties is Ḥayyim.

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  25. 25Legal documentT-S 16.107

    Part of a decorated ketubba. Location: Aleppo. Bride: [...] bt. Menaḥem. Groom: unnamed. Dated: probably [13]19 Seleucid = 1107/08 CE. Witnessed by Yoshiyya b. Yivḥar. …

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  26. 26Legal documentDK 41

    Karaite marriage contract. Fragment, no marriage gift preserved, dowry items preserved add up to 110 dinars. Mentions a mill, spring in the land of Israel, …

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  27. 27Legal documentHalper 354

    Draft of a deed of compensation in the hand of the court reporter Yefet b. David Shekhanya, around 1030 CE. It was given to Efrayim …

    1. זכרון ע' ש' ב' אי העדים ה[חתומים למטה בסוף שטר זה
    2. איך אתא קדמנא מ[ר פלוני בן פלוני
    3. מן מדינת צובה וכן [אמר לנו פלוני
    4. והלל בני נחמן הרופה [עשאוני שליח…

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  28. 28Legal documentT-S 12.850

    Record or outline of a legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38). Written on a narrow piece of parchment. Dated: …

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  29. 29Legal documentT-S 12.670

    Testimony in the hand of Shelomo, dated 1 Tevet 1540 Seleucid which is December 6 1228, about the dissolution of a partnership.

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  30. 30Legal documentT-S 8J8.11

    Recto: legal document mainly in Hebrew, detailing the financial arrangements between the woman Sitt al-Bayt b. Aharon al-Tājir (the merchant), her husband Yūsuf/Yosef al-Najjār (the …

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  31. 31Legal documentBodl. MS heb. c 28/29

    Legal document. In the hand of Yefet b. David. Location: Fustat. Dated: Monday, 3 Nisan [47]88 AM, which is 1 April 1028 CE. Barhūn b. …

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  32. 32Legal documentT-S 12.550

    Release in the name of Banāt bt. Ezra for the sons of her sister, Ṭayyib and Wuhayb. Dated: 4890 AM = 1129/30 CE. Location: Alexandria …

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  33. 33Legal documentJRL B 6675

    Fragment of a document in Judaeo-Arabic. Contains legalistic language but is written in a crude hand - possibly a copy of an original document. Refers …

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  34. 34Legal documentENA NS 45.14

    Legal document, partnership. In Hebrew with business phrases in Judaeo-Arabic. Location: Cairo. Dated: 15 Adar II 5578 AM, which is 23 March 1818 CE. Partnership …

    1. בסט׳׳ו
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הודו הכהר מרדכי הכהן יצ׳׳ו הכה׳׳ר אברהם אל וילדה יצ׳׳ו הודאה נמורה
    3. שרירה וקיימת מדעתם ורצונם הטוב והגמור מבלי זכר שום מין אונס כלל אל…

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  35. 35Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 68/103

    A representative appointment deed. Deed in the hand of Ḥalfon ben Menashshe ha-Levi (there are documents in his hand from 1100-1138) in which the bride …

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אִנן חתומִי מִטִהִ כן הוה למא סהל אלכאלק יִתעלה
    2. שמו אסבאב אלוצלה בין כגק מרור שלמה הזקן הנכבד החכ והנ ישצו בר
    3. כגק מרור שמואל הזקן…

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  36. 36Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 3/35

    Upper end of a large deed of sale in Arabic script, in which a Christian, Yuḥannas b. Andūna b. Qusṭanṭīn b. Basnada(?), sells 1 and …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 
    2. هذا ما اشترى صلح بن علي بن هاني اليهودي المعاهد من يحنس بن اندونة بن قسطنطين بن بسندة النصراني اشترى منه جميع ما ذكر يحنس بن…

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  37. 37Legal documentT-S AS 149.9

    Fragment of a will in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE), dividing up a store. No names mentioned. (Information from Goitein's index …

    1. ] . . . .ו. [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. ] היה נצפין באלסויה [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. ] להמא הבה מני להם לא יפ[ . . …

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  38. 38Legal documentMoss. IV,19.1

    Legal document concerning a marriage contract, bridal gifts and rights to a property, mentioning the name Abū Saʿd. (Information from CUDL.) A general prenuptial agreement. …

    1. בש̇מ רח̇מ אלתופיק ביד אללה
    2. אלמקדם כמסה עשר אלמוכר
    3. כמסין מחקّקה אלנאמנות
    4. כאלמנהאג ואלכתבה מנאצפה
    5. ונצף אלדוירה אלדי פי תִגיב
    6. נצפהא מתנה ללצביה וסכן
    7. וא…

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  39. 39Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 56/47

    Trousseau list (taqwīm). Groom: Tamīm b. Netanel. Bride: Sitt al-Khafar bt. Elʿazar. 42 + 83 + 55 + 30 = 210 dinars. Dating: ca. 1182 …

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  40. 40Legal documentT-S Ar.18(1).82

    On of relations who are ineligible to serve as legal witnesses. F. 2v contains jottings and pen trials. (Information from CUDL)

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  41. 41Legal documentT-S NS 342.2

    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 …

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  42. 42Legal documentMoss. II,115.1

    Fragment of a legal document. Concerning a partnership and mentioning 4 3/4 dinars. Also mentions the years דאתנ and דאתנא but it's not clear how …

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  43. 43Legal documentT-S AS 147.282

    A damaged leaf from a book of legal documents or monograph.

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  44. 44Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 65/43

    Legal document. On parchment. Appears to be a writing exercise, because there are multiple efforts and because there are inconsistencies (on recto Abū l-Maʿānī states …

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  45. 45Legal documentT-S AS 146.432

    Minute fragment from a ketubah. Only few words from the dowry list preserved. AA

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  46. 46Legal documentT-S Ar.51.104

    Legal agreement regarding the Rabbanite Jewish communal pious endowment of Cairo (al-Qāhira al-Maḥrūsa) and Old Cairo/Fustat (Miṣr al-ʿAtīqa). In Arabic script. Date: 26 Ramaḍān 9[04] …

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    1. باسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. اشهد على الريس ابراهيم المدعو ناتان بن سعيد بن ناتان اليهودي الربان ال[م] غربي ريس... [اليهود]
    3. والمتحدث عليهم شهوده وا…

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

    2. The [lit., ‘its’] witnesses [to the case] testified on behalf of Raʾīs Ibrāhīm, called…

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  47. 47Legal documentYevr. II K 21

    Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Mordechai b. Refael. The bride is Esther . AA

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  48. 48Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16

    Legal record (#44) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 11r-v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …

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    :(Documents 42-44) Folio 11r

    1. את זו וזו את זה מכל מין תביעה וטענה שיש לכל אחד מהם על חברו הנז׳ מצד כל מה שהיה ביניהם מיום
    2. שנברא העולם עד היום ו…

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  49. 49Legal documentENA NS 63.9

    Letter fragment, 20 lines, well preserved. The writer at the beginning of the letter mentions a sale that did not reap any profits (lam yūlij …

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    1. …………………………………………………………………

    2. . ـعه اليه ووجهي منه يسقط حيا{ء} لانه يعلم كيف جرى امره في ابتياعها

    3. وانه لم يولج في شي منها حبة واحدة وبالله لو…

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  50. 50Legal documentT-S 13J37.7

    Recto: deed of transfer, in which Abū l-Ẓāhir and Abū ʿAmr give a sixth of a house to Hillel ha-Baḥur. Location: Alexandria. Dated: 4991 AM …

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