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1Legal documentBL OR 5566C.16
Document date
Ḥeshvan 1446 Seleucid (20 October 1134–18 November 1134 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Leaf from a court notebook, probably. Recto: Legal document. Abū l-Makārim undertakes to sell his female slave Ghazāl if she behaves badly against his wife, …
1. אשהדני אלשיך אבי אלמכארם בן[
2. אעאד גזאל גאריתה אלי כדמה ביתה [
3. בנת סיידנא ראס אלמתיבה זל תכ[
4. יגב ומתי אסתאדבהא עלי אלסת אל[
5. להא כאן עליה ביע //הדה// …
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2Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 12/32
Document date
Last third of Tammuz 1505 Seleucid (1194 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Bill of sale for a slave. Location: Fustat. Dated: Last third of Tammuz 1505 Seleucid, which is June/July 1194 CE, under the reshut of Sar …
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3Legal documentBodl. MS heb. c 28/1
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5 Kislev 1519 Seleucid (1207 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Bill of sale for a female slave. Written and signed by Moshe b. Elʿazar. Also signed by Avraham b. Hillel b. Ṣadoq Av. Location: Cairo. …
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4Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 68/106
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Bill of sale for an enslaved woman. Dating: ca. 1100 CE (based on Med Soc II, p. 601 n. 18). The name of the enslaved …
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5LetterENA 3153.6
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Sālim al-Ḥaver, the female slave of R. Nissim, Sulaymān, the old woman, and Abū l-Faraj the ghulam of [...]. Also …
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6Legal documentENA 4020.11
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Judaeo-Arabic
Bill of sale for a female slave. Dating: Perhaps second half of the 11th century or beginning of the 12th century, based on the hand. …
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7Legal documentENA 4020.63
Document date
1441 Seleucid (1129–1130 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. On parchment. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1441 Seleucid, which is 1129/30 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ …
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8Legal documentENA NS 77.221
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Bill of sale for a female slave. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Either the buyer or the seller is named [...] b. Shemarya. …
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9Legal documentENA NS 77.249
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Judaeo-Arabic
Bill of sale for a female slave. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. No details preserved. (Not a join with ENA NS 77.221.)
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10LetterJRL B 3206
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Fragment (left side of recto, left side of verso) of a letter in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. Not enough remains to make …
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11Legal documentPER H 23
Document date
first third of Sivan 1437 Seleucid (25 May 1126–5 June 1126 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Bill of sale for a female slave. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe as well as Elʿazar ha-Kohen b. …
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12Legal documentT-S 10J7.6
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Sivan 1470 Seleucid (19 May 1159–17 June 1159 CE)
Drafts of documents, made by Mevorakh b. Natan b. Shemuel and other scribes. Dating: 1159 CE, based on the date mentioned in the first entry …
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13Legal documentT-S 16.134
Document date
Tishrei 1356 Seleucid (1044 CE)
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Judaeo-Arabic
Bill of release (draft or copy). In the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dated: Tishrei 1356 Seleucid, which is 1044 CE. Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Shelomo …
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14State documentT-S Ar.38.108
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State document, report, in Arabic script. Chancery hand (though not the best), with widened space between the lines, and with white space used to divide …
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15LetterT-S Ar.39.438
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Letter in Arabic script. Concerning 'the going up' of an enslaved singing woman (ṭulūʿ al-mughanniya). "I sent Luʾluʾ... with her another person from her place …
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16Legal documentT-S AS 149.72
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Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Both sides contain formulary for documents relating to the sale of a female slave (שחרורה... אלש]רוט …
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17LetterT-S AS 178.223
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Mercantile and/or family letter in Arabic script. Seems to be an addendum or final page of a letter, since there are no opening greetings but …
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18Legal documentT-S J3.44
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Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Recto: Drafts of legal deeds, with places and dates left unspecified. In Hebrew and Aramaic. Dating: ca. mid-11th century. The first entry is a deed …
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1. זכרון עדות שהיתה בפנינו אנחנו הזקנים העדים בכתב הזה ביום כן וכן מחדש פל
2. בשנת כן במדינת כן וכן כה היה כי אמרה לפנינו בהיה בת הזקן יוסף בן עוכל …
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19Legal documentT-S NS 38.92
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Judaeo-Arabic
Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Probably notes for the drawing up of a document. Concerning [...]h b. Elʿazar. There is a …
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20Legal documentT-S NS 311.23
Document date
1461 Seleucid (5 September 1149–22 September 1150 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Bill of sale for a female slave. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1461 Seleucid, which is 1149/50 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. …
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21Legal documentT-S NS 320.17
Document date
1469 Seleucid (7 September 1157–25 August 1158 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Bill of sale for a female slave. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1469 Seleucid, which is 1157/58 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. …
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22Legal documentT-S NS 320.124
Document date
Av 139[.] Seleucid (3 July 1079–20 August 1088 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Drafts or records of legal documents. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? Dating: The document on recto refers to a period of …
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23Legal documentT-S NS 320.126
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Judaeo-Arabic
Notes for drawing up legal documents. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Natan b. Shemuel? On recto: "...the freedwoman (al-maʿtūqa)... and the rest of the …
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24Legal documentT-S NS J368
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Judaeo-Arabic
Legal document. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Fragment (bottom part only). Involves: Abū Kathīr; Bahiyya bt. Ṣadaqa; [...] bt. Yosef known as Umm …
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25Legal documentYevr. III B 669
Document date
Nisan 4977 Anno Mundi (11 March 1217–9 April 1217 CE)
Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Nisan 4977 AM, which is 1217 CE, under the reshut of Avraham Maimonides. It is a bill of sale for …
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26Legal documentENA 2538.1
Document date
Nisan [15]42 Seleucid (6 March 1231–4 April 1231 CE)
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Judaeo-Arabic
Legal document, draft. Left side only. No witnesses. Location: Fustat. Dated: Nisan 1542 Seleucid, which is 1231 CE. Features a freed muwallad slave (al-ghulām al-maʿtūq... …
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27Legal documentENA 3030.6–7
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Two fragments of a dowry list (taqwīm). In Judaeo-Arabic. Includes a female slave named Waṣl ("Union") valued at 13 dinars. Delayed marriage payment (muʾakhkhar): 60 …
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28LetterENA 3788.3–4
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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Popular literature in Judaeo-Arabic. Conveys the tale of a wise man who is continually amazing a king with his powers of deduction. For instance, he …
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29Literary textENA 3932.5 + ENA 3932.6
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Long-form work, fragment of a page mentioning (on verso) enslaved people (jawārī). MR
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30LetterENA NS 52.4
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Hebrew
Letter of appeal addressed to Rabbenu Yiṣḥaq. In Hebrew. The writer's place has been destroyed and some people have been sold by the shaliṭ/sulṭān (into …
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31LetterF 1908.44HH
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Letter from Natan b. Nahray, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1065 CE. It appears that Nahray and his …
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1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלאג'ל ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה ונעמאה
2. וכבת אעדאה מן אלמסתקר אלנצף מן שבט כתמה אללה עלי מולאי באחסן כאתמה
3. אעלמך יאמ…
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1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי הנכבד, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת חסדיו לך,
2. ויכה את אויביך, מן הבית, במחצית שבט, יחתו…
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32Legal documentF 1908.44SS
Document date
1142 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Bifolio from a court ledger. In the hand of Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver. Three records at least: 1) Settlement of a complex marriage dispute involving …
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33Legal documentMoss. VII,129.2
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Judaeo-Arabic
Legal fragment. Appears to mention a jāriya belonging to a woman, who may be making arrangements for after her death. But needs examination.
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34LetterT-S 12.382
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Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from a man, probably in Alexandria, to his 'brother,' probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer's maternal uncle has recently died. The bulk of …
1. כתאבי אליך יאכי ואעז אלכלק עלי וענדי אטאל
2. אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ונעמאך וגעלני
3. מן כל סו פדאך גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר
4. חאל במנה וכרמה פאנה ולי דלך ואל
5. קאד…
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35Legal documentT-S 13J30.7 + T-S NS J614
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Attesting that Sitt al-Gharb bt. Abū l-Faraj b. Semekh al-Daʿwa (known from other Geniza documents) gave a deed of manumission (גט …
recto (a)
1. חצ'רא א[ ] | דין [ ] מ[
2. הוינא ב[מות]ב אדונ|נו נגידנו שמו[אל הנגיד
3. הגדול יהי שמו לעול|ם שאהדין מן ישר[אל
4. ושהדו בין ידינא בא|ן …
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36Legal documentT-S Ar.30.73
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Trousseau list. Entries include a copper vessel, a bath tub, and a female slave named Warda born into slavery (muwalladat al-jins). (Information from Goitein’s index …
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37Legal documentT-S AS 147.8
Court record fragment of the sale of a European slave by a mother to her son. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 331, and Goitein's …
1. ] גיר דלך מן גמיע [
2. מקרה ענדכם באנני תסלמת מנה סת עשר דינ
3. בהא אלממלוך אלדי לי אלרומי [ . . ] אלמדעא במ [
4. ומשלמי ביד [ . . . ] ירתיה בתריה לעלם ו . .…
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38Legal documentT-S AS 181.194
Primary language
Arabic
Legal document. It seems a bill of sale for a male slave (ghulām) possibly named Jarīr. A (low) sum of 6 dinars is named. The …
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39Legal documentT-S Misc.36.151
Document date
Thursday, 25 Iyyar 1396 Seleucid (22 May 1085 CE)
Primary language
Aramaic
Bill of emancipation of a slave (גט שחרור). Location: Fustat. Dated: Thursday, 25 Iyyar 1396 Seleucid, which is 1085 CE. Owner: Mudallala bt. Shelomo. Freedman: …
1. בחמשה בשבה דהוא עשרין
2. וחמשה יומין בירח אייר דשנת
3. אלפא ותלת מאה ותשעין ושית
4. שנין למנינא דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט
5. מצרים דעל נילוס נהרה מותבה
…
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40Legal documentT-S NS 320.63
Document date
Tuesday, 2[.] Shevaṭ 1341 Seleucid (26 January 1030–4 February 1030 CE)
Primary language
Aramaic
Deed of manumission for a female slave, given by Yefet b. Yosef. Location: Cairo. Dated: Tuesday, 2[.] Shevaṭ 1341 Seleucid, which is 1030 CE. The …
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1. בתלתה בשבא דהוא עשרין יום לירח שבט שנת
2. אלפא ותלת מאה וארבעין וחדא שנין למנינא
3. דירגיליננא ביה בעיר אלקאהרה הסמוכה ~(קישוט)
4. לפסטאט מצ…
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41Legal documentT-S NS J185c + T-S NS J185d
Document date
Ḥeshvan 1432 Seleucid (September 1120 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
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 …
T-S NS J185d 1 recto
1. [ ] ה פק[אלת לה]ם אן כאן פי שרב [ ]זאגיי פקאלו לי מא תם נביד בל הי ח[ ]
2. [ ] וגדתהם מגתמעין יכאתבה ען אבנתה סתונה דא פקאל לי ולה…
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42Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.15
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Legal record (#32). Bill of sale, outline. Stating that a bill of sale (ʿuhda) shall be written for the sale of the slave wailing woman …
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43Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.15
Document date
17 Sivan 1467 Seleucid (7 June 1156 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Legal record (#33). Bill of sale, outline. Dated: Thursday, 17 Sivan 1467 Seleucid. Stating that a bill of sale (ʿuhda) shall be written for the …
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44LetterAIU VII.E.131
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Judaeo-Arabic
Letter to one of the Ibn ʿAwkals (unclear which one due to state of preservation of the address) mentioning a female slave (telling the addressee …
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45Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 13/39
Document date
middle third of Kislev 1487 Seleucid (26 November 1175–5 December 1175 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Deed of sale of a male slave named Fayrūz. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Dated: Middle decade of Kislev 1487 Seleucid = November/December …
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1. [. . . .] אלעשר אלאוסט מחדש כסליו אתפז לשטרות בפסטאט מצרים
2. דעל ני]לוס נהרא מותבה חצרנא נחן אלואצעין כטוטנא באכרה אלי
3. דאר אלשיך אבו אלפצאיל אלט…
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46LetterDK 228.3 (alt: 228/B, XIX)
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Judaeo-Arabic
Letter (fragment) referring inter alia to a Nile voyage in the entourage of 'the king,' probably al-Malik al-Afḍal (r. 1095–1121). Excerpts from recto: "... send …
Recto
1. ] . . .
2. ינפדה מע מן אתפק ודפעת
3. לה תמן עלפה לילתין וקלת לה
4. רבמא לם יתפק לך מן ידבר
5. אליום מא אמתנעת אן אכד
6. אלסרג ואללגאם אלא כוף מנך
7. לילא יצעב ד…
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1. …
2. [I will] send it with whomever you come to an agreement with and I will give him
3. the price of fodder for two nights. I told him
4. it w…
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47List or tableDK 370
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Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Account ledger in a mixture of Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic (and Greek/Coptic numerals). Fol. 1r: Mentions two lumps of gold (faṣṣayn dhahab). One entry reads "the …
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48State documentENA 3691.6 + T-S AS 169.68 + T-S 16.268
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Arabic
Fiscal document. Multiple entries. Mentions: the receipt (wurūd) and expenditures (mā dufiʿa) of large sums of money; slaves (khadam); people such as Abū Bakr, ʿĪsā …
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49Legal documentENA 4100.18
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Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Bill of sale for a female slave named חלל (Ḥalal? Ḥulal? In fact there is a vowel above the letter in the document, but it …
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50Legal documentENA 4101.3b + JRL B 7252
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Legal deed concerning a female slave, who is probably sold (mentions the figure 1[.].5 dinars). Mentions people including a woman named Sitt al-Nās, Mevasser b. …
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