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  1. 1Legal documentPER H 23

    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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  2. 2Legal documentBL OR 5566C.16

    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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  3. 3Legal documentT-S NS 38.92

    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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  4. 4Legal documentBodl. MS heb. c 28/1

    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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  5. 5Legal documentT-S 16.134

    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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  6. 6Legal documentT-S 10J7.6

    Drafts of documents, made by Mevorakh b. Natan b. Shemuel and other scribes. Dating: 1159 CE. Includes a contract of sale of a Muslim female …

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  7. 7Legal documentT-S NS J368

    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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  8. 8Legal documentYevr. III B 669

    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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  9. 9LetterENA 3153.6

    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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  10. 10Legal documentT-S NS 320.124

    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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  11. 11Legal documentENA 4020.11

    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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  12. 12Legal documentT-S AS 149.72

    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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  13. 13Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 68/106

    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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  14. 14Legal documentT-S NS 320.126

    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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  15. 15Legal documentENA NS 77.221

    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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  16. 16Legal documentENA NS 77.249

    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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  17. 17Legal documentT-S NS 311.23

    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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  18. 18LetterT-S Ar.39.438

    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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  19. 19Legal documentT-S J3.44

    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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  20. 20LetterT-S AS 166.174

    Letter from Abū l-Munā b. Yaʿaqov, unknown location, to an unidentified addressee, presumably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Same writer …

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  21. 21LetterT-S AS 178.223

    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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  22. 22Legal documentT-S NS 320.17

    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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  23. 23Legal documentENA 4020.63

    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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  24. 24Legal documentBodl. MS heb. b 12/32

    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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  25. 25LetterJRL SERIES B 3206

    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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  26. 26LetterF 1908.44HH

    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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  27. 27Legal documentMoss. VII,129.2

    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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  28. 28LetterT-S 12.382

    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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  29. 29Legal documentT-S Misc.36.151

    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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  30. 30Legal documentENA 2538.1

    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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  31. 31Legal documentT-S AS 181.194

    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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  32. 32Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.15

    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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  33. 33Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.15

    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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  34. 34Legal documentT-S Ar.30.73

    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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  35. 35Legal documentENA 3030.6–7

    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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  36. 36Literary textENA 3932.5 + ENA 3932.6

    Long-form work, fragment of a page mentioning (on verso) enslaved people (jawārī). MR

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  37. 37LetterENA NS 52.4

    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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  38. 38Legal documentT-S NS 320.63

    Deed of manumission for a female slave, given by Yefet b. Yosef. Location: New Cairo. Dated: Tuesday, 2[.] Shevaṭ 1341 Seleucid, which is 1030 CE. …

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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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  39. 39Legal documentT-S 13J30.7 + T-S NS J614

    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 …

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    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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  40. 40LetterENA 3788.3–4

    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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  41. 41Legal documentT-S NS J185c + T-S NS J185d

    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 …

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  42. 42Legal 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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  43. 43Legal documentF 1908.44SS

    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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  44. 44LetterDK 228.3 (alt: 228/B, XIX)

    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 it …

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    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. [I will] send it with whomever you come to an agreement with and I will give him

    2. the price of fodder for two nights, and I told him 

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  45. 45Legal documentJRL SERIES B 7005

    Bill of sale for a female slave, probably a draft. In Judaeo-Arabic. Al-Rayyis Abū Saʿd Seʿadya sells a Nubian female slave ([...]da) and her daughter …

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  46. 46List or tableDK 370

    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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  47. 47Legal documentT-S 13J3.3

    Deathbed will of a rich woman, made during the absence of her husband. Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday, 26 Iyyar 1454 Seleucid, which is 13 April …

    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתתא סוף צואה דא כן היה פי
    2. יום אלארבעא אלסאדס ואלעשרין מן אייר דשנת אלפא וארבע מאה וחמשין וארבע שנין
    3. לשטרות …

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  48. 48Legal documentT-S NS J409

    Dowry list (taqwīm). No names No muqaddam or me'uḥar. Among the goods is a female slave named Balgh al-Munā ('fulfillment of wishes'). (Information in part …

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  49. 49Legal documentENA NS 72.18

    Bill of sale for a slave. Abū al-[Man]ṣūr al-Kohen purchases a female slave named Ṭ[...] for the price of 25 dinars.

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  50. 50Legal documentT-S NS 157.58

    Marriage contract for two enslaved people, both born into slavery (muwallad(at) al-jins), Muwaffaq and Dhahab. In Arabic script. Excerpt: ...انه زوج مملوكه موفق المولد الجنس …

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