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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal 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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LetterENA 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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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal 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, …
- אשהדני אלשיך אבי אלמכארם בן[
- אעאד גזאל גאריתה אלי כדמה ביתה [
- בנת סיידנא ראס אלמתיבה זל תכ[
- יגב ומתי אסתאדבהא עלי אלסת אל[
- להא כאן עליה ביע //הדה// …
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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal 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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LetterT-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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LetterT-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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LetterT-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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Legal 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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Legal 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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- זכרון עדות שהיתה בפנינו אנחנו הזקנים העדים בכתב הזה ביום כן וכן מחדש פל
- בשנת כן במדינת כן וכן כה היה כי אמרה לפנינו בהיה בת הזקן יוסף בן עוכל …
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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal 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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Literary textENA 3932.5 + ENA 3932.6
Long-form work, fragment of a page mentioning (on verso) enslaved people (jawārī). MR
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Legal 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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LetterENA 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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LetterT-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 …
- כתאבי אליך יאכי ואעז אלכלק עלי וענדי אטאל
- אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ונעמאך וגעלני
- מן כל סו פדאך גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר
- חאל במנה וכרמה פאנה ולי דלך ואל
- קאד…
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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal 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 …
- ] גיר דלך מן גמיע [
- מקרה ענדכם באנני תסלמת מנה סת עשר דינ
- בהא אלממלוך אלדי לי אלרומי [ . . ] אלמדעא במ [
- ומשלמי ביד [ . . . ] ירתיה בתריה לעלם ו . .…
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Legal 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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LetterENA 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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LetterDK 228.3 (alt: 228/B, XIX)
Fragment of a large letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Referring inter alia to a Nile voyage in the entourage of 'the king,' probably al-Malik al-Afḍal (r. 1095–1121). …
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- ינפדה מע מן אתפק ודפעת
- לה תמן עלפה לילתין וקלת לה
- רבמא לם יתפק לך מן ידבר
- אליום מא אמתנעת אן אכד
- אלסרג ואללגאם אלא כוף מנך
- לילא יצעב ד…
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[I will] send it with whomever you come to an agreement with and I will give him
the price of fodder for two nights, and I told him
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LetterF 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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- כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלאג'ל ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה ונעמאה
- וכבת אעדאה מן אלמסתקר אלנצף מן שבט כתמה אללה עלי מולאי באחסן כאתמה
- אעלמך יאמ…
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Legal 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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Legal 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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Legal documentT-S 12.872
Deed of manumission (geṭ shiḥrur) for a female slave. Location: Fustat. Dated: 13 Tishrei 1510 Seleucid = 15 October 1198 CE. Theoretically the date could …
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1. בתלתא בשבה דהוא תלת עשר יומי
2. לירח תשרי שנת אלפא וחמש מאה ועש[ר]
3. שנין לשטרות בפסטאט מצרים דעל
4. נילוס נהרא מו…
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Legal documentENA 4100.18
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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Legal 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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Legal documentENA NS 77.254
Notes for the drawing up of a deed of sale for a slave. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? One of the parties is …
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Legal 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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Legal documentT-S 12.635
Marriage contract (ketubba). Fragment (lower left corner). Dating: Likely early 11th century, per Goitein. Groom: Moshe b. Yaʿaqov. Bride: Raḥma (רחמה), not a virgin. The …
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List 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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