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Fragment of a release, written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (ca. 1100-1138). (No other information or index card)

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Fragment (lower left corner). Location: Fustat. Dated: Adar 143[.] Seleucid, which is 1119–29 CE. Apparently concerning a sale. The buyer is Abū l-Khayr Ṣedaqa. Also mentions Abū l-Ḥasan the brother of the deceased.

Fragment from a deed of gift of a house probably given to a daughter names Husn as a marriage gift. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date 1100-1138). AA

Fragment regarding a loan. The name of Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi is mentioned. Written on a Wednesday and in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (ca. 1100-1138). (No other information or index card)

Fragment from a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Verso: Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Involving a betrothal (erusin); the appointing of a representative, Ḥalfon ha-Levi; the mother of the bride, ʿAshīra bt. Avraham; the mother giving 6 out of her 12 shares in a house in al-Mamṣūṣa to her daughter; the condition that the groom not host weddings "or do anything from the ornaments (? zakhrafāt) of the Egyptians/Cairenes." Goitein's index card says that the date is Sivan 1121 CE, but the date does not appear to be preserved. On recto there are a few words from an Arabic state document.

Fragment from the bottom part of a legal deed, probably dealing with possessions left by a a wife to her husband, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi from the year 1123 and signed by [Avraham] b. Shema'ya Gaon

Fragment of an engagement contract in the handwriting of Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Menashshe. The bride is a widow, but there are no details about her or her future husband. Contains a number of clauses that appear only after 1119. (Information from A. Ashur, "Engagement Documents from the Cairo Geniza,"Thesis submitted for the MA degree, Tal-Aviv University, under the Supervision of Prof. M.A. Friedman)

Fragment from a letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi

Small and torn fragment written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138) contains partial names and amounts to be paid to or collected by.

Fragment regarding a partnership. (No other information or index card)

Fragment involving a loan of five dinars. Names mentioned are Mansur al-Iskandarani b. Shelomo, Yehuda b. Shabbetay, Moshe b. Avraham, and Avraham b. Moshe. Reference made to Fustat. Written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (ca. 1100-1138). (No other information or index card)

Legal document mentioning the daughter of Elazar ha-Kohen the cantor and a certain Abu al-Fadl. Fustat and the city of al-Mahalla are also mentioned. Written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (ca. 1100-1138). (No other information or index card)

Legal document regarding a gift of goods given to Masliah al-Siqilli. Dated to 11th century? Goitein claims that it was written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (ca. 1100-1138). (Information from Goitein typed text; also Ben-Sasson)

Legal document. Fragment (lower left corner). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Probably a betrothal (erusin/qiddushin) agreement. Dated: 19 Sivan 1432 Seleucid, which is 1121 CE. Signed by Avraham b. Shemaʿya and Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel ha-Sefaradi.

Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon (ca. 1100–38). Very damaged and faded.

Legal document in Arabic script. Fragment (lower right piece). Involves ʿAllun and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and possibly a business dispute. Needs further examination.

Fragment of a letter. Names mentioned include Elazar ha-Kohen b. Avraham and X the parnas b. Natan. Written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (ca. 1100-1130). (Information from Goitein's typed text; no other information)

Torn fragment of a legal deed, mentions a certain Avraham

Minute fragment with partial names, one of them is Berakhot, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)