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See PGPID 23984
Small fragment from an Arabic document - needs examination.
See PGP 23984
See PGP 23984
Minute fragment- opening words of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi
On verso an Arabic letter - needs examination.
On recto -very damaged legal document, probably regarding a sale between two pertners- Avraham and Abu al-Fadl.
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Drawn up under the authority of the Nagid Moshe b. Mevorakh (ca. 1112–26 CE). It is a testimony that was delivered before the two permanent judges in Fustat who were appointed by the late Nagid Mevorakh b. Seʿadya and by his son Moshe (for similar examples, see Cohen, Jewish Self-Government, p. 275 note 13). Concerning what happened after the death of Abū l-Faḍl ʿAmram b. Raḥamim. The continuation is mostly missing. Mentions the blessed congregation of Fustat; a woman who paid a large sum out of her own money; the mother of Abū l-Faḍl who is a widow; and someone called al-Rayyis al-Jalīl.
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Nearly identical formulary as the neighboring document (T-S NS 224.14 + T-S NS 224.13).
Verso (original use): Fragment of a letter in Arabic script from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to 'al-shaykh al-rashīd,' aiming to pawn his turban for 40 dirhams. Cf. ENA 3927.1, P. Heid. Arab. III 42, and P. Heid. Arab. III 43.
Recto (secondary use): Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals, listing sums according to the parsha of the week.
Verso: Fragment of an official Arabic document, possibly a petition or decree. The ends of three lines are preserved. Unclear if any of the substance is preserved. Reused on recto for the Hebrew blessing to be recited before sleeping.
On verso fragmnt of an Arabic document
Mostly a liturgical text, but on verso remains of few words from an Arabic document - needs examination.
See T-S 12.47 for description.
Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38 CE). Involves Abū l-Faraj Netanel, who dies; the sister of Shela ha-Kohen; Hiba Ibn al-Shāmī; Sitt al-Nasab, Sitt al-Fakhr, Faḍāʾil, Abū l-Faraj known as Nisṭās b. Yeshuʿa the elder (see T-S 12.174 for either the same person or a family member). Regarding inheritance. Join: Oded Zinger.
Small and very damaged fragment, barely legible, probably from a letter
Fragment from the bottom part of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi under the authority of Masliah Gaon/ Only part of the year is preserved 144[.] = 1130-1138.
Very damaged small fragments from a letter
See PGP 23998
See PGP 23998