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Fragment (upper right corner) of a legal document from the first half of the 12th century, dealing with financial arrangements for the divorce of Yaʿaqov b. Yosef known as Yaʿaqov b. al-Shomer (someone of the same name and nickname is mentioned in a list from 1133 CE, T-S 8J5.10) and Sitt al-Banīn bt. Avraham ha-Zaqen known as Abū Isḥ[āq]. It seems that the ketubba will be paid partially at once and partially in installments. T-S NS 184.90 is a list of the items in the marriage gift

Bill of divorce (get) from Fustat, scribed and signed by David b. Shelomo.

Fragment (lower right corner) of a bill of divorce (get). Scribed and signed by Avraham b. Shemaʿya ha-Ḥaver, and also signed by Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Mevorakh ha-Hazzan.

Recto: Legal declaration from Fustat, 1737 CE (18 Shevat 5497), in which the witnesses testify that Shelomo b. David divorcd his wife Sarah bt. Mordechai. Presumably a draft: lines are crossed out, and there are no signatures. Verso: On the right is a narrative (for legal purposes?) of events having to do with Berakha (?) Cassuto and her husband Mordekhai b. Shabbetay and someone named ʿAbdallāh. On the left is a list headed "These are the names of the pieces of the dowry (nidonya) belonging to R. Saʿd (?) Cassuto."

Two drafts of a bill of divorce (get) from Cairo for Makhlūf b. Yiṣḥaq and Zahrah bt. Yaʿaqov, probably dated Sunday, 17 December 1[8]26 CE (17 Kislev 5[5]87). The other possibility for the date is 5[3]87 CE (1[6]26 CE).

Bill of divorce (get) from Rashid, for Shemuel b. Avraham and Diamante bt. Yosef, dated 1751 CE (16 Elul 5511).

Incomplete legal document from Cairo, dated 6 October 1816 (14 Tishrei 5577), for Raḥamaim b. Nissim who apparently seeks to remarry the woman he had previously divorced. This document lays out the conditions upon him from both the first ketubba and in the remarriage. Needs further examination.

Lower right corner of a get (bill of divorce), signed by Menashshe ha-Kohen b. Yaʿaqov and Ḥalfon b. Menashshe.

Bill of divorce for Bayān b. Abu l-[...] and [...] bt. Sedaqah. Dating: 1088–1188 CE (14xx Seleucid), but this could be drastically narrowed based on the periods of the witnesses: Natan b. Shemuel ha-Ḥaver and Mevorakh b. Natan ha-Melammed. The names of the witnesses are repeated on verso.

Bill of divorce (get) fragment from Fustat, dated 26 Elul 1633 Seleucid which is 1322CE. Despite the document's damage, the husband's name is legible as Yeshuʿa b. Shelomo of Bilbeis. MCD.

Get (bill of divorce) dated Shevat 1050 CE (4810) from Damsis. Menahem b. Yefet repudiates Rida bt. Avraham. The document was written and signed by David b. Moshe, and also signed by Shemuel b. Avraham. Information from Goitein's note card.

Get (bill of divorce) dated the 11th of Heshvan 1097 CE (1409 Seleucid) from Fustat. Tahor ha-Kohen b. Yeshu'ah repudiates Banat bt. Natan. Signed by Avraham b. Natan Av [ha-Yeshivah?] and [Avraham?] b. Ḥalfon. Information from Goitein's note card.

Get (bill of divorce) dated the 24th of Tamuz 1128 CE (1439 Seleucid) from Fustat. She'erit b. Ḥalfon repudiates Turfa bt. Avraham. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, also signed by Natan b. Shemuel ha-Ḥaver. Information from Goitein's note card. [The illness of one Turfa bt. Avraham is described in detail in T-S 10J11.22, but this may or may not be the same person.]

Get (bill of divorce) dated the 16th of Tamuz 1147 CE (1458 Seleucid) from al-Mahallah. Abu l-Fakhr ha-Kohen b. Ḥalfon repudiates Sami bt. Shelah. Written and signed by Zakkay (?) b. Moshe, also signed by 'Amram b. Ya'aqov. Information from Goitein's note card.

Recto: Get (bill of divorce) dated the 20th of Av 1162 CE (1473 Seleucid) from Fustat. Thabit b. Abu l-Faraj repudiates Sitt al-Nas bt. Abu l-Husayn. Per Goitein, the document was written as well as signed by Mevorakh b. Natan ha-Ḥaver (whose signature is surrounded by minute letters, abbreviating a verse?). Also signed by Ya'aqov ha-Kohen b. Yosef. Verso: attestation that the get was delivered. Information in part from Goitein's note card.

Get (bill of divorce) dated the 9th of Heshvan 1163 CE (1475 Seleucid) from Fustat. Mansur b. Sa'd known as Ibn 'Ummayr repudiates Nasab bt. [Farah]. Written and signed by Mevorakh b. Natan ha-Ḥaver, also signed by Shelomo ha-Levi b. Shemuel. Information from Goitein's note card. This get was evidently never delivered, and they did not actually divorce until the following year: see 5524.7.

Recto: Get (bill of divorce) dated the 9th of Shevat 1164 CE (1475 Seleucid) from Fustat. Mansur b. Abu Sa'd al-Sayrafi known as Ibn 'Ummayr repudiates Nasab bt. Farah. Written and signed by mevorakh b. Natan ha-Ḥaver, also signed by Shemaryah b. Avraham. Verso: attestation that the get was delivered the same day. Information from Goitein's note card.

Get (bill of divorce). Location: Fustat. Dated: 26 Av 1484 Seleucid, which is 1173 CE. Abū Saʿd b. Abū ʿAlī repudiates [Sitt al-]Jamīʿ bt. Yūsuf al-Ṣabbāgh. Signed by Shemuel b. Seʿadya ha-Levi and Mevorakh b. Natan ha-Ḥaver. (Information from Goitein's note card.)

Calligraphic get (bill of divorce) dated the 19th of Kislev 1661 CE (5422) from Damascus. Moshe b. Avraham known as Ibrahim repudiates Malkah known as Muluk bt. Eliyahu known as Khidr. Signed by Elazar b. Noah and Hayyim b. Eliyyahu.

Court records. Large fragment, containing at least two distinct entries. Damaged and faded. There is a testimony that begins on line 25 of recto and continues onto verso. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1401 Seleucid, which is 1089/90 CE (recto, line 26). Concerning a woman named Mansūba bt. Nahray and her ketubba payment, which was to be paid in installments. Her divorced husband is named Avraham b. Yeshuʿa ha-Zaqen known as Nissim (verso, line 2). This document might be related to JRL SERIES B 4878. ASE