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Type: Legal document
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Legal fragment, either a will or something to do with the disposition of the property of a certain Ibn al-Raqyan (?) who is now deceased. Signed by Eli ha-Kohen b. [...]. Verso also preserves a few lines, "testament of Abū Naṣr the in-law of [...]."
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.
The opening two lines of a testimony involving the widow of Yefet ha-Kohen.
Legal fragment perhaps involving an engagement. Several names appear in it: Shemuel ha-Nagid Saadya... Saadya b. Mazhir... Ya'aqov... [Natan?] b. Shemuel ha-Ḥaver... Yehuda.
Just a few calligraphic words with elaborate fleurs-de-lis, presumably from the poetic header of a ketubba, very similar to BL OR 10653.9 (identified by Gaster as a medieval Yemeni ketubba).
Legal fragment involving property and sums of money, perhaps the sale of a sixth of an apartment (see line 4). People involved: [...] b. Yaʿaqov ha-Zaqen; [...] b. Yehuda ha-Zaqen; Yeshuʿa; Shemuel ha-Zaqen; Abū l-Faḍl al-Zajjāj; Abū l-Faḍl b. Yefet ha-Zaqen.
Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Settlement of a conflict between a husband, Moshe ha-Sar ha-Adir, and his first wife, Sitt al-Kamāl, who nearly got divorced. The husband was spending 2/3 of his funds on his second wife (the 'ḍarra' of Sitt al-Kamāl) instead of treating them equally. He presumably promises to shape up, and she promises not to think or say bad things any more about the second wife or her kin.
Official-looking document. In Arabic script. Dating: late, 18th or 19th century.
Official-looking document. In Arabic script. Dated (on verso): 1235 AH, which is 1819/20 CE.
Legal query with responsum. Concerning tefillin. Late. Striking signatures.
Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: 20 Adar I 5559 AM, which is 1799 CE. Eliyyahu b. צבי חפאך(?) acknowledges an investment of 2000 medins from Me'ir b. Naʿim.
Legal document from Egypt, dated Sivan 1795 CE (5555) involving Meir b. Nissim receiving 100 reals from Yizhaq Zamoro. ASE.
Engagement (shiddukhin) contract. Dated: Tishrei [5]566 AM, which is 1805 CE. Groom: Moshe Ẓvi. Bride: Simḥa bt. Barukh. Verso is a list of items and their values apparently relevant to the engagement (a dowry list?). A handful of the terms are in Ladino. The word "contante" (cash?) appears a few times. Mentioned in Ilana Tahan, "Judeo-Spanish Manuscripts in the British Library's Hebrew Collection," p. 152 (no. 37)
Legal document. Probably from a calligraphic Qaraite ketubba in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Unfortunately the name of the bride (Sitt ...) is cut off. What remains is part of her long, luxurious trousseau list.
Much-faded excerpt perhaps from a collection of responsa. There is an opening question in Hebrew about why something has to be written above something else. The answer below in Judaeo-Arabic appears to explain why the document in question has to be written in this way or else it is pasul.
Legal documents. Three different documents. The first mentions a deceased daughter; Sitt al-Ahl; Abū l-Faraj; [...] b. Qaṣāṣa; [Ab]ū l-Faḍl the deceased. On verso is a list of names, quantities, and goods (such as rose water and flax), many of which are crossed out. The second document may be a release stating that someone has received all that he is owed, and an apartment is mentioned. Only a few lines remain of the third document.
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Involves a woman named Sitt al-Ahl, a pair of bracelets or armlets (al-zawj al-damālij), and a woman named Sutūt. Sitt al-Ahl has received a sum of money from Sutūt and releases her from all claims. On verso, there is a list, also in Ḥalfon's hand mentioning Abū Naṣr b. Surūr; the late Mawhūb; and expenses for the capitation tax and perhaps a funeral.
Legal. Several fragments, most (or all?) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. One is dated Heshvan, 1117 CE (1429 Seleucid). The lower left fragment has notes regarding commercial goods on recto, but on verso is a legal document involving Yaḥyā ha-Kohen and [Abū] l-Mufaḍḍal.
Legal fragment from 1116/17 (1428 Seleucid) having to do with a betrothal or marriage.
