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Type: Legal document
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Three legal documents from 1207 CE (a deed of guardianship, a will and a remission of debts). Names mentioned include Sitt al-Maʿānī bat Yešuʿa b. Hillel b. Yefet (wife of Abraham b. Solomon b. Josiah), her son Solomon, ʿAmram and Zechariah b. Nathaniel, Sitt al-Kitāb d. Aaron, the widow of Yešuʿa b. Hillel b. Yefet, Abū l-Najm, Abū l-Hasan, Hilāl Abū l-Faḍl, Ḥifẓ b. Joseph, and Abū Najm b. Abū l-Faraj. (CUDL)
Ketubba fragment. Groom: Berakhot b. [...]. Bride: [...] bt. Yaʿaqov. (Information from Goitein's index card.)
Bill of divorce signed in 1222 by Eliyyahu ha-dayyan.
Small fragment of a ketubba. Location: Fustat. Bride: Jadīda. No details preserved. On verso there is one word preserved: "al-Dalāl" (a woman's name) or "al-Dallāl" (the broker). AA. ASE.
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Probably a draft. In which David ha-Kohen gives to his daughter Sitt al-Dār, wife of Sason ha-Levi, 2 1/3 qirats (i.e., 1/9) of a mushāʿ (undivided) house. The gift will be entered in her ketubba. The house's borders are defined. Mentions rent. (Information from Goitein's index card.)
Draft of a legal document concerning a debt to Solomon b. Abraham from Ṣibyān. On verso: Arabic an earlier text (needs examination). AA
Testimony in the hand of Shelomo, dated 1229, about the dissolution of a partnership.
Fragment from the ornate header of a ketubba with blessings for the Nagid and congregation, with part of the first line of the document preserved (handwriting is probably known). Location: Fustat.
Legal document: ketubba for [...ba]t Mawhūb (bride). Witnessed by Yishaq b. Saʿ[adya], [... b.] Efrayim, Yeshuʿa ha-Levi b. Aharon, Yaaqov ha-Levi b. [...]she, Amram b. Yiftah. Dating: 11th century. AA
The brother of a dead husband grants his paternal first cousin, a childless widow, a release from the obligation of Levirate marriage. Dated 1513/1202.
Legal document, small fragment. Witnesses include Yosef ha-Levi b. Yefet.
Deed of release. Dating: ca. 1232 CE, as the same Elʿazar b. Karmī appears in T-S NS 321.79 + T-S 13J4.5 and T-S Misc.25.2. The parties in this document are Elʿazar b. Karmī and Berakhot b. Tifʾeret ha-Qahal. No details of the case are preserved. (Information from Goitein's index card.)
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. On parchment. Fragment (lower right corner). Dated: 1448 Seleucid, which is 1136/37 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. Involves Abū l-Munā Tiqva (probably identical with Abū l-Munā Tiqva b. Peraḥya from Bodl. MS heb. c 13/1), his wife Sitt al-Nasab bt. MN[...], and a guardian or agent (אפטרופא) named Moshe (or possibly [...] b. Moshe). (Information in part from Goitein's index card.)
Draft of deed of attorney written in Tyre, which includes an accounting between partners after the death of one of them, Menashshe b. Yiṣḥaq, and indicates the use of documents drawn in a Muslim court. Dating: Ca. 1041 or slightly later. According to Bareket, this is in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya, it was drawn up in Fustat, and it is related to T-S 10J6.6 and T-S 8J11.1.
Ketubba fragment (left side only). Dated: [13]77 Seleucid, which is 1065/66 CE. Groom: Yaʿaqov. Marriage payments: 5 + 10 = 15. No dowry. (Information from Goitein's index card.)
Strip from the bottom part of a legal document with no details preserved. Signed by [... b.] Obadiah. On vellum. AA
Ketubbah of [...] b. Solomon (groom). Dated [...] Sel. in Fusṭāṭ. Written by Emmanuel b. Yeḥiel, Middle of 13th century. Probably under the reign of David b. Abraham Maimuni. AA
Ketubbah of Hillel b. Yeshuʿa (groom), dated [..] Tishri 4[... A.M.]. It is probably a ketuba de'irkasa - replacement for a lost ketubah based on the verb ונסיבנא . AA
Karaite ketubbah, in which only the introductory biblical verses are preserved: 2 Chronicles 26:5; Proverbs 18:22; Psalms 37:23; Jeremiah 7:34. On the top margin pen trials. AA
Bill of gift and release granted to grandchildren. In the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. One of the parties name is ʿAmram. AA
