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Legal document mentioning a young man [...] the tailor, different kinds of cloth and the names Joseph and Ibn Maqdasī. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document apparently granting property rights, mentioning Nathaniel called Abū l-Mufaḍḍal b. M[...] (one of the judges), Abraham ha-Bavli and Fusṭāṭ. (Information from CUDL)

Probably a legal document, mentioning the elder Abū l-ʿAlā. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document. Dated: 1454 Seleucid, which is 1142/43 CE. Mentions the moshav/majlis of "adonenu." Concerning 6 dinars; a woman; and an inheritance. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document. Small fragment. Involves Yiṣḥaq al-Rofe b. Elʿazar and a certain Yefet.

Final draft of mixed Qaraite-Rabbanite court document concerning the sale of a house. On verso there is rhymed poetry (seliḥa). Joins by Oded Zinger. For edition and analysis, see Zinger's article.

Legal fragment. In the late hand of Hillel b. ʿEli or the early hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. [...] b. Abū l-Faḍl Ibn al-Dhahabī asks to hand over the document to Karīma known as al-Wuḥsha al-Dallāla, described in l. 5 as the divorcee of Arye b. Yehuda. See Med Soc III, ch. IX, C, 1, no. 85. (Information from Goitein's index card and CUDL.)

Recto: Unusual Aramaic-Hebrew legal document, or rather an addendum to a legal document, perhaps describing irregularities in certain words? Each entry refers to a portion of a word from the original document (e.g., לוס from נילוס). On verso there are a couple words in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information in part from CUDL)

Legal document. In Hebrew. Fragment (lower left corner). Late. Involving a certain Yehoshuaʿ. Signed: Yaʿaqov b. Tibbon(?).

Qaraite deed of betrothal. Fiance: Jābir b. Azhar. Fiancee: Ḥusn bt. Ḥayyim b. Sahlawaya. The witnesses to the appointing of the bride’s agent - probably her father - were Elʿazar b. Menashshe and Natan b. […]. The groom is mistakenly referred to as Azhar b. Jābir at one point in the text. The date is lost but the bride’s father and grandfather are known from other documents from the early-to-mid 11th century, suggesting a date of ca. 1030s–1040s CE for this betrothal. The groom may be the same individual referred to in T-S 13J26.2, where he is described as a merchants’ representative in Tinnis. On verso there is a commentary on the creation of Adam and the notion of shame (possibly on Genesis 2:25), followed by a didactic teaching on ḥiddushim (innovative interpretations) and yediʿa (knowledge). (Information mainly from CUDL.)

Legal document. The main document is faded beyond legibility. It is signed by Yosef ha-Kohen ha-Shofeṭ b. Shelomo; Saʿīd b. [...]; Avraham ha-Levi b. Sehmuel; Shelomo b. Seʿadya; Yefet ha-Ḥazzan b. David. (Some of these names are only visible in the qiyyum.) The qiyyum is signed by Efrayim b. Shemarya.

A formula of a ketubah. AA

Legal formulary, likely for a bill of release from an oath. (Information kindly provided by Amir Ashur.)

Legal document(s). Dated: 8 Tammuz 5613 AM, which is 1853 CE. On one side there is an Arabic document witnessed by "Daniel" and on the other a Hebrew document possibly signed by Yom Ṭov Cherezli (looks like גרזלי). Both documents concern the same case, involving a harsha'a and Se. Yosef b. Yaqar aka al-Khwāja Yūsuf b. Yaqār. ASE. MCD.

Ownership note. "This pitaron (Interpretation of Dreams?) belongs to Nisan(?) ha-Ḥaver and his sons after him." Mentions Yehoshuaʿ ha-Haver (ZL).

Legal document. In Hebrew. Late. Fragment: upper right corner. Involves [...]ya ha-Kohen and Avraham.

Ownership note, perhaps. "I bought this on [...] Ṭevet 1428," meaning 1116/17 CE.

Late bill of acknowledgement between Hayyim Hazaq b. Shlomo and his wife, approving the receiving of a sum of 63000 as a payment for his business partner. AA

Legal document mentioning a ketubba and Abū l-Alā. (Information from CUDL)

Legal document. (Information from CUDL)