Type: Legal document

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Legal document dated Monday 14th Iyyar, about the gift of half a house that Umm Abū l-Bayān, wife of Abū l-Bakr b. Joseph, gave to her son Abū l-Baqā. Mentions the name [...] bint Abū l-Ḥasan. (Information from CUDL)
Legal document, small fragment.
Recto: legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, mentioning the elder Avraham and 92 dinars. Verso: legal document in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli, mentioning a power of attorney and a certain Yehuda. (Information in part from CUDL.) See Wagner, E. "T-S AS 145.333: Keeping it in the family: the handwriting of Hillel and Ḥalfon." [Genizah Research Unit, Fragment of the Month, September 2008]. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.48226.
Recto: Legal document mentioning guardianship, R. Berakhot, and a deceased man. Verso: Legal document in a different hand mentioning capital and people such as Moshe, Abū l-Khayr, and Bū Isḥāq. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Legal queries and/or responsa.
Legal document mentioning Abū Nissim, [...] b. Moses, Meʾir b. [...], Shemuʾel, and Isaac b. [...]. Postscript in margin written by Yeshuʿa b. Elijah ha-Levi. (Information from CUDL)
Legal document; written under the authority of Mevorakh b. Saʿadya. Mentions 20 miṯqal of amber. (Information from CUDL)
Bill of sale for a female slave, probably. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. (Information in part from CUDL and from Craig Perry.)
Legal document dated Av 1486 of the Seleucid Era (= 1175 CE), mentioning [...] b. ʿAbdallah and the elder al-Asʿad. (Information from CUDL)
Marriage contract (ketubba). Fragment: upper right corner. Dated: [..]51 AM. Groom Ḥalfon ha-Levi. THere is a cryptic note on the back: כלף לכולה.
Recto: possibly part of a commentary; references are made to gold- and brass-smiths, and to objects made of engraved gold; quantities of 100, 40, 50 and 6 are mentioned. Verso: ketubba. (Information from CUDL)
Legal document. Tiny fragment. Apparently dealing with the marriage of a freedwoman (meshuḥrarta kalta).
Legal testimony. Involves Faḍā'il the cantor, R. Ye[ḥi]el, Bū Naṣr b. al-[...], and Makhlūf. There is a dispute over the ritual slaughter of a sheep. (Information in part from CUDL)
Fragment from the bottom of a ketubah. The bride's name is Sitt al-Tana ben (!) Elazar. Part from the monogamy clause is preserved. AA
Aramaic legal document with a few Judaeo-Arabic words. (Information from CUDL)
Minute fragment from a ketubah, which can be dated to 1178 onwards thanks to the remains of the immersion clause which started to appear in Egypt following Maimonides' enactment issued at that year. Also part from the domicile clause is visible. AA
Recto: probably a legal document, mentioning maintenance. Verso: possibly a prayer or sermon (?). (Information from CUDL)
Legal formularies for marriage contracts. In large, square script.
Legal document mentioning the name Joseph. (Information from CUDL)
Marriage contract, probably. Fragment. Contains a warning to the wife concerning menstrual purity. (See Eve Krakowski, "Maimonides’ Menstrual Reform in Egypt," JQR 110, No. 2 (Spring 2020), 280–83, 289.)