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Type: Legal document
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Minute fragment. Top part from a legal deed with the Reshut formula for a Nagid, probably from Maimonides family, based on the titles that usually connected with his family such as גיה עפעפינו, from Minyya. AA
Prenuptial contract of Moshe ha-Kohen b. Yosef and the daughter of Shemarya ha-Kohen, stipulating the details agreed upon for the marriage. Dated ca. 1220. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 403)
Fragment of a Karaite ketubba for […] bat Ṭoviyya and ʿOvadya b. Ṣedaqa b. Ḥalfon b. ʿAlūn. In line 3 the word בת was originally written בן and then corrected. Olszowy-Schlanger (1998:375) reads the bride’s name as al-Tifrat. The bride’s agent is Yefet b. Menashshe. Dated [1]3[..] of the Seleucid Era (= at the latest 1087 CE), probably in Egypt. (Information from CUDL)
Legal document, probably a prenuptial or engagement document. Groom: Maymūn b. Yosef. Bride: Sitt al-Dalāl. There are conditions about financial support, place of residence, and the phrase "manzil wa-ḥammām" appears. (Information in part from CUDL)
Legal document mentioning the synagogue, [...] ha-Kohen and social service officers (farānisa). (Information from CUDL)
Shelomo b. Avraham divorces Yuman (?) the daughter of Avraham. Signed by Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq and Hillel b. Eli. Dated Kislev,1391/October 1079. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Deed of debt from the 16th century between Mas'ud and his brother Menahem, and Aharon. AA
Legal document/testimony within a letter (from one judge to another?). Introduced by Psalms 40:12. The witnesses are David b. Yosef, Abū l-Faḍl, and Abū l-ʿIzz. The substance of the case is missing, but it involves a sum of money. (Information in part from CUDL)
Bottom of a rental contract concerning a certain Sheʾeriṯ. On verso Hebrew text, probably pen trials or exercises. (Information in part from CUDL)
Fragment of a legal document in which Saadya b. Shelomo is appointed as a power of attorney by Abu Sa'd. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Fragment from a late ketubah. The groom agrees to deposit a conditional get. AA
Only few words. Might be from the end of a legal deed, but too little remains. AA
Bottom part from a legal document written under the jurisdiction of Masliah Gaon (although his name does not appear) by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi, so can be dated to 1127-1138. AA
Divorce document of Sitt al-Fakhr bat Berakhot (husband's name not preserved). Signed by Moshe b. Sadoq and Moshe b. Yehuda. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Order of payment of three dirhams for the price of paper to אלשיך אלנזר. (Information from CUDL)
Legal document dated but much of the date is lost. Mentions Mukarram al-Kohen. (Information from CUDL)
Legal document in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya, mentioning Faraḥ and Yosef, and dinars. (Information from CUDL)
Three partial lines of an Arabic text. Needs examination.
Bottom part of a legal document signed by Levi kohen. Seems late
Legal document (witness statement), dated but much of the date lost. Written in אד[..] on the Nile. Probably late 13th century. AA