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Order of payment by Abu Zikri Kohen to Kalil for 1 ratl of oil.

Order of payment by Abu Zikri Kohen to Kalil for 1 ratl of oil and ounce of soap.

Recto: Draft contract. Dated: 1845(?) CE. In which ʿAfīf and Avraham Abū Aharon receive an ʿisqa investment of 40,000 arayot from Yaʿaqov Raḥamim known as Bunduqī. Verso: Another draft document involving the gabbay Moshe Mosseri, mentioning a sum of 19,250 arayot. There is also the draft of a beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic and sundry other jottings.

Probably from an Halakhic monograph relates to marriage. On verso a draft of a ketubah which contains the immersion clause, so can be dated after 1176.

An order of payment from Abu Zikri Kohen to Kalil for 1 ratl of olive oil.

Monograph; probably from a formulary of legal documents (or related discussion), including the passage: ואלב׳ אגראצ׳א תכתץ בהא אלשמושין דון גירהא... (Data from FGP)

Very damaged small fragments. probably from a court ledger. On recto probably from a document regarding marriage of Abu Said. In another leaf Abu al-Surur is releasing Shalom(?) from any claim. The original document was signed by Elazar. The year is אתר 1289 era of documents

Probably from a marriage agreement. Mostly contains dowry list. In a very crude hand- (might be by Efraim b. Shemaria )

Recto: Legal document. Probably a bill of release granted by Ḥalfon b. Benaya to Maymūn b. Yaʿaqov. Date (11th century?) and location are missing, but the hand might be known.

A page from a legal treatise regarding the writing of the get (bill of divorce). The hand is by Shelomo b. Samuel b. Saadya, who was active in the first half of the 13th century. This might be a leaf from Siddur R. Nathan, but this yet to be approved

Ketubba formulary written by the cantor Seʿadya b. Ṣedaqa ha-Ḥazzan. This man is known to have served as cantor, judge and scribe in the Egyptian town of Minyat Zifta. He probably was a descendant or other relative of the different Seʿadya b. Ṣedaqa ha-Ḥazzan, who signed a document in Damascus in 1031 CE (ENA 17.22). This Seʿadya had a characteristically Palestinian handwriting. Documents preserved in his hand include a marriage contract which he wrote at Minyat Zifta in 1110 (TS 12.494). The bride name is ʿAzūz (bt. Isḥāq, as in TS NS 313.4 [MAF, JMP, II. no. 9). Probably the two forms were written at Minyat Zifta, in 1093/94 (See M. A. Friedman, Jewish Marriage in Palestine, II, p. 108).

Fragment of two responsa of a Babylonian Gaon.

Codification of Jewish law, by the hand of Joseph Rosh Ha-Seder, mentioned by Scheiber and Abramson. Also a responsum by Maimonides to Efraim from Tyre (See Blau, Responsa, III, p. 156)

Monograph; formulary of legal documents, including the heading י״א שטר שכירות(?) דבאתי. (Deed of slae of a house) (info from FGP)

Legal document draft. The undersigned witnesses attest to the appearance of a certain Yahuda ha-Kohen before a rabbinic court. The draft was left incomplete in line two following the mention of ha-Kohen. MCD.

Debt contract. Fragment (upper left corner). In the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dating: Probably 1100–27 CE, as there is no reshut formula. Someone acknowledges owing 24 dinars to Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa.

Fragment from a bill of release. Probably after payment of a debt owed to the orphans. Probably written by Natan b. Shelomo (active 1122–50 CE).

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Fragment (upper left corner). Dating: Probably 1100–27 CE (based on the absence of titles for Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon?). Deed of gift or bill of release concerning the death of Ibn al-Najīb. Names mentioned: [...] b. Manṣūr al-Sharābī (ZL), Maḥfūẓa bt. b. Abū l-Faḍl known as Zayn al-Tujjār (ZL), Menahem, Yaʿaqov b. Yosef.

Fragment from a legal deed in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dating: Mentions 525 AH and [144]2 Seleucid, corresponding to1130/31 CE. Mentions a legal dispute in Muslim court with two Muslims named: Khalaf b. Ṣābir al-Dawla, and the Qāḍī ʿAbdallāh b. Ghālib. Concerning the sale of a shop and a sum of 12 dinars. Likely an indirect join with T-S NS 184.47.

Bill of release (שטר אביזאריה). Fragment (upper right corner). Location: Minyat Zifta. Dated: 2 Av 1433 Seleucid, which is 1122 CE. Shelomo b. Meshullam ha-Kohen known as Ibn Fasitqa (? פסיתקה) makes a declaration in favor of somebody.