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Damaged fragment from a betrothal deed, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi, and signed by [Is'haq b. Shenuel] the Spaniard, so can be dated to 1100-1127. The fiancé is Avraham b. Moshe, who is about to marry the daughter of Ya'qov. AA

Draft of a legal document. In the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dating: Mentions Adar 1446 Seleucid, which is 1135 CE. In which Maḥfūẓa bt. Yosef known as Zayn al-Tujjār (cf. T-S Ar.38.115) sells part of her compound in zuqāq al-ḥarrānī in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ (see Gil, Pious Foundations, 224).

Very damaged betrothal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). The fiance is Avraham and the bride is 'Aliya. She is very young, only reached puberty. AA

Small and damaged fragment from a deed of gift to a woman, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Minute fragment from a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

Legal document in Arabic script. Fragment (middle of the right side). Faded and smudged. Verso blank.

Minute fragment from the bottom pf a legal deed. Only part of the signatures are preserved: [...] b. Avraham, [...] b. Aharon

Debt contract. Probably in the hand of Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. Dated: Elul 1443 Seleucid, which is 1132 CE. [Yose]f b. Elʿazar b. Mevorakh Ibn Ṭuwayr al-ʿAshā has to pay 10 dinars to Abu Saʿīd b. Yeshuʿa.

Minute fragment from a legal deed

Fragment from a legal deed regarding a house belong to Mahfuza, also mentioning Abu Kthir. The same two persons are the subject of T-S NS 224.51+T-S NS 225.25f+T-S NS J588 (see PGP 26539). T-S NS 225.25w seems an indirect join. AA

Minute fragment from engagement deed written by Halfon b. Menashsh Halevi. The groom's name is Shelomo. The bride is a widow, daughter of Munaja. AA

Minute fragment of a legal deed wrtten by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). One of the parties is Abu Sa'd.

Recto: Bill of release. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: Tishrei 1440 Seleucid, which is 1128 CE. The cantor ʿEli ha-Kohen pays [...] b. Shelomo ha-Kohen 2.5 dinars for various books pawned by the latter. Among the books mentioned: אצאראת (יוצרות) ללשלישי (see Allony, the Jewish LIbrary, p. 33), and Drashot on the Torah. Verso: Fragment of another legal deed, in the hand of Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver. Probably an agreement between a husband and wife after a fight; the husband will pay 6 dinars and return her to his home. AA.

Minute fragment, very faded and only few words are hardly visible.

Minute fragment, probably from legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi

Minute fragment of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi

Small fragment of a legal deed, probably a bill of release, written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (Date: 1100–38). Name mentioned: [Ab]ū l-Ḥasan.

Minute fragment. Two words from an opening of a legal deed

Minute fragment of a legal deed. The name Zedaqa is preserved with few other words. Written by Halfon b,. Menashshe Halevi

Minute fragment from the bottom of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi under the reshut of Masliah Gaon (1127-1138). Might be connected with T-S NS 225.41