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Ketubba fragment (perhaps Palestinian) mentioning a payment of 12 zuz (in keeping with the Palestinian tradition). Signed by Elʿazar b. Yosef. Not mentioned in the literature.

Bill of divorce. Dating: 13th century? Signed and probably written by Shemuel b. Yaʿaqov (ha-Ṣarfati?) and Ṣadoq b. [...]

Ketubba fragment. In the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya (ca. 1181–1209).

Legal jottings. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Account of what is left from or has been done with a ketubba. Mentions a remaining sum of 11[..] of something.

Responsum about court proceedings, clean copy. 17th century?

Responsa by ROSH.

Responsa by ROSH.

Query and responsum of Joseph b. Jacob Rosh ha-Seder, dated to 1206–7.

Query and responsum of Joseph b. Jacob Rosh ha-Seder.

Query and responsum of Joseph b. Jacob Rosh ha-Seder.

Responsum and the beginning of the next by R. Migash. Published by Amir Ashur in Qoves al Yad 21 (2012), 1-24

Responsum and the beginning of the next by R. Migash. Published by Amir Ashur in Qoves al Yad 21 (2012), 1-24

Responsum and the beginning of the next by R. Migash. Published by Amir Ashur in Qoves al Yad 21 (2012), 1-24

Responsum and the beginning of the next by R. Migash. Published by Amir Ashur in Qoves al Yad 21 (2012), 1-24

Responsa of the geonim. published.

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Small fragment (lower right corner), and possibly a draft. The name בן שמארי is preserved.

An interesting Qaraite legal testimony (zikhron ʿedut) dated 20 Adar 5442 (1682 CE), scribed and signed by Avraham ha-Rofe ben Ṣaʿīr, one of the messengers sent from Jerusalem with news of the barley crop (aviv), together with Mordechai b. Ḥayyim ha-Kohen. As the barley was fully mature, the coming year, a leap year for the Rabbanites, will not be intercalated for the Qaraites. Messengers have been sent both to Damascus and to Fustat. The writer notes that, for the first time "in a long time," this means that the calendars of the Rabbanites and the ʿarelim (western Christians? Muslims?) have coincided, while the calendars of the Qaraites and the Franks and Maronites have coincided. The term ʿarelim, or uncircumcised, normally refers to Christians in earlier Geniza documents. However, in this context, the ʿarelim are being contrasted with the Franks and Maronites, so the writer is either drawing a distinction between western and eastern Christians, or between Christians and Muslims. ASE

Copy of a ketubba. This is the second page. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Groom: Shela. Bride: Sitt al-Ḥusn.

Draft of a deathbed declaration in which Abu al-Husayn Moshe b. Shelomo, the perfume vendor, grants his wife her delayed marriage gift and stipulates conditions in case she remarries. Dated ca. 1120. The document begins on verso, which also contains its main part, and continues on recto in the form of a draft written in a different hand. See also ENA 1822a.17, which contains the same document. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, pp. 411, 168, 251, 463, 481)

Deathbed declaration in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (Date: 1100-1138). Concerning Abū l-Ḥusayn Moshe b. Shelomo al-ʿAṭṭār (ZL), who had given his wife of second marriage, in addition to her deferred marriage gift of 50 dinars, an additional gift of ten dinars. (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 3:251, 411, 481; 5:140, 544) EMS