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dated the 24th of Siwan, 1313 Sel. (superscribed 1366) = 1002 A.D., at Fostat (פסטאט מצרים) on the Nile;
the parties are Amram bar Maimon and ... זהרא, daughter of Elishama (superscribed Josiah bar R. Nehemiah ראש פרקא and ... כרימה, daughter of Isaac).
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complete (margins cut), dated Thursday the 5th of Elul, 4750 A.M. = 990 A.D., at מדינת ברקה;
the parties are Aaron bar Jeshuah and חוסנה, daughter of Joseph אלצרפי, the dowry is expressed as follows: כסף זוזי מאתן ומאתן מנהג מדינת אטרבולוס, with some other presents;
signed by a great number of witnesses, the first of whom is Joseph bar Nissin השופט.
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in which the property of Judah, which was in the hands of Netira son of Tobiah of Nisibis, was ordered by the זקנים to be restored to Judah’s sons, Sahl and Ḥosein.
The date is cut off, only Monday the 7th of Tishri can be read, and the place where the elders decided the matter is חנס מצרים.
The date 4750 A.M. = 990 A.D. is, however, given in fragment b, where Netira has the title of כהן. The signatures of the elders are missing in both fragments.
Aminah daughter of Moses with her husband and her two daughters סיידה and סותית renounces all right to the property in her possession; the document is much cut, the signatures are missing, and of the date and place only the following can be made out: 19th of Tebeth, 47.., .. שעל לשון ים מצרים.
beg. as follows: הם אשר נתברכו בטל ילדות טל לאב המון ניתן בקץ רביבי טל; the months and the planets are mentioned in the last strophe.
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made at Fostat on the Nile, on Tuesday the 4th of Marḥeshwan, 1341 Sel. = 1030 A.D., witnessed by .. החזן בירבי דויד החזן, Solomon bar Ḥakim, Mashiaḥ bar Zemaḥ, Abraham hal-Levi bar Samuel, Phinehas ben Ephraim, Joseph bar Manṣur ? hal-Levi, Jeshuah hal-Levi bar Abraham ס̇נ̇ג̇, Baruch ? bar Ḥasn and אפרים ז̇ע̇ החבר ב̇ס̇ג̇ בר שמריה.
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the names of the parties are … ? bar כתיר and Mubarakat daughter of Solomon Kahana, drawn up at Fostat on the Nile, on Wednesday the 5th of Siwan, 1368 Sel. = 1057 A.D.; signatures cut off.
with vowel points and accents, obliterated.
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dated … Siwan, 1438 Sel. = 1127 A.D., at Fostat, the man’s name is תקוה hal-Levi son of מר̇ו̇ר̇ פרחיה, the rest is cut off.
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cut, containing an agreement made in the presence of the ב̇ד̇, between [ש]מואל son of Japheth החבר, and al-Sheikh Abu 'l-Fadhl אלשראבי R. Shelah son of Eleazar haz-Zaqen about some property at Fostat (names given), dated by the Tribunal (no names) in the second decade of Iyyar, 1414 Sel. = 1103 A.D.
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the parties are Abu 'l-maʿani and Abu 'l-faraj; drawn up at Fostat, in the month of Nisan, 1456 Sel. = 1145 A.D., in the presence of Samuel han-Nagid.
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of אבו אלפצ[ל] אלקזאז בן אלשיך אבו אלברכאת הידוע בן אלמקדסי (witnessed by Solomon bar Nisim and Levi hal-Levi ben R. Abraham) bequeathing his property to his two sons, אבו אלברכאת and אבו אלחסן;
made at Fostat, on Wednesday the 15th of Kislew, 1500 Sel. = 1189 A.D., in the presence (רשותיה) of Sar Shalom hal-Levi.
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much cut, witnessed by Joseph bar Solomon, Joseph ben R. Nisim, and Joseph bar Shemariah.
On the verso some scribbling in Hebrew and Arabic.
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beg. מערפה חסאב אבי אלבשר מן ד̇לך עדל לך אלוזן.
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beg. ... אלסוק אלכביר אלמערופה; much cut.
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situated לעבר נהר תאג̇א במקום שיודעין אותו ואדילעפש בכפר אלביג̇ש, much cut.
by a later (cursive) hand, with the refrain ברח דודי; a strophe beg. הכו עיר ידי שעיר; much obliterated.
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from Judah Sofer bar Ali to Meborakh bar David hab-Babli (on the verso),
ending with ותן שלום לאדוני מרי ורבנא אברהם הרופא זקננו וחשובנו בן כבוד גדולת קדושת מרנא ורבנא עלי נ̇נ̇ ותקבלו שלום רב מחמודי עלי.
This is followed by a postscript, beg. וקד געלת רקעה דרג כתאבך מתפצ̇ל תרפעהא לסידי אבי עמרן בן יחיי אלרקי ..., and mentioning ולדי אבו אלחסן.
On the verso are some entries by a later hand, beg. אשתרית מן אבו אלעלא רטלין ....
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The preamble is in Hebrew and in rhymed prose, the letter is in Arabic. It is mentioned that a letter had already been sent to him by אלשיך אבו סעיד כֿגֿקֿ מֿרֿוֿרֿ חלפון הלוי היקר הנבון נֿטֿרֿחֿ בר כֿגֿקֿ נתנאל הלוי הזקן הנכבד נ̇ע̇.
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dated in the month of Siwan. All the names in it are Arabic, e.g. אבו אלפצ̇ל, אלשיך אבו טייב.
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from Alexandria, dated in the month of Siwan, addressed לאכי וסידי אבי יחיי נהראי בן נסים, by Israel ben Nathan of Kairowan, the same persons are mentioned as in No. 17.
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addressed to אבי יצחק בן צאלח by צדקה בן זכריא, from Alexandria, in the month of Siwan.
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dated the 4th of Elul, addressed to Abu Zecharia ben Judah ben Moses ben ... by מוסי בן יצחק.
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beg. and end much cut, preamble in Hebrew and verso in Arabic. The following names occur: אמא אלשיך אלרשד הק̇ב̇ה̇ יכפיה, ואמא אלשיך אבו מנצור פמא ערפת....
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beg. missing. R. Moses and R. Obadiah are mentioned; on the margin is the date לילה אלאתנין ד̇ תמוז. The verso contains a postscript in which אלשיך אבו אלפצ̇ל אלסופר is mentioned.
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dated Wednesday the 14th of Iyyar, 810 = 1050 A.D., in Kairowan; witnesses, Joseph ben R. Judah, Nissim bar Abraham חדירי, Abraham bar Joseph ראש הסדר.
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The first legible section beg. מפני ארבעה דברים המאורות לוקים על כותבי פלסטה ועל מעידי עידות שקר... (B. Talm. Succah, fol. 29).
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