F. 2r: legal document from either Tyre or Tripoli (Lebanon), in which Samuel b. Aaron gives power of attorney to Moses ha-Kohen b. Abraham. Signed by Nathan ha-Kohen b. Solomon, Joseph ha-Levi b. Yefet, Solomon b. David, Obadiah b. Ḥalfon and two others. Dated 1102 CE. Apparently in the hand of ʿAmram ha-Kohen b. Aaron. Ff. 1r and 2v: commentary on passages in Genesis 28 and 29; F. 1r: jottings consisting of legal notes. F. 1v: legal document, in which Dalāl bat Elʿazar and her husband are released in connection with an inheritance. Mentions people such as Ḥalfon b. Joseph ha-Kohen. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Manasseh.Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 14-20 lines + marginalia
Legal document from Tyre, mentioning Samuel b. [...] and Abū l-Faraj b. [...]. Dated 1546 of the Seleucid Era (= 1235 CE).Condition: torn, holes, rubbed, fadedLayout: 23 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Ketubba in the handwriting of ʿAmram ha-Kohen b. Aaron, for Solomon (groom; the bride’s name has been lost), mentioning Turfa (the bride’s mother) and Obadiah b. Ḥalfon (probably the bride’s father). The dowry includes one third of a new house on the condition that it would become her property only after her mother’s death. The trousseau list includes šunūf (either earrings or nose-rings) from Tyre. Signed by Nathan b. Elisha and Ṣedaqa b. Isaac. Dated ca. 1080 CE, probably from Tyre.Condition: Torn, stainedLayout: 18 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Recto: upper right portion of a marriage contract between Joseph b. Mawhūb and Sittān bat Mevasser b. Yešuʿa, written in Tyre, dated (not completely legibly) according to the destruction of the Temple along with blessings and pious wishes for the redemption of Israel. The text is a Hebrew rendition of an Aramaic-Palestinian-style marriage contract. Items in the dowry list include gold coins, earrings, a wristband. The brother of the bride, Yešuʿa b. Mevasser, acted as her agent and representative. Ca. 11th century. Verso: Beginning of Kitāb ḥudūd al-bulūḡ wal-idrāk (on the attainment of majority), possibly by Samuel b. Ḥofni.Condition: Torn, holes, faded, rubbed, stainedLayout: 19 lines (recto); 11 lines (verso)
Recto: letter by Daniel b. ʿAzarya sent from Tyre to Fusṭāṭ. Verso: unidentified Arabic text; possibly part of a document; alphabetical jottings.Condition: torn, holes, rubbed, stainedLayout: 10 lines + marginalia (recto); 4 lines (verso)
Letter written by Manasseh b. Joshua from Tyre to the Ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Šemaʿya b. al-Faraj in Jerusalem, concerning yarn.Condition: holes, stained, rubbedLayout: 14 lines + marginalia (recto); 10 lines (verso)
Letter written by Manasseh b. Joshua from Tyre to the Ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Šemaʿya b. al-Faraj in Jerusalem.Condition: holes, stained, rubbedLayout: 14 lines + marginalia (recto); 3 lines (verso)
Letter from Israel b. Šuʿayb, probably in Tyre, to Nahray b. Nissim in Fusṭāṭ (c. 1060 CE).Condition: torn, holes, slightly rubbedLayout: 6 lines + marginalia (recto); 7 lines + marginalia (verso)
Letter from Jacob b. Ismaʿīl in Tyre to Nahray b. Nissim in Fusṭāṭ (c. 1060 CE).Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 26 lines + marginalia (recto); 11 lines (verso)
Letter from Ismaʿīl b. Isaac ha-Andalūsī from Tyre to Nahray b. Nissim in Fusṭāṭ, c. 1065 CE.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 22 lines + marginalia (recto); 24 lines (verso)