Oxford, Bodleian MS. Heb. d. 65.2

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

One leaf document

Parchment

Brown (iron-gall)

Calamus

No ruling can be seen

22

11th Century CE

Egypt, Fustat

Judeo-Arabic

(Other)

Court record

Court record in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Moshe b. Elḥanan releases his wife Mudallala from the obligation to leave a house of his mother (in which he put her while going abroad) in the case that he does not return. This release is not valid if he should return. Also mentions the name Abū Zikrī in the first line. Witnesses: Avraham b. Yeshuʿa; Avraham b. Shemaʿya; the ḥaver Yeḥezqel b. ʿEli ha-Kohen (whose signature includes the superscript "12" likely indicating that the document was written on the 12th of the month, based on comparison with T-S NS J322); Shelomo b. Yosef b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. Pinḥas b. Yahaboy ha-Levi. At the bottom there are some jotted accounts in Judaeo-Arabic including for the price of yarn owed by 'my paternal aunt' and other mainly female relatives.

No vowels or accents

Bought through the Rev. Prof. Sayce, 1896 (from the Genizah).

990053420130205171

https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/itempage?vid=KTIV&scope=KTIV&docId=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990053420130205171&SearchTxt=d.%2065.2,AND (Date accessed: 2026-02-09)

https://genizah.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/volume_88 (Date accessed: 2026-02-09)

G. Weiss, "Documents Written by Hillel ben Eli: A Study in the Diplomatics of the Cairo Geniza Documents (MA Thesis)" (PhD diss., n.p., 1967).

Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/6445/ (accessed February 9, 2026).