Documents

The lists are connected to a wide variety of topics, for example, in the upper left corner of the recto Purim is mentioned and then on the far right border the scribe notes in a brief entry "קבלתי ממשה / I received from Moshe". Given the miscellaneous aspects of their contents it is unclear whether these lists were drawn up for private or communal purposes.

العلامات

• 17th or 18th c

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

1255 Hijrī (17 March 1839–4 March 1840 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

and Ibrāhīm Borketli[?]. In the verso's thrid entry on the right there is mention of the Ottoman Turkish term "ruznama" or "ruznāme / רוזנאמה" which may be a reference to the state fiscal administration.

العلامات

• 19th c
• ruznamaj

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1700–1900 CE

The itemized accounts are extremely well-detailed: i.e. soap, lemon, rice, wax, beans, taḥīna, among many other entries. While the bifolium itself is undated it may come from a broader notebook which could contain a date.

العلامات

• 18th or 19th c
• lemon
• passover
• rice
• soap
• (+ 2 المزيد)

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1733–1733 CE

A certain Yaʿaqov Portos appears as a letter sender in ENA 2560.7 (PGPID 12321), probably the same person.

العلامات

• 18th c

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

1264 Hijrī (9 December 1847–26 November 1848 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

The signature of al-Ḥājj Ibrāhīm Khalīl appears at the end, next to a stamp. (Information from JRL catalogue.)

العلامات

• printed
• seal

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

On verso, there may also be remnants of an endorsement (in Arabic script). Needs further examination.

العلامات

• petition

1 نسخ

Document date

12 Sivan 1814 Seleucid (6 June 1503 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

But the "coral and carnelian and syrups(?)" (שראבי) will go entirely to one of the partners. Given the context, שראבי may also indicate some type of gemstone possibly through the root س-ر-ب (mirage).

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العلامات

• sholal

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: The end of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is called "my brother," and he may be an actual brother since the sender swears "by my father."

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

.]; pepper; a merchant known as al-Wādiyashī (from Guadix, maybe the same as in T-S 20.4, T-S 20.122, T-S 18J3.13, ENA NS 18.24, and IOM D 55.14); and the sender's cousin (ibn ʿamm) [Abū] Zakariyyā Yehuda.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Reused for accounts by ʿArūs (see separate entry). (Information in part from CUDL)

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العلامات

• karim

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

She asks not be moved from this apartment because she enjoys the sounds of prayers that can be heard from the nearby synagogue.

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العلامات

• communal
• petition

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Also mentions a shipment of wax, that has not been sold entirely yet. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 3, #498) VMR

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العلامات

• byzantine merchants
• byzantines

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة

Inferred date

1066–1108 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Another copy of the same document is found at ENA NS 30.8 (PGPID 11371). Yequtiʾel b. Moshe is also known from T-S 24.1, dated 1082 CE, and numerous other documents from the India Book.

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1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Nissim, who also wrote the letter enquiring about commercial matters and conveying greetings.

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العلامات

• flax
• nahray b. nissim
• trade

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Written in "very difficult and highfaluting Hebrew," as Goitein notes on his index card. Entitled (in Judaeo-Arabic) נסכה כתאב אלהנא אלדי כתבתה ללמחלה פי שהר אלמועדים.

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1 مناقشة

Primary language

Hebrew

It mostly concerns news about family and acquaintances (for instance that ʿOvadya has recovered from his illness and 'entered the bathhouse' (נכנס למרחץ), and Shelomo Kohen has had a son).

1 مناقشة

Fragment of a book (or booklist) that belonged to the Head of the Gola Daniel b. Hisdai, end of the 12th century. Seems like the book was given as a gift to Nahum ha-Kohen b.

2 نسخين 2 ترجمتين

Document date

1341-03-18 Seleucid (26 November 1029 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

On the verso is a note in Arabic script regarding Umm al-Khayr returning engagement gifts. (Information from Goitein's index card)

1 مناقشة

Inferred date

1139–1140 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

(Information from Goitein, Friedman and Ashur, India Book IVB) Maybe Alexandria; End of 1139 - Middle of 1140

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العلامات

• 12th c
• halfon ha-levi b. netan`el
• ib-untranslated-eng
• ib4
• india book

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Hebrew

ʿAmram, concerning ‘what was collected [from the] market’ (i.e., the proceeds of slaughter) from the beginning of Elul to the end of Kislev. Mention is made of Ṣemaḥ ‘our scribe’ (ספרא דילנא).

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions that the army’s entrance to the city (it is not clear which city) improves trade.

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العلامات

• material culture
• trade

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Document date

Last decade of Iyyar 1438 Seleucid (2 May 1127–12 May 1127 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

This fragment contains the end of an agreement about a fictive sale of 1/3 of a house possessed by one Shelomo known as Tamīm, also involving a woman.

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1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Document date

19 Tevet 1486 Seleucid (15 December 1174 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Nataniel recording that he would not honor an agreement according to which 25 dinars out of a debt owed to him by Abu al-Khayr b. al-Tinnisi would be paid to him immediately, five at the end of the month, five in monthly installment of one quarter, while he would forego the remaining 20 dinars owed to him.

العلامات

• duress

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Draft of an oath to be taken by Yosef Lebdi in which he enumerates his assets. Due to the litigation between Yosef Lebdi and his nephew, David b.

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العلامات

• draft
• ib1
• india book

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

He has received the petition (ruqʿa) of the Alexandrian woman whose divorced husband is not providing enough alimony. He is giving only two dāniqs, which is 1/3 dirham, when she needs at least 2/3 dirham.

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العلامات

• communal
• malij

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: poetic letter in square script. Each line ends in the rhyme -let and is followed by a dot.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

888–987 CE

Primary language

Aramaic

Witnessed by Shelomo b. [...], Ṣadoq b. Yiṣḥaq (signed also ENA 2556.12 (PGPID 15839) ca. late 10th century), Ḥabīb b.

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العلامات

• ketubba
• marriage

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

A partial date is preserved at the end: 6 Rabīʿ I [.]23 H. Most likely [5]23 AH = 27 February 1129 CE.

العلامات

• calendar
• coptic
• prognostication

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

A selection of the books: the Torah; the Tuffāḥa on Leviticus; commentary (tafsīr) on Tehillim (this entry crossed out); Shemuel b. Ḥofni's treatise on partnerships (al-Sharikāt); Saadya's translation (sharḥ) of the Torah; many more sacred books; and what may be a composition on love (Alfāẓ ʿalā l-Ulfa).

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العلامات

• booklist
• estate
• inventory

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

See FGP for joins and further information. Enumerating the factors that disqualify a person for testifying.

العلامات

• chess
• gambling
• hammam
• literary with documentary value
• muruwwa

1 نسخ

Primary language

Arabic

The other three-fourths were already in his possession (total value 280 dinars). Verso (in entirely different handwriting): He gives this house to the son of his daughter and makes other gifts.

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Document date

22 Rabīʿ II 717 Hijrī (4 July 1317 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

There are at least 8 additional entries in different hands including concerning subsequent sales, one dated 750 AH = 1349 CE.

العلامات

• contract
• dimme
• lost archive
• sale

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Hebrew

List possibly drawn up by a traveler to Constantinople giving the names and titles of six benefactors of his in the city, as well as the phrase 'the entire body of the congregation, may they be blessed', presumably used when praying for them in public so that no one would be forgotten.

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العلامات

• constantinople
• list

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions Farajallāh; a teacher; various goods; the house of Avraham; Elʿazar; Zayn al-Dīn. With greetings at the end to a brother and uncle, Abū ʿImrān, al-Muwaffaq, and Munajjā.

العلامات

• numismatic dating

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The same scribe probably wrote ENA NS 69.20 and T-S AS 156.42, based on the presence of the relatively uncommon blessing "min dār al-fanā' wa-l-shaqā' ilā dār al-naʿīm wa-l-baqā' (from the abode of perdition and woe to the abode of blessing and immortality)."

العلامات

• diet
• food
• regimen

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Fiscal accounting, and an entry concerning a claim made from al-Ṣināʿa al-Maḥrūsa (the port of Fusṭāt).

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العلامات

• dimme

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Shelomo ha-Kohen (1125–50). The ends of 6 lines are preserved. The groom undertakes not to curse the bride or treat her with disrespect.

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العلامات

• state
• torture

1 نسخ

Primary language

Aramaic

The amulet requests that the zodiacal sign Leo prevail over any forces that might endanger Ḥabibah during this dangerous time. Several powerful spirits, both good and evil, are identified in this text, which also invokes the biblical matriarchs Rachel, Leah, Bilhah, and Zilpah.

1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Aramaic

to Ḥabība bt. [...] followed by a spell to open things (partly paralleled in T-S NS 233.26), apparently intended to enhance the document's efficacy. This is a draft or template since most of the locations are left generic (מדנת פלונית או בקרתא פלונית).

العلامات

• amulet
• divorce
• get
• magic

1 مناقشة

Document date

Jumāḍā II 545 Hijrī (25 September 1150–23 October 1150 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

T-S K3.32 (listing the books) and ENA 4020.60a (listing the goods) are part of the same inventory.

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions the names Maymūn and ʿUthmān followed by a list of the traded items. The first entry is a payment made to Naṣr the mawlā of Ibn al-Zubayr.

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