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Document date

27 Tishrei 5568 Anno Mundi (29 October 1807 CE)

Primary language

Ladino

Extensive accounts in Ladino with at least one full date on ENA 3306.8r in the upper left corner: ״27 תשרי [הת]קסח״ which is 27 Tishrei 5568 AM (October 1807 CE). There are probably several joins for this fragment and many individuals listed who may appear in additional documents from the early 1800s: (ENA 3306.8r), ʿImannuʾel Maṭalon; (ENA 3306.7r), Shelomo Cuenca (whose surname echoes the city in Castille), Yaʿacov Cuenca, Daniel Florentin, Yosef Moliano (possibly Italian = "Mogliano"), . The accounts deal with quantities of sugar (אסוקר), cinnamon (קאנילה), Yisraʾel Yaʿīsh, Aron Cassuto, Yosef Ben-Veniste (ן׳ ביניסטי), Daniel Ḥason; (ENA 3306.7), Menaḥem Mikhāl, Moshe Yiṣḥaqarī, Shelomo Mosseri, Ḥayyīm Naḥama, and others.

العلامات

• 19th c
• cinnamon
• ladino
• sephardim
• sugar

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The writer is preoccupied on behalf of Abū Ibrāhīm who encountered difficulties while traveling to Rashīd. Ismāʿīl is mentioned several times. The writer has enclosed another important letter, to a certain family (al-Faṭṭūma?), from their agent ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, and he asks the recipient to ensure that it reaches its target. (Information in part from Goitein's index card.)

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2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Hebrew

The upper lines mention two more enslaved people: Ẓarf and her son Muwaffaq. A faded note on verso mentions Yehoshuaʿ ha-Kohen, and does not appear to be related to the text on recto. (Information from Craig Perry and CUDL) NB: An earlier description in the PGP identified the enslaved person sold by Michal as Bidʿa ‘Innovation’, also called ‘Gazelle’.

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3

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

940 Hijrī (23 July 1533–12 July 1534 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated on the verso in the first row of entries: 6 Ramaḍān _43 AH but the scribe omitted the hundreds digit. […] For each day of the week, lists the boats (qārib) belonging to different people (Muḥammad, Shihāb al-Dīn, Naṣr al-Dīn. . .) and commercial goods and numbers associated with them. An entry mentions "rice from Damietta" on the left side of the recto and the town Minyat Salsīl is mentioned in entries on both the recto and verso (modern-day Mīt Salsīl, ~25 miles due south of Damietta). At least one other potential placename appears in the entries: (verso) Minyat Budayr. Needs further examination.

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2

العلامات

• late ja
• ottoman shipping
• to examine

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

5 Kislev 14[.]8 Seleucid (23 November 1096–18 November 1186 CE)

Primary language

Aramaic

Yaʿaqov signed T-S Ar.29.145 (PGPID 39225) in 1170 CE. The owner of the enslaved woman is named Menashshe b. Yaʿaqov ha-Kohen. The enslaved woman's name starts with תוכ or תומ. Witnesses: Avraham b.

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العلامات

• get shihrur
• manumission
• slave

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Probably a bill of sale for an enslaved woman. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE).

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1

العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• slave

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

List of entries in Arabic script that possibly designate accounts. […] A number of shorthand terms are in use, for example the single ligature that begins each entry may itself be a common financial term that was quickly written and thus lacks any dotting. Another term, possibly an abbreviation, that appears in some entries is "صو" which could also be read as "حو".

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العلامات

• arabic script
• list

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

937–938 Hijrī (25 August 1530–2 August 1532 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly related to state finances based on the recurring mention of "stipends" "jamakiyya". Dated in multiple entries as 937–938 AH, which is approximately 1530–1532 CE. Alexandria and, possibly, the nearby coastal town of Abū Qīr are mentioned– but this may be a person's name based on the format of other entries. There may be a reference to an Ottoman tax farm (muqtʿa) on the verso, but the entry is badly damaged.

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2

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1034–1040 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

T-S Ar.18(1).35 + T-S 20.96 and ENA 2738.1 were published by Gil, Pious Foundations, no. 3. […] Shekhanya was the scribe for both ENA 2738.1 and T-S Ar.18(1).35 + T-S 20.96, but it seems that the document of the qodesh in CUL Or.1081 J66 + ENA 2738.1 is actually in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya. The transcription for ENA 2738.1 is currently listed under PGPID 1251, section [c].

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العلامات

• qodesh

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Official-looking small receipt. ENA 3968.21 and ENA 3968.23 appear to be in the name of the same person (Ḥusayn b. [...]).

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Official-looking small receipt. ENA 3968.21 and ENA 3968.23 appear to be in the name of the same person (Ḥusayn b. [...]).

العلامات

• arabic

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in the hand of the same scribe as adjacent fragments (see especially ENA NS 76.435.1 + ENA NS 76.435.3).

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment from the end of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Referring to necessity/need (אן אוגבת אלצרורה) and ending ישע רב.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Advice on how to succeed against enemies, on a journey, etc. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

العلامات

• divination
• magic

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Document date

Av 14[..] Seleucid (11 July 1089–25 August 1188 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The parties are [...]l ha-baḥur ha-ṭov ha-talmid and Mishaʾel ha-Levi ha-baḥur ha-ṭov. ENA 3737.8 might be an indirect join. NB: Goitein refers to ENA 4011.45 as ENA 4011.47.

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1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The sender curses the addressees' enemies. Ends with a bialphabetic blessing: ורחמת אללה וبركات (wa-raḥmat Allāh wa-barakātuh).

العلامات

• bialphabetic

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew

Dealing with political machinations and silencing enemies. (Information in part from Goitein's index card.)

العلامات

• bialphabetic

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. ENA 2875.35 belongs before ENA 2875.34. See Goitein's index card for more information.

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العلامات

• account
• arus b. yosef

1 مناقشة

Document date

946 Hijrī (19 May 1539–7 May 1540 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

For similar usage of the letter ץ as 900 in sixteenth-century accounts, see for example: ENA 3150.4 - PGPID 40491. The entries on the recto are better preserved, mentioning names and groups such as: Abū al-Nasr (Naṣr), Abū l-Baqāʾ b. […] Cairo's northern Nile port of Būlāq is mentioned in an entry in the lower right corner of the verso. MCD.

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1

العلامات

• cmp

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

Ḥeshvan–Kislev 1339 Seleucid (1027–1028 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal register from the rabbinical court in Fustat, signed by Efrayim ben Shemarya in uncharacteristically calligraphic Hebrew letters. Recto has two entries from Ḥeshvan 1339 Seleucid, and verso has an entry from Kislev 1339 Seleucid (=1027/28 CE). The entry on verso concerns the same case of levirate marriage as found in T-S NS J51 from several months earlier (Elul 1338 Seleucid).

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العلامات

• efrayim b. shemarya
• register

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Probably all from the same register: ENA NS 77.33 (PGPID 4553) ENA NS 77.93 (PGPID 4561) ENA NS 77.208 (PGPID 4545)

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العلامات

• charity
• communal
• list
• poverty
• recipients

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The dating is likely 15th- or 16th- century based on the paleography. At least three entries on the recto mention unnamed daughters of community members. Some of the entries repeat the word "qamīṣ" (shirt) similar to the potentially related shelfmark ENA NS 77.276 (PGPID 13599) from the same archival series.

العلامات

• 15th or 16th c

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

16 Tammuz 5458 Anno Mundi (25 June 1698 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Dated 16 Tammuz 5458 CE, which is 1698 CE. (Document #33) Engagement deed between Shaʾul aka Shaḥata b. Moshe ha-Levi and Qamr bt. Efrayim ha-Levi, the latter is listed as previously divorced. The entry includes conditions for the engagement and marriage as well as a partial dowry list.

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1 نسخ

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Nomina barbara

to annul the evil wishes of his enemies and make everyone love him. In Hebrew, Aramaic, and nomina barbara.

العلامات

• amulet
• magic

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Nujūm to give him charm and grace and to silence his enemies. (Information from CUDL.)

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العلامات

• magic

1 ترجمة

Document date

6 Ḥeshvan 1446 Seleucid (25 October 1134 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Sitt al-Fakhr had bought the enslaved woman from ʿEli's wife Khulla bt. Yosef ha-Kohen for a sum of 10 dinars. […] When ʿEli and his wife Khulla are asked, ʿEli claims that Sitt al-Fakhr never even bought this enslaved woman, and that in fact the buyer was Sitt al-Fakhr's husband, Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa b. […] and from the female broker (al-dallāla) that this enslaved woman only had [...] defect and no more. There is a small gap here.

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العلامات

• jariya
• slave

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

ENA 2592.7: List, continuation of ENA 2952.6 mentioning some of the prominent members of the Babylonian community in Fustat in the 11th century, concluding with Nahray b.

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1

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العلامات

• memorial list

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

26 Sivan 5632 Anno Mundi (2 July 1872 CE)

Primary language

Ladino

Accounts in Ladino and Hebrew that can be dated through a join's (ENA 2715.19) entry dated 26 Sivan [5]632 or July 2 1872CE.

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العلامات

• ladino
• list

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Draft of a bill of sale for an enslaved woman. Abū al-[Man]ṣūr al-Kohen purchases a female slave named Ṭ[...] for the price of 25 dinars.

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1

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العلامات

• bill of sale
• jariya
• slaves

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

Middle third of Adar I 5453 Anno Mundi (17 February 1693–26 February 1693 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

(Document #12) Real estate case with three judges' signatures regarding an endowment property (waqfiyya), specifically a commercial house (אוכאלה=وكالة) in the "port of Damietta" that has fallen into ruin. The entry is based on witness testimony about the state of the property whose waqf status is explained in the opening line of the entry (וקפייאת הקרקעות שעשה הרב הכולל מוהרי׳ קשטרו זלה׳׳ה)– pointing to the founder of the endowment as R. […] The description of the property mentions the collapse of various walls and the lack of a door/lock on the building (דלת ובריח אין לה). The document entry also discusses arrangements for future repairs, ground rent (arḍiyya), and for the property's succession among current/future descendants of the Castro family.

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1 نسخ

Document date

20 Ramaḍān (9)46 Hijrī (29 January 1540 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

See also JRL SERIES B 7663 (PGPID 40386). ENA 2898.4: Recto is headed "the ship of Kara ʿAlī arriving from Antalya on 20 Ramaḍān '46." […] Underneath there are the sums for "the entire ship" (jumlat al-markab). ENA 2898.3: Recto is headed, "the closing (? taghlīq) of the ship of ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ʿAbbās." The entries underneath include the names ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Qūqū, Salim(?)

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العلامات

• antalya
• early modern
• opium
• ottoman shipping

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Fragment of a letter or official correspondence in Arabic script. The ends of five lines are preserved, with words stacked at the end.

العلامات

• arabic

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment from toward the end, including the end of business matters involving dirhams and then the greetings-to-the-family section.

العلامات

• business

1 نسخ

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

Bill of sale for an enslaved woman, probably. In the hand of Ḥalfon b.

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1

العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• slave

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document concerning a sale of an enslaved person, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE).

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1

العلامات

• slave

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

26 Dhū l-Qaʿda 558 Hijrī (26 October 1163 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Marriage contract for two enslaved people, both born into slavery (muwallad(at) al-jins), Muwaffaq and Dhahab.

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2

العلامات

• marriage
• muslim marriage contract
• slaves

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

Deed of sale for an enslaved woman. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE).

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2

1 نسخ