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Minute fragment of a document written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Mentions the term 'shuyūb'(?) and a dīwān. Cf. T-S NS 226.57 …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Fragments of legal document(s) in Hebrew. The document on Page 2 is dated April 1818 (Nisan 5578). The first legal fragment only retains some of …
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Marriage document. Two fragments of a Karaite ketubah of Ḥusn and David [?]. Early 11th century [?]. The smaller fragment, ENA NS 3. 27 was …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Letter from Abū l-Maḥāsin Yefet b. Shela, probably in Alexandria, to Yosef ha-Kohen "the pride of the traders" (peʾer ha-soḥarim), in Fustat. Dating: mid-12th century; …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Account for Tammuz and Av 1494 sel. ca. 1183. Only the revenue part of this account is presevred. It contains the sums from 22 apartments …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Commercial account with monetary values and a few names (e.g., Abū l-Mufaḍḍal and al-Iṭrābulsī) listed throughout the recto and verso. Dating: 11th or 12th century. …
Receipt issued to the khuzzān of the Fayyūm tax districts against revenue delivered by Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb. Dated: 21 Dhū l-Ḥijja 403. Amount: one-half, …
Registration mark on right
2 نسخين 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة
Marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Fustat. Dating: 11th century. Groom: [...] b. Ḥusayn. Bride: [...] bt. Yiṣḥaq. Marriage payments: 15 + 25. (Information from Goitein’s index …
1 مناقشة
Fol. 1: Several legal documents, all in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In one, Ṣadaqa b. Avraham known as Ibn al-Warda and his wife …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Colophon for a rabbinic literary work written in multiple columns. The scribe is the judge Elʿazar ha-Levi known as al-Rajānī: אני הצעיר מכל בני העיר …
Letter from a cantor or teacher to his boss in Cairo. The cantor had been “accused of having assembled a group of young men and …
Hebrew literary text. In the margin of verso there are several cryptic words in Arabic script. Does not seem to be documentary. Needs examination.
Business accounts in a common hand (previously misattributed to ʿArūs b. Yosef).
Possibly a letter of praise for a notable named Yoshiyyahu, mentioning Yoʾav ben Ṣeruya, the temple, and the Sanhedrin. In Hebrew. Reused on verso for …
Technical instructions in Arabic script, possibly medical prescriptions. There are also jottings in Hebrew script such as ‘this booklet is for Ḥalfon b. [...]’. On …
Letter/petition from Yehuda(?), probably in Cairo, to an important person called Sayyidnā, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary orthography. Dating: Probably late 12th or early …
Legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary, so difficult to figure out the details. Sets out provisions for the care of a minor boy until he comes …
Small fragment from the beginning of a letter to a certain Berakhot. The hand looks familiar from the circle of Eliyyahu the Judge (early 13th …
Verso: Unidentified text in faded Arabic, may be documentary.
Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
Legal document, iqrār, in Arabic script. Involving the Christian [...]ūn b. Asʿad al-Naṣrānī al-ʿAṣṣār and Nāṣir al-Dīn b. ʿAbdallāh b. ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm and a cow. …
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Fragment of a state document. Wide line spacing. Likely a decree. The beginnings of four lines are preserved. May refer to indigo (al-nīl) and investigating …
Recto: recipes for a woman who loses a lot of blood and to make a husband love his wife (she washes her breasts and has …
Late donation list, or private accounts. Mentioning a variety of individuals, such as: Eliyahu Ṣahal, Aharon Ḥedef, Khalīfa Arūkh, Shelomo Sonina, Ḥayyīm Ḥazaq, Raḥamīm Ḥāmī, …
Account or official document in Arabic script. Headed with the name Bū l-Ṭāhir, then begins with the word قبض. May contain the phrase al-[...] alladhī …
Original text: Four bifolios of a Shīʿī literary work preserving content including Fatima's sermon ("the sermon of Fadak") and a ḥadīth about ʿAlī predicting that …
Final draft of mixed Qaraite-Rabbanite court document concerning the sale of a house. On verso there is rhymed poetry (seliḥa). Joins by Oded Zinger. For …
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 2 مناقشتان
Legal testimony (maḥḍar) from al-Maḥalla regarding kosher butchering. It seems that Shemarya ha-Kohen was granted the right to be sole butcher and another man entered …
Verso: One line from an Arabic state document: لشانه . . . وطالعت حضرته . . . Reused on recto for piyyuṭ.
This Aramaic astrological work, a fragment of which survived in the Cairo Geniza, dealt with astral predictions and omens. The excerpt translated below describes the …
[ ] and the rich shall become poor [ ] there shall be [ ] upon the world, and hunger shall be in [ ] and death and murder in Media, and there shall b…
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Recto: (1) Letter/petition in Judaeo-Arabic from Abū ʿAlī to al-Shaykh al-Makīn. Complains about al-Shaykh al-Mufaḍḍal. Nearly complete, but difficult to read because of the overlapping …
Blessings in Hebrew, probably the end of a letter/petition. At the top of the page are 2 lines in Arabic script, also possibly part of …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic dealing with the book trade. In a slightly crude hand with some orthographic features more usual for later Classical Judaeo-Arabic letter writing, …
Legal document in Hebrew. A damaged bill of gift, 11th century. Might be a join with ENA NS 3.16, but it is too hard to …
Bottom of a legal document in Arabic script. Maybe a deed of sale, as 'al-mushtarī' ('the buyer') is mentioned at the bottom. Mentions [...] b. …
Legal document quoting a statement of ʿEli ha-Kohen and mentioning 52 dinars. (Information from CUDL.) Handwriting of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe?
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 13th century. Addressed to a certain Yeshuʿa. From a man who had ordered for a young boy (likely his son) …
Three court record entries, two dated Tevet 1339/December 1027 and one Shevat 1339/January 1028.
יהודי אנדלוסי תובע שבית דין של שלושה שנקבע לעיין בדינו יתכנס. אסיפת
Bottom of a letter. Too faded and damaged to understand any of the content. (Information from CUDL)
Power of attorney. Location: probably al-Mahdiyya. Dated: 486[.] AM (Goitein read 4861). A certain Efrayim (probably b. Yaʿaqov — see related document cited at end …