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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions an Amīr Yūsuf [...] and "all the demands and all the debts. . . " incumbent on somebody to somebody.

العلامات

• late ja
• seal

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

A butcher selling ducks (baṭṭa)?. There's also mention of something or someone ʿAdenī in two of the lower subheadings, recorded on Monday and Tuesday.

العلامات

• list

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

lahu ʿindahu danānīr", concerning a teacher (qad addanī muʿallim l-ṣabīyy). Also mentions Cairo. Needs examination.

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العلامات

• appeal
• dimme
• teacher

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

On verso the name Abū l-Maʿālī b. al-Shaykh al-Sadīd is written.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The writer mentions an earlier conversation that took place between al-Shaykh al-Makīn Abū Sahl and the Rayyis.

العلامات

• communal
• petition
• recommendation

1 نسخ

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Mentions the word 'maṭbakh' several times. On verso the title "al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ" (in Arabic script, possibly a reference to Ṭalāʾiʿ b.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment from the top of a Judaeo-Arabic copy of a decree (manshūr) of the caliph al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, it seems his appointment of a certain Muṭahhar to the governorship of Damascus.

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العلامات

• al-hakim
• damascus

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The writer seem to explain why he had not paid anything to the addressee. He has also sent him some money to make purchases, including of olives(?)

العلامات

• informal note

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions money to be given to the recipient; Alexandria; an amir; and a muḥtasib. Needs further examination.

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Primary language

Arabic

Verso: One line in Arabic, possibly an address from a letter: Ḥārat Zuwayla, Darb al-Maghribiyyīn, Dār al-M[...] (حارة زويلة درب المغربيين دار المىـ . . .).

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Primary language

Arabic

Fragmentary and damaged, bottom half. Mentions a Christian (al-Naṣrānī al-Dhimmī) who is probably the proprietor, and measures of wheats in irdabs.

العلامات

• dimme

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

At the bottom at ninety degrees there is also a brief description of the boundaries of a property.

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Eliyyahu about a gift from his father of almostall his books and copper vessels; brother Abu Zikri gets only a few small books.

العلامات

• draft
• gift
• shelomo b. eliyyahu

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew

At the top of the page are 2 lines in Arabic script, also possibly part of the same letter, with petition-like language and requesting a favor.

العلامات

• bialphabetic

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

A load of soap on the sultan's ship is also mentioned. Dated to the second half of the 11th century.

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العلامات

• markab al-sultan
• nahray b. nissim
• soap
• state
• trade

3 نسخ 1 ترجمة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Barhūn b. Mūsā, in Alexandria, to his father Mūsā b. Barhūn, in Fustat.

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Nahray b. Nissim in Alexandria to Abū Isḥaq Ibrāhīm b. Ḥananel, known as ʿAwāḍ or ʿIwāḍ, in Fustat, in which the writer asks for information about prices of goods in Fustat, ca. 1045-1096.

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العلامات

• 11th c
• awad b. hananel
• commodities
• nahray b. nissim
• prices
• (+ 1 المزيد)

3 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from ʿAwaḍ b. Hanan'el in Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat, in which the writer complains of hardships he has endured, and asks for details about prices of goods in Fustat, ca. 1045-1096.

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العلامات

• 11th c
• awad b. hananel
• complaints
• nahray b. nissim
• trade

3 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Natan b. Nahray, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, in which the writer states that an amount of money sent by Nahray was delivered by Natan to the widow of Awad b.

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العلامات

• 11th c
• awad b. hananel
• nahray b. nissim
• natan b. nahray
• trade

3 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Mevorakh the Alexandrian, in Malīj, to an unidentified addressee.

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1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

It is a list of names accompanied by sums of money, e.g., "al-Rūmī: 4 dirhams." Perhaps an alms list. See separate record for Hebrew document(s) on the same fragment.

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Yaʿqūbb." Books include al-Manṣūrī and the poems of al-Ḥarizi. (Information from Goitein's note card) ASE

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العلامات

• booklist

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة

Primary language

Hebrew

(Information from Mediterranean Society, III, pp. 255, 483, 280.) See also Moss. VII,89.4.

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Bifolium in Arabic script of Kitāb al-Shihāb, a collection of sayings ascribed to Muḥammad, by Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad b. Salāma b. Jaʿfar al-Quḍāʿī (d. 1062). Includes the final page. ASE.

العلامات

• arabic literary

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Includes the phrase "anā al-ghāʾib wa-anta al-ḥāḍir." The sender set sail on a boat/ship (وكنت قد اقلعت في المركب. . . .)

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

b. Mevorakh. There are also sundry jottings in Hebrew script and Arabic script (one mentioning Hippocrates).

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Document date

601 Hijrī (29 August 1204–17 August 1205 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Mentions the mustakhdim al-jawālī in Damietta. Dated: 601 AH. Amount: 1.25 dinars. ʿAlāma: الحمد لله وبه استعين. Endorsed across the text rather than above it, which is unusual.

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العلامات

• dimme
• tax receipt

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

One section is headed Friday (yawm al-jumʿa). Mentions commodities and quantities (qadaḥ, ūqiya). The bottom section is probably headed "al-jumla."

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions a dispute and not being able to put up with a qāḍī (קלת לא נחנא נטיק אלקאטי...); also mentions New Cairo and the name ʿAbdallah. (Information from CUDL)

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Inferred date

1127–1138 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Mentioning Alexandria (possibly drawn up there) and the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts of a textile dealer mentioning names such as Murhaf al-Dawla, [...] al-Dawla, and Sibāʿ. Entries include a jūkāniyya (spelled shūkāniyya here), the making of an ʿarḍiyya, silk, and the dyeing of wool.

العلامات

• dyeing
• textiles

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The portion preserved here consists of blessings and longing. Also a prayer for the coming of the messiah (אלגאל) in the lifetime of "our master and the turban of our head" (סידנא ועממת ראסנא).

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Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Headed: "Collected on the blessed day of Thursday, 19th Rajab, pertaining to the deceased woman, by the Jewish banker ʿAbd al-Wahhāb known as al-Dajjāj." The rest needs further examination.

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Document date

Shawwāl 899 Hijrī (5 July 1494–2 August 1494 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Mentions a state official: walī Amīr l-Muʾminīn Abī ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad al-Ḥalabī. Needs examination.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Contains some accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, but also contains two entries that begin اصفح(?), and one may mention a woman who was killed by her husband.

العلامات

• to examine

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Mentions a sale of something, the addressee's mother, requesting a response to this note, and referring to 'this noble month' (fī hādhā al-shahr al-sharīf). On verso there are Arabic notations in a different hand.

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Primary language

Arabic

Fragment from the top of an iqrār made by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿUbayd known as [...] al-Fakkāh. The document continues وهو يومىذ which would have been followed by his ḥilya, now missing.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The list names חנין סמען in the heading, perhaps: Ḥanīn Simʿon. Also mentions the name Mosseri.

العلامات

• 19th c
• pencil

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Primary language

Arabic

Letter from Mūsā b. Sulaymān(?) al-[…] to Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf b. Ibrāhīm al-[...].

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Shekhanya (though his poorest handwriting also resembles that of Efrayim b. Shemarya).

العلامات

• dowry list

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Refers to the rent or wages for the pressing of sugarcane (al-ujra ʿan iʿtiṣār qaṣab al-sukkar). Reused on both sides for Hebrew piyyuṭ/seliḥot.

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mostly involving transactions relating to property. There is also imprinted mirror text from a different fragment.

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

1431 Seleucid (8 September 1119–25 August 1120 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Bottom of a legal document written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Also signed by Avraham b. Shemaʿya. One of the parties is Abū l-M[...].

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe

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Letter from Iṣḥaq b. Eli al-Majānī (al-Mahdiya?) to his son Wāfī (Fustat?)

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العلامات

• family

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentioning Būṣīr and Alexandria. Dating: likely 11th century. Four full lines are preserved on both sides.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

There is diagonal marginal text (resembling the format of a letter) which contains some Judaeo-Arabic including the word "al-kitāb." Join: Alan Elbaum.

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