Documents

Primary language

Hebrew

Verso mentions ha-Sar ʿOvadya, "your relative," and that he should be told something to do with Aleppo (צובה). Good candidate for a join. (Information in part from CUDL)

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: Note from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-ʿAlā'. In Judaeo-Arabic. He asks Abū l-ʿAla' him to come together with Abū l-Barakāt in order to cut and tailor a piece of fabric for him.

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العلامات

• informal note
• tailor

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: Two lines of Arabic script mentioning al-shaykh al-ajall Abū l-Ṭāhir. Needs examination

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Written on a reused Arabic legal document (upper right corner only). There are also pen trials on recto and verso, including the word קומוס written numerous times.

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

The address in Arabic states the destination as Alexandria, but this may have been corrected given that Cairo is listed instead in Judaeo-Arabic.

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Sahl, probably from Alexandria, to Yeshua b. Isma’il, Fustat. Around 1050.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

They plan to spend Passover in Alexandria. (Information mainly from Goitein's index card.)

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Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Mentions people such as ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Abū l-Faraj al-Ṣayyād, Sulaymān the brother of Aḥmad, Ibrāhīm, and Aḥmad the brother of Sulalymān.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Yakhin) to the ḥaver Abu al-Ghayth, apologizing for not being able to come to Minyat Zifta because he has been detained in al-Maḥalla.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yosef b. Yefet al-Shaʿrānī(?) to his relative Abū Naṣr Elʿazar b. Abū l-Khayr al-Kohen, congratulating him on the birth of a son.

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Document date

1118–1128 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Seleucid, meaning 1118–28 CE. Also signed by Nissim b. Shemuel.

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe

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Primary language

Arabic

Provides updates on receipt of prior letters; mentions 'al-dār al-saʿīda' and a qāḍī. Greetings to various people.

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العلامات

• dimme

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Document date

28 Rajab 1237 Hijrī (20 April 1822 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

The receipt was issued by the state's silk monopoly administration in Alexandria. MCD.

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العلامات

• 19th c
• alexandria
• late arabic script
• seal

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Primary language

Arabic

Recto: Legal document in Arabic script. Ishāq b. Saʿīd al-Yahūdī al-ʿAṭṭār rents a house from 1 Muḥarram for four dinars, “pays in advance.”

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legible phrases include "I ask my master for help. . . . al-jalīl adām allāh 'izzahu. . . .). The phrase האדא אלשי is repeated twice.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Note addressed to Abu al-Faraj, saying that Abu al-Makarim is to receive payment from the bearer, in the amount of two qirats (of a dirham) and a half fals, and apologizing for the delay in conveying the payment.

العلامات

• trade

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Opens with blessings for the addressee, then a request to al-Rashīd to "preserve the capital" and the something to do with [Ibn] al-Jabbār and wool (ṣūf).

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: letter by a certain Shelomo to his father Yeshuʿa, also mentioning ‘the brother’ Yaʿaqov ha-Talmid and the arrival of the addressee’s brother in law in Fusṭāṭ.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentioning names such as Ibn al-Ghaniyy (?) and Yosef b. Yehuda al-Levi. Lists a number of dates, weights, numbers and commodities, such as honey, wine and sugar.

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العلامات

• account
• honey
• sugar
• wine

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

, and verso seems to be from the father to the son (in Alexandria). Dating: Probably Mamluk-era. Recto mentions Yosef, Shūʿa and the currency dirham.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The sender places an order worth 16 dirhams, including for 1/2 ounce of Iraqi copper sulfate (zinjār). There are also inquiries about prices. (Information in part from CUDL)

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document mentioning ʿImrān al-Nafūsī and Moshe the elder and a partnership (commenda) contract (sheṭar al-muḍāraba).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions a bill of divorce (or manumission? גט) and a woman [...] al-kāmil al-musammāh Saʿdūn(?) bt. ʿ[...].

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Inferred date

1066–1108 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Also signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel and Avraham b. Sh[emaʿya?].

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions an inheritance and involves a woman (possibly Siwār, but this could also be read siwā[hā]). In the hand of Ḥalfon b.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic (לי ענד . . .) Also in a rudimentary hand. Mentions "one round one" and "five small ones" and a shuqqa (a type of garment).

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Written in a mix of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. (It is also possible that these are legal entries concerning dowries.)

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Primary language

Arabic

Small, official receipt for ʿImrān Ibn al-Riṣāfī(?). Landscape format. Trigger: afrada... […] T-S AS 176.437, T-S AS 176.438, and T-S AS 176.439 all belong together.

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Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Mercantile accounts. Mentions Sayyid al-Mahdiyya (verso, l. 2); Dār al-Wakāla (verso, penultimate line); 4 manns of nutmeg (verso, last line); 7.5 raṭls of galangal (recto, bottom text block).

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

The sender seems to be complaining that someone has opposed him or will oppose him in conducting his business (...al-mamlūk min al-[...] taṣarrufuh fīh taṣarruf... min dhālika aw iʿtaraḍah...)

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Symbols and/or letters from other languages may also be present. This fragment may have served as a learning aid but the arrangement of letters and symbols seems too complex for that to be the case.

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Primary language

Hebrew

A draft of a letter to the community of Alexandria headed by Avraham b. Zur, first half of 16th century.

العلامات

• alexandria
• late heb

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

On verso there is a difficult name (ʿAlī b. كمر(؟) الحوىل(؟) al-Khurāsāniyayn(?)). Needs examination.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

At least on verso, the case has to do with the claims of the wife of Ṣāʿid against the wife of al-Rayyis al-ʿAjamī and an orphan. Awaiting fuller description.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recipes for פתיחת לב, to quell a storm at sea, to heal scorpion-bites, for a headache, to send a fever upon your enemy, and for charm and grace (including before a governor). See also T-S K1.91. (Information from CUDL.)

1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

There are two lines of Judaeo-Arabic poetry about "ahl al-hawā." There follows the Hebrew alphabet. There follow three lists of different types of textile (kamkhā, misḥ, and mukhmal) in different colors.

العلامات

• judaeo-arabic poetry
• late ja
• textiles

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر