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Legal fragment in Arabic. Refers to [...] al-Tājir and a legitimate receipt of a sum of pure silver.
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
IB IV, 49a-49b (ח40). Letter from Yusuf b. al-Lukhtūsh, probably from Granada, to Ḥalfon, after leaving Granada. After October 1138. The writer writes about his …
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Recto: document, possibly part of a letter, mentioning different kinds of silk cloth, quantities and prices, and the name Ibn Yosef. Verso: possibly part of …
List of donors to charity on the back of piece of vellum (fragment of an ancient marriage contract), headed by Avraham 'The Cherished,' al-sagul. This …
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Decree fragment: one line on recto. 'adal(a) followed by tooth+loop (fragmentary word). Cut, reused, and bound in a Hebrew script literary text: 12 lines on …
Letter from Umm al-Khayr, the widow of Eliyya al-Dimunshī, in Ragusa, Sicily, to her son Yehuda b. Eliyya in Fustat. Around 1060. The woman lives …
מן עברתי אלדי אדא אתדכרת פל דכרך ופי א[ ]
תסבק כלמתי גמיע דאלך מן קוה חסרתי ומן א[ ]
אלשדיד ואשתיאקד אלבעיד פי בלד ל[א לה] [ו]ל[א] קריב ו…
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Accounts in an orderly scribal hand on a bifolium whose folding and size is suggestive of the existence of a broader ledger (from which there …
Top of a legal document in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (1066-1108) or Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100-1138 CE). Concerning arrangements upon somebody's death, probably …
Minute fragment, few words only, mentions or addressed to [...] ha-Shelishi (the third in the Yeshiva) b. [...]. Hand of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder?
Blessings in large, thick, square letters, with the name "David b. Shekhanya" at the end (יברכהו בקהל עם ד[וי]ד בר שכניה). Dating: probably early 11th …
Partnership agreement. Location: Cairo. Dated: 1 Av 5579 AM = 23 July 1819 CE. Between Gedalya Mujnājī and Shabbetay Vidal. The partnership is to begin …
Top four lines of an official-sounding letter in Arabic script. Might be a draft. Dating: Maybe 13th or 14th century. Begins: "Uṣdirat/aṣdartu hādhihi l-[...] ilā …
Letter mentioning Abū l-Barakāt. Only the closing greetings are preserved. Possibly sent to Cairo (if עיר ה]מלוכה on verso is part of the address). (Information …
Leaf 1: Drafts of a rabbinic discussion with citations from rabbinic sources. Many passages are repeated and the citation האשה אשר נתת occurs again and …
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Minute fragment in Hebrew characters, possibly accounts. Requires further examination.
Fol. 1v: Legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th or 13th century. Involves a real estate transaction between two Levi brothers 'the princes' (שני האחין השרים …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably late. Multiple entries on the verso mention "the blacksmith."
Order of payment from Muḥammad b. [...] b. [...] to Abū l-Mufaḍḍal, instructing him to pay the bearer 3 dinars and a third and a …
Letter from Avraham b. Yehuda ha-Kohen, in Malīj, to the cantor Elʿazar b. Yehuda, in Fustat (c/o the shop of Ṭarfon ha-Zaqen). In Judaeo-Arabic, with …
Two folios. List of dozens of names and houses/households. In Arabic script. Most entries are crossed out. Entries are separated by a circle with a …
IB VII, 48. Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. "1200 Malikī dinars. . . I was distressed by (the state of) those poor children. . . " …
Marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Cairo/Fustat. Dated: 14 Ḥeshvan 1849 Seleucid, which is 1537 CE. Groom: Shelomo b. Shemuel.
Responsum, dealing with purchases; quoting Leviticus 25:14. (Information from CUDL)
Draft(s) of a short letter in which the sender states his intention to go to Fusṭāṭ - but he is having financial problems and may …
Legal document. Looks like the handwriting of Natan b. Shemuel. Location: Fustat. Involves someone close to the government (יתעזז באלמלכות); someone who obtained a governmental …
Unidentified document in Arabic script, probably legal or state. Mentions al-shaykh al-Mukhliṣ [...] The top ~3 lines are preserved and additional text on verso.
Letter in Hebrew. Signed by [...]HL b. Shelomo Gaon. The sons of the addressee, Shemarya and Moshe, are mentioned. (Information from Goitein’s index card)
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Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Wednesday, 15 Elul 1648 Seleucid = Muharram 738 AH = 13 August 1337 CE. Ṣafiyy b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥazzān accepts a …
Letter/petition/recommendation to a Nagid. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender asks him to help the bearer, Ibrāhīm b. Abū Dāwūd al-Ashqar al-Bilbaysī, who betrothed (amlaka) a woman …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Fragment from the beginning of a letter to a dignitary. In Hebrew for the introduction, Judaeo-Arabic for the body, and Arabic for the address on …
Small fragment(s) of legal document(s). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe?
Letter (copy) from the exilarch Daniel b. Ḥisday (d. probably 1175) of Baghdad to Netanʾel b. Moshe ha-Levi in Fusṭāṭ recognizing his new position in …
Order of fruit (including lemons, apples, pomegranate, and rose lozenges) from the elder Abū l-Ḥasan, to be given to the bearer of the document. The …
Segment of a ketubba (marriage contract), in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–1138 CE).
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Fragment (upper right corner). Documenting the oath sworn by Abū [...] concerning …
Deed of quittance stating that Yaʿaqov b. Faraj Būṣīrī (בוצירי from Būṣīr in Egypt) received what was owed him by his sister’s son, Yiṣḥaq b. …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic for household expenses (nafaqat al-bayt). Late. Many of the items listed are foodstuffs. There are also pen trials on verso.
Letter addressed to Yūsuf al-Surrī. The name Saʿīd Maḍmūn the Blind appears at the bottom of verso; unclear if this is the name of the …
Verso: lists and accounts in Arabic script; with Coptic numerals. One of the lists is materia medica, e.g., chebulic myrobalan (kābulī), sarcocolla (ʿanzarut), barberry (barbārīs), …
Decree (copy in Hebrew script) from the Fatimid caliph al-Ẓāhir to a governor of Palestine (probably Anushtekin al-Dizbirī) informing him of another decree that had …
A petition was submitted by the Rabbanite Jewish Community to the Court of the Commander of the Faithful in which they requested that they be treated…
2 نسخين ترجمات 3 3 مناقشات
Letter fragment (bottom) in a neat, distinctive hand. Mentions a courier (raqqas) several times. Also refers to a distressing case involving excommunication and a man …
Legal fragment, probably, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Mneashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Very few words are preserved: bi-danānīr... ḥisābunā... raʾs al-māl...
Two fragments of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 12th century. Refers to al-Ṭarābulsī; something which Ibrāhīm sent; pepper; and probably saffron. Legible phrases: …