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Letter from a certain Hilāl. He reports that as requested he has met up as requested with his in-law Abū l-Fakhr regarding Ibn Budayr and …
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Official letter in Arabic script in a chancery hand, with wide line spacing. The beginnings of 4 lines are preserved.
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Part of a business letter, mentioning Alexandria and Fusṭāṭ. (Information in part from CUDL)
Private account, probably. In Arabic script. Recording expenses for items on different days of the week (e.g., chard, oil, firewood). Written on the back of …
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Short business letter in Ladino that appears to be dated 25 Shevat 5582 AM (16 February 1822 CE), but this was a Shabbat, so perhaps …
Verso: Informal note addressed to a certain Moshe asking him to help procure half a wayba of wheat as charity for the bearer Fakhr al-[...], …
Small fragment from an unidentified narrative text, mentioning Syria and "she said to him... get away from me...." (Information in part from CUDL)
Recto: beginning of a Qaraite ketubba. Dated: Wednesday, 1 Adar 12[..] Seleucid = 889–988 CE. There is a small drawing in the header. Verso and …
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Capitation tax receipt for Sulaymān al-yahūdī b. Mūsā al-yahūdī al-Mutaṭabbib (?). Dated 24 Dhū l-Ḥijja 524 AH (1130 CE). Not authenticated at the top by …
A notary's draft concerning three houses and two ruins forming the object of a settlement. Among the most detailed description of houses in Cairo. Description …
Her name is both Sitt al-Rutab and Sitt al-Fakhr. He releases Sitt [al-Rutab] from all claims and concedes to her…
Letter from Yosef Ibn al-Ashqar to 'the officials of the treasury.' In Hebrew. Dating: second half of the 16th century. Concerning a wikāla containing multiple …
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IB II, 9. Letter from Khiyār b. Yaʿaqov to Netanʾel b. Yefet (aka Abū l-Mufaḍḍal Hibatallāh b. Ḥusayn). In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter concerns a consignment …
1 نسخ 2 ترجمتين 2 مناقشتان
Recto: Official letter in Arabic script. Very faded. Fragments of ~5 lines are preserved, with wide space between the lines. Verso: Letter/report in Arabic script, …
Letter from Abū Saʿīd to his son. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 13th century. The son was ill. He asks the addressee to forward legal …
Mysterious text mainly in Arabic but with some words which are not Arabic. Might be a magical invocation of some kind. Looks late. Needs examination.
Letter from Natan b. Avraham, probably in Damietta, to Natanel b. Ravah, in Fustat. In Hebrew. Dating: Probably Spring 1038 CE. Natan is on his …
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Probably the bottom of a state document.
Letter from a merchant addressed at least in part to his mother ('wa-yā ummī'). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 12th century. He complains about the wretched …
ENA 3960.6–10 are five distinct but related Mamlūk-era legal documents in Arabic script, all dated 909 H (1503/04 CE), and involving the same people (e.g., …
Recto: One of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu's many small notes in which he orders small quantities of materia medica to be given to the bearer. In …
Prayerbook in Judaeo-Arabic, including a translation of the ʿAmida.
Bill of debt. Dated: Tuesday, 28 Elul 5406 AM, which is 8 September 1646 CE. Rahamim b. Ya'aqov Qayyim and his wife Muhja bt. Yaʿaqov …
Deposition in court. Location: Fustat. Dated: 24 Sivan, 1541 Seleucid = 6 June 1230 CE, under the authority of Avraham Maimonides. Deposition made by Abū …
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Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Both sides contain formulary for documents relating to the sale of an enslaved …
Fol. 2v: Possibly state correspondence, possibly a draft. Wide space between the lines. The same scribe reused verso of each fragment for Hebrew poetry. Mentions …
Debt acknowledgment. Dated 4 Nisan 5408 AM (1648 CE). Location: presumably Cairo, based on the paleography and surnames mentioned. The partners Avraham Levi Qudsi b. …
List of commodities and amounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Items include saffron and pepper. Information in part from Penn catalog.
Capitation tax receipt for the Jewish teacher Khalaf b. Ghālib in Fustat.
Outline of a legal document. Investment (ʿisqa). In Hebrew. Dating: Ca. 16th century. Shemuel b. Yiṣḥaq אמרריליו(?) (probably equivalent to Amariyo) apparently receives an investment …
Letter from a physician to a Kohen expressing thanks for condolences. At the end he writes a prescription for the growing of hair on skin …
Legal fragment in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Mentions sums of money and an agent (al-wakīl). No names clearly preserved. There …
Recto: beginning of an Arabic letter. Verso: unidentified Hebrew script (possibly the address, the sender may be [...] b. Elishaʿ). (Information from CUDL)
Receipt of a deposit to Kẖawaja Mūsa Anū Hārūn in the amount of 11,751 pounds – 15 October 1915CE – Museum of Islamic Art – …
Decree fragment. Only a few words are legible, in large, calligraphic script. There are also a few words in smaller Arabic script in the upper …
Appeal to the Karaite Jewish community for the establishment of a special prayer for keeping away the spirit of the war from Egypt as requested …
Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Regarding the death (and will?) of Menaḥem or …
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Letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon, from Tinnis, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1053. The writer is in need for money in Tinnis. He asks …
כתאבי אליך יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך ונעמתך מן תניס נצף סיואן כתמה
אללה עליך באחסן כאתמה אעלמך יאמולאי אן מן יום פארקתך מא …
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Letter from an older Maghribī traveler, in Alexandria, to his cousin, somewhere in the Maghrib. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1100 CE. Evidently this letter was …
2 نسخين 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة