Documents

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

A reference is made to the Sicilian. Dating: probably late Mamluk or Ottoman era. Phrases: וורק . . . ישתרי שי . . .

العلامات

• sicily

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

, beginning with an Andalusian lamp; (3) 'The remainder of this qumāsh (dowry) with the wife'; (4) something to do with the synagogue; (5) a certain deposit (al-mawdūʿ al-...); and perhaps further subsections.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter or letter draft. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 15th century. Quite deferential.

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Primary language

Arabic

Petition. In large Arabic script, wide space between the lines, in a chancery hand.

العلامات

• petition

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Primary language

Arabic

Probably torn from a document which was originally very large. Verso: Document in Hebrew and/or Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning Saʿadya b.

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The reverse side contains an account of collections made, one by a layman, one by the haver Ibrahim. Both men and women are listed as contributors.

العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Inferred date

1500–1600 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Commodities include pepper, sugar, indigo, and it seems slaves (עביד). Joins: Alan Elbaum and Matthew Dudley. T-S J1.41: Recto, left page: Headed, "The ship of Kara Muṣṭafā (קרא מוצטפא) leaving for Istanbul on 24 Rabīʿ [I]. […] Sayyid; Muṣtafa Subaşı (סובשי), Ḥājj Aḥmad; Ḥājj Muḥammad; Kapitan (קאפיטאן) ʿAbd al-Laṭīf; and Mikhaʾel. T-S NS 321.7m: Verso, left page: Headed, "The ship of [...] with the captain Ḥasan (חסאן), leaving for בר אלשאם(??)

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العلامات

• istanbul
• list
• ottoman shipping
• shipping

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Primary language

Hebrew

Page 28 gives a list of the sefirot, along with botanical illuminations, more permutations of YHWH, and most remarkably, corresponding to each sefira, the name of a dish to eat given in combinations of Hebrew and Ladino

العلامات

• kabbala
• ladino literary

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Calligraphic. Dating: Late, possibly 18th or 19th century. All those who sign their names below seem to be committing to something, perhaps fasting and prayer, and there is a penalty of 10 silver pieces for whoever spends a night without [....].

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Primary language

Hebrew

Recto: Partnership agreement, probably late, between four individuals, including Masʿūd and Yehuda.

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1

العلامات

• late heb

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Primary language

Hebrew

The seal depicts the Cave of the Patriarchs. There are also Latin-script initials (SML?). Two fragments. Dating: likely ca. 1900.

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Primary language

Arabic

(in connection to a gold needle); Abū Isḥāq; Abū ʿAbdallāh; al-Faqīh Abū ʿAbdallāh; a simsār; Naṣr al-Ḥājj. On verso there are larger blocks of text, it seems mainly describing various textiles/garments.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Court ledger bifolium in Hebrew. Late, mentioning the currencies reales and fiḍḍa (medin).

العلامات

• court record
• early modern
• ledger

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Document date

Shawwal 1012 Hijrī (3 March 1604–31 March 1604 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The alphanumerical designation relies on the "1,000" multiplier unit– which here resembles a Latin-script "V" but moreso an ע in other documents (the exact origins of this symbol are unknown).

العلامات

• 17th c

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Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Recto: large list of simples in five columns provided with figures (possibly quantities or prices) that could have been part of a physician’s or druggist’s ledger of accounts.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late 12th or early 13th century. The sender may be Zekharya (the name appears at the bottom of recto).

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1

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Primary language

Arabic

The writer mentions his distress (al-shidda wa-l-ḍīqa wa-l-khawf). Later (three lines from the bottom) he clarifies that he is scared of the collectors of the capitation tax (aṣḥāb al-jawālī).

العلامات

• appeal
• capitation tax
• jaliya
• tax
• to edit

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Primary language

Hebrew

Document or literary text in Hebrew script. Late. Possibly a letter. Mentions שלש אמות(?) של מצרים, the "three mothers(?)

العلامات

• christianity
• christians

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Stanzas of Judaeo-Arabic poetry in the voice of a woman, at least in part a complaint about domestic duties: spinning (al-mighzal al-mayshūm), perhaps a crying baby and sleepless nights, and possibly living with her mother-in-law and a stepdaughter. Dating: likely ca. 12th century, based on handwriting.

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Primary language

Arabic

Reused on recto for poetry attributed to (Yehuda?) ha-Levi and to the late R. Avraham (Ibn ʿEzra per FGP).

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العلامات

• al-malik al-afdal (1094-1121)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

He mentions various business transactions and a sum of 86.5 dirhams. Mentions someone's in-law Ḥayyim.

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1

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Primary language

Ladino

Letter in Ladino, sent from Salonica (שילאניקי) to Cairo (spelled erratically as מישרייאם). […] The sender mentions "a bride to marry" in ll. 6–7. Later on, the author's discussion shifts to the listing off of specific commodities, one of which may be "leather/כואירוש" (l. 12r).

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العلامات

• 18th c
• krispin
• ladino
• salonica

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Document date

26 Kislev 5418 Anno Mundi (2 December 1657 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

They are both describing a convoluted case involving a Muslim named Muḥammad al-Wakīl and the Jews Yaʿqūb and his companion and perhaps a dairy maker or bricklayer (al-Labbān). It seems that Yaʿqūb and his companion were murdered (r17–18, v2–3). […] These two testimonies are from Kislev, and the third is from Tishrei and in different handwriting, meaning it was from the following year at earliest, and perhaps several years later. Yosef Abwāb testifies about a Muslim named ʿUmar.

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العلامات

• 17th c
• bassatine
• murder

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Document date

Middle third of Adar 5443 Anno Mundi (8 March 1683–17 March 1683 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

The repeated word "כוכייה" may signify the color "peach" or "plum" for other types of cloth. Lastly, the word "סאייא" is likely an erratic spelling of the Ottoman Turkish word "صايا" (saya), which has various cloth-related meanings connected to wool, shoe uppers, and embroidered waistcoats (Redhouse, Ottoman Turkish Dictionary, 989).

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Fayruz, Barzilay al-Faranji, 'Abd al-Ghaffar al-Kazaruni, 'Abd al-Karim al-Mawardi, 'Abd al-Latif b. 'Abd al-Wali, Sedaqah al-[...] and his son, Ibrahim al-Maghribi, 'Abd al-Wahid b. al-Mu'allim, Ya'qub b. 'Abd al-Wali and his mother and his maternal aunt, 'Abd al-Da'im b. Fayruz, 'Abd al-Latif b. M[...]n, and Yusuf al-Qudsi.

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Primary language

Arabic

The lower left corner was cut away before the paper was used; thus, the last five lines are shorter than the others but they are complete.

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1

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: likely ca. 12th century. The handwriting and layout of the letter are indicative of the brothers' Maghribī origin. […] Mentions someone whose brother-in-law was a Qaraite who went to live in Fustat. They ask for news of his journey from the khalīj (Nile branch?)

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