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Letter from Eliyyahu the Judge, in Fustat, to his son Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, in Qalyūb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: early 13th century. To be delivered to …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Letter about a banker, an honest man from a provincial town, who wasn't able to meet his obligations because his customers were remiss in their …
Fragment of a report on measures taken to save pious foundations from the rapacity of the finance minister, known as 'the Monk'' (active 1127-1129). (Information …
that is the year when they dispossessed people he found it proper,
most probably after having consulted our Master ha-Me‘ullē,
of bless…
3 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Official letter, probably. In Arabic script. The ends of 3 lines are preserved; upslanting and wide space between lines. Probably mentions Sidon(?). Needs examination for …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Mercantile letter addressed to a son. In Judaeo-Arabic, with some lines on verso in Arabic script. Mentioning wheat; instructions him not to stay in Fustat …
Letter from Araḥ b. Natan, also known as Musāfir b. Wahb, in Fuwwa, to his brother Abū Isḥāq Avraham b. Natan (Wahb) the Seventh, probably …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Accounts in Arabic script. State-related? Looks Mamluk-era. The items on recto (probably a reuse) include myrobalan and violet.
Part of a letter, possibly to [Ṭoviyyahu ha-Kohen b.] ʿEli ha-Kohen he-Ḥaver ha-Meʿulle, which refers to sending a letter to 'the distinguished prince' (השר הנכבד) …
1 مناقشة
Leaf from the court notebook. Recto: Legal record of the court of Fustat. Dated: before the middle of Nisan 1411 Seleucid = March 1100 CE. …
Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic. Some of the entries in Judaeo-Arabic mention colors of cloth: black, crimson, etc.
Original use: State document in Arabic script. Secondary use: Responsa or halakhic discussion in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya discussing laws of purity of …
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Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. With a negative tone, talking about losses and how someone can ינקל אלף נקלה whatever that means, and how …
Small fragment from a legal deed, probably written by Hillel b. Eli (Date: 1066-1108)
Fiscal account. Needs examination.
Fragment of a power of attorney in Arabic script. No names or details seem to be preserved. Reused on recto for Hebrew literary text.
Legal document. Release between Araḥ b. Natan (Musāfir b. Wahb) and Shelomo b. Shemuʾel. Dating: ca. 1100 CE, as the scribe is Avraham b. Natan …
Private accounts in Arabic script. Dating: Possibly Mamluk or early Ottoman-era. Mentions several names: Mūsa al-Karakī (كرك in modern-day Jordan), someone with the military title …
Popular poetry written in a mixture of Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic on the subject of a man addicted to the love of singing women (ʿishq …
IB II, 6. Letter from ʿAmram b. Yosef to Netanʾel b. Yefet regarding goods sent by Ḥasan b. Bundār. Location: Alexandria. Dating: 1094–97 CE. ʿAmram …
2 نسخين 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة
Accounts of some sort. Possibly from the ill-defined genre tentatively called 'commercial receipts' on PGP—see tag. Needs examination.
Letter from Efrayim b. Ismāʿīl al-Jawharī, Alexandria, to Yosef b. ʿAwkal.
3 نسخ 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة
Legal record (#45) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 11v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 44-46) Folio 11v
1 نسخ
Testimony by Avraham b. Kabir about the receipt of a shipment belonging to a person who had died, Qayrawan, 978. Avraham b. Kabīr asks for …
2 نسخين
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Legal document concerning a wife agreement to the reduction of her delayed marriage gift from 70 to 20 dinars and renounces the title of trustworthiness …
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Tables consisting entirely of Coptic numerals, significance unclear.
Fragments of a commercial letter in Ladino. Mentioning R. Sason; Shemuʾel b. [...];, Avraham כיתאריש(?); the addressee's sister Doña Zahra (the same as in T-S …
Fol. 1v: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). In which a woman releases Ḥalfon b. Yosef and his wife …
Letter from Shemuel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi to Moshe 'the trustee of the merchants' (Neʾeman ha-Soḥarim). Goitein's index card indicates that the sender is not identical …
Bottom of a letter in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212). Conveys a message for Abū l-Riḍā b. Abū l-Faraj al-Sharābī.
Letter, possibly official. In Arabic script. Five partial lines with fragmented baselines. Refers to equipment (fī l-ʿudda) and two devices (jihāzayn). Contains a suʾāl clause …
Fragment of a partnership contract regarding the sale of wine. Upper, lower, and right side are torn away and no signatures are extant. (Information from …
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Recto: Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen to his banker, Abū l-Khayr Khiyyār, instructing him to pay the household of Abū l-Makārim 3 …
Acknowledgment (iqrār) in Arabic script. Dating: ca. 14th–16th century on paleographic grounds and based on the mention of the Dār Simḥa synagogue. A precise date …
Homily addressed to a group of learned people, 'the holy congregation... and in their midst David החכם השלם נר המערבי עמוד הימני פטיש החזק. Signature …
Legal record (#9) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 1r of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated in …
:(Documents 8-10) Right side of bifolium 1r
List of alphanumerical quantities, the heading opens with "מביעה" (sold). Some of the entries may include the unit qirat, but the word קירט in question …
Legal deed. Location: Gibraltar (גיבאלטאר). Dated: 19 Shevaṭ 5585 AM = 7 February 1825 CE. In which Shelomo Tov Elem appoints Avraham b. Yehuda (written …
Recto, left side: Legal document. Probably a draft. In Judaeo-Arabic. There are three different text blocks, all belonging to the same document, oriented at 90 …
Recto and verso: Court record written and signed by Hillel b. ʿEli. Dated: Thursday, 23 Ḥeshvan 1410 Seleucid = 21 October 1098 CE. Containing an …
Leaf from a court notebook, probably. Recto: Legal document. Abū l-Makārim undertakes to sell his female slave Ghazāl if she behaves badly against his wife, …
Unidentified text in Arabic script. Prognostications? As of July 2025 this fragment is not conserved and can be seen only in Cambridge.