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Letter from Abū l-Faraj to his paternal aunt's son Eliyya (probably Eliyyahu the Judge), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably early 13th century. Extremely faded. …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
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Palimpsest. Lower text: Aquila’s Greek translation of II Kings 23:11–27, copied in the 6th century. Uses paleo-Hebrew characters for the tetragrammaton. This word was apparently …
Recto (secondary use): Order issued by David ha-Nasi to Maḥfūẓ and Sālim the parnasim (al-farānisa). They are to disburse (yuṭliq... mimmā taḥta yadihim) a sum …
Note in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably late 12th or 13th century. The hand seems familiar. The addressee is asked if a certain meeting has taken place. …
Letter from an unidentified sender, probably somewhere in the Rīf, to Abū l-Ḥasan Yefet al-Khāzin. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning people such as the tax farmer Abū …
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely an 11th-century family and/or mercantile letter. There are congratulations for a bride (al-ʿarūsa).
Small fragment from a power of attorney written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). No details preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning Abū l-Surrī. Transactions mainly in rubāʿīs.
Letter in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya addressed to the Gaʾon [Shelomo] b. Yehuda (r. 1025–1051 CE). In Hebrew. Mentions a woman named [...] …
טו לב ח
יב ה ח
ד י טו
1 نسخ
Business accounts in a common hand (previously misattributed to ʿArūs b. Yosef).
Letter from Shelomo b. Moshe al-Safāquṣī, in Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim.
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة
Marriage contract, template. Written in codex form. The original text is from a ketubba dated Wednesday, 21 Heshvan 5515 AM, which is 1754 CE. Groom: …
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic dated 1802 CE (the 17th of matmonim i.e. the Omer = 2 Iyyar 5562 AM) from Yiṣḥaq Ben-Naʿim, in Safed, to …
Mercantile letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: having no option except to travel to Yemen; Alexandria; and trade in silk. (Information in part from CUDL)
Fragment from the end of an 11th-century mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Either the sender or the scribe is named Abū l-Surūr, and he greets [...] …
Small receipt or order for a quantity of raṭls of something.
Partnership agreement. Location: Fustat. Dated: Av 14[..] Seleucid, which is 1089–1188 CE, but this range can be narrowed by Goitein's scribal identification: hand of Hillel. …
1 مناقشة
Recto: Deed of sale for a Nubian female slave. Her name is missing. Dating: 12th or 13th century. Seller: Hiba/Netanʾel. Buyer: Moshe ha-Talmid. Price: unclear …
Minute fragment from a top of a legal deed, probably ketubah
Recto: Order from al-Shaykh al-Makīn of endive seed (bizr hindibāʾ), purslane seed (bizr rijla), unripe dates (busr), and sugar. (Information in part from Goitein's index …
Deed of sale of part of a house. Location: Fustat. Dated: first ten days of Iyyar 1447 Seleucid = April 1136 CE. (The date is …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Fragments of legal queries, possibly sent together as a single letter. Dating: 16th- or 17th-century (per Glick). Location: Siderokapısı/Sidrekapsi (סידריקאפס[י]), a mining town in what …
Probably fragment from accounts, mentioning a raṭl of sugar candy (sukkar nabāt) and quantities of ounces of other items including chebulic myrobalan; jottings and writing …
Fragment of a petition or at least a letter to a high official. ~9 lines are preserved. "... al-amīrī al-kabīrī al-ʿaḍudī al-nuṣayrī al-dhukhrī al-humāmī al-isfahsalārī …
Recto (secondary use): Panegyric for (the Rav?) Yehuda b. Yosef "the Nasi of God" who "judged the daughters of Fez upon their rebellion(?) and exiled …
Both sides of this small fragment contain phrases typical for petitions (الفضل هذه . . . حرس الله . . . ثبت مجدها . . …
Tax receipt, Ayyubid. Dated: 7 Muḥarram 607 AH = 1 July 1210 CE. The payment is made (min jihat) by a government employee (al-mustakhdam); the …
Fragment of a letter from Musa b. Abi al-Hayy, from Alexandria. Around 1060. Describes the situation in Alexandria that is not safe, and the influence …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Account in Arabic script, possibly fiscal.
Letter from Abū Isḥāq. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 13th–15th century. The writer is in difficult straits due to a business matter and dealings with the dīwān. …
Genealogical list. In Judaeo-Arabic. Abū ʿAlī died, leaving three children: Mūsā, Abū Saʿd, and Sitt al-Kull. Abū Saʿd died, leaving one son: Yaḥyā. Mūsā is …
Letter from Shalom, in Egypt, to an unknown addressee, probably in Istanbul. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of the 16th century, based on Avraham David's …
Copy of Maimonides' letter to Yosef b. Yehuda which comprises the introduction to the Guide for the Perplexed. In the hand of Shelomo b. Shemuel …