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Business accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Including names, provisions(?) and some numerals often preceded by the word "wa-ʿindahu," arranged in two columns. Mentions …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Details of an oath to be taken by Abu al-Ḥasan Qasim as demanded by the haver Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham with regard to a consignment of …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Business accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions Bū Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm.
Letter (or perhaps legal document) in Hebrew. Dating: Likely 11th century. Some of the phrases are similar to those of ENA NS 18.38 (e.g., בכל …
Fragment (lower left corner) of a letter in Arabic script. Ends with some petition-like language: عزه بدوام(؟) علائه(؟). . . وقد . . . اعادها …
Question submitted to "sayyidnā," it seems the Head of the Karaite community, about a case that had come before the governor/chief of police (wālī) of …
Two tiny fragments, the larger one has remnants of text on the recto and verso. Hebrew letters may be visible, with Tiberian vowels. The recto …
Fragment of a bifolio containing a letter or legal declaration in Judaeo-Arabic. It has to do with asserting the rights of a muqaddam (Jewish communal …
Recto (secondary use): Small list (account) of spices and foods in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Verso (original use): Official-looking account in Arabic script. Faded …
Note addressed to a judge called Nezer ha-Maskilim (Natan b. Shemuel?). Asking him to summon Ibn al-Bahja, the half brother of Ibn Samʿān (same mother), …
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Story involving Socrates and the king of India and philosophical questions, e.g., "Which came first, night or day?" (Answer: they are in a cycle that …
1 نسخ
A few words in Judaeo-Arabic: "The copy of the great excommunication (ḥerem gadol) which is said...." On verso Hebrew alphabet jottings and a couple Arabic …
Small and damaged fragment from the top of a letter. Quotes Isaiah 43 כִּי תֵלֵךְ בְּמוֹ אֵשׁ לֹא תִכָּוֶה. AA/ASE
Tiny fragment of an account in Judaeo-Arabic. Names an Abū l-Qāsim al-Jawharī.
Verso: Maimonides’ reply is gracious but firm: he is exhausted, frail, and ill, and has no time or energy to meet with the writer. He …
1 مناقشة
Multifragment. P2: Maghribī business letter from the 11th century. Nearly entirely preserved, but faded. Mentions well-known merchants such as Barhūn Ibn al-Tāhartī (r4). Also mentions …
Small fragment of a legal document. One of the parties is Shelomo.
Badly damaged fragment, with one line of very faint text in Hebrew script along the upper edge of the recto and verso.
Tax receipt. Layout is that of the usual jizya (capitation tax) receipts, however this is for the ground rent (ḥikr) payment of a group of …
State document. Petition to a Fatimid official titled ʿAmīd al-Dawla requesting that the state seize the petitioner's properties in Palestine because they are not producing …
والاجحاف به وبهم والظلم له ولهم وعدل الدولة النبوية خلد الله ملكها وحرس عزها
ومولاي الاجل عميد الدولة ادام الله نعماه وكبت حاسديه واعداه يم…
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Maimonides autograph of the commentary on the Mishna (Kitāb al-Sirāj).
Arabic work on fiqh.
Masṭara or ruling board, made from stacked, glued paper (cardboard) and string. Paper could be pressed over the raised string, leaving the imprint of straight …
Recto: Order of payment or similar sort of document. In Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions the names [...] al-Ṣiqillī and Isḥāq al-Maghribī. Verso: List …
Accounts in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen. Recto lists a sum of 32 dīnārs owed to Abū l-Makārim (well known from the corpus of …
Receipt.
Letter in Ladino to Yehuda Gatenio, from a business partner in Alexandria, dated 10 August 1823 (3 Elul 5583 AM). Deals entirely with business transactions; …
Three bifolios from a notebook of accounts in Arabic script. Mentions dye several times and contains many details about transactions, especially with someone named Abū …
State document in Arabic, probably. Medieval-era. Only one line is visible on the verso: بذلك جارية فيه على ما يكون. The recto was reused for …
Recto: Accounts of the bookseller. People mentioned: Ibn ʿUbayd. Verso: A few lines in Hebrew mentioning the sale of riddles(?). See also the description for …
Letter addressed to a dignitary, perhaps to Avraham Maimonides ("Avraham ha-Nagid ha-Gadol" seems faintly visible, line 4, and his son is named David, line 9). …
IB II, 11b. List of the honorary titles of the Bundar family of Aden, ca. 1120. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi. Names and titles …
1 نسخ 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely in the same hand as T-S 13J7.24. Describing difficult circumstances: The slave of the king came . . . 30,000 dinars …
State document, Fatimid. Mentions "al-khidma" and "al-muṭāʿ" or maybe "iqṭāʿ" (but less likely). Just a few words preserved in each line and difficult to glean …
Judaeo-Arabic poetry.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 11th or 12th century. Listing purchases made on behalf of somebody (אשתרי לה מן דלך). THe name Saʿīd appears in …
Receipt for the capitation tax of Eliyya b. [...] in New Cairo and Fustat for the year 631 AH = 1233/34 CE.
Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Mordechai b. Refael. The bride is Esther . AA
Letter addressed to a dignitary named Yefet. Opens with Hebrew praises and wishes for a speedy recovery, then switches into Arabic (in Arabic script) for …
Letter fragment. In Arabic script, with the Hebrew names (Shabbetay b. [...] and Barukh) written in Hebrew script. Mentions Shavuʿot (al-ʿAnṣara) and a Christian named …