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Tax receipt for the Jewish man Yūsuf b. Daʾūd for his capitation tax in Fustat. The date is given twice (51[.]?).
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Accounts.
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Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Itemized expenses?
Fragment of a bill of divorce (geṭ). The formulary and handwriting resemble T-S 13J6.28 (14th century). Location: Cairo. The husband appears to be named שבריה …
State document: fragment of a decree: [hādha a]l-sijill al-manshūr fī l-aʿmā[l]. . . . Reused for piyyutim.
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Business accounts in a cursive hand, probably that of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Some of the entries are descriptive (" I bought for so and so, …
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Address of an (official-looking) letter for David ben Naʿim in Fustat/Cairo, mentioning his capacity as [...] of the looms (al-anwāl) in Alexandria ( يصل الى …
Few jottings in Arabic script. Document too fragmentary to glean any content.
Tax receipt. Beginning "tadhkira bism..." For Ibrāhīm b. Menashshe. For his capitation tax payment in Fustat. Receipts sharing the same administrative note/hand at upper left …
Verso, lefthand page: End of a legal query and responsum from "our rabbi the Rav" (Friedman suggests this is R. Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen) concerning …
Response to a letter of complaint concerning taxation of the Jews of Tiberias. The letter refers to a sijill mukarram (noble decree) of the caliph …
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Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38). Fragment (upper right piece). In Judaeo-Arabic. The parties are Abū Isḥāq A[vraham?] b. Yeshuʿa and …
Literary text, in Arabic script.
Trousseau of a female orphan, nineteen items. All clothing except for a six pillows, a trunk (ṣundūq) and a lamp. No price information. (Information from …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Scribal exercises in Arabic, comprising the second layer of reuse over texts in Hebrew. Medieval-era.
Fragment of a Karaite ketubba for […] bat Ṭoviyya and ʿOvadya b. Ṣedaqa b. Ḥalfon b. ʿAlūn. In line 3 the word בת was originally …
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List of precious ornaments and other metalware. Needs examination.
Two fragments of a letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE), apparently to his sister. He urges her to stay this …
Letter from Manṣūr b. Maḥfūẓ, in Alexandria, to Abū Saʿīd b. Berakhot al-Melammed, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1487 Seleucid, which is 1175/76 CE. The …
Mercantile account in Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Headed "what was sold from the Indian indigo (al-nīl al-hindī)." There is another header "al-diqq" (ground or powdered …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Elegantly written. Conveying holiday wishes. Written by someone who apparently is a doctor, a muqaddam and a Jerusalemite (he writes, "As I …
Accounting of the qodesh. Probably written by Shelomo b. Shemuʾel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi (identification by Amir Ashur). Dated: Sivan 1558 Seleucid = May/June 1247 CE. …
Letter in Hebrew addressed to a certain Shemuel, who is a business partner of the sender. Two pieces comprising the bottom of the letter. The …
Ketubba (marriage contract). Groom: Ṣedaqa ha-Kohen. The bride is a virgin. The conditions include arrangements for portions of houses. (Information from Goitein’s index card)
Recto: Investment partnership between [Yaʿa]qov Raṣon, Avraham Yuʿbaṣ, and Shabbetay Skandarī and possibly one other person. The bottom is missing, along with the date. The …
Extensive mathematical calculations in Indo-Arabic and Arabic numerals, some of which may comprise specific accounts. Dating: 16th-century or later based on the paleography. There are …
Letter fragment addressed to the Nagid Mevorakh b. Saadya. In Hebrew.
Literary. Hebrew maqāma? Mentions Avraham and Abū l-Ḥasan and Abū Zayd.
Letter in Hebrew. Fragment (upper right piece). With a flattering poetic introduction, presumably addressed to a dignitary. Refers to a matter of 2 dinars. At …
Poetry in Judaeo-Arabic. AA
Accounting in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Quite damaged. Verso and recto are written at 90 degrees. Verso mentions firewood and alum and wool …
Letter from a son to his father Mubārak b. [...], in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. With rudimentary handwriting and spellings. …
Calligraphic copy of release in which a grandson confirms having received from his grandmother, named Sitt al-Rida bat Saadya, the estate of his father. Dated …
Damaged fragment written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE), probably from a court ledger, as this was originally a bifolio. Remnants of Arabic …
Court testimony in the hand of Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu. Location: Bilbays. Dated: Thursday, end of Kislev 1530 Seleucid = 20 December 1218 CE, under the …
Bill of sale for a female slave, probably a draft. In Judaeo-Arabic. Al-Rayyis Abū Saʿd Seʿadya sells a Nubian female slave ([...]da) and her daughter …
Bottom of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the name Moshe. Instructing the (male) addressee not to neglect washing another man's clothes and fulfilling his …
Letter in Arabic script, in a chancery-esque hand. The sender swears by God calling him "the light" (wa-ḥaqq al-Nūr). Ends with a ḥasbala. There may …
List of names and corresponding monetary values for payments in medin and silver kuruş (the latter is written as a "ق" interjected occasionally in the …
Probably part of a letter address; the sender is Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. (Information from CUDL)