Documents

Primary language

Hebrew

Minute fragment in Hebrew. The recto and verso are in the same scribal hand, possibly literary.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a letter from Maymun b. Efrayim of Alexandria to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. Awkal. (Information from Goitein index cards; also Gil)

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3 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Accounts, in Arabic script and Coptic numerals.

العلامات

• list

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter in Hebrew. Fragment: right side only. Dating: Likely 16th century. Involves trade in barrels of wine (ḥaviyot and "barilas").

العلامات

• late heb

1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Saʿīd b. Yūnus, in אלמנימון (al-Munaymūn, probably the settlement now know as Maymūn), to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat, ca. 1060. The writer …

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العلامات

• paper

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a legal document, probably. Written in large calligraphic letters. On parchment. Dating: probably 11th century. Phrases: כנת עתק . . . אלי מסתחק …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment of an account in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions al-Nūtī.

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Document date

Shaʿbān 481 Hijrī (20 October 1088–17 November 1088 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Legal document, in Arabic script. A rental agreement regarding a property in Fusṭāṭ between Bū l-Faraj al-Ḥanīzī (?) and Bū Naṣr b. Khalaf al-Isrāʾīlī. The …

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Primary language

Arabic

Order of payment from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz. In Arabic script. The addressee is to give the bearer, the sender's trusted agent, the red silk which was …

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Document date

1178 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Probably list of donors. Some of the names are familiar from TS K15.6 - a list of contribution to the poor from 1178 (See Goitein …

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2

العلامات

• ib-addenda

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None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

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Inferred date

1007–1055 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal query in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE) regarding the betrothal of two prospective brides, one is a minor and the …

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العلامات

• efrayim b. shemarya
• responsa

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Document date

Thursday, 2 Av 1461 Seleucid (27 July 1150 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Rental contract. Location; Fustat. Dated: Thursday, 2 Av 1461 Seleucid, which is 27 July 1150 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. …

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العلامات

• renovation

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from al-Mubārak b. Yosef b. Yazdād, Yosef b. Binyamin, and Ḥasan b. Tayyib in Fustat, to two former partners of a deceased man asking …

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2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

This fragment consists of two pieces of parchment pasted together to assemble a rotulus of elaborate medical recipes in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: possibly 11th century or …

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Primary language

Spanish

None

العلامات

• romance
• spanish

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Ketubba fragment. Location: Fusṭāṭ. Dated: [..]45 (probably 1345 Seleucid = 1034 CE). Groom: Avraham ha-Levi. Bride: Durra bt. Shelomo, a virgin and a rich woman. …

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1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Petition, in Arabic script. Apparently from a Muslim sender (there are the standard prayers for Muḥammad in the last line) to a Jewish addressee (something …

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العلامات

• castle
• dimme
• petition

1 نسخ

Document date

1024 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yoshiyyahu Gaon. Dating: probably 1024 CE. Describing the imposition by the Muslim authorities of a special, heavy tax on the Jews of Jerusalem. …

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العلامات

• nar

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

One damaged line from a state document in Arabic script. Reused on recto for piyyuṭ. (Information from CUDL.)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from the wife of Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sughmār, in Fustat, to her husband Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sughmār, in Alexandria. The letter was …

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العلامات

• 11th c
• arabic address
• distant husband
• famine
• illness
• (+ 4 المزيد)

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves Abū l-Ḥasan [...] b. Yosef and someone known as Ibn al-Quṣayyir(?) al-Zayyāt. …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: document mentioning Malīj and Fustat. Verso: letter referring to a letter for ʿAmmār al-Sharābī and requesting a liturgical poem (rahaṭ). (Information in part from …

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Beginning of a draft of a court record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38 CE), mentioning the issuer Abū ʿImrān Moshe b. Yefet …

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1 نسخ

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Unusual Aramaic-Hebrew legal document, or rather an addendum to a legal document, perhaps describing irregularities in certain words? Each entry refers to a portion …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

1 نسخ

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Targum Jonathan of Habakkuk 3:1. Verso: Recipe for a medicinal syrup (sharāb).

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Primary language

Arabic

Letter of recommendation. In Arabic script. Sent from Damascus to two high-placed addressees (al-majlisayn al-sāmīyayn) presumably in Cairo, al-Majlis al-[...] and al-Majlis al-Nūrī. Dating: Perhaps …

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العلامات

• bedouin
• damascus
• hadith
• hajj
• qadi
• (+ 1 المزيد)

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Document date

1117 Hijrī (25 April 1705–14 April 1706 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Late accounts probably in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 1117 AH (1705/06 CE).

العلامات

• 18th c

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

العلامات

• calendar

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter in very formal poetical Hebrew. An addressee is clearly specified "our rabbi [...] the son of [...]" but his name is torn away. Little …

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Court testimony. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Involves [...] al-ʿAkkawī b. Yeshuʿa Ibn Bunān — likely the same as in …

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العلامات

• inheritance
• testimony

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Document date

Shevat 1437 Seleucid (28 December 1125–26 January 1126 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal fragment. Appears to be the settlement of a marital dispute between Yūsuf and Sitt al-Ahl. Dating: Mentions the date Shevat 1437 Seleucid, which is …

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• marital dispute

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Verso: Small fragment of an Arabic document, likely state-related as recto was reused by a prolific scribe who reused many other state documents.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Ladino

Business letter from Yehuda b. Yaʿaqov (fattore) to a certain Shelomo (employer). In Hebrew with occasional Ladino words (docenas, magazin, partidos). Spanish and/or Venetian coinage …

العلامات

• ladino words
• late heb

1 نسخ

Primary language

Hebrew

Business letter fragment, sent from Alexandria to Fustat, based on FGP, but more lively Cairo given the dating. Dating: post-1415 CE, based on the reference …

العلامات

• fgp stub
• late alexandria

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None

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Primary language

Hebrew

Page fragment mentioning פרשת אחרי מות. The paleography supports a dating estimate of 16th-century or later.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

1 نسخ

Primary language

Arabic

None

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العلامات

• magic

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Opening of a letter to Shemuʾel ha-Dayyan- might be Shemuel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi (1165-1203). The sender states that his purpose is to inform the addressee …

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Primary language

Arabic

Small fragment of an Arabic document or documents. Mentions the year [..]8. Might mention someone [...] b. ʿAlī and a gift.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter. Family letter dealing with grain and payments, and extending greetings. Largely effaced. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

العلامات

• 11th c
• business
• family

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة