Documents

Primary language

Hebrew

Probably ca. 16th century. Signed by Zekharya al-Kanzī.

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions "the two gates" (? al-bābatayn).

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Inferred date

1310–1355 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides (b. 1310– d. 1355 CE), possibly a recommendation for Yosef al-Ṣabbān (the soap boiler).

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1

العلامات

• 14th c
• yehoshua maimonides

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Technical text in Judaeo-Arabic, medical or alchemical, discussing properties of minerals and chemicals.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions al-Rayyis Abū l-Riḍā; the word pig (khinzir); and greetings.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The address is partially preserved, including the name Abū l-[...] [...] b. Hillel al-Dimashqī.

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The verso has a minute fragment of Arabic text along the upper border.

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Primary language

Arabic

Mentions a date, then a space, then "al-jahābidha" (the tax collectors), then a space, then at the bottom a date span.

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Primary language

Arabic

Order of one pound of good meat from al-muʿallim Ṣadaqa (evidently a butcher). Cf. T-S AS 177.398 and T-S AS 177.468.

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Primary language

Arabic

Small fragment from the top of a deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) made by ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar al-Ṣiqillī (cf. T-S NS 297.58).

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Primary language

Arabic

Witness signatures partially preserved (including ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdallāh).

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Primary language

Arabic

One of the parties is [...] al-Ṣābūnī. Needs further examination.

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Primary language

Arabic

Mentions ʿUbayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm and Ḥasan b. Ismāʿīl b. Yūsuf.

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Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

List of foods/spices/materia medica, maybe a recipe or a prescription or an account. Mentions cardamom, almond, mastic, and a piece of pine resin (ʿilk ṣanawbar)

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Primary language

Arabic

Informal note in Arabic script, urgently requesting from 'the brother' that he deliver certain documents (? al-riqāʿ) to a qāḍī. Needs further examination.

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Primary language

Arabic

Ownership note in Arabic script: "This book of medicine belongs to Ibrāhīm the Rabbanite Jew known as Ibn al-Ḥarīrī." On verso there are Greek/Coptic numerals.

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Primary language

Arabic

Involving the qāḍī Jamāl al-Dīn and the price of 1/2 of a 1/24 share of a property.

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Primary language

Arabic

Mentions words and phrases such as "al-madhkūr. . . bi-dhālika. . . fī salkh kull sana . . . darāhim . . ."

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Primary language

Arabic

Recto (secondary use): Promissory note (IOU) -- "I owe Abū ʿAlī . . . ." Verso (original use): Very damaged letter in Arabic script.

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Primary language

Arabic

The verso has an entry "in the hand of al-Sayyid Aḥmad". Requires further examination.

العلامات

• 16th c or later
• early modern

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Primary language

Arabic

Account of amounts purchased of barley (mushtarā al-shaʿīr) on various days. On verso there is a name in Arabic script [...] b.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic with Greek/Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval-era. One of the entries mentions a barniyya ceramic pot (ברניה).

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions a woman who is in great distress. Join: Alan Elbaum.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Small fragment from what was originally a large document. All that is preserved is a piece of the name Moshe Nagid ha-[...].

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Primary language

Arabic

Pious phrases and an ʿalāma, but the upper right text might be something different.

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Primary language

Arabic

Last 4–5 lines only, with greetings to all of 'our colleagues' (aṣḥābnā). On verso there is an unidentified text in Hebrew script.

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Primary language

Arabic

The basmala and first two lines are preserved, along with a few words in Arabic script on verso.

العلامات

• arabic script

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Primary language

Arabic

Mentions Abū l-Ṭayyib Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Various notes in different hands and inks, some organized by day, with several references to ‘the judge' (al-dayyan) and Maḥāsin. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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Document date

507 Hijrī (18 June 1113–6 June 1114 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

For the silk worker Bū Naṣr b. ʿUmar al-Yahūdī. Dated: 507 AH, which is 1113/14 CE.

العلامات

• capitation tax
• receipt

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Primary language

Arabic

Mentions meeting with a ghulām who was going to al-Mahdiyya (اجتمع بغلام يتوجه الى المهدية).

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1

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions Bunduqī... Faraj... al-Shomer...Dimashqī...

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Primary language

Hebrew

A few words in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. al-muqīma... ha-kohen ha-mumḥe. On verso there is Hebrew literary text.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List of luxury textiles/garments and some household goods along with values; some are crossed out. Either business accounts or part of a dowry list.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: 12th or early 13th century. Mentions Waliyy al-Dawla, Fustat, and a shop.

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1

العلامات

• glyph

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Primary language

Arabic

May describe transactions involving a female slave belonging to a noble woman ("al-sharīfa al-kabīra") who may still be owed five dinars: ويا اخي وسيدي اطال الله بقاك وادام عزك وتاييدك . . . .

العلامات

• slave

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Primary language

Hebrew

He mentions הר״י אפמדו י״א (r17), who is also mentioned in a negative light in the preceding letter.

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2

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4

العلامات

• 17th c
• castro
• gems
• gota
• hebron
• (+ 3 المزيد)

1 نسخ

The paleography supports a dating estimate of 18th- or 19th-century and this fragment may have once belonged to a single ledger comprised of other shelfmarks in the AIU.VII.F series. A large percentage of all family names attested in the late Genizah period are listed somewhere in this document. […] , Cesana, Abudarham, Skandari, Abzaradel, Alarcon, Bialobos, Fawwaz (?), Frances, 'Uziel, Kasis, Solas, Yesha'yah, Atroti (?)

العلامات

• 18th c
• gabela
• kashrut
• late donations
• late prosopography

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Document date

18 Dhū l-Qaʿda 1050 Hijrī (1 March 1641 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

(Line 11 of the main text block also mentions the date 10 Ramaḍān 954 AH, which is October 1547 CE—probably a reference to an earlier document or event.)

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1

العلامات

• seal

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Document date

Ṣafar 430 Hijrī (2 November 1038–30 November 1038 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Maybe he had sold it a while ago due to financial problems and now he has managed to buy it back. It is also likely that prior to this he had rented the house from Baqām for a long time and the house had become known by him and now he finally buys the house.

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5

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2

العلامات

• fayyum

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