Documents

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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العلامات

• 14th c
• yehoshua maimonides

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

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

Mentions Isḥāq; a large pen (qalam kabīr); a woman named Karīna(?); Sitt al-ʿArab. (Information in part from CUDL)

العلامات

• account

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

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

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Mentions the benefaction of sayyidnā al-qāḍī in the first line. The remainder needs examination.

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

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

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

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

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

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.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Beginning 'afrada....' For ʿImrān b. al-Riṣāfī(?). Same payer: T-S AS 176.438 and T-S AS 176.439.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

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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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

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

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

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

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

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

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

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)

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

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.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

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 . . ."

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

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

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

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

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

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.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

One of the Arabic sections refers to Ḥārat Zuwayla, Abū Saʿd al-Yahūdī (address of a letter?).

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

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

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: accounts in Arabic and Hebrew script, mentioning Abū ʿAbdallā ibn al-Farakhī (אלפרכי). Verso: Coptic numerals. (Information from CUDL)

العلامات

• account

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

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-[...].

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions Evyatar ha-Shelishi; Eliyyahu ha-Kohen Rosh Yeshivat Ge'on Yaʿaqov; and the estate of Avraham Ibn al-Zayyāt(?).

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

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

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

One of the headings on the verso mentions al-amir. Requires further examination.

العلامات

• account
• late ja

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

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.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

The first words of two lines are preserved (including ʿalayhi). Reused for Hebrew literary text.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

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

العلامات

• arabic script

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

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

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

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

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

Rabīʿ I 938 Hijrī (13 October 1531–11 November 1531 CE)

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Dated on image 3v as Rabīʿ al-Awwal 938 AH (1531 CE). 30 pages.

العلامات

• arabic script
• ledger

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

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

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

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

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Petition from Ḥātim to Nuwayr al-Dīn(?) In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps Ayyubid or early Mamluk-era.

العلامات

• address as seal
• dimme
• petition

1 نسخ

Primary languages

Hebrew numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions a covering of silver; Sālim; Abū l-Munā;al-Malījī; Eliyya; Abū l-Khayr.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

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

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

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.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

women acting as agents. E.g, Sitt ʿAlam. (Information from Goitein's index card.)

1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

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

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العلامات

• glyph

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر