Documents

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment with accounting. "In the hand of al-Dayyān on Friday. . . five heads. . . ." (ביד אלדיאן יום אלגמעה ען טור(?)

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: communal letter in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly addressed to al-Maḥalla. Verso: Hebrew text with citations from several rabbinic sources, such as the Talmud.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Declaration made by a certain Ibn al-Marjānī (‘the coral merchant’). (Information mainly from CUDL)

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Document date

Dhū l-Ḥijja 630 Hijrī (8 September 1233–6 October 1233 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

State or legal document of some kind. There is an ʿalāma at the top. On verso there are 3 witness statements.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: two names (Abū [...] and ʿOvadya, sons of al-Ḥalāl), probably senders of the letter. (Information from CUDL)

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

The writer appears to be requesting money as soon as possible and may have already asked for money from the cantor. ASE.

العلامات

• appeal

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: likely ca. 13th century. Mentions Mūsā al-Ṣay[rafī?], Sayyidnā, "not sleeping at night," and Cairo.

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1

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Deals with communal issues and mentions Ṭāhir b. al-Tinnīsiyya. On verso there are the remnants of a few words in Arabic script.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning al-Maḥalla; the workers of the Ḥusayniyya (? עמאל אלחסיניה); purchasing things and bringing them to Fustat; and dinars and qirrāṭ.

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2

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions 33.5 of something; "I opened my bundle"; the measure qinṭār; and Ibn al-Iskandaranī. (Information in part from CUDL)

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentioning the synagogue, ‘the house of my sister’, ‘at my brother’s,' al-Maḥalla, and a garment and shoes. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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1

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts, mentioning Maḥāsin, Isḥāq al-Baṣrī, Ḥayyun the carpenter, Bint Mujalliḥ the Maghrebian woman, Ṭāhir the servant, the house of the judge Menashshe, Yeshuʿa and Babylonians.

العلامات

• account

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Refers to someone known as al-Ḥasid, the name Yehuda, and various expressions about difficult circumstances and praying for the addressee.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

The ends of 4 lines are preserved. Mentions 'al-wilāya.' Reused on recto for a book list in Judaeo-Arabic and on verso for Hebrew piyyuṭ.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Beginning with a taqbīl and referring to the addressee, probably a judge (al-dayyān), as 'my master' (mālik riqqī). Unclear how much of the substance is preserved.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

See T-S AS 177.85 (PGPID 37036) for all the related documents.

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1

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

See T-S AS 177.85 (PGPID 37036) for all the related documents.

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1

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Approximately 6 lines from near the beginning are preserved, along with a few phrases in the margin. Not a lot of the substance is preserved, but there might be some in the bottom line.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

See T-S AS 177.85 (PGPID 37036) for all the related documents.

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1

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Begins with "yunhī", mentions "sulṭān" and something being in the possession of infidels "fī aydī l-mushrikīn" probably alluding to the Europeans.

العلامات

• dimme

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Mentions people such as Abū l-Barakāt al-Kohen (الكوهان). Mentions commodities such as buckthorn (khawlān) and pepper.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

See T-S AS 177.85 (PGPID 37036) for all the related documents.

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1

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Letter/petition addressed to Fakhr al-Dawla. Fragment (upper right corner). Begins يخدم مجلس الحضرة السامية الاجلية العالية . . .

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1

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Many names mentioned, including someone titled al-mufattish ('the inspector').

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Accounts in Arabic on recto with Greek/Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval-era. The text on the verso appears to be one large sequence of Greek/Coptic numerals (perhaps calculations).

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Fragment of a communal letter, maybe a circular sent by the Gaʾon ("Rosh ha-Yeshiva" is all that is legible on the front side). Part of the address is preserved, to 'our brothers' and specifically ʿEli and Ḥas[an?].

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Yaʿaqov, however Shemuel's other documents are all in Hebrew only.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Accounts in Arabic on recto and verso, perhaps private records given the usage of Greek/Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval-era. Both sides of the document are well-preserved.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

On verso at 90 degrees there are accounts in Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions Bū l-ʿAlāʾ, Yūsuf, Abū l-Ḥasan, and someone's brother.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

ʿAmmār.... on the defects (al-ʿuyūb)... from the aforementioned price." The nature of the sale is not clear.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

This document is an amulet for Sitthum bt. Sitt al-Ahl to carry with her, perhaps in her pocket or as a necklace.

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1

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Verso refers to Sayyidnā al-Nagid and a line about the laws of Sheḥiṭa by the late Rabbenu Moshe (Maimonides).

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

This part concerns the sale of aloeswood (ʿūd), 44 dinars and 10 qirats. Cf. T-S K15.29.

1 مناقشة

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions two judges and Abū l-ʿAlāʾ ʿUlla.

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1

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1

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe

1 نسخ

Primary language

Arabic

Not much of the Arabic is legible apart from the name Ṣadaqa b. al-Shaykh [...] wa-l-salām.

العلامات

• arabic script

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

List of names (e.g., al-shaykh Abū ʿAbdallāh) and sums of money in Arabic script.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

The beginnings of 3 lines are preserved: bi-yad mawlāy al-shaykh... wa-aḥdara... lā zāla... Reused for piyyuṭ on recto.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Official letter(s) or petition(s) to the caliph al-Mustanṣir. There is a version both on recto and verso.

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Medical recipes, including one for ophthalmia (ramad al-ʿaynayn), which uses verdigris (zinjār) and arsenic (zirnīkh).

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

May refer to a qinṭār of glass and the phrase "maʿa al-mawjūd fī l-ḥamām(?)." Needs examination. On recto there is piyyuṭ.

1 نسخ

Primary language

Arabic

The one on verso appears to be a note about money owed by ʿAlī. The one on recto is harder to understand.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

4 Muḥarram 541 Hijrī (16 June 1146 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Capitation tax receipt for Bū l-Ḥasan Ḥusayn b. Hibatallāh al-Ṣayrafī in Fustat. Dated: 4 Muḥarram 541 AH, which is 16 June 1146 CE.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Trousseau of a female orphan, nineteen items. All clothing except for a six pillows, a trunk (ṣundūq) and a lamp.

العلامات

• dowry
• marriage

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya b. al-Faraj, in Jerusalem (see nearby fragments).

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

See T-S AS 177.85 (PGPID 37036) for all the related documents.

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1

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

In Judaeo-Arabic. The entries include: al-Uṣūl; the Maqāmāt, both in Arabic and "Hebrew" (this could mean either Hebrew or Judaeo-Arabic); a book of midrash; a book of aqāwīl.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Among the goods is a female slave named Balgh al-Munā ('fulfillment of wishes'). (Information in part from Goitein's index card)

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1

العلامات

• dowry
• jariya
• slaves

1 مناقشة

Document date

1131 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

(Information from Goitein, The Yemenites, pp. 67–68 and Goitein and Friedman, India Book IV) VMR. See also T-S AS 170.7 (PGPID 40452).

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1

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2

العلامات

• 12th c
• communal
• ib-untranslated-eng
• ib4
• india book
• (+ 1 المزيد)

3 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة