Documents

Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Verso appears to be accounts in a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Very faded.

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Upper fragment of a ketubba, very faded. Dating: probably no earlier than 13th century.

العلامات

• bible
• ketubba

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter mentioning Damascus and possibly Ramla (though Goitein subsequently read this word differently). Very faded. (Information from Goitein's attached notes.)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: Probably 11th century. Very faded, but some commodities such as myrobalan and sums of money are preserved.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: 11th or 12th century. Very faded and damaged. (Information in part from CUDL)

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: possibly a letter, written in a different hand. Very faded. (Information mainly from CUDL)

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: probably 12th or 13th century. Too faded to understand any of the content. (Information in part from CUDL)

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The name "Yūsuf" appears in the address, but the rest is very faded. Needs further examination.

العلامات

• unedited 11th c

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Primary language

Arabic

Receipt for the capitation tax of Nissim(?) b. Bū l-Faḍl(?) in New Cairo. Payment: 1 dinar. This receipt is squatter and sloppier than most.

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1

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Capitation tax receipt for the Jewish man Sālim b. Bū l-Faḍl for the year 621(?) AH. Landscape format. Needs further examination.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Unidentified text in Arabic script. Damaged and faded. Likely something religious or literary, but might be a letter.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Involves someone named Yoshiyya. Extremely faded. Needs examination.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter, mostly faded (the first few words of each line are effaced) written by Mevorakh b.

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1

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

Last third of Tammuz 1505 Seleucid (1194 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Goitein at one time read it "Patan Patana," but the second word is rather ביעא ("sale"), and the first word is extremely faded; it needs to be checked in the physical manuscript. […] Nadiv ha-Levi. Buyer: Abū a-Mufaḍḍal al-Sayrafī b. Abū l-Ḥasan of the Nānū family. Price: 19 ½ dinars. The seller guarantees (=provides ḍamān al-darak) against ḥiyal, i.e., against anyone else laying claim on the slave whether in Jewish or Muslim court.

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1

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العلامات

• slaves

1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions Abū Yūsuf; robes; a ghalāla; something white (a miḥrām?) and a turban; al-Muʿallim al-Qalʿī (same person as the sender of T-S NS J35 (PGPID 4328)?). At the bottom of recto at 180 degrees there are four more lines in his hand, possibly from a letter (fa-qultu lahū . . . dhālika li-faḍlika. . .).

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1

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Document date

[4]808 Anno Mundi (24 September 1047–11 September 1048 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Mysterious document with multiple text blocks, all quite faded. It may begin on verso and continue onto recto.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Ḥelbo, addressed to a Jewish community (לכבודכם, although later uses singular אשריך). In Hebrew, written on parchment. Quite faded. The senders report that Yosef lived among them and was known for his good traits; that his ancestors were "[men of] a good name until the day they died"; that "he did not wish to take a wife"; that he requested this letter, addressed "to our brothers Israel...

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

Sunday, 11 Heshvan 1437 Seleucid (10 October 1125 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Written and signed by the judge Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen; also signed by Saʿadya b. Menashshe ha-Kohen. Certifying that Abū l-Faḍāʾil b. […] Saʿīd has received 10 dinars from Abū ʿAlīal-Jubaylī, 7 1/8 in gold coins (ʿayn) and 3 in silver (wariq dirhams).

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew

Verso: Reused for a Hebrew text, probably literary. The ink has faded to silver/white.

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Document date

4903 Anno Mundi (22 September 1142–10 September 1143 CE)

Primary language

Aramaic

Bill of divorce from a betrothal (erusin). Very faded. No signatures. Dated: Looks like [4]903 AM, which would be 1142/43 CE.

العلامات

• divorce
• get

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter, very faded. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably no earlier than 14th century, based on handwriting and abbreviations.

العلامات

• trade

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Verso contains the name Abū l-Faraj in giant faded letters.

1 نسخ

Primary language

Arabic

Probably 11th/12th C based on paleographic grounds. Damaged/faded. Needs examination for content.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Arabic script, much of the text is faded but portions are legible in red ink. Vertical lines are visible on the recto and verso that were drawn neatly with a ruler.

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العلامات

• arabic

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Fragment, few lines a very faded Arabic script on recto and a sequence of Coptic/Greek numerals on the verso.

العلامات

• dimme
• pinholes

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment (lower left corner). Very faded. Mentions Abū l-Faraj, [...] b. Surūr and Shelomo ha-Nasi...

1 مناقشة

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter in Hebrew. Very faded. Scattered phrases: גבולו ולהרבול שלום . . .

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1

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Deals with trade, including in pepper and flour. Mentions Abū l-Faḍl and Ibn Sibāʿ.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions names such as Hibatallāh; Hiba Ṣabbāgh; Dāʾud; ṬĀhir and his brother; Abū l-Faḍl; Yaʿqūb; Ṭayyib.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

The greeting section from the end, mentioning Bū l-Faḍl: . . . حضرته السامية باتم السلام . . . والشيخ بو الفضل . . .

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Burhān, Faraḥ the writer's brother-in-law, Abū l-Faḍl, and someone titled Sayyidnā.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Regarding agricultural land in faddāns. Mentions the land is in a bad condition (ʾarḍ lā yuntafaʿ bihi).

العلامات

• dimme

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment addressed to the Nagid [Mevorakh] b. Saʿadya. Very faded. Refer to illnesses (amrāḍ. . . maraḍan. . .).

العلامات

• illness
• illness letter 969-1517

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Letter in Arabic script. Very faded. Isolated phrases are legible such as "that which I desire from your grace and beneficence is...,' and, "by the law of Mūsā the son of ʿImrān!'

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

In Judaeo-Arabic. Extremely faded. סידנא ינצר אלינא בעין אלרחמה... עז עלי...

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Seems to consist entirely of blessings and flattery, but it is very faded, so there might be more. In the hand of Ḥalfon b.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Reused for accounts (by Barhūn?). Long but very faded. Needs further examination for content. (Information in part from CUDL)

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment of a list or letter. Mentions Fadāʾil; the Nagid (הדרת הנגידות); the neighbor of Rabbi Natan; and "let it be fast."

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

The ends of four or five lines are preserved, very damaged. Reused on verso for faded Hebrew characters, possibly literary.

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Primary language

Arabic

Unidentified text in Arabic script. Very faded. Headed by a basmala. Might be literary - one phrase reads "and the king said" (four lines from the bottom).

العلامات

• arabic script

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Ibrāhīm. Very busy. Quite faded, too. There is the remnant of an earlier document on verso.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

On parchment. Extremely faded and damaged. Involves Hārūn b. Avraham Tāhertī (תיהרתי).

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Communal letter, partly in rhymed Hebrew and Aramaic. Extremely faded. The location of the addressees may be legible in the first line (אחים קהל . . . ).

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Very faded and damaged Hebrew letter addressed to a community.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Family letter addressed to Sulaymān Abū l-Faḍl. in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 14th century or later.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

First third of Shevat 1429 Seleucid (27 December 1117–7 January 1118 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mevorakh power of attorney to collect from the assets of a partnership between three parties – Abū Sa‘īd Ḥalfōn b. Nissim Abū Ḥusayn al-Tinnīsī (the senior partner), Abū l-Faḍl Amram b. Abū Kathīr Efrayim, and Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa b. Menashshe ha-Levi al-Jubaylī – once the partnership has ended. The partnership lasted three years, from January 1115 to January 1118, and its purpose was to export valuable items from Upper Egypt for resale in Yemen. […] document (T-S 10J4.17) is a release document from Sitt al-Sāda, daughter of the last Palestinian Gaon Evyatar ha-Kohen to Menashshe b.

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العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• ib7
• india book
• palestinian geonim
• partnership
• (+ 1 المزيد)

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