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shelfmark:"Bodl ms. Heb a 2/3"
Instructions of some sort in Arabic script. Small fragment. On verso jottings in Hebrew script.
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Letter from David b. Moshe Bonfat (בונפט) ha-Sefaradi to Avraham ha-Sefaradi. In Hebrew. Dating: probably no earlier than 15th century. The sender reports that he …
1 مناقشة
Accounts.
Letter sent from Damietta to Khalīfa [...], in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Late.
Fragment from the bottom of a ketubba, probably. Groom: [...] b. Yehuda. Bride: Sitt al-Ḥusn. Signed by [...] b. ha-Ḥazzan and Yisrael b. Shelomo.
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Legal testimony. In the hand of Avraham b. Natan Av. No witness signatures. Location: Cairo. Dated: Thursday, 27 Adar I 1415 Seleucid, which is 1104 …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Text in Spanish and Hebrew. There are numerous tiny pieces from the same text or even the same page in the span of shelfmarks JRL …
Government receipt attesting to payment of the government tax on the sale of an enslaved woman. Seller: Sitt al-Ahl bt. Yaʿqūb al-Yahūdī. Buyer: Sumra bt. …
1 نسخ
A jotted account on the back of Hebrew piyyuṭ: לה מעי פצה לו ואיצא יח ולה מעי לד וג פי ג
Fragment of a ketubba, with menstrual purity conditions. The husband also accepts that he will not take a second wife. Dating: Probably late 12th or …
Probably a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The entire large page is preserved but the text is too faded to be legible. Verso seems to have the …
List in Hebrew of payments received following the common formula "עו[ד] לקחתי ומשה" (also received by Moshe and me) with each line mentioning a quantity …
Fragment of a letter from Yosef b. Berekhya from Qayrawan (Ifrīqiya) to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, #147) …
Fragment with several different text blocks. The upper part of recto reads like a riddle and/or utterances in the mouth of God. The bottom part …
Verso: List of names in Arabic script. Alms distribution list? E.g., Elʿazar, Abū Yaʿqūb, Abū Sahl, Dāʾūd Ibn al-ʿAjamī, a woman from Alexandria, and Mūsā.
Unidentified document in Arabic script. Looks like an account mentioining fabric goods (mandīl, shuqqa, and fūṭa) and also Alexandria, but at the bottom "wa-l-nāʾib(?) bi-smī …
Letter seeking to pawn a ring for a loan of three dirhams until after the holiday. (Information in part from CUDL)
Fragment of a betrothal agreement between Bayan and Sitt al-Nasab. Among the provisions included is the groom's assurance that he will not prevent the bride …
Minute fragment. Few words in Arabic - needs examination.
Recto: Legal fragment probably in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (whose name also appears three lines from the bottom). Needs examination. NB: this document …
Chronological work, very similar to Seder ʿOlam Zuṭṭa. (Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein's index card.
Letter from Yosef b. Araḥ. Small fragment (upper right corner of recto). Mentioning a Ḥaver. (Information in part from CUDL)
State correspondence, probably a petition but any petition-related formula is missing. Five lines are preserved, and possibly a copy of a sixth line. Almost all …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Recto: Letter fragment in Arabic script. الله تعالى في ذلك... قد تعطل شغله في هذه... قليل جدا وقد...خمس احمال صحبة اصغر مماليكه.
Table of contents for a literary work. Red ink.
Colophon of a Bible donated by a Karaite woman in the name of her dead son.
Possibly a piece of a tax receipt but too damaged to be sure.
Document in Arabic script. Dated, but the date is difficult to read. List of crops (qamḥ, shaʿīr, fūl, others) and quantities. Headed with a paragraph …
Record of release granted by Yefet b. ʿEli al-Tinnīsī to his wife Turfa bt. Ṭoviyya whom he releases from all obligations. Only a fragment of …
Beginning of a letter or note in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late 12th or 13th century. (Information in part from CUDL)
Verso: Draft of a legal document regarding a ketubba payout following a divorce. The dating is likely early nineteenth century based on the verso note …
Marriage contract. Groom: Yefet b. Saʿadya. Bride: Ḍiyāʾ bt. Yehuda. One of the witnesses is Mevorakh b. ʿElī Ibn Zarʿa. Location: Fustat. Dating: Thursday, 14th …
Letter in Arabic script. Approximately 8 lines from near the top are preserved. Written in a chancery-esque hand and in an elevated register. The sender …
Recto: Note in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender wishes to borrow the addressee’s riding animal (dābba) for transporting "some of my stuff" (baʿḍ qumāshī). He should send …
Late list of payment
Small fragment of a family and/or business letter. Mentions Rabbenu Hillel ha-M[...]; yearning for the addressee; greetings to the addressee's mother; and the sale of …
Letter fragment. In Arabic script. 6 lines well preserved, with portions of 2 more lines. Mentions ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and the arrival of Sayyidnā al-Ajall (l. …
Legal document. Fragment (bottom part). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Involves Berakhot and Ḥasān(?). Dated: 1442 Seleucid, which is 1130/31 CE, under the …
Recto: Draft of a will. In the hand of ʿImmanuel b. Yeḥiel (this should be checked). Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday, 4 Elul 1561 Seleucid = …
Official correspondence in Arabic. Wide line spacing. Four lines preserved: . . ذلك ولما حضروا واعادوا . . . قررنا الامر على ما كاتبناك به …