Documents

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Very faded and damaged. One of the only clear words is "her delayed (marriage) payment."

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1

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Recto: Informal note addressed to Abū l-Faḍl asking him for a favor of some sort. On verso additional notes in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Verso is a faded receipt of some sort, maybe fiscal. Recto: من السوح(؟؟) للنصر(؟) الواصل من ثغر الاسكندرية حماه الله تعالى . . . .

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter mentioning a judge and Faraḥ b. Faḍāʾil. Seems to be addressed to Yaʿaqov, in Bilbays, though the address is in a different hand.

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1

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter in Hebrew. Late. Very faded. Dealing with business matters. Currency: gurush.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Shel[omo] and a sale of something. Faded, and hard to discern any details.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Could be an inventory or accounts. Verso: Faded remnants of Hebrew script. Needs examination.

العلامات

• dimme

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Saʿadya is mentioned, as are greetings to family members such as Abū l-Wafā, Abū l-Faḍl, Makārim, and Barakāt. (Information from CUDL.)

العلامات

• to edit

1 نسخ

Primary language

Arabic

On verso there are a few very faded words in Judaeo-Arabicز

العلامات

• account
• dimme
• fiscal
• fishy accounting

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Draft of the beginning of a letter or note written by Abū l-Surūr to Isaac, Abū l-Faḍl and the writer’s maternal aunt. Margin reads ‘Peraḥya b.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

The Arabic on verso is likely part of the address—to Abū l-Faḍl. (Information in part from CUDL)

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

In Arabic script. Large, but faded/damaged. mentions Damietta. Needs examination.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter possibly from a Gaʾon to a member of his yeshiva. Very faded. Scattered legible words: מנהגכם . . . החכמים . . .

العلامات

• gaon

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions a ḥaver. Very faded. In the second (damaged) line refers to somebody [...] b.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Very faded and damaged, hardly legible, fragment from a legal query addresed to 'our Rabbis', regarding a quarell between two people and a payment of 15 dinars.

العلامات

• responsa

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Yisrael ha-Ḥasid appears in the address. There is faded text underneath the address, perhaps giving the names of the locations.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

23 Ḥeshvan 1539 Seleucid (11 November 1227 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Sending greetings from Abū l-Faḍl and asking the addressee to write them back.

العلامات

• 13th c

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The remnant of a very faded text in Arabic script is discernible on the verso.

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1

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Very damaged and faded Hebrew letter, with many Biblical verses, seems to contain some moral instructions?

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

The whole paper is preserved, but the text is faded; good candidate for multispectral imaging.

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1

العلامات

• qalyub

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Needs examination for content. Quite faded. Might mention a commodity called qiṭmīr. (Information in part from CUDL)

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: unidentified text in Hebrew; very faded; written at 90 degrees to the text on recto.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: Extremely faded legal document or legal notes. In which Karīma bt.

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1

1 مناقشة

Document date

26 Ṣafar 907 Hijrī (10 September 1501 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Dating: Perhaps Ṣafar 1097 AH, which would be 1685/86 CE. But the year is faded, and this should be checked. Needs examination for content as well.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Refers to a gift given by a woman named Fāḍila and refers to a man's paternal grandfather.

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1

العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe

1 نسخ

Document date

17th Shevat 1411 Seleucid (30 January 1100 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

A certain (Abū l-)Ḥasan b. Yaʿaqov al-Āmidī is asked to hand over various Bible codices to Yehuda b. […] The parties are Shalem, Tiqva, Ṣedaqa al-Dimashqī, Ḥusayn, and Ibn Masʿūd. Signed by Yiṣḥaq b. […] Appointment of an agent in a commercial matter. Mentions Abū l-Faḍl, Ṣāliḥ b. Meshullam, and 6 dinars. This one is dated 17th of Shevat 1411 Sel.

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2

Related Places

3

العلامات

• ib7
• india book
• register

2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

He had not protested earlier because he was still a minor then. Abū l-Faḍl b. ʿUmayr was one of the customers. Naḥman, whose share in assets in the partnership was half, demanded his legitimate rights, and in the litigation pursued he asked for half of everything, i.e., capital (aṣl), income (nāqī), and goods such as a lamp made of copper. […] A freed female slave is also mentioned, whom he manumitted after "he received her price from her."

Related People

2

العلامات

• freedwoman
• halfon b. menashshe

1 نسخ 2 مناقشتان