Documents

Primary language

Arabic

Yosef, probably in Alexandria, since he is asked about prices in Alexandria in line 21. […] He writes that Abū Khiḍr Shardāna (a name of Persian origin that also appears in T-S 13J20.18) will soon be in ʿArūs's location. […] Saʿāda, and ʿArūs is to convey it to the writer's nephew. Verso is much more faded. People mentioned include a certain Abū Naṣr al-Baghdādī; the writer's brother-in-law Abū Isḥaq, who seems to have done something that requires forgiveness (al-bārī yarḥamahu): Khalaf b.

Related People

2

Related Places

1

العلامات

• aodeh
• arabic script

2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

The addressee's father's name appears in the main text, but is very faded. Consists mostly of blessings, typical of letters of appeal for charity/assistance.

Related Places

1

1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: Document in Arabic script; only a small, faded portion of the original document remains.

العلامات

• arabic script
• moshe b. levi

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

In Judaeo-Arabic. Abū l-Faḍl is mentioned, and probably ʿImrān.

Related People

1

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū l-Faḍl and Sayyidnā and then a woman whose husband is unemployed—so perhaps this is a letter recommending this woman and her family for charity.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Faded business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions "the rest of the dirhams" and "I say they are recorded in his ledger."

العلامات

• condolence
• daftar

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Eliyyahu to the ra’is (leader) concerning commercial matters, in particular an issue regarding the price of a small scale (mizan saghir) that was purchased, and a note about silk. Abu Fadl is mentioned. EMS

العلامات

• shelomo b. eliyyahu

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Large but very faded. The writer asks the addressee to have Abū l-ʿIzz write something; perhaps the copies whose price is mentioned two lines later.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded and damaged. Written in the month of Tishrei.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

On verso list of names, might be from a memorial list. Very faded and most of the names are only partial: Sar Shalom; Yosef b. [...]; [...] ha-Levi b.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

This fragment is therefore serving the same purpose of communal recordkeeping as surrounding shelfmarks that also record Shabbat donations such as JRL SERIES C 77 and JRL SERIES C 93. This particular shelfmark is not a join to these two others, however, because the scribal hand and layout are distinct and it's even possible that red ink was used here but has since faded. With future research the names of those listed may help ascertain a specific dating estimate: (recto) Yiṣḥaq Gabbay[?][…] , Eliyahu Abu-ʿAsl, Salmūn Simḥon, Moshe Jūnīd, Saʿad Wahba, Av[raham] Benyamīn, Yaʿacov ʿAkūbas, Ḥayyīm Raṣon, Yiṣḥaq Dayyan, Yosef Levi, Avraham al-Rukī[?], Yosef Nadda[?], Maʿatūk Ḥadad, Ḥayyīm Sāhl, Mūsa Dhabaḥ, Ḥayyīm Mosseri, Yosef Mosseri, Nissīm Dayyan, Bakhor[?]

العلامات

• 18th or 19th c
• communal
• late prosopography

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

; how certain people's houses were locked up and sealed; Faḍāʾilal-Naṣrānī (the Christian) was forced to go into hiding (amr aḥwajahū ilā l-khafiyya); then mentions, "going out to you every day of the week to stay with you... on Saturday, al-Bama (? אלבָמָה; or rather probably "al-bima," going up to the platform in the synagogue) will go while he is weak(?)

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yūsuf b. Faraḥ al-Qābisī, in Alexandria, to his nephew Abū l-Surūr Faraḥ b. […] He passes on the news (r14–15) that the addressee's uncle (ʿamm) Sulaymān was seriously ill in Sūsa but recovered (פק, to be read fāq); that Yaḥyā b. Mūsā al-Majjānī died (r16–17); that the writer's own cousin (ibn khālat{ī}) Abū l-Faḍl is critically ill (ʿalā khuṭṭa) in al-Mahdiyya (r17–18); that the customs tax (ʿushr) has become more stringent (r18); and that Yosef b. […] Note that on v9 Gil reads "Kūsh" (thus also in his article on flax, p. 85), but this is clearly Būsh, the settlement outside the Fayyūm.

Related People

2

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12

العلامات

• arabic address
• conversion
• customs tax
• flax
• illness
• (+ 5 المزيد)

3 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Dating: probably 11th or 12th century. Faded and unclear how much of the content is preserved.

العلامات

• bialphabetic

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dating: ca.1030 CE. Quite faded and damaged. Refers to correspondence with notables of Fustat and Palestine, including Shelomo b.

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

On a blank page there is a draft of a legal summons: Abū l-Faḍl is summoned to the court with his legal opponent immediately.

1 نسخ

Inferred date

1310–1355 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter to Yehoshua Maimonides (1310–55) reminding him of somebody who was excommunicated when his father Avraham II Maimonides (1245–1313) was Nagid. The letter is rather faded and difficult to follow. Needs further examination.

Related People

1

العلامات

• 14th c
• yehoshua maimonides

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Witnessed by Ghālib(?) b. Abū l-Faḍl and Jaʿfar b. Hilāl. EMS

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Document date

621–29 Hijrī (1224–1231 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

In Arabic script. The deceased is Fāḍila, who was survived by her son Abū Dāʾūd. Dating: 621–29 AH, which corresponds to the range 1224–31 CE.

العلامات

• report of death

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The content is mostly faded or lost. The name [...] b. Yeshuʿa appears on verso; perhaps this is the address.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

The bottom few lines are faded and damaged. Needs further examination. Begins: يكون مولاي الشيخ ادام الله عزه يعلم اني صعلوك...

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded and hard to discern any of the content. Mentions time/fate several times, cites Berakhot 3b, “A pit cannot [be filled up with its own earth]," and refers to danger (צרה וצוקה).

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

Adar 5559 Anno Mundi (6 February 1799–7 March 1799 CE)

Primary languages

Judaeo-Persian, Persian

In Persian and Judaeo-Persian. The least-faded text block reads in part, "I am the ẓaʿir Refa'el b.

العلامات

• illumination
• judaeo-persian
• persian

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Names: Makīn; Abū Saʿd; Abū l-Faḍl; Moshe; Abū l-Majd; Abū l-Riḍā. Dating: probably late 12th or 13th century.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Inferred date

1127–1138 CE

Dating: 1127–38 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39 CE). Very faded. Involves Abū Naṣr Mevorakh.

Related People

2

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Recto (secondary use) may be a communal letter in Hebrew; very faded and damaged.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Legal document or letter. In Hebrew. Very faded. Seems to be dealing with monetary issues?

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: Complete but very faded Judaeo-Arabic letter. The last line: "In the corner there is a kerchief in which there is verdigris (zinjār) and coriander."

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Fragment of a letter, mentioning Egypt but mostly too faded to read. In Hebrew. The name R. Yakhin appears at upper left, but not clear if this is part of the sender's or addressee's name.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

Av 1451 Seleucid (1140 CE)

Primary languages

Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen to his banker, Abū l-Khayr Khiyyār, instructing him to pay Abū l-Faḍl 7 dinars. Dated Av 1451 (= 1140 CE). (Information from CUDL)

العلامات

• abu zikri kohen
• cheque
• order of payment

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, very faded. Medieval-era. Scattered phrases: אלגמלה . . .

العلامات

• cmp

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The verso contains an extremely faded text in Arabic. Requires further examination.

العلامات

• cmp

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

1 Elul 1538 Seleucid (22 August 1227 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Yosef and someone's wife. Very faded. Dated: 1 Elul 1538 Seleucid (i.e., about a week after the main document on recto).

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العلامات

• 13th c
• ib-addenda
• ib1
• slave

1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة