Documents

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter in Hebrew. Extremely faded. Late. Seems to be addressing someone important and requesting help.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Possibly addressed to a dignitary (...היקר כגק מרי ורבי...). 4 lines are partially preserved on recto but are too faded to read. Isolated words: שלום . . . השלושים . . .

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Very faded. The beginnings of several lines of the main text are preserved and several lines of the perpendicular marginal text.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Verso consists mostly of greetings, including to Abū Faḍāʾil and to מציאל(?)

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Primary language

Hebrew

Faded letter from Eli b. 'Amram the cantor to a notable named Abu [...] b.

العلامات

• eli b. amram

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

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

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Primary language

Arabic

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

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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).

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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

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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.

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Inferred date

1127–1138 CE

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

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Primary language

Arabic

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

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Primary language

Hebrew

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

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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."

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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.

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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

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Inferred date

1237–1300 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Fragment from the top of a large ketubba with an ornate heading of geometrical designs, blessings for the Nagid David I Maimonides (r. 1237–1300 CE), and it seems a band of faded Arabic script. A partial date is preserved, 15[..]

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Primary language

Aramaic

The first witness's name is very faded ([...] b. Moshe?). The second witness is ʿOvadya b.

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1

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

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

العلامات

• cmp

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

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

العلامات

• cmp

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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

Primary language

Arabic

One portion opens with "يشهد الشهود" pointing to the likelihood that this is the lower section of legal document. The more faded text could be witness signatures. Further examination required.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

I found with your son Fāḍil (may God gladden him) one and a quarter dirhams, and I took them from him, and it is in your [...] do not [...] and do not tell him."

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1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Two fragments of a very faded family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 13th century or later.

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Inferred date

1127–1138 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: unidentified; very faded. (Information from CUDL)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions Bilbays and Muslims. There is one line of faded Arabic script on verso, likely the address.

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1

العلامات

• bilbays
• eliyyahu b. zekharia

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Nearly the whole page is preserved, but the text is extremely faded. Refers to previous correspondence and to a tragic event.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

The rest of the text is very faded. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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Primary language

Hebrew

Mentions Manṣūr b. ʿEli ha-Levi. Very faded.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentioning names such as Mubārak and [...] b. Marzūq. Verso: Very faded dowry list. AA

العلامات

• marital dispute

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Primary language

Hebrew

Verso (original use): Seems to be a legal document in Hebrew. Very faded. May involve Pinḥas: ועוד אמר פנחס דנן דעו רבותי וחיי . . . ݂

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

He orders walnuts, sugar, and Sinnārī cheese (this last to be sent with Salāma). Ibn al-Nuʿmān is to be paid 42 dirhams. Ibn al-Dajānī will receive some as well. […] Abū Khalaf is mentioned in the margin. Verso is more faded and difficult to understand. He writes that Farruj's name is Furrayj b.

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العلامات

• capitation tax
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: treatment
• jaliya
• (+ 3 المزيد)

2 نسخين

Document date

last third of Tammuz 1469 Seleucid (18 June 1158–27 June 1158 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

(The year in l. 2 is too faded to read but is deduced from the letters around the signature of Mevorakh b. […] Natan ha-Gevir (appears also in PER H 91 (PGPID 7033) and T-S AS 204.324 (PGPID 33849)); Yosef b. […] (Information in part from CUDL and Mediterranean Society, V, p. 543.). Join: Alan Elbaum. OZ/ASE

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العلامات

• wheat
• will

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Document date

last third of Tishrei – first third of Elul 1452 Seleucid (4 October 1140–15 August 1141 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

There are 3 betrothal (erusin/qiddushin) documents (all edited in Ashur's dissertation) and a 4th document concerning a debt (unedited). […] Yaʿaqov, vows not to force the bride to leave Minyat Zifta. It is also possible that this condition was related to the engagement agreement on the other side of the page, as the first name of the groom is the same in both. […] Document #3: The fiancé is named Yefet. The document is too faded to discern many of the details. Mentions "laʿb" (playing musical instruments?

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1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Document date

1410 Seleucid (1098–1099 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

On verso another torn and faded legal fragment signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded and damaged. Dating: 11th or 12th century.

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Primary language

Hebrew

A highly formulaic letter in Hebrew, filled with blessings for the distinguished addressee. Faded. The name of the addressee B[...] may appear ~5 lines from the bottom of recto: מרנא ורבנא ב . .

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Primary language

Hebrew

Legal document in Hebrew. Very faded. Fragment (lower part only). Dating: Perhaps 10th or 11th century.

العلامات

• fgp stub

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Primary language

Arabic

Verso: A few lines from the end of a letter in Arabic script. Very damaged and faded. Underneath, in a different hand, there is a medical prescription.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Abū Zikrī and [Abū l-]Faḍl b. Abū l-Najm. Dating: likely late 12th or early 13th century.

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Document date

Tammuz 1481 Seleucid (16 June 1170–14 July 1170 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Natan he-Ḥaver and the parnas Abū l-Faḍl testified that al-Rayyis Abū Zikrī received 140 dirhams from Karīm al-Ṭabbākh out of the rent of Dār Mahra, of which 2/3 belongs to the qodesh (אלתי אלתלתי מנהא ללמקאדסה). Also mentions testimony of Abū Sahl b. al-Ahuv (a.k.a. […] This might suggest that al-Rayyis Abū Zikrī is none other than Sar Shalom ha-Levi, though the timeline doesn't quite fit, as he rose to the position of Head of the Jews in 1170 and is believed to have lost it to Maimonides only in 1171.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document in Hebrew. Very faded. A woman named ʿAzīza makes a declaration.

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العلامات

• filing note

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Document date

Heshvan 5349 Anno Mundi (22 October 1588–19 November 1588 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

There are several different entries, and each seems to involve rent payments for the qodesh of the Synagogue of the Mustaʿribim. Quite faded, merits further examination. Two of the entries are dated Heshvan 5349 and 5351 respectively, so the document was first recorded in October 1588 CE at the earliest.

العلامات

• 16th c
• late synagogues
• musta'ribim

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Primary language

Hebrew

The fragment preserves the opening of a letter to an individual, which is prefaced with eleven short lines of biblical quotations (arranged as a pair of quotes on each line). There are traces of faded Hebrew text on verso. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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