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Primary language

Arabic

A few words from a state document (decree? fiscal register?). Specifically a number: 3[.]7, maybe 347. The text on recto is a mirror-image imprint from …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

العلامات

• booklist

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة

Primary language

Arabic

Legal document in Arabic script. Seems like a contract of depositing a sum of money for the duration of someone's travel. On verso, in a …

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Primary language

Hebrew

Memorial list. At least three families are listed: that of Nafīs al-Sharābī(?), that of the in-law of R. Yeḥiel, and that of R. Yeḥiel himself, …

1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Informal note/order addressed to Abū Saʿīd (al-ʿAfṣī?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Giving him an instruction concerning the cup/jug (kūz) of mercury that is with the bearer of …

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Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Account in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals listing various people's names together with numbers. Reused on recto for piyyuṭ.

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Inferred date

1007–1055 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter fragment on behalf of the lepers of Tiberias to Efrayim b. Shemarya in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1007–1055 CE, based on the years Efrayim b. …

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العلامات

• communal
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• tiberias
• tiberias lepers

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Marriage contract (ketubba), fragment. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Contains part of the dowry list. The dowry is valued at 400-some dinars. (Information …

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العلامات

• ketubba

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: List, eleven names preserved, each donating the same amount (1 dinar), including a perfumer/druggist, a banker, a kātib, and two purveyors (mūrid) to the …

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العلامات

• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a letter from Abū l-Thanāʾ to his "father," possibly named Abū Saʿd Ibn [...]. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script (note …

العلامات

• arabic address
• diwan
• hujja
• tax

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Primary language

Arabic

Unidentified document(s) in Arabic script, either state or legal.

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Document date

3 Marheshvan 1405 Seleucid (26 October 1093 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Natan Ha-Kohen b. Mevorakh from Ascalon to Eli Ha-Kohen b. Hayyim in Fustat. Dated: 3 Marheshvan 1405 Seleucid (26 October 1093 CE).

العلامات

• ascalon

3 نسخ ترجمات 3 2 مناقشتان

Primary language

Hebrew

None

العلامات

• fgp stub

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Document date

1255 Hijrī (17 March 1839–4 March 1840 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic of a wide array of purchases in the year [12]55AH which can be inferred by the usage of the Hijri months Sha'ban …

العلامات

• 19th c
• ruznamaj

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Primary language

Arabic

Account. Listing various foods and commodities and their weights in pounds (raṭl). Items include hazelnut, sumac, date, and pistachio.

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Document date

Monday, 2 Kislev 1409 Seleucid (9 November 1097 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

IB I, 1–2. Court proceedings dealing with the dispute between Yosef ha-Lebdi the India trader and Yequtiʾel b. Moshe, 'the representative of merchants' in Fustat. …

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العلامات

• ib1
• india book
• merchants

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Verso (original use): Letter in Judaeo-Arabic presenting a Hebrew poem in honor of the addressee's wedding. Calligraphic. The addressee may be ʿArūs b. Yosef, as …

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العلامات

• wedding

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac (Estrangelo)

Palimpsest consisting of the Palestinian Talmud (including Peʾa 18d and 20b-c and Šeqalim, 44a-b; 46b), written over a Syriac text, The Life of St Anthony …

العلامات

• palimpsest
• syriac

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Primary language

Hebrew

Megillat Miṣrayim. This document's shelfmark used to be T-S NS 246.20.

العلامات

• megillat misrayim

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None

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Document date

1430-09-16 Seleucid (28 May 1119 CE)

Primary language

Aramaic

Bill of divorce (geṭ). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Location: Fusṭāṭ. Dated: 16 Sivan 1430 Seleucid, which is 28 May 1119 CE. …

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Primary language

Arabic

Verso: Jotted accounts in Arabic script. Mentions names such as Abū Naṣr and Abū l-Faḍāʾil and items such as ʿajwa (dried dates) and two vessels …

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Court record dealing with a disagreement about a delayed dowry payment to the divorced wife of al-Qaysarani. Ten dinars were supposed to be paid in …

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العلامات

• register

1 نسخ

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document. Narrow vertical strip containing a couple words. from each line. Much of it is impossible to reconstruct. Mentions the intriguing phrase פרג אלקראן.

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Document date

Tammuz 554[.] Anno Mundi (4 July 1780–23 July 1789 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Ketubba, likely from Cairo given the mention of the Nile (נילוס) in the locational clause in line four and the witness signature of Yeḥezqel Ḥefeṣ …

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العلامات

• 18th or 19th c
• ketubba
• late
• salonica

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Primary language

Hebrew

Writing exercise in Hebrew. The instructor provided a phrase in model handwriting for the student to repeat. The student's surname appear in the heading of …

العلامات

• 18th or 19th c
• early modern

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Primary language

Arabic

Small fragment from the beginning of a letter in Arabic script.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: List of contributors of wheat. Dating: Early 13th century, per Cohen. Goitein speculated that the wheat was contributed in connection with mourning rites (as …

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1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Document date

1078 Hijrī (23 June 1667–10 June 1668 CE)

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 1078 AH on the verso which is 1667/68 CE. Many of the entries mention the currency "kalb", which in …

العلامات

• 17th c

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Inferred date

1025–1051 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Recto: Draft of a letter from Efrayim b. Shemarya to 'the mountain of beauty' Shelomo b. Yehuda, who served as Gaon between 1025–1051 CE.

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Primary language

Arabic

Petition from Mubārak b. Ibrahīm Ibn Sabra to Muʿtamid al-Dawla, who seems to be a Fatimid dignitary. The sender asks for (or heavily implies that …

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1 نسخ 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Accounts, medieval-era. Two of the account entries on the recto list the names of qadis: al-qāḍī Shihāb-Allah .... al-Ḥamāmī and al-qāḍī M..allah al-...(lacuna). Below each …

العلامات

• cmp
• qadi

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

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

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Inferred date

1502–1517 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from Yehuda Leib the Ashkenazi to the Nagid Yiṣḥaq Sholal. In Hebrew. Dating: 1502–17 CE (date range of Sholal's post as Nagid). The writer …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List in Judaeo-Arabic, written with a graphite pencil. The writing method and paleography help date this fragment to the 19th-century. The list names חנין סמען …

العلامات

• 19th c
• pencil

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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Italian

List of Italianate names and corresponding monetary values, perhaps communal contributions. The paleography, ink, and pre-lined paper all point to the nineteenth century as a …

العلامات

• 19th c
• italian

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Document date

Marḥeshvan 4818 Anno Mundi (October 1056 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Shimʿon b. Shaʾul b. Yisraʾel ha-Ṭulayṭulī, in Jerusalem, to his sister Ballūṭa in Toledo. Dated at the last line: the month of Marḥeshvan …

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العلامات

• byzantium
• captives
• disability
• disability: vision
• epidemic
• (+ 10 المزيد)

2 نسخين 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة

Document date

Dhū l-Qaʿda 809 Hijrī (9 April 1407–8 May 1407 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Contract for the lease of a shop belonging to a waqf (pious foundation) established by Sīdī Sulṭān Shāh. The shop is leased to the pharmacist/perfumer …

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Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew

Poetry in which the lines alternate between Hebrew and Arabic. See also T-S NS 274.17 (PGPID 34763).

العلامات

• bialphabetic
• macaronic

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Primary language

Arabic

Minute fragment of an Arabic document.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Bifolio of accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Large and relatively clearly written. Headed "explanation of the account of my master Khiyār" (sharḥ …

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Primary language

Arabic

Small fragment of a state document in Arabic. Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ. (Information from CUDL.)

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Document date

Ḥeshvan 1543 Seleucid (29 September 1231–27 October 1231 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Declaration in court by Abū l-Ṭāhir b. Elʿazar regarding a business of timber for building belonging to Abū l-Bahāʾ b. Moshe. Dated: Heshvan 1543 Seleucid …

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