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Recto: Instructions perhaps regarding a qalamūnī bolt of cloth (יריעה). In Hebrew. Handwriting of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu? Verso: Two lines of Arabic script mentioning al-shaykh …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
List of commodities, such as dishes and veils, probably part of a trousseau list. Includes a white head scarf, black and white cloth, embroidered sleeves, …
Letter (possibly a halakhic question) by Shelomo b. Elijah, with jottings on verso. (Information from CUDL)
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Minute blank fragment
IB VII, 49. Commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning persons connected with the India trade, including Maḍmūn [b. Ḥasan]. Opens with a report and condolences about …
2 نسخين
Letter from Moshe b. Yosef Hamon of Istanbul to Yehuda al-Ashqar in Egypt. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of the 16th century. For information on …
1 نسخ
Capitation tax receipt for a 1 dinar payment made by Bū l-Thanāʾ b. Bū Saʿd b. Ṭayyib al-Murakkib (the saddle maker) in New Cairo and …
Legal document. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? Dated: 1411 Seleucid, which is 1099/1100 CE. In which someone declares to Abū l-Faḍl Yosef something …
Literary text in Hebrew.
Legal fragment. Dated: 1[.]64 Seleucid, probably 1364 = 1052/53 or 1464 = 1162/63. Mentions someone called Ibn Abī קויס or קוים (Quwayyis? Quwaym? Qawīm).
Document in Arabic script. The ends of two lines are preserved. Wide space between the lines, possibly a state document. On verso there is Hebrew …
Scribal exercises, including signature practice of the scribe's own name Moshe ʿAmram. The dating is likely 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography. Part of …
Recto: Legal testimony. In the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). Fragment (right side). The witnesses report that on Sunday, they saw a …
Fragment from a compilation of legal queries. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions R. Yosef (ZL) and Yiṣḥaq ha-Rav (ZL).
Letter addressed to Abu al-Faraj, son of Daniel the teacher, in the “habs Bunan” neighborhood. The writer describes that the wife of his son is …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Part of a large ketubba. The names of the bride and groom, date, location and witnesses are not preserved, but it was written under the …
1 مناقشة
Poem, probably as part of a letter to the community of Damietta (כפתור) and the head of the community Perahya
Petition in Arabic script to "the master of the viziers" (sayyid al-wuzarāʾ). The sender swears by Muḥammad and his family but is himself a Jew …
Legal fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Someone says "I no longer have any livelihood here" (לאן מא בקי לי ההנא מעאש) and someone responds to that and …
A Fatimid decree fragment, possibly of an investiture. Recycled by Efrayim b. Shemarya.
1 نسخ 2 ترجمتين
Accounts, or letter mentioning accounts, in Arabic. Mentions copper and at least one name.
Riddles in Judaeo-Arabic poetry. The one on verso: "Tell me what kind of bird I saw in the lands of Persians and Arabs. / It …
Pen trials containing phrases from a Judaeo-Arabic letter: "may al-muʿallim Shemuʾel deliver the load. . . pepper. . . the amount. . . the price …
Small fragment from the top of a ketubba.
Memorial list of persons from different families mentioning the judges Shabbat and Efrayim and the latter's son Yehuda "the distinguished member of the ḥavura." (Information …
List of names (e.g., al-shaykh Abū ʿAbdallāh) and sums of money in Arabic script. Unclear if private or official. Evidently cut up and reused for …
Verso: State document, Fatimid, in Arabic script. Mentions the death of one of the policemen of the vizier's ship (al-mutawaffī min al-raqqāṣīn al-mustakhdama bi-rasm markab …
Bifolio of accounts in Arabic script. Headed with a basmala followed by "in the hand of Abū Naṣr." Listing mainly fabrics and garments (mandīl, niṣāfī, …
Letter from Muḥammad b. Abū Ḥayy to his "father" the leader (ʿaqīd) Danī b. Kannān. Complaining about people who have interfered with the ploughing on …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Dating: ca. 1100 CE. (Information in part from CUDL and Goitein's index card.) Recto: "I consulted God …
Treatise and/or exercises on prosody (ʿarūḍ), with a sample verse scanned on recto.
Account - needs examination. Mentions the names of various houses and people.
Legal document (validation/qiyyum). Fragmentary (right side only). In the hand of Avraham b. Natan Av. Concerning people such as: [...] b. [...] from Damsīs, Barakāt …
כתב ידו של אברהם בר נתן אב
קיום שטר
Responsum by Moshe Maimonides. A copy. The responsum corresponds to #355 in Blau's edition ("I am very troubled by various matters, and my body is …
Letter from Damietta to the Fustat community (קהלת מצר) to collect money for alimony and travel expenses, it seems, to Palestine, for two individuals. David …
Fragment of a letter in Arabic script, likely an appeal for charity or assistance. . . . ولا خلوت من تطوله(؟) وافتقاده . . . …
Fol. 7v: Fragment (9 lines) from an unusual state document. Mentions the caliph (al-ḥaḍra al-ṭāhira) and contains many Greek/Coptic numerals, which is atypical for fiscal …
Recto: letter from Meʾir to Ḥananʾel al-Talmid. In Judaeo-Arabic. Confirming that action in a previously raised matter will be taken, possibly on the coming Sunday. …
Literary text, probably medical, in Arabic script. New chapters written in red ink, sneeze "al-ʿiṭās".
Letter from ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣedaqa, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. ʿAyyāsh buys goods in Alexandria for Nahray. The …
כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אלאסוא
ענך ברחמתה מן אלאסכריה לי כלון מן סיון אערפך אללה בר[כת]ה וכתמה עלינא