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Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). On parchment. Mentions [...]allāh Ibn Khudādār (possibly the same Abū ʿAbdallāh Ibn …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Fragment of a letter sent from Alexandria to the Head of the Congregations, perhaps R. Eliyyahu the Dayyan, describing a meeting of about fifty elders …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
A few enormous words in Arabic script, likely from a decree. It is a title and a name, perhaps Thiqat al-Dawla Ḥammād b. ʿAlī. Above …
1 نسخ
Recto: Bill of sale for a female slave. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Av 1466 Seleucid, which is 1155 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel …
1 مناقشة
A confirmation of the Beit Din that there were no obstacles to the marriage between Sālim al-Ḥalabī al-Ṣabbāgh and Sitt al-Kuttāb b. Yefet. Location: Fustat. …
Scribal exercises and signature practice. The paleography supports a dating estimate of 16th-century or later. On the recto the signature Yiṣḥaq b. Eliyahu Israel is …
Verso: Medical prescription in Arabic script. Written in the bottom margin of a Hebrew literary/legal text.
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Many minute fragments, mostly of legal deeds written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (1100-1138).
Letter from Ismaʿīl b. Barhūn al-Tahartī (CUDL), Yosef b. Berekhya or Moshe b. Barhun al-Taharti, Qayrawān (PGP), to (Efrayim b.) Shemarya, Fustat. Discusses responsa of …
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة
Letter draft from Efrayim b. Shemarya to Aharon and Shelomo the sons of Ṭoviyya ha-Shelishi, mentioning condolences on the death of Ṭoviyya, a letter which …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Written on vellum spanning two leaves (and three pages) that already contained literary text in Hebrew. The first page of the letter …
Tax guarantor contract (kafāla wājiba "binding guarantee" or "obligatory surety," line 6). Dated: Dhū l-Ḥijja 431 AH (1040 CE). Two individuals, ʿĪsā ibn Ḥajjāj and …
اعترفنا عندي المقرين بذلك وكتب مسلم بن الحسين بن محمد الـ…ـي
والحمد لله وحده
بسم اللـه الرحمن الرحيم
ضمن لمولانا وسيدنا الامام ا…
Letter sent from Acre shortly after it was taken by the Crusaders in 1104, in which a merchant describes to his parents the terrors of …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 2 مناقشتان
Petition, draft, addressed to al-Malik al-ʿĀdil (aka the vizier Ibn al-Salār), in the handwriting of Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, asking that he release the estate …
ינהון אן ואלדהם סק[ט באלופאה ]
צגאר ואן מתולי אלמע[ונה ]
ואלדהם וואלדתהם ולמ יבקי אלמאל [ ]
בה וכלף להם דוירה יסתקרון פיהא [ ]
מן אלמ…
They report that their father has died [ leaving three] .
small [children] and that the head of the police [ ]
their father and their mo…
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Letter in Hebrew. Late and non-Geniza. The names of the sender and addressee are not preserved. The sender is evidently a circuit judge, based on …
Fragment of or postscript to a letter requesting a visit or a letter from the recipient. (Information from Goitein's typed texts)
Leaves from a Karaite book of formularies, containing formulae for betrothal, divorce, and liturgy for mourning the dead, for use in Jerusalem and Ramla. The …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is known from other accounts.
Fol. 5v: Letter in Arabic script with two Hebrew words mixed in (סתום in l. 2 and המעשה in the margin). Wide line spacing. May …
Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. The sender seems to be complaining to his brother about his difficult circumstances. Addressed to [...] b. Ṣāfir(?) …
Accounts of some sort in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the people of Gaza (al-Ghaziyyīn) and the people of Rafaḥ (al-Rafaḥiyyīn) and the location in or near Gaza …
Documentary, Philosophy/ethics; the main text, in Hebrew and Arabic, may be a discussion of reward and punishment; recto also contains Arabic accounts. (Info from FGP)
Marriage document. A torn and damaged ketubah. Contains few lines from the dowry list, the monogamy clause, the trustworthiness clause and the stipulation regarding the …
List of names of contributors and amounts of their contributions in figures, mentioning approximately 50 proper names, headed by the Nagid and including Manṣūr Ibn …
Esther writes to her parents in law after having returned from Safed to Cairo, describing how she learned certain needle work and expressing thanks to …
End of an official document (letter? petition?). Likely a date in the penultimate line: 4[..] AH.
Recto: Beginning of a legal deed written by Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver (dated documents: 1128–64). Location: Fustat. Dated: 145[.] Seleucid, corresponding to the range 1138–48 …
Verso: State document, in Arabic script. Almost three lines preserved. Probably a report. Mentions land tax "kharāj zarʿ". Part of the document reads as "فان …
Recto: legal deed in which Sitt al-Thanāʾ bt. […] ha-Kohen 'Sixth in the Academy' gives a house in New Cairo to Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Kohen …
Possibly a letter of praise for a notable named Yoshiyyahu, mentioning Yoʾav ben Ṣeruya, the temple, and the Sanhedrin. In Hebrew. Reused on verso for …
Unidentified text in Ladino. Probably not a letter. Perhaps ethical exhortations? The first line mentions the verb "komer" (to eat). Needs examination.
Fragment of a legal deed, probably regarding a partnership between Yosef and Yaʿqūb. Looks like the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Mentions a period of …
Biblical exegesis of Micah 6:8, perhaps part of the preparation of a sermon. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Business letter in Arabic script with a few words in Hebrew (ללגויים, מן אול אדר שני, ושלום). From Maʿānī to his "brother" Mūsā. Mentions Muslim …
Letter in Arabic script containing an order for materia medica, mentinioning simples such as endive, Armenian bole, and red arsenic (realgar) and yellow arsenic. Many …
Unidentified text in Arabic script. Probably literary.
Long vertical strip from the top of a ketubba written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: 1130 CE, under the jurisdiction of Masliah Gaon. Groom: …
Small fragment of official correspondence, reused for literary text in Hebrew script. Only a few words preserved.
Probably the top of a legal or communal declaration (naqūl....), introduced by a Hebrew composition with citations from Numbers 18:7 and allusions to Ezekiel 44:8. …
Letter from Yosef Ibn al-Ashqar to 'the officials of the treasury.' In Hebrew. Dating: second half of the 16th century. Concerning a wikāla containing multiple …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة