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Letter from Efrayim b. Isma'il al-Jawhari, probably in Alexandria, to Yosef b. 'Awkal, in Fustat, ca. 1030. Mentions Palermo and Mahdiyya; ships of Ibn Daysūr …
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Legal document. Fragment (lower left corner). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Probably a betrothal (erusin/qiddushin) agreement. Dated: 19 Sivan 1432 Seleucid, which is …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Accounts in Arabic on recto with Greek/Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval-era.
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Account in Arabic script with numbers in Coptic alphanumerals. Faded.
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1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Accounts arranged according to parshiyot and months. Dating: probably 18th- or 19th-century based on the paleography. A variety of names are mentioned, such as: Moshe …
Bifolio of accounts.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on recto and verso, all in a very difficult scribal hand. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Letter fragment in Arabic script. The section preserved here consists mostly of greetings. Verso mentions the addressee's father Abū Muḥammad and cousin (ibn ʿamm) Abū …
Wooden dedication inscription from the Ben Ezra Synagogue. Was eventually stored in the synagogue's genizah chambers. "In the name of God, we shall do and …
Writ of agency (אביזאריה). Location: Tripoli (Syria). Dated: Monday, 9 Sivan 4839 = 13 May 1079. Between ʿUlla ha-Levi and Yeshuʿa "Pride of the Communities." …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Recipe or prescription in Arabic. Items include "half a cup" (nuṣf qadaḥ) of something; three ounces of sesame oil (sīraj); and chebulic myrobalan.
Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary spellings, especially the use of י in place of א. Sitt Ṣawāb sends a message to the addressee regarding money.
List of materia medica with cryptic terms or abbreviations. The nature is unclear. AA
Literary text or Informal note in Ladino on the verso with a possible signature on the recto "]...ארמנ.. ש.". The Ladino text on the verso …
Accounts in Arabic and Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval era. The identifier "Yahūdīya" appears in line two and the name Muḥammad Rikā__ī[?] in line 4. (VMR)
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to the community of Alexandria. In Hebrew. Dating: Gil suggests 1025 CE, however this seems inconsistent with the events mentioned; …
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Bill of proxy from the leaders of Tiberias. Needs further examination. No image in CUDL or FGP as of 2026.
Verso: Beginning of a letter in Arabic script from Abū l-Barakāt (Shelomo b. Eliyyahu) to the physician (al-ḥakīm) Abū l-Maḥāsin.
1 نسخ
Bifolio from a fiscal accounting ledger. In Arabic script. About 10 distinct entries, each apparently with its own ʿalāma / registration mark. Cf. T-S NS …
Small fragment of a medical treatise in Arabic script. Mentions temperament and fever.
In conservation
According to Goitein's attached notes, this is a letter from Hillel b. [...] to Nahray b. Nissim. There is no digitized image on FGP ("missing …
IB II, 66. Aden, August 1199. Sender and recipient are unknown, as only the lower part of this letter has been identified. The letter makes …
[...to] Aden. Immediately after his arrival [he was brought before the caliph?],
who said to him: “Become a Muslim, or you will cause the d…
3 نسخ ترجمات 3
Legal record (#21) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on ff. 8v-9r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 7 Tevet [5321] …
Fiscal accounting, probably. Mentions wheat and fūl and various numbers. Needs examination.
Recto (secondary use): Narrow vertical fragment containing notes for drawing up a legal deed. In a mixture of Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic. At the very …
Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār), complete. In Arabic script. Dated: 525 AH = 1130/31 CE. The muqirr is Sayyid al-Ahl b. ʿAlī. The contract was drafted …
Small fragment from the bottom of a l legal deed. Location: Cairo. Dated: 1502 Seleucid = 1190/91 CE, under the authority of the Gaʾon Sar …
Letter from Yosef Mir to Efrayim ʿAda. In Ladino. Dating: Late 18th or early 19th century, based on the names mentioned and the overall appearance. …
Legal document: Bill of indemnity or deathbed declaration; fragment. Begins in Hebrew and continues in Arabic script. The subject declares that he has no assets, …
Accounts. Needs examination.
Letter from Mardūkh b. Mūsā in Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat. (c. July 1048 CE). Mardūkh expresses outrage as he reports on the …
3 نسخ 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة
Chaotic Arabic text, possibly documentary.
Halakhic treatise on legal deeds by Saʿadya Gaʾon (recto deals with ketubbot). (Information from CUDL.)
1 مناقشة
Legal record. Dated Friday, 3 Av or July 4, 1231. Scribal notes for a draft of a partnership contract. The notes state that Abū Sa‘d …
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة
IB II, 64. Letter from Bū ʿAlī b. Bū ʿUmar, in Upper Egypt, to his family (his son or possibly nephew Abū l-Maḥāsin and his …
Bū ʿAlī b. Bū ʿUmar.
In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
My letter (to you)—may …
1 نسخ 2 ترجمتين
Account in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Names include Aḥmad and Sulaymān b. ʿAzīza. Mentions Shubra (Damsīs?). On verso mentions a mule and a donkey.
Karaite ketuba from Cairo. The groom is Avraham b. Yehuda and the bride is Esther known as 'Aziza d. Aharon. Dated 29 Kislev 5405 AM …
Letter in Hebrew. Mainly complaining about the conduct of a group of wicked people. Needs further examination. Join: Alan Elbaum. On verso there is a …
Ornamented Colophon of Bible. AA