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Verso: halakhic text, possibly part of a responsum, written by Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE), dealing with excommunication and repentance. (Information in part from …
1 مناقشة
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. In the hand of the prolific scribe previously misidentified as ʿArūs.
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
IB IV, 72 (*ח24). Verso: Letter from Abū Naṣr b. Avraham, in Alexandria, to an India trader (probably not Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel). Dating: 20 Adar …
3 نسخ 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة
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Literary text, in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Legal document from Cairo dated January 1802 CE (Shevat 5562), in which Nissim Romano acknowledges that he has received 180 silver muayyadis from the orphans …
1 نسخ
Responsum in Judaeo-Arabic in the hand of Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya. Perhaps given by Elḥanan b. Shemarya? Concerning a betrothal. (Information from Goitein's index …
Letter in the hand of Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu probably addressed to Moshe Maimonides (active ca. 1168–1204 CE), based on the importance of the addressee and …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Verso: Four (?) interesting accounts in Arabic script, one mentioning "wāṣil al-ḍamān". Dated: Jumādā II 513 AH, which is September 1119 CE. (Information from Goitein's …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Recto: Unusual Aramaic-Hebrew legal document, or rather an addendum to a legal document, perhaps describing irregularities in certain words? Each entry refers to a portion …
Beginning of a petition -tarjama, basmala, formulae, on the right side 4 lines diagonally- from a Jewish woman (al-mamlūka [...] Abū l-Majd Ibn al-Ḥaver). In …
State document(s) in Arabic script. On recto there are administrative/secretarial notes at the top: yuʿāmal.... mutawallī al-nāḥiyya....bi-ʿadl.....inshā Allāh...It also mentions a government bureau towards the …
Legal fragment written and signed by ʿImmanuel b. Yeḥiel (active ca. 1231–79). Deed of sale with provisions about the right to buy back a house …
Draft of the beginning of a legal record. Handwriting of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu? Location: Fustat. Dated: 9 Elul 1533 Seleucid = 18 August 1222 CE, …
Very large document in a distinctive script, with a very long list of prices and commodities, which continues over on to verso. Currencies are dinar …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Most of the folio is preserved, but the text is faded and damaged. Probably concerning communal affairs. Mentions Abū l-Faḍl b. Pinḥas …
Legal document issued by a beit din likely under the direction of Rabbi David Ibn Abi Zimra (lived ca. 1479-1573 CE). In Hebrew. Dated: 10 …
Minute fragment from the bottom of a (state?) document in Arabic script. The text preserved is just the ḥamdala. Reused for Hebrew liturgical text on …
Legal query addressed to Maṣliaḥ Gaon (r. 1127–1139 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138). Also signed by Natan b. …
Petition in Arabic script. There are multiple senders, evidently Jewish. Much of the remaining text is formulaic. They refer to khurūj al-amr al-ʿālī ('the issuing …
State document, in Arabic script. One line in chancery script.
List of some sort in Arabic script. Needs examination. The headers may be Rajab, Shaʿbān, and Shawwāl.
Ownership/dedication notes: "written for Elʿazar b. ʿOvadya." A version of this appears also in Arabic: "this is for Abū Manṣūr b. ʿAbdallāh al-Isrāʾīlī" followed by …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). It seems the daughter of a dead person asked the court to declare …
Page from a court ledger with some legal documents written by Avraham b. Nathan Av. One of the court records on the recto is dated …
Letter from Abūn b. Ṣedaqa (Jerusalem) to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat). Dating: 10 March 1064 CE (Gil). Abūn mentions that he is unable to travel …
Letter requesting charity in which the petitioner describes that he is unemployed, starving, from a distant land (al-Raḥba), and has ‘uncovered his face’ to the …
A list of Talmudic sayings.
Fol. 2v: Letter of appointment of Eli b. Yiṣḥaq Ha-Kohen Ghazal for a position of a beadle synagogue of the Babylonians in Fustat in Tammuz …
Order of payment, probably.
Copies of responsa from Sherira Gaʾon to the community of Fez. Of documentary interest in part because of the ownership note in the upper margin: …
List, commercial
Fragment of a letter mentioning proudly the writer's two sons and reporting the affairs of two men (perhaps brothers or traveling companions). Mentions al-Rayyis al-Gadol …
Writing exercises in Hebrew with the student's surname in the headings (מצליח Maṣliaḥ). The instructor provided model handwriting at the top of each page for …
Small and damaged fragment from a letter, probably relating to business. A reference is made to the Sicilian. Dating: probably late Mamluk or Ottoman era. …
Accounts, or a collection or distribution list. Long vertical page. Each entry occupies a whole row. Many entries are crossed out. Numerous names are listed, …
Unidentified text in Hebrew script, maybe a list of names (e.g., ʿUthmān). Andalusī hand? Needs examination.
Business-family letter showing the concern of the Jews of Egypt for those of Yemen. Dated Thursday, middle of the month Elul. (Information from Goitein's index …
Letter dealing with Jewish communal matters. With introductory blessings in Hebrew followed by the body in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender(s) are addressing a local community somewhere …
Letter from a man, probably in Alexandria, to his 'brother,' probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer's maternal uncle has recently died. The bulk of …
Several bifolios from an account book, in Judaeo-Arabic, with rudimentary hand and spellings. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Mentions various names and commodities, mainly …
Either a draft of a legal declaration or a letter about a legal dispute, containing a story about Hiba, 30 dirhams, Yehuda, and a release …
Six lines of poetry or rhymed prose in Arabic script, with wide line spacing. Probably the introduction to a formal (state?) letter. Reused for Hebrew …