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Letter expressing regret for having left the service of the recipient Shelomo, a government official. Possibly a draft. (Information from Goitein's index cards.) Probably the …
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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, at least three entries relate to pepper. 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography. There is a date 8 Ramaḍān on the …
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Agreement regarding a marital match. Location: Malīj. Dated: Thursday, 6 Iyyar 1803 Seleucid = 3 May 1492 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Natan …
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Letter of condolence from Saʿadya b. Ṣadaqa ha-Ḥazzan, probably in Minyat Zifta. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to somebody known as Ibn al-Ḥ[...], probably in …
Accounts in a rudimentary scribal hand. Dated in the upper left heading on the left side of the verso: 11 Rabiʿ II 967 AH (1560 …
Bottom part of a tax receipt. Dated: 5[..] AH (~12th century).
List of quantities of various things, likely for a medical prescription.
Probably a letter of praise in rhymed Hebrew for [...] Shemarya ha-Rosh. Written in a beautiful scribal hand in square characters on a lined piece …
Recto: Deed of sale in Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Dated: Elul 1308 Seleucid = August/September 997 CE. “A bride's mother wrote in an interesting detailed Hebrew …
IB III, 51. Calendar for September 1153-September 1156 for Avraham Ibn Yiju's private synagogue.
Very damaged fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely a letter. The overall appearance and spelling are consistent with a 10th century (or earlier) date. Referring to rent …
Account in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions: a feminine(? nisāʾī) robe; "a robe for me"; "a robe for" someone else; the tailor; mats; …
P9: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Small fragment from the beginning. Mentions two judges and Abū l-ʿAlāʾ ʿUlla.
Responsum regarding synagogue ritual written in a late hand.
Letter from a woman complaining of abuse by her co-wife (or co-wives?). Dating: ca. 16th century.
Informal note probably from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to a certain Abū l-Ḥasan, asking him to furnish a slip (wurayqa) detailing what the addressee owes Shelomo. …
Two lines of a letter or petition in Arabic script: المولا الشيخ الاجل . . . .
Small fragment (from a letter?) with a few names, including Abū Naṣr al-Ṭabīb (the physician), and Elʿazar b. Shelomo ha-Kohen.
Letter from Ṣāliḥ b. Mūsā to Nahray b. Nissim. Dating: ca. 1045 CE. The sender says that Ṣāʿid b. Shuʿayb ordered mats(?) from him, so …
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Nine entries, names of recipients of alms, on vellum in huge calligraphic letters, such as 'two freed women, two persons from Hijaz, two from Sahrajt …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Mainly for foodstuffs: eggplant, coriander, mulūkhiyya, chickpeas, etc. A certain Shelomo Sholāl is mentioned in the first row of entries on …
Marriage contract (ketubba), Qaraite. Bride: Sara bt. Sahl. Groom: Avraham b. Yaʿaqov. Signed by Saʿīd b. Naḥum ha-Kohen and Yosef ha-Melammed. Dating: 1089–1187 CE. Location: …
List of weeks (shin = shabbat) of the year, by weekly readings from the Torah, with a number in Coptic numerals for each, representing revenues, …
Note/receipt/account of some kind: "Abū Manṣūr collected 16 dirhams and I collected 20 dirhams," apparently the price of wheat (al-qamḥ al-mabīʿ?).
Fragment of a legal document in Arabic script. Mentioning Abū l-Futūḥ.
A few words in Arabic script: "... al-wārid ʿalayhi fī maʿnā al-[...]...."
Recto: Court record dealing with inheritance. In the hand of the scribe Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: 1430 Seleucid = 1118/19 CE. Abū l-Barakāt b. …
Bill of release in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100-1138 CE). Given to a Kohen. No details preserved. (Information from CUDL and Weiss's …
Unidentified list in Arabic script, likely business accounts, since it seems to list people's names, commodities, and sums.
Recto: Letter from the Palestinian Gaon, Daniel b. Azarya (1051-1062), to the head of the Palestinian congragation in Fustat, Eli b. Amram, concerning ‘what was …
Trousseau list and wedding outfit for a poor woman, perhaps an orphan. The man is also very poor. The list is to be understood thus: …
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Legal notes, outline for drawing up a document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? Involving the daughter of the female teacher (ṣabiyyat al-muʿallima), a …
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to multiple people. The sender hopes to see the addressees in the place where he is traveling …
Contract of debt. In the best hand of Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver. Location: Fustat. Dated: Kislev 1452 Seleucid, which is 1140 CE. Sayyid al-Ahl b. …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Only isolated phrases preserved: יום אלסבת . . . דלך . . . חתי ינערף אלמולי . . . אן גרא …