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Upper part of recto: Legal query addressed to Moshe Maimonides regarding a dispute over housing. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on the years when Maimonides …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Letter from a father, unknown location, to his son Abū l-Barakāt Shemuel, in Fustat. The father rebukes the son for failing to write and informs …
1 نسخ
Small fragment of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. The verso includes note or sub-heading in Judaeo-Arabic: "on the street of the synagogue."
Recto: Fragment of a Fatimid state report. Mentions: "the blacks (al-sūdān) and those who accompany them from the nomads (al-jawwāla) and the community (al-jamāʿa). . …
Letter fragment from Ṭoviya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. The carrier of the note is an in-law. The writer's handwriting is …
IB V, 37, folio 7v. Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan is to give the bearer 1/2 raṭl of …
2 نسخين
Bill of release written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). The parties are Moshe b. Nissim and Berakhot b. ʿAmram ha-Kohen. AA
Official letter from the Yeshiva to a notable whose name is torn away. In Hebrew for the exordium and Judaeo-Arabic for the body. Dating: 11th …
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IB III, 8. Letter from Yosef b. Avraham to Avraham Ibn Yiju. The whereabouts of Yosef and Ibn Yiju are unclear. Goitein thought that Ibn …
3 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Middle part of a marriage contract. Bride: ʿAzza bt. Shemarya. It is not her first marriage. Dating: Probably 11th century, based on handwriting. One of …
1 مناقشة
Curse in Judaeo-Arabic, involving calling down fire on two people: "... send down upon you two a burning flame of fire and bronze..." (yursil ʿalaykumā …
Fragment of a letter in the hand of Saʿīd b. Marḥab. Containing the beginnings of 11 lines. Widened line spacing. Written in his usual style …
Power of attorney in Hebrew. Someone is appointed to sue Yeshuʿa. Some unusual formulae, and unusual hand. Late? T-S AS 206.304 and T-S AS 206.304 …
Letter probably from [Shem]uel Algıdın (? אלגידין). In Hebrew. Dating: Possibly 16th century. Much of the letter is missing, so the content is obscure. Mentions …
Possibly a Maimonides autograph.
Literary text, in Arabic script.
Letter from ʿImrān and Maymūn, in Alexandria, to their brother Yosef b. Yaʿaqov al-Marrākushī(?) al-Jibālī, in Fustat, Sūq al-ʿAṭṭārīn. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 12th …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Deed of release (שטר פיצוי). Location: Fustat. Dated: Monday, 21 Iyyar 1371 Seleucid = 24 April 1060 CE. In which Musallam b. Ḥusayn b. Khalaf …
Recto: List of names with numbers. Verso: A different list/account in Arabic script.
Small receipt for 70 dirhams, for Ḥusayn b. Ḥaramī(?)
Legal deed. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: first decade of Ḥeshvan, 5488 AM = October 1727 CE. Involving three gabbayim and property in the qodesh …
Lawsuit concerning a consignment of oil, which upon its arrival in Alexandria was left in the ship instead of being forwarded immediately to Fustat because …
Receipt for Bū Sahl.
Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to a certain Abū Isḥāq, who is addressed as "the esteemed and precious brother." In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary (top part only). …
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to Karo Frances Co.
Legal fragment. Appears to be the settlement of a marital dispute between Yūsuf and Sitt al-Ahl. Dating: Mentions the date Shevat 1437 Seleucid, which is …
Legal record (#37) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 9v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 37-39) Folio 9v
Recto: Bottom of a Judaeo-Arabic letter to a more important person, begging him to do some sort of favor ("wa-yubayyiḍ al-mawlā wajh al-shafāʿa fī dhālik") …
IB V, 21. Recto: Letter in poetic Hebrew, addressed to Rabbenu Yehuda (=Abū Zikrī Kohen) asking for help, because "bread has run out."
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Fragment mostly consisting of pen trials and alphabet exercises in Hebrew and Arabic script. There are a few notable features: (1) On verso a drawing …
One side: Order of payment of Abū Zikrī Kohen. Possibly dated 1449 Seleucid, which would be 1137/38 CE. There is an אמת at the top …
Letter sent to Abū ʿImrān Moshe ha-Kohen Tifʾeret ha-Kohanim dealing with a loan he had given to the congregation and some public affairs. Some persons …
Small order of payment in Arabic script. The addressee is to pay 3 dirhams to the bearer. The signature of the writer may appear at …
Book list. Published in Allony, The Jewish Library in the Middle Ages, 238-240
Recto: part of a ketubba. The name of the bride and groom, date, location and names of witnesses are not preserved.
Damaged fragment from a legal deed regarding a house belonging to a young(?) lady in New Cairo. Names: [...] b. Menashshe the elder, Yeshuʿa. AA. …
A list of names: Yaʿaqov b. Yiṣḥaq; Yaʿīsh b. Avraham ha-Kohen; Maḥfūẓ b. Ṣedaqa; Mevorakh b. David ha-Levi; Ḥalfon b. Ṣedaqa; Pinḥas b. Hillel; Yefet …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded and hard to discern any of the content. Mentions time/fate several times, cites Berakhot 3b, “A pit cannot [be filled …
The remnants of a few words are visible from an Arabic state document, likely a Fatimid decree. Recto and verso are both reused for a …
Letter to a brother. In Judaeo-Arabic, with phonetic orthography (Goitein: "very low class"). Dating: likely 11th century. Repeatedly reminding the addressee to send various items …
Responsum introduced by the basmala, with citations from rabbinical sources such as Bava Batra 9:1 (CUDL)
Letter from Musa b. Abi al-Hayy, from Alexandria, to Azhar b. Avraham, the judge. Around 1063. Regarding the selling of cedar resin, birch resin, and …
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תקדם כתאבי לחצרה מולאי אלשופט אלגליל אטאל אללה
בקאה ואדאם עזה ותאיידה וסעאדתה עלי יד צאחב
אלשיך אבי עמראן מוסי בן כלוף אלצאיג וכ…
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Accounts in Arabic, quite damaged.
Probably a leaf from a court ledger, in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). There are multiple records here. both on recto …
Fragment of two letters in Judaeo-Arabic, one each on recto and verso. The one on verso mentions good news for the addressee, fear of the …
Small letter fragment. Only formulaic phrases are preserved.
Responsa collection.
Letter from Abū l-Maʿālī to Ḥemdat ha-Yeshiva Abū Isḥāq Avraham b. Natan ha-Sheviʿi. Writing that although he has not heard from him in a while, …