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shelfmark:"Bodl ms. Heb a 2/3"
Small fragment from the end of a letter (based on the appearance of "ve-shalom"), mentioning Manṣūr al-Ṣayrafī, who owes 1/2 nuqra. It might also be …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
Power of attorney. Location: Fustat. Dated: 4976 AM, which is 1215/16 CE, under the reshut of Avraham Maimonides. In which the daughter of Menaḥem ha-Talmid …
לירח
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
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 …
על שמך
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 Judaeo-Arabic. Dated Rabīʿ I 984 AH in the upper left corner of the recto (1576 CE). Among the names mentioned are: (recto) Yahuda …
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Letter from Natan b. Shelomo ha-Ḥazzan b. Yaʾir to the Nagid (Moshe b. Mevorakh, based on T-S 24.55 (PGPID 1806)). Fragment. Mentions conflict over the …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Commercial accounts headed `for Wednesday and `for Thursday, in some cases listing specific ships. Dated 18 Shawwāl 947 (זמץ) AH = 15 February 1541 CE
Court record written by Shemuel b. Avṭalyon (active in Fustat ca. 1007–55). Dealing with a dispute between Yeshuʿa b. Ghulayb ha-Kohen and Yoshiyya b. Maymūn. …
Betrothal (erusin) contract, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Monday, 19 Heshvan 5591 AM, which is 1830 CE. Groom: Avraham b. Yosef b. Shelomo. Bride: Masʿūda bt. …
1 نسخ
Business letter to the writer's brother Shelomo. Two drafts. Dating: late, probably no earlier than 16th century. The man has difficulty expressing himself. He requests …
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Unclear if state or private.
Unidentified document in Arabic script. Much of the text has been obliterated. CUDL lists this fragment as a draft of a petition. Requires further examination.
Account, possibly a list of debtors. Mentions names such as R. Shemuel Iskandarānī, Meʾir Saragosi, and Shemuel Tortos. Dating: verso is headed מביע גאמכית שהר …
Letter, or official correspondence dated 909 H. Mentions measure of an unspecified commodity, probably grains, in qinṭār. Ḥasbala towards the end. Needs examination.
Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (right side). Addressed to 'my father' (yā wālidī, l. 7). Unclear if any of the substance is preserved.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Appeal for help with a personal problem. Dating: likely 12th or 13th century. The letter is addressed to two people. The sender …
Legal document, partnership in a ṣarraflık or ṣarflık business venture. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Kislev 5580 AM, which is 1819/20 CE. On verso there …
Unidentified text in Arabic script, maybe literary (but this is less likely if verso turns out to be blank), maybe a letter. Mentions weapons (...shayʾ …
Letter from Eliyyahu b. Aharon Ha-Ḥaver b. Yoshiyyahu, the president of court, to Efrayim B. Shemarya, in Fustat. Dating: approximately 1030 CE (per Gil) and …
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably sent from Qūṣ to Fustat. Distinctive hand; high chances of finding a join. Dating: likely 13th century. The …
Small fragment - needs examination.
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Persian. Needs examination.
State (tax?) receipt. Dated: 9 Muḥarram 545 AH = 8 May 1150 CE. Needs examination.
Small fragment of a poetic letter or panegyric addressed to a notable who is also a kohen.
Business accounts in Arabic script and eastern Arabic numerals. Probably dated 1120 AH (1708/1709 CE) in the main heading on the recto, but this should …
Letter from Avraham Maimonides (autograph) addressed to three people, including al-Mevin and Yūsuf. In Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. Dealing with hospitality (ḍiyāfa) for needy people. The …
1 مناقشة
Possibly a fragment of a late Judaeo-Arabic letter: ויא אכי אנתה . . . יכון נדיב
Letter from Yaʿqūb b. Binyām (=Yaʿaqov b. Binyamin) to his mother. In Judaeo-Arabic. Complete. The letter concerns practical matters as well as excuses for why …
2 مناقشتان
Business letter from Mūsā b. Abū l-Ḥayy in Alexandria to Abū l-Afraḥ Avraham (ʿArūs) b. Yosef in Fustat. The letter contains an accounting for a …
כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם עזה ו[ ]
לד בקין מן תמוז כתמה אללה עליה באחסן כאתמה ען ח[אל סלאמה] ונעמה
ושוק אליה קרב אלל…
Decree, in Arabic script. Only a few words preserved in a bold chancery script.
Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Nissim of Qayrawan to the Tunisian port of Qabis, c. 1000. The letter concerns legal questions asked by the addressee from …
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). …
Might be a fiscal account. Relatively small fragment from the middle of the document.
Unfinished legal deed. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli and dated Ḥeshvan 1411 Seleucid (= 1099 CE). Concerning the will of Makhlūf b. Ismaʿīl …
Short note in Judaeo-Arabic: "Let it be known to Mūsā that Avraham al-Shammāʿ agreed with us that he live in the house that his sister …
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–1138).