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Letter/petition to Najīb(?) al-Dawla. In Arabic script. The sender reports that he came to the addressee's house but was not able to do something. He …
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Legal record, or outline for drawing up a deed of sale. Dated: Sunday, 26 Ṭevet 1537 Seleucid, which is 28 December 1225 CE. Bū Manṣūr …
1 مناقشة
Verso: Two distinct documents. The one on the left is dated 19th Muḥarram 808 H, but the genre is difficult to make out. The document …
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Three unsigned court depositions. Location: Damascus. Dating: July 1094 CE and March 1095 CE. They have to do with properties owned by the Zawbaʿa ("Tempest") …
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 3 مناقشات
Chancery or fiscal document, presumably Mamluk period. There are two lines preserved, consisting of a date (22nd Rajab is visible) and the ḥamdala. The text …
Probably official correspondence. Small fragment. The last few words of one line are preserved.
Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Ishaq Halevi. . The bride is Esther known as Bahza. AA
Fragment of a letter from the office of the Nagid Yehoshuaʿ (d. 1355) addressed to the cantor Abu al-Faraj, like several other letters from the …
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One line of an extremely faded Arabic text, probably a state document. Reused for Hebrew literary text. There are probably several joins.
Beginning of a letter to Avraham Maimonides, with the title of "Nagid" therefore post-1213 CE.
Part of a deed of indemnity (שטר פיצוי). Dating: Probably early 11th century. Given by Shelomo b. Yosef and Ghulayb b. Thābit, to the brothers …
Biofolium of piyyutim signed by Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (found by Amir Ashur).
Homily addressed to a group of learned people, 'the holy congregation... and in their midst David החכם השלם נר המערבי עמוד הימני פטיש החזק. Signature …
Dowry list (taqwīm). No names No muqaddam or me'uḥar. Among the goods is a female slave named Balgh al-Munā ('fulfillment of wishes'). (Information in part …
Fragment from the lower left corner of a state document, or possibly a legal document concerning state affairs. Mentions 'government crops' (al-ghallāt al-sulṭāniyya) and the …
Ten weekly payrolls for the second through the tenth weeks and then again for the fourteenth week of the liturgical year, which begins after the …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Petition to a state official. In Arabic. After a taqbīl, the addressee is greeted with many titles ("al-majlis al-ʿādilī al-sayfī al-nāṣirī(?) al-kāmilī al-hādī"). The petitioner …
Minute fragment of a commercial letter or notes. Verso (but not recto) looks like the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.
Subsequent use: Two legal drafts from the court of the Nagid Mevorakh. Fragmentary and incomplete. #1: Beginning of a statement about a brawl between Shelomo …
Letter of appeal or recommendation addressed to Moshe ha-Kohen. The introduction is in Hebrew and the body in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that the bearer …
Small fragment from the beginning of a letter in Arabic script.
Responsum, incomplete. Regarding a gift. "With humdrum Talmudic quotations." (Information from Goitein’s index card)
Petition in Ottoman Turkish from a merchant named Mūsa to "an unnamed Ottoman official, quite possibly the governor of Egypt." Dating: mid-sixteenth century (per Hathaway). …
Sulṭānım ḥażretlerinin ḫāk-ı pāy-ı şerīflerine ʿarż-ı bende-i bī-miḳdār ve zerre-i ḫāksār budur ki ben ḥaḳīr…
This is the petition of the worthless slave, who is but a speck of dust, to the noble dust under t…
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة
Bifolium with multiple document entries, probably a fragment from a court register. Dated in fourth entry on 2v as Thursday 2 Kislev 5496 AM (1735 …
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Karaite betrothal deed. Dated 15 Shevat 5450 AM (1690 CE). Bride: Sulṭāna bt. Yosef ha-Rofe b. Elʿazar ha-Ḥazzan ha-Rofe. Groom: Yosef b. Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham …
One phrase from the first line of a legal document.
Legal document. Record of court proceedings. The hand of the scribe is probably known. With an unusual opening formula (חצר אלי מושב בתי דינין instead …
Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Refers to a decision of "the elders of the Jews." Legible phrases: لهما من . . . …
Legal document. In the hand of Natan b. Shemuel, who also signed the validation (qiyyum). Dating: ca. 1145 CE (but it is not clear where …
Bifolio with Hebrew piyyuṭ. One of the four pages contains various jottings in Arabic script, including phrases from the beginning of a letter and a …
Letter in Arabic, possibly from 'your father Futūḥ' (this appears at upper left a few lines down from the top) to an unidentified addressee, it …
Verso: List of pledges (thabat al-pesiqa). Dating: ca. 1032 CE (based on the date on recto). Interesting entries include: 'the philosopher' (=a doctor? cf. elsewhere …
Massive sheet of accounts in Arabic script. Two pages are stitched together. Merits examination.
T-S K5, 16-40. Exercises of children, representing letters in various combinations and copies of the beginnings of the third and the first books of Moses. …
Approximately 7 lines in Judaeo-Arabic and a couple lines of writing exercises on a large, otherwise blank leaf. Perhaps a filing note or a summary …
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Wide space between the lines. Mentioning many names: Abū ʿAlī b. Barukh; Moshe ha-Kohen ha-Zaqen; Avraham ha-Zaqen. Also mentions Fustat. Probably …
Medical treatise in Arabic script. Including a section on diseases of the brain.