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Tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: Middle of Dhū l-Qaʿda 403. Measurements: 13 × …
2 نسخين 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة
Legal document or letter, fragment, probably written by Hillel b. ʿEli. Involves Barakāt and [...] b. Mubārak. (Information in part from CUDL) Might belong with …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
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Receipt for 1/3 dinar for the capitation tax of Yaʿqūb b. Isḥāq al-Yahūdī in al-Maḥalla for the year 520 AH = 1126/27 CE. Begins "tadhkira …
Small fragment of a document in Arabic script, maybe a legal document or official correspondence. Mentions a qāḍī.
Letter, in Arabic script. Top part missing. The sender expresses his longing for the addressee. He mentions a paper trail and expresses his happiness on …
الاجتماع معه على الحال السارة فيه ا[
بمنه وسعة فضله ووصل كتابه ادام الله
حراسته من تنيش(=تنيس) على يد سعادة الغلام
وقراته وابتهجت بما تضمنه م…
1 نسخ
Literary text, pertaining to farming and agriculture.
Recto and verso (reuse): Letter addressed to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon containing a report on the conflict between Ṣedaqa and his wife. Initially there was an agreement …
Minute fragment of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100–38). Involves payments in installments.
Letter draft or writing exercise in a crude hand; on verso jottings and drafts in the same hand. (Information in part from CUDL)
Probably a literary work in two columns in Arabic script, discussing legal matters and citing the Quran. However verso is blank, which is less typical …
Recto: beginning of a letter. Mentions Rabbenu Ḥananʾel, blessings for a recovery from an illness, and "there are only a few left." Verso: unidentified. (Information …
Bill of divorce (get). Location: Fustat. Husband: Evyatar.
Dream interpretation in Judaeo-Arabic. E.g., if you dream you are building a synagogue or mosque, you are a peacemaker and a leader.
Bifolio containing a copy of a decree (sijill muʿaẓẓam) of appointment issued by the caliph al-Āmir (r. 1101–30) at the behest of the vizier al-Afḍal …
Small and torn fragment written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138), contains remnants of list of legal actions that took place in court (written …
Top of a petition from a Damascene woman. Only the tarjama is preserved: al-mamlūka al-ṣaghīra al-dimashqiyya al-[...].
Ketubba fragment (lower left corner). Groom: Yosef b. Yefet. Bride: Sitt al-Ahl. Mentions an apartment (ṭabaqa) that is over the cross-street bridge (sābāṭ). Signed by …
1 مناقشة
Numerous small fragments. Several are sizeable pieces of documents. (1) A larger brown piece in the middle of the third and fourth images. Recto is …
Bitter letter by a public officer complaining about his lot. The sender's name is not preserved. Refers to Rabbenu; acknowledges receipt of a letter from …
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat), ca. 1055, sent as an addendum to an earlier letter, which has not been identified. …
תמאם כתאב מולאי אלשיך אבי יחיה
פי כתאבה אנך לם תרגע אלי אלקאעה אלדי לך אלי אסעה
אללה יופקך ואלל כפיא מא ורד אלדי מעך הדיא יאמולאי
תקבפה…
2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Recto: Grid filled with diagonal Arabic script. Some readable words include - dirham, aswad, aṣfar and kitāb. Could be an inventory or accounts. Verso: Faded …
Accounts in Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 1078 AH on the verso which is 1667/68 CE. Many of the entries mention the currency "kalb", which in …
Tax guarantor contract (kafāla wājiba "binding guarantee" or "obligatory surety," line 6). Dated: Dhū l-Ḥijja 431 AH (1040 CE). Two individuals, ʿĪsā ibn Ḥajjāj and …
اعترفنا عندي المقرين بذلك وكتب مسلم بن الحسين بن محمد الـ…ـي
والحمد لله وحده
بسم اللـه الرحمن الرحيم
ضمن لمولانا وسيدنا الامام ا…
Capitation tax receipt. Beginning "tadhkira bism..." Needs examination.
Part of the beginning of a ketubba, dated 13[..] (10th-11th century CE) in Fusṭāṭ. (Information from CUDL)
Badly damaged text in Hebrew script. Requires further examination.
State correspondence, probably from a lower state official to a higher subordinate because a rescript (tawqīʿ) is mentioned in the last line, but it could …
Letter from Salmān b. [...] to Zayn b. Abū l-Faḍl. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender was happy about the recent letter from the addressee, and is …
Tax receipt. Mentions the mustakhdim al-jawālī in Damietta. Dated: 601 AH. Amount: 1.25 dinars. ʿAlāma: الحمد لله وبه استعين. Endorsed across the text rather than …
Letter probably from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, probably in Fustat, to his paternal aunt (Umm Dāʾūd) and paternal uncle (Abū Manṣūr), probably in Alexandria. He says …
Letter from Ata b. Amar, probably from Qayrawan, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. November 22, 1047. The writer sent Nahray a copy of the Bible …
על שמך
אטאל אללה יאכי אלעזיז עלי בקאך ואדאם נעמאך וצאנך ווקאך ומן
תופיק יא אכלאך כתאבי אליך יאסידי ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה וסתר
גמיל אול שה…
Mercantile letter in Arabic script. Verso is the first page. Mentions 100,000(!) mithqāls; Bū l-Faraj; a ship; the sender has enclosed a second letter for …
Letter from Yūsuf b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī, in Alexandria, probably to Barhūn b. Isḥāq, in al-Mahdiyya. The writer mentions details concerning goods from the Maghreb and …
כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי [אטאל] אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך [
וכאן לך וליא וחאפטא [ו] צר[ף אלא]סוא [ענך] ברחמתה מן ס[כנדרי]א נצף תמוז [ען חא…
Arabic poetry. Needs examination.
Legal query or responsum. In Judaeo-Arabic. Apparently concerning a brother whose two sisters each own a share of a house, and he swore that he …
Ledger of accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Very similar to ENA NS 33.12, perhaps even a join (but there are some differences in the handwriting). …
Legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded and damaged.
List of amounts of money received from al-Shaykh al-Makīn and al-Shaykh al-Nadiv, written by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu (d. 1230s).
Long letter in Hebrew, probably first half of the 11th century. Very damaged. Mentions the Mount of Olives and "this woman." The name Shemarya b. …
Letter from Eli Ha-Mumhe b. Avraham, Jerusalem, to Efrayim Ha-Ḥaver b. Shemarya, Fustat, approximately 1045.
Fragment of an opening of a letter from Yoshiyyahu Gaon to the communities.
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.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to "what happened in the heart of the daughter of my daughter..." and various other kinds of emotional distress. The context …
Hebrew letter of congratulation addressed to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. Awkal, containing Purim wishes and blessings for his sons, Hillel and Benjamin. (Information form Mediterranean …