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Letter addressed to Makārim b. Ṭayyib in 'the land of Egypt' (diyār Miṣr), indicating that it was sent from outside of Egypt. In Hebrew (for …
لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر
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IB III, 43. Letter from Perahya b. Yosef Ibn Yiju (which he wrote in his and his brother Moshe's name) in Messina to his father …
in the afternoon and the evening, while the morning prayer is said
before dawn; at daybreak, they are already through with it.
If we live…
2 نسخين ترجمات 3
Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100-1138 CE).
Scroll, textual amulet with figures. Oversize. NB: Michaelides 40 corresponds to image #44 at https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9945255593506421.
Two words from an opening of a ketubah
1 نسخ 1 مناقشة
Karaite marriage contract. Fragment, no marriage gift preserved, dowry items preserved add up to 110 dinars. Mentions a mill, spring in the land of Israel, …
Minute fragment, probably liturgical. Previously noted as possibly Halfon b. Menashshe, but most likely not.
Small fragment of a family and/or business letter. Mentions Rabbenu Hillel ha-M[...]; yearning for the addressee; greetings to the addressee's mother; and the sale of …
Recto: Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen to his banker, Abū l-Khayr Khiyyār, instructing him to pay the household of Abū l-Makārim 3 …
List (calligraphic) of male persons, intended recipients of charity. With one exception ('he paid 1/4 dinar') no amounts are indicated. (Information from Mediterranean Society II, …
Small fragment from a list of commodities in a very crude hand. Mentions cinnamon, brazilwood, pepper, maḥlab, rose, tamarind, and gum. AA/ASE
Memorial list of a Levite family headed by Shela. It is not clear whether the names on verso belong to the same family or not. …
1 مناقشة
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The right side is very faded. Concerning business matters. Mentions that 'the broker came to me,' something to do with Jewish law, …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Letter written in a mixture of Hebrew and Arabic script. Various blessings and Bible citations are rendered in Hebrew script, whereas the main part is …
Legal document(s), in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Describing the features of a house. (Information in part from CUDL)
Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Mentions [al-shaykh] al-ʿAfīf and someone else; that something did not arrive the previous year; "on this day"; …
Bifolio with copies of letters addressed to dignitaries. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Damaged. The letters' addressees include: Shelomo …
List (late) of names with Coptic numerals on back of unrelated letter. (Information from Goitein index cards)
שוליים: ואתק…
Letter sent to ha-Talmid ha-Baḥur Nissim Agostaro (אגושתארו) in Alexandria from his father Shelomo Agostaro, including a warning that he should not come to Cairo …
Book list. Published by Alloni, The Jewsih Library, p. 93
1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة
Unidentified document in Latin script. Letter? Spanish? Ca. 16th century? Needs examination.
Another fragment from ENA NS 18.17a, not a direct join Description from PGPID 15840: Quittance from Ulla b. Tahor (or Tahor b. Ulla - his …
Recto: Petition to Masliah Gaon from a woman wishing to have a divorce. Probably 1127 CE. Discussed in detail, with translation, in Oded Zinger's dissertation, …
2 نسخين
Receipt for the capitation tax in Fustat for the Jewish oculist (al-yahūdī al-kaḥḥāl) Makārim b. Isḥāq, known from several other documents. Dated: 637 AH = …
Recto: Upper part of a will. Dated: Wednesday, 26 Iyyar 1552 Seleucid = 8 May 1241 CE. Written in the same hand as verso. The …
Multiple layers of Arabic text on verso, some of which may be documentary. Medieval-era. Further examination required.
Jottings perhaps in the hand of a young Shelomo b. Eliyyahu (on verso: "Berakhot wrote this"). On the lefthand page there are excerpts from a …
Legal document in Arabic script. Very damaged.
Letter from Abū l-Ḥusayn b. al-Rayyis b. Nāḥūm, in the Rīf, to his brother Abū Thābit, in Fustat. In Arabic script. Concerning the capitation tax …
2 نسخين 1 مناقشة
Legal document(s). Probably a draft. Small and damaged fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Includes part of a partnership …
1 نسخ
Upper fragment: Letter from Shela b. Mevasser to Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa b. Yefet. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1094–1111 CE. About a sum of dinars which Mevorakh …
Letter addressed to a certain Shemuʾel. In Hebrew. Large but very damaged. Goitein identifies the hand as "European." Mentions Yehoshuaʿ and Moshe. Also mentions a …
Verso: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions the butcher (al-jazzār).
Very damaged list of items, mostly textiles.
Communal list (record #18) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 7r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated Tishrei 53[..] …
Petition from a woman to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Concerning a debt of 25 dinars owed to her by Ṣedaqa al-Ḥalabī, of which he …
Letter in Arabic script. Dating: ca. 18th or 19th century. Needs examination.