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Primary language

Arabic

Recto: part of a text on dentistry and oral hygiene, discussing dental caries, dentifrice powder (sanūnāt) prepared from gigantic swallowwort and burnt snails. Perhaps Ibn …

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Document date

[47]40 Anno Mundi (25 September 979–12 September 980 CE)

Primary language

Aramaic

Recto: Marriage document (ketubba) in Palestinian style. Dated: [47]40 AM = 979/80 CE. Groom: Efrayim b. [...]. Bride: Khuzayr bt. Ḥusayn. (Information from Friedman, Jewish …

العلامات

• ketubba
• marriage

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Primary language

Hebrew

Memorial list. "The first 31 lines list dead notables, l. 32 recto - l. 7 verso add blessings for their living decendants, the last nine …

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• memorial list

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None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Legal document. In Aramaic. Location: Fustat. Dating: Looks old, maybe 11th century, but that is a guess. Needs examination.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter requesting financial support for a poor member of the community. (Information from CUDL)

العلامات

• lor

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Primary language

Aramaic

Damaged fragment from a ketubah.

العلامات

• ketubba

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List of names with quantities of money. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (ca. 1100-1138). Contributors list or distribution list of wheat? Names include: …

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• charity
• communal
• list
• poverty
• recipients
• (+ 1 المزيد)

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Document date

9 Kislev 1479 Seleucid (23 November 1167 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Daniel b. Ṭoviyya to a family member, possibly his elder brother (the Arabic address on verso mentions the name Abū l-Faḍl). In Judaeo-Arabic, …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Organized by parshiyot. Verso: Doodle of a knight on horseback. There may also be some Arabic text, crossed out.

العلامات

• illustration

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Blank recto and verso, perforations for binding.

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• dimme
• pinholes

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Document date

Adar II 5201 Anno Mundi (22 February 1441–22 March 1441 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Maimonides, Mišne Tora, closing paragraph of Sefer Zemanim (recto) and beginning of Sefer Našim (verso). A colophon in Judaeo-Arabic at the end of Sefer Zemanim …

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Document date

Ḥeshvan 1478 Seleucid (1166 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Responsum from the court of the Baghdad Gaʾon Shemuʾel b. ʿEli. Dated: Ḥeshvan 1478 Seleucid (1166 CE). Concerns inheritance issues between Yosef and Maʿālī and …

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• babylonian geonim
• inheritance
• responsum
• shemuel b. eli

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

العلامات

• mysticism

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded and damaged. Almost none of the substance is legible. Mentions a certain Yefet (מר ור יפת הזקן הנכבד בן).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Account, private, written by Nahray b. Nissim. Dating: ca. 1061 CE. Nissim b. Ishaq, for whom the account was made, is probably ha-Tāhartī. Mentions silk …

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• commodities
• nahray b. nissim
• silk
• trade

3 نسخ 1 ترجمة

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from Natan b. Avraham, Ramla, to Netanel b. Rawḥ, Fustat, July 1039.

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• natan b. avraham

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

IB V, 41e. Verso: Order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen. Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod should give the bearer 3 ounces of lemon-rose syrup and an …

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• ib5
• india book

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Zekharya b. Gedalya b. ʿAyyāsh, in Ṣahrajt, to Mūsā b. Abū l-Ḥayy, in Alexandria. Dating: ca. 1063 CE. Regarding deliveries of money, especially …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter to Yefet b. Sason (aka Ḥasan b. Surūr) who is described as 'the Modest' (הצנוע). Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic, with the introductory blessings in Hebrew …

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• personal

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Minute fragment of text in Hebrew script, a few partial words are visible alongside the names Menashshe and Sulaymān. Medieval-era, based on the paleography..

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document relating to the return of half of the dowry of a woman.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Dating: 1010 CE. Shelomo b. Avraham b. Malkī (Mulkī?) sells nine parts out of eighteen of a house in …

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Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

List of houses and their owners. Dating: Probably 13th century, based on the hand and the names. (Information in part from CUDL)

العلامات

• bialphabetic

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Primary language

Arabic

Accounts in Arabic script, written in the margin of a Hebrew dirge.

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Document date

10 Ḥeshvan 5488 Anno Mundi (25 October 1727 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Legal deed. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: first decade of Ḥeshvan, 5488 AM = October 1727 CE. Involving three gabbayim and property in the qodesh …

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• 18th c
• ben hini
• communal
• diwani
• musta'rib

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Primary language

Arabic

Beginning of an unidentified document in Arabic script. Mentions Abū Ibrāhīm b. Abū l-[...] in the first line.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Possibly a legal note or account. Looks late. Mentions Yosef, al-Kohen, and Abū Saʿīd.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: business letter in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Abū l-Maʿālī and Abū l-Manṣūr. Verso: letter in a mixture of Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, in a different hand. (Information …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions debts owed to various women, including [...] bt. ʿImrān someone's mother-in-law and Umm ʿAzīz the mother-in-law of Manṣūr b. Furayj (this …

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Primary language

Arabic

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Ladino

None

العلامات

• account
• ladino

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Document date

middle decade of Tammuz 1477 Seleucid (12 June 1166–21 June 1166 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Deathbed declaration of Sayyid al-Ahl b. Abī ʿUmar known as Ibn al-Aqtaʿ. Location: al-Maḥalla al-Kubrā. Dated: middle decade of Tammuz 1477 Seleucid = June 1166 …

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• deathbed will

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter fragment. In Hebrew. Wide line spacing.

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Primary language

Arabic

Letter from Isḥāq b. Mubārak to (his brother?) Abū Naṣr [...] b. al-Mubārak al-jahbadh, in al-Maḥalla. A basmala and the opening four lines are preserved …

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• jahbadh

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Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Receipt, in Arabic script and Coptic numerals. Contains several ʿalāma, one reads as "alḥamdu li-llāhi waḥdahu". Mentions "al-mablagh". Reused for a literary text on recto. …

العلامات

• dimme

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment of a letter by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi

العلامات

• yefet b. menashshe

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Primary language

Arabic

Fragment of a state document. Ayyubid? Interesting layout. One text block begins "uḥḍira ilā al-dīwān fī . . ."; the next mentions al-Shām. Needs further …

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

None

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Primary language

Arabic

Literary text, in Arabic script. Two sides, probably an extract from a larger text. The text personifies different minerals and botany, where each debates with …

العلامات

• dimme

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Primary language

Hebrew

Poem composed by Yehuda b. ʿAllān al-Ṭabarānī (= of Tiberias).

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Primary language

Hebrew

Sermon mentioning the acquisition of wisdom, the covenant with Israel, and keeping the commandments. Quotes Prov. 8:34. Includes discussion from BT Soṭa 48b concerning Hillel …

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Inferred date

1141–1159 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal testimonies embedded in a letter format. Testimonies made by Abū l-Khayr and Peraḥya about a physical argument between the leader Abū l-Bahā and Abū …

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• conflict
• fight
• violence

2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

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Document date

14 Adar 1419 Seleucid (28 February 1108 CE)

Colophon of Saʿadya Gaon’s book on the laws of evidence and documents (Kitāb al-Shahadāt wa-l-Wathāʾiq) belonging to Yosef b. Yiṣḥaq, a judge in Ṣoʿan (= …

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