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1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Recto: State document, huge line spacing, ends with ṣalwala in a calligraphic hand, probably a decree. On verso there is a letter (see separate record). …

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العلامات

• dimme
• pinholes

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yosef b. Farah from Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. October 25, 1056. The letter contains details about shipments of dinars for exchange …

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• suftaja

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Damaged list in Arabic and Coptic numerals, perhaps an inventory or brief accounts. Medieval-era.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sugmar, probably from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1070. Nahray is called “Our Rabbi, the head of …

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2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Possibly list of property owners. Most of the words crossed out - needs examination.

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Primary languages

Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

Mercantile account in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: flax; fulled (maqṣūr) and raw( (khām) fabric; low quality currency (bahraj); the costs of shipping purses; Isḥāq; Abū Saʿd al-Iskandarānī; …

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Document date

Rabīʿ II 881 Hijrī (26 April 1476–14 April 1477 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Seems like an endowment list for the court (maḥkama). Contains an ʿalāma at the top: al-ḥamdu li-llāh rabb al-ʿālamīn. Needs examination.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary hand. The spellings are closer to classical Arabic than usual (e.g. שיא for شيء). The two folios were originally two folios …

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• boat
• materia medica
• violence

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Document date

1463 Seleucid (13 September 1151–31 August 1152 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Draft of the beginning of a legal testimony. Location: Fustat. Dated 1151/52 CE (1463 Seleucid), under the reshut of Shemuel ha-Nagid. The case involves the …

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Primary language

Arabic

Will (waṣiyya), in Arabic. For a Sicilian named ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar al-Ṣiqillī/al-Siqillī al-Anṣārī. Lines 6–15 consist of his profession of faith in the tenets of …

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العلامات

• profession of faith
• sicily
• will

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Document date

1551 Seleucid (1 September 1239–17 September 1240 CE)

Ketubba dated 1551 Seleucid (= 1239/40 CE), for […] bt. Ṣedaqa the elder. Witnessed by Saʿadya b. Shelomo ha-Levi. (Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein's …

1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Document in Arabic script. Moderately wide space between the lines. On verso there are readings for Shavuʿot. Needs examination. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

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Primary language

Italian

Printed. Fragment from I Promessi Sposi by Manzoni.

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Document date

6 Shawwal 421 Hijrī (7 October 1030 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Khalluf b. Zakariyya, Alexandria, to Yosef b. 'Awkal. The date of the letter's arrival was written in Arabic script on verso (AH).

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3 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Private accounts. Dating: 11th–13th century. Some entries deal with the weights of items. The term "וזן" appears repeatedly under the archival tape that was applied …

العلامات

• cmp

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Document date

Shevat 5567 Anno Mundi (10 January 1807–8 February 1807 CE)

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Business letter from Moses Ḥadād to Shim'on Frances in Cairo, with European numerals. Dated Shevat 5567 AM (1807 CE). (Information from CUDL)

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العلامات

• 19th c
• karo y frances

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

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العلامات

• late ja

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Inferred date

1707–1800 CE

Accounts in Judeo-Arabic with a variety of coinage types including dirham, kuruş (aka guruş) and zingirli– of which the latter two suggest a dating of …

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• 18th or 19th c
• effendi
• list
• numismatic dating

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Document date

5 Kislev 1458 Seleucid (11 November 1146 CE)

IB I, 36. The engagement contract of Abu Mansur, Semah b. Yefet, to Sitt al-Khassa in Fustat, 1146. Sitt al-Khassa was the daughter of Abu …

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العلامات

• engagement
• ib1
• india book

1 نسخ 2 ترجمتين 1 مناقشة

Brief list of names on recto, perhaps part of document. Medieval-era. The verso has a minute fragment of Arabic text along the upper border.

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Document date

1277 Seleucid (31 August 965–17 September 966 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Deed of release. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1277 Seleucid = 965/66 CE. Granted by Natan b. Yaʿaqov b. Shaʿbūn (שעבון) to Ḥasan b. ʿEli ha-Kohen, declaring …

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1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment from the end of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, begging indulgence for any errors or hastiness.

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العلامات

• coptic alphanumeral

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Barakāt to Samaw'al. In Judaeo-Arabic. Very deferential. Little of the substance after the introduction remains. The letter has been cut into the shape …

العلامات

• interesting shape

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Probably literary

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Primary language

Arabic

State document: fragment of a decree: [hādha a]l-sijill al-manshūr fī l-aʿmā[l]. . . . Reused for piyyutim.

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العلامات

• decree
• lost archive
• manshur
• sijill

1 نسخ

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

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العلامات

• deathbed will
• gift
• ketubba
• marriage

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Primary language

Arabic

Verso: Small fragment of a state document. The beginnings of three lines are preserved, possibly from the bottom of the document with a ḥamdala. Reused …

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

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العلامات

• formulary

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Primary language

Arabic

Accounts in Arabic script. Dating: Late, probably Ottoman-era.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment from a financial account. Probably 11th or 12th century.

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Primary language

Arabic

Possibly a receipt mentioning "min al-mustakhdamīn" and a calendar date (but it seems no year). Needs further examination.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Written on lined notebook paper, in some cases with a pencil rather than ink. Dating: Probably 19th century. Currencies: qirsh and qirsh …

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• list

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Primary language

Aramaic

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العلامات

• ketubba

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38 CE). Involving Abū l-Ḥasan Shelomo ha-Kohen and Abū Isḥāq Avraham. Regarding a business partnership (sharika). …

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Primary language

Hebrew

Fragment of a responsum.

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Primary language

Ladino

Fragment of a letter sent from Alexandria to Fustat/Cairo, to Yehuda Per[...]. In Ladino with Hebrew introductory formulae.

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Document date

17 Ṣafar 404 Hijrī (28 August 1013 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Bottom part of a tax receipt in the hand of the jahbadh Mīkhāʾīl b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ. Dated: 17 Ṣafar 404. Measurements: 4.3 x 8.2 cm. …

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العلامات

• abu l-hasan b. wahb
• daman
• tax receipt

1 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Document date

Rajab 1245 Hijrī (27 December 1829–25 January 1830 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated in multiple entries on the recto, but the clearest instance is: Rajab [1]245 AH (1829/1830 CE). Requires further examination. MCD.

العلامات

• late ja

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Document date

29 Adar 5571 Anno Mundi (25 March 1811 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Ketubba, faded, from Cairo, dated 25 March 1811 CE (29 Adar 5571 AM). Between Nissim and Esther aka Sarah, with marital payments totaling to 150 …

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العلامات

• 19th c
• ketubba
• late

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