Documents

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter sent by Nahray b. Nissim (according to Gil) or by Barhun b. Yiṣḥaq al-Tāhartī (according to Ben-Sasson) to Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī in Fustat, …

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3

العلامات

• nahray b. nissim
• trade

3 نسخ 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Letter or document including signatures - needs examination.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Curse in Judaeo-Arabic, involving calling down fire on two people: "... send down upon you two a burning flame of fire and bronze..." (yursil ʿalaykumā …

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Primary language

Hebrew

Legal document in Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Dating: before 1032 CE. Fragment (lower left part). In which Aharon b. Yiṣḥaq (=Aharon b. Fuhayd?) the glazier undertakes …

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1

1 مناقشة

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts of a textile dealer mentioning names such as Murhaf al-Dawla, [...] al-Dawla, and Sibāʿ. Entries include a jūkāniyya (spelled shūkāniyya here), the making of …

العلامات

• dyeing
• textiles

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Draft, opening only. Expresses longing for the addressee, doubt whether the sender's previous letters reached the addressee ('before my departure from Fustat'). …

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1

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Inferred date

1094–1108 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter of condolences to Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE) on the death of his wife (?), wishing him to find consolation in the marriage …

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5

العلامات

• condolence

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender cites his debts in Fustat as an excuse for his delay. Refers to Abū Zikrī ha-Kohen (perhaps the well-known trader …

العلامات

• to edit

1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Unidentified text in Judaeo-Arabic, probably a letter fragment.

العلامات

• dimme

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Verso: Unidentified text in Arabic script, probably a poem or a prayer. (FGP describes it as a letter or document mentioning a Jew (al-yahudi), but …

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter, written by Yoḥanan b. Shelomo, in Jerusalem, to his cousin Shimʿon Ashkenazi b. Yeḥiʾel, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of the 16th …

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2

1 نسخ

Primary language

Arabic

Verso: Minute fragment from the bottom of a state document probably with the prayers for the caliph. Piyyuṭ on recto.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Unidentified text in Judaeo-Arabic. Letter drafts? Mentions the sulṭān.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Late list of names and amounts- probably list of debts in Venetian grossos. The paleography could be as early as a 15th-century when the Venetian …

العلامات

• 15th or 16th c
• late ja
• turban
• turkish words

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

None

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Document date

Av 1576 Seleucid (15 July 1265–13 August 1265 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Statement concerning contributions to a public appeal in Minyat Zifta, a small town in the Delta, written in summer 1266. A special drive was arranged …

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2

العلامات

• communal

2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

This fragment consists of two pieces of parchment pasted together to assemble a rotulus of elaborate medical recipes in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: possibly 11th century or …

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter to Mar Shabbetai Ravilon from his brother, Mar Yaqub, dealing with the trade of hides, including a shipment to Crete (l. 9) and business …

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1

العلامات

• greek

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late, probably no earlier than 14th century.

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Primary language

Arabic

Verso (original use): Draft of a petition or other state correspondence in Arabic script, containing conventional praises and blessings for a powerful person. Recto: Draft …

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العلامات

• glyph

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Substantial, late acccount in Judaeo-Arabic, at least one part of which is headed "list of debts." People named include: Avraham Yerushalmi; Yehuda Leon; Yeshūʿa al-Ḥāmī; …

العلامات

• abulafia
• castro
• late ja
• late prosopography
• leon

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Translation (Saʿadya), Deuteronomy 22:6-13; Hebrew incipits. (Information from CUDL.)

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

None

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

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 …

العلامات

• legal
• query

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document recounting long passages of oral speech, mentioning a faqīh, a qāḍī, someone getting beaten, the mutwallī al-maʿūna in New Cairo, the mutawallī al-dīwān, …

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1

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Unidentified text, in Arabic script. Mentions "11" and "40". Few strokes in Arabic on verso but the document is too fragmentary to glean any content.

العلامات

• dimme

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Avraham b. Farah, Alexandria, to Abu Ishaq Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī, Fustat, dealing with shipments of goods, ca. 1053 (Gil). Mentions the qarib …

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3

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2

العلامات

• ibn al-ba'ba'
• trade

2 نسخين 1 ترجمة 1 مناقشة

Document date

Monday, 18 Adar 1409 Seleucid (22 February 1098 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Court record. Location: Fustat. Dated: Monday, 18 Adar 1409 Seleucid, which is February 1098 CE. Dealing with a lawsuit of Mevasser/Bishāra b. Ḥalfon against Shelomo …

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3

العلامات

• register

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Manṣūr Kohen to Eliyyahu the Judge. Mainly about business transactions with sugar (sukkar, qand). Mentions Abū Saʿd, Abū l-Thanāʾ, al-Muhadhdhab, and the sender's …

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1

العلامات

• mansur kohen

1 مناقشة

Primary language

Arabic

Fragment with four different text blocks in Arabic script in different handwritings: (1) al-ruʾasāʾ: al-shaykh Abū Naṣr al-shaykh Abū l-Faḍl al-shuyūkh Abū l-Ḥasan ... b. …

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1

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Aramaic

None

العلامات

• fgp stub
• get

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

1112–1126 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Drawn up under the authority of the Nagid Moshe b. Mevorakh (ca. 1112–26 CE). It is …

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5

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1

العلامات

• halfon b. menashshe
• mevorakh b. saadya
• moshe b. mevorakh
• nisaburi

1 نسخ 1 مناقشة

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Simḥa Kohen, probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-Manṣūr. Dating: ca. 1205 CE. The writer complains about the extortions of a tax farmer who …

العلامات

• 13th c
• construction
• damin
• renovation
• tax

2 نسخين 1 مناقشة

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Lists various foods and household items (pepper, saffron, eggs, olive oil, lemon, tahina, and many more).

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لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

middle third of Adar 1430 Seleucid (24 February 1119–5 March 1119 CE)

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: Middle third of Adar, 1430 Seleucid, which is 1119 CE. Involves Ḥalfon b. Mevorakh …

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1

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Document date

1341 Seleucid (1029–1030 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document: power of attorney (authorization), written by Yefet b. David on behalf of Efrayim he-Ḥaver b. Shemarya to a certain [...] b. Aharon he-Ḥaver …

العلامات

• yefet b. david

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Unidentified document in Arabic script, probably legal or official.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Receipt of some sort: "afrada Ibrāhīm [...] al-maṭbakh..." Needs examination.

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter (FGP). May actually be literary. Very faded

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Hebrew

Small fragment in the hand of Berakhot b. Shemuel containing praises for God. Likely part of a letter, but could also be a standalone literary …

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Brief note / order of payment addressed to Abū l-Khayr, asking him to do something with the bearer of the note involving different textiles/garments (al-thawb, …

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر

Primary language

Arabic

Small fragment of an Arabic document. Only a few words preserved.

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Document date

Middle decade of Tammuz 1565 Seleucid (28 June 1254–7 July 1254 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Court record. Dated: Middle decade of Tammuz 1565 Seleucid = June/July 1254 CE . Conducted under the authority of Rabbenu Moshe the judge. Hilāl or …

العلامات

• bill of sale
• real estate

1 نسخ

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Barely legible letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. On parchment. Probably a mercantile letter of the 11th century. (Information in part from CUDL)

لا توجد ثبت المراجع والمصادر