Documents

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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Judaeo-Arabic

List of names and numbers, perhaps a donation list. Dating: probably ca. 1100 CE; this can be further verified by identifying other documents with the …

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Bifolio. Two of the pages contain a Hebrew ṣidduq din (funeral piyyuṭ) for the death of a boy. The other two pages contain accounts in …

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Document date

Ramaḍān 639 Hijrī (5 March, 1242 – 3 April, 1242 CE)

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Bifolio of accounts. Dated: Ramaḍān 639 AH = March/April 1242 CE.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Mercantile accounts, probably. On parchment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Very faded, but some commodities and sums of money are preserved.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Writing exercises in which a student practiced the Hebrew alphabet. Dating is 16th-century or later based on the paleography.

العلامات

• 16th c or later
• learning

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew numerals. Late.

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in a mixture of Arabic script, Judaeo-Arabic, and Greek/Coptic numerals. One of the entries is for Shabbat expenses, including two chickens (farrūjayn).

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Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Business accounts in a mixture of Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning a partnership.

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Arabic

Accounts, mentioning days of the week and ṭaḥīna.

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Arabic

Account in Arabic script. All words, no numerals. "I have / there is owed to me from the remainder of the mill (al-raḥā) 10 dirhams...."

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Arabic

Accounts. Mentions rose water.

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Arabic

Mercantile account.

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Inferred date

1400 – 1700 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Writing exercises and alphabetical practice in list format with a wide a variety of subject matter. The student practiced Hebrew letters, Jewish legal formularies, and …

العلامات

• coptic alphabet
• coptic alphanumeral
• coptic numerals
• learning

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Primary language

Arabic

Accounts in Arabic script and maybe Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions several names including Mīkhāʾīl and Muḥammad and a teacher.

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Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Introduced with the phrase "your slave congratulates you, may God complete your deliverance." Refers to various commodities, …

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Verso: Bifolio of business accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, mentioning pepper and cinnamon.

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Primary language

Arabic

Fiscal document or accounts, reused for Hebrew script. Mentions transactions in gold (ʿayn) and silver (wariq) and also contains Coptic/Greek numerals. Needs examination.

العلامات

• dimme

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Inferred date

1534 – 1572 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Commercial accounts, 16th-century. Many names are listed, first and foremost: R. Yiṣḥaq Luria, who appears with the correct honorifics (כמה׳׳ר) for this to be the …

العلامات

• 16th c
• account
• early modern
• isaac luria
• kabbalists

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Modern note containing monetary account in Ottoman gurush coinage. Location: Cairo. Dating: August (אגסטס) __69 CE. Based on the usage of pre-lined paper and scribal …

العلامات

• 19th c
• late ja

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Neatly written accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentioning many names and commodities/groceries.

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Arabic

Small fragment of an account. Ayyubid-era? Mentions Jamāl al-Dawla and [...] b. Yūḥannā.

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Arabic

Accounts of a shopkeeper, it seems describing the proceeds of the sale of 9 out of 6 thawbs.

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dating: probably Ayyubid or Mamluk-era. Headed Majd al-Dīn Ibn al-Rūmī(?). The right column is credits (lahū) and the …

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Mercantile account ledger. Mentions commodities such as pepper and saffron, and bales belonging to other merchants. Very unusual in that 15 folios are preserved together, …

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Primary language

Arabic

Accounts, mentioning Faḍāʾīl and Bayān.

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Document date

5422 Anno Mundi (24 September, 1661 – 13 September, 1662 CE)

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

28 pages of communal and financial and legal records. Pages 1 and 14 are registers of deaths, one on page 14 dated 1661/1662 CE (5422 …

العلامات

• 17th c
• bibas
• late arabic script
• late ja
• late prosopography
• (+ 4 المزيد)

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Either a contributors list or alms list. In Arabic script, Judaeo-Arabic, and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dating: probably early 13th century. Mentions names such as Nuṣayr, …

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Possibly amounts owed by (ʿalayhi) and to (lahū) various people.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List of names and numbers, probably list of debtors. The heading in the middle section of the verso mentions a "girl" in the "Karaite quarter[?]" …

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Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts with monetary values and a few names listed throughout the recto and verso. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.

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Document date

5581 Anno Mundi (9 September, 1820 – 26 September, 1821 CE)

List of donations (?) collected dated 1820/21 CE (5581 AM). Surnames include Pinto, Yagi.

العلامات

• 19th c
• late prosopography

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Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts on recto and verso, some have been crossed out. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.

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Document date

5567 Anno Mundi (13 September, 1806 – 2 October, 1807 CE)

List of donations collected on various Shabbatot of the year 5567 AM (1806/7 CE).

العلامات

• 19th c
• late donations

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Recto looks like the handwriting of Nahray b. Nissim. Mentions "al-Ḥākimiyya" (probably referring to Ḥākimī dinars), …

العلامات

• business

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Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late.

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Arabic

Small fragment of accounts in Arabic script. On recto there is a seliḥa.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Folio from a ledger of communal accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th century. Headed "Shabbat Maṭot: the collector (jābī) of the mezonot—Bū Naṣr...." Names include …

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