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Commercial letter in Hebrew with a few terms in Aramaic. Dating: Likely 11th century. On parchment. (Information in part from FGP.) Needs examination.
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IB II, 46. Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq to a merchant in Egypt: Attack on Aden by the King of Kish. Aden, ca. 1135-6.
{[. . .] and refused
to give testimony. May the Exalted Creator call them to account!
Scripture has already said, “Never trust Gentiles.”} As …
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Large but extremely faded letter that refers to "our master Hayya Gaon" (recto, line 2). Hayya's name is not followed by ז״ל, so perhaps this …
Letter from a certain Yiṣḥaq to Yosef b. Shabbetay al-Rūmī, Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Very deferential, filled with language of patroange (e.g. li-l-mawlā ʿuluww al-ra'y fī …
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Mercantile letter, extremely fragmented. Mentions a transaction in dīnārs and a paper trail.
IB V, 43. Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen to Sulaymān. In Judaeo-Arabic. Less a letter—there are no opening or closing pleasantries—and more an order of …
Letter in Arabic script. Some sort of ʿalāma at the top. Needs examination.
Letter fragment addressed to a Jewish notable ([...] ha-meʿulle). Unclear how much of the substance is preserved. The address begins תובלנה בשמחות וגיל . . …
Recto: Letter from Daniel b. Yaʿaqov (or rather Yaʿīsh?), in Alexandria, to Yiṣḥaq b. Yehuda ha-Kohen al-Dimashqī in Fustat. The writer requests that the recipient …
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Family and/or business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a woman (e.g., lā tadhkurīh lī wa-lā tasʾalīnī [ʿanhu]...). Mentions prayer; "al-Shāmiyyīn" (probably referring to the synagogue); …
Letter in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (active 1066-1108 CE) to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿEli b. [...] (possibly his son, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿEli b. Hillel). …
IB II, 57. Part of a copy of the same letter that is preserved in full in IB II, 56 (T-S 16.345, PGPID 5447), a …
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Fragment of a Hebrew letter, mentioning copying a Torah scroll and selling it or other books.
Fragment of a letter from Amr b. Ibrahim to Cairo dealing with commercial matters. The sender mentions that he delivered some of the addressee's letters …
Verso: Note from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-ʿAlā'. In Judaeo-Arabic. He asks Abū l-ʿAla' him to come together with Abū l-Barakāt in order to …
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. Mentioning Ḥusayn or Ḥassūn. (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Deals with business matters. The market has ground to a halt (wāqif) in the writer's location, "neither coarse nor fine can …
Letter from Abū l-Faraj b. Manṣūr al-Shammāʿ (the candlemaker/seller) to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. First he deals with a monetary matter of 104 wariq …
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Informal note. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer expresses his regret at the addressee's departure, and his distress at what the addressee will soon learn from ʿAfīf …
Letter addressed to the Jewish community concerning the appointment of David I b. Avraham b. Maimonides as Nagid. Dating: ca. mid-13th century; Goitein suggests 1238 …
Letter from a community to a dignitary. In Judaeo-Arabic. They think the addressee for whatever it is that he sent a Parnas to tell them.
Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Only a portion of the marginal text on recto and a couple faded words from the address …
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew, likely an appeal for help.
Verso (original use): Large letter in Arabic script. This is a fragment from the left side of the document. Needs examination for content.
Letter from Hārūn b. Binyām to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen. Same sender and addressee as T-S AS 153.193 (PGPID 17823). He states that …
Letter fragment in Arabic script. Seems to be a private letter but is written in formal/deferential terms ("... jamaʿa al-shaml bi-khidmatih...") and most of the …
Late letter in Hebrew, probably either 1829 or 1729 CE (the ע and the כ are marked in the citation from Psalms 37:40. . . …
Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Moshe, the muqaddam of Sunbāṭ (see T-S 24.25v, dated 1149 CE), to the Nagid. Yiṣḥaq reports that the chief cantor died …
Verso: Letter to a family member who had inquired about distant relatives. The writer reports that his wife, son, and wife's sister had died, while …
Text is too damaged and incomplete to identify, possibly a letter. (Information from CUDL)
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic concerned with the sale of ambergris. Dating: 12th century. Polite request to the addressee to sell 1.5 bayʿa of ambergris, sent to …
Recto (secondary use): order from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu for oxymel (sakanjabīn) and two kinds of syrups (sharāb). Verso: Draft of the opening of a letter …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Ezra Shelomo Barūkh(?) to Mūsa Ḥanan. Dated: 5 Adar I [55]86 AM (February 1826 CE). Given how cursive this scribal hand …
Letter/petition from a certain ʿĪsā to [...] al-Khawlī. Dating: Probably Ayyubid or Mamluk-era. Needs examination.
Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded and damaged. Written in the month of Tishrei. Dating: likely ca. 12th century. Mentions good-quality saffron and amber and the …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic from Musa to his brother Meir ha-Sar ha-Adir ha-Dayyan ha-Mufla. Only the upper part of recto and the address are preserved …
Right fragment: Letter addressed to Eliyyahu b. Zekharya the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only the introductory blessings are preserved here. Handwriting of Ṭahor b. Avraham.
Letter addressed to a certain ʿIzz al-Dīn. In Judaeo-Arabic. Yemeni origin. Dating: uncertain, likely no earlier than 13th century. Dealing mainly with details of shipments …
Recto: Business/family letter in Hebrew. Dating: Perhaps 16th century or later. The sender mentions someone named Meʾir סאול . . ., and greets his mother. …
Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Yosef (based on the Arabic address). The sender announces the death of a cantor and asks the recipient to send a …
P4: Letter from Ismaʿīl to his cousin (ibn ʿamm) al-Shaykh al-Ḥaver David ha-Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Mentions Mūsā al-Ashmūnī attending …
Petition in which the sender reports that a certain person (dhāt al-shakhṣ) had not come down from the citadel (al-qalʿa), and the ruler and Jamāl …
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century. Mentions brazilwood, but otherwise the remaining text is quite vague.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. The hand is distinctive (descenders that sweep to the left) and may be known. Mentions the sister of al-Māwardī ('the …
Small fragment from the end of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, cut into a triangle. Reused on verso for literary text.
Letter sent from Sicily by a widow to her son, Abu Sulayman Dawud b. Na'aman in Barqa, asking him to take care of his brother …
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Letter in the hand of Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu probably addressed to Moshe Maimonides (active ca. 1168–1204 CE), based on the importance of the addressee and …
Letter from a family member, in Alexandria, to Eliyyahu the Judge, in Fustat. Dated: 23 Shevaṭ [4800 +] 175 = 4975 AM, which is 25 …
Short letter from Yahya b. Musa al-Majani to his uncle, Ishaq b. Eli al-Majani, probably from Mahdiyya. Around 1038. Regarding money matters. (Information from Gil, …
[ ] לה וליא ונאצרא פי גמיע
[ ] נאה ען סלאמה עמימה ונעמה
[ ] קרב אללה אלאגתמאע בך עלי
[אפצל אלמחאב ודכרת סלאמ]תך אדאמהא אללה לך וקד וצלנ…
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Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Seems to be from a cantor to a notable, conveying how he prays on his behalf (compare CUL Or.1080 …