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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Probably a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Mentions transactions, numbers, and people such as Avraham and Shemuʾel. The currency is repeatedly referred to as "אשפרי", …

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• numismatic dating

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Document date

20 Nisan 5571 Anno Mundi (14 April 1811 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe(?) Goren to Barakha Goren. Dated 20 Nissan 5571 AM (April 1811 CE). The letter sender and recipient were likely brothers …

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• late ja

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Letter (FGP). In Hebrew. In literary format. Addressed to the congregation of Fustat (Ẓoʿan). See ENA 223.1-4 (PGPID 6596).

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Hebrew

Note from Yosef Tamish (? טמיש) to Namir. In Hebrew. The sender is in prison (שורתיים אלו להודיע לכה איך אני בבית הסוהר) and he …

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• 16th c
• al-ashqar
• prison

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Avraham Ha-Kohen b. Hagay, Fustat.

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1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE) to his 'brother' Abū Naṣr. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a previous rebuke; the arrival …

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• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: physician

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Primary language

Arabic

Letter fragment in Arabic referring to the renovation of a house. Mentions making a saw (minshār) for the addressee. Reused on recto for piyyuṭ. (Information …

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yedutun ha-Levi to somebody he calls 'brother.' In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The letter consists mainly of poetical greetings and blessings for the upcoming …

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Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter/petition of appeal for assistance written in a combination of Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, and Arabic. (The Arabic is notable for the use of an ihmāl sign …

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• bialphabetic
• petition
• to edit

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter (draft) from Elḥanan b. Shemarya, in Fusṭāṭ, to the Babylonian congregation in Damascus, sending greetings as part of his efforts to raise funds for …

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• jewish community

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Primary language

Ladino

Letter from Moshe (?)..סיפר to Avraham ha-Kohen. In Ladino. Dated 3 Kislev 5[..]3 AM. Candia is mentioned in line 6, as is the case with …

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• ladino
• to examine

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Arabic

Letter in Arabic script, giving instructions about paying sums of money. Also mentions a jūkaniyya (a type of garment). On verso in Judaeo-Arabic: "al-dayyān." Excerpts: …

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from Elḥanan b. Shemarya to [Sahlān] b. Avraham ha-Mumḥe. Reused on verso for various poems of praise, including one addressing Judah and his son …

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy from Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1065. Details about goods that Nahray ordered in Alexandria, probably materials …

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• musa b. abi l-hayy
• nahray b. nissim
• sicily
• trade

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Inferred date

1007–1055 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from the first half of the eleventh century which contains an appeal for help in ransoming captives. The letter is from the community of …

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• communal

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Primary language

Arabic

Fol. 1v: Letter in Arabic script, in a chancery-esque hand. Likely business-related. There are some deferential phrases (versions of the raʾy formula). Needs further examination.

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• dimme

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter(s). Recto and verso are in different hands and orientations. Verso contains phrases typical of letters of appeal for charity.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter addressed to Shelomo b. al-Gazi(?). In Hebrew. Dating: Late, based on handwriting. This is a letter of recommendation for the bearer (המוביל), who is …

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• recommendation
• safed

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Small fragment (upper left corner of recto).

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter segment in the hand of Eli Ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel, Ramla, September or October 1052.

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• 11th c

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Inferred date

1045–1096 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Marduk b. Musa, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, ca. 1045–96. Contains personal, business and communal news.

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• 11th c
• marduk b. musa
• nahray b. nissim
• trade

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a large and beautifully-written letter or sermon addressed to a community. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). The purpose …

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Primary language

Hebrew

Small fragment, probably from a letter, but too little text remains. אהובנו ורבינו הנעים הטוב . . . לברכהו לשמרהו לנצרהו . . . AA/ASE

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Mubārak b. Hiba al-Waṣīṭī to Abū Saʿd and Abū l-Faḍl b. Abū l-Baqāʾ al-ʿAjamī. In Judaeo-Arabic. The address is written twice in Judaeo-Arabic, …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. Likely from a Maghribī business letter of the 11th century.

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Primary language

Arabic

Part of a letter. (Information from CUDL)

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Primary language

Arabic

IB VII, 43. Letter from an India trader, in ʿAydhāb, to his family or colleagues, presumably in Fustat. Goitein comments that "al-Asʿad is the tax …

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• damin
• ib7
• india book

2 Transcriptions

Primary language

Arabic

Verso (secondary use): Petition/letter of appeal for charity in Arabic script. From Manṣūr. The sender and his family have perished from illness (maraḍ, awjāʿ), poverty, …

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• appeal
• illness
• illness: marad
• illness: waja'
• petition

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Note in Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded. Mentions paying the prices of different medicinal syrups (shurba... murammal...). (Information in part from CUDL.)

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a communal letter in Judaeo-Arabic with wide line spacing. Discussing the qualifications of the son of Mevorakh as cantor and communal leader: ודלך …

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Hebrew

Letter from the lepers of Tiberias. Fragment. Written by Hillel b. Yoshua. (Gil)

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• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• tiberias
• tiberias lepers

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. Refers to someone who is in good health and staying with the sender's maternal …

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter containing good wishes. Written with the layout of an official/communal letter: narrow page, moderately wide space between the lines, and an ʿalāma (motto) at …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Business letter from Seʿadya b. Avraham b. Sasson of Alexandria to his relative Ṣedaqa b. Ṣemaḥ of Fustat, a maker of Sūsiyāt textiles. Seʿadya opens …

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• byzantine merchants
• byzantines
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: letter norms
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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Final page of a letter from a scholar and government employee in the Fayyūm to R. ʿOvadya and R. Ḥananel. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: …

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• book trade
• fayyum

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter, with accounts on verso. (Information from CUDL)

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• account

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment from the end. Greetings to 'the mother.' Umm Yūsuf sends her greetings to the addressee and to 'the mother.' …

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Hebrew

Recto: Letter from Natan b. Avraham, in which he urges his supporters to be in Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles, lest their party be …

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• 11th c
• natan b. avraham

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: accounts with sums in dinars, mentioning the colours white, black and blue. Verso: note stating that when Abū l-Fakr reads it he should come …

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Arabic

Letter from al-Mufarrij b. al-Ḥusayn to his father Ismāʿīl(?). In part concerning a deposit (wadāʿa, line 8). Mentions travel to Damascus (ll. 10–11) and the …

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• damascus
• danger

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