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Arabic

Account including list of names in two separate columns (FGP)

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Judaeo-Arabic

Account in Judaeo-Arabic. Among the items sold: a gold seal or ring (khātim dhahab). Late. May have to do with funeral expenses; mentions a nāʾīḥa …

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Arabic

List or inventory in Arabic script. Verso mentions several types of oxen. Needs examination.

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• dimme

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Judaeo-Arabic

Probably from a notebook with accounts. (Information from CUDL)

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• account

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Western Arabic Numerals

Table of unidentified numerals or symbols. Mainly western Arabic numerals? Related to T-S AS 187.184 (PGPID 39994)?

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Judaeo-Arabic

Damaged accounts, an entry on the verso may relate to olive oil. The recto mentions a date in Jumada al-Awwal but the meaning of the …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions several month names; Yaḥyā; Gharīb.

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List of contributors to charity, no sums given.

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• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

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Primary language

Hebrew

Fragment of a bifolio. Probably a contributors list. Late.

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Accounts.

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12 Rajab 485 Hijrī (18 August 1092 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Page of the account book of ʿArūs b. Yosef, containing accounts and a note about the beginning of a pregnancy, birth and weaning. (Information from …

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• account
• arus b. yosef
• holes
• pregnancy

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Two lists of contributors and beginning of a third, comprising 25, 32, and 4 names, respectively, all headed by ha-r (the rabbi) Yosef Israel. The …

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• charity
• communal
• donors
• poverty

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Primary language

Hebrew

Writing exercises in Hebrew with the signature of a certain Shemuʾel b. Yiṣḥaq Bahlūl. The dating is 16th-century or later based on the paleography. MCD.

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• 16th c or later

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1750–1850 CE

A list of names with Arabic numerals- probably an account of debts?. Late 18th or early 19th century based on the names mentioned and the …

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• 18th or 19th c
• fgp stub
• late prosopography

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3–4 Dhū l-Ḥijja 600 Hijrī (2 August 1204–3 August 1204 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Mysterious document in Arabic script. Begins with the glyph, then two sections, separated by a horizontal line. Underneath and on verso there is piyyut. (1) …

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• nile

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Very damaged.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Notebook of Hebrew alphabetical practice, ten folios. Early modern.

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• early modern
• learning

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic for materia medica. Items include ʿanzarūt, sandarūs, shurb. All crossed out with vertical lines. Handwriting of Abū Zikrī Kohen?

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Primary language

Arabic

Accounts in Arabic on recto. Requires further examination.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Building expenses, listing several quantities of dirhams and expenditure for carpenter, carriers, and nails. (Information from CUDL)

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• account

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Accounts. On recto, the right column is headed "al-mustakhraj" (evidently referring to (tax farming?) revenue) and the left column "al-maṣrūf" (expenditures). Needs further examination.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Mirrored script only. Probably an account in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen. Mentions Ramaḍān.

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Tishrei 5354 Anno Mundi (27 September 1593–26 October 1593 CE)

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Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tishrei 5354 AM = Muharram 1002 AH, which is 1593 CE, a few months after the records on recto.

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• 16th c
• cedid

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Primary language

Arabic

Jotted accounts in Arabic in the lower margin of a literary text in Hebrew. Mentions Abū l-Ḥusayn; two dinars and a qirat; and two rubāʿīs …

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Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Mentions 'the Turk' (אלתוגרמי). Dated in the lower left corner of the verso, possibly with a month and year but these …

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Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment from a list of commodities in a very crude hand. Mentions cinnamon, brazilwood, pepper, maḥlab, rose, tamarind, and gum. AA/ASE

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Late list of money received.

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• late ja

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Inventory of a pawnshop, containing mostly clothing, bedding, household items, and jewelery with the sums which were given for the pawned objects. Dating: Probably 11th …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Late writing exercises in Judaeo-Arabic, based on phrases from a letter.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Torn, small Fragment. On recto list of items, probably from am inventory of a private individual, maybe after his death. Among the items various textiles, …

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• fgp stub

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Bill of lading for a shipment of pearl (luʾluʾ) and satin (zaytūnī) intended for Nahray b. Nissim. Possibly from Nissim b. Yiṣḥaq. (Information from Goitein’s …

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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 …

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• cmp

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Hebrew, Western Arabic Numerals

List of names in Hebrew and western Arabic numerals. Late.

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Arabic

Business accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions revenue from sugarcane (qand), the capital (raʾsmāl) of Abū l-Surūr, and al-shaykh al-Muhadhdhab.

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Bifolio of private accounts in Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Many entries crossed out. There are many other fragments that look like this, possibly from the …

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Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

List of appointments/gatherings. Headed "to be organized, with the help of God the exalted" (מא ירתב בעון אללה תע). "New Cairo, Thursday, early: an appointment …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late. Currency: banādiqa (=Venetian coins).

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Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Messier than usual (which is saying a lot). Dating: late 11th or early 12th century. Mentions Abū …

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• account

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Inferred date

1703–1850 CE

Accounts in Arabic with a complex array of monetary calculations with the symbol "ق" on occasion indicating silver kuruş (which may have been minted as …

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• 18th or 19th c
• arabic script
• numismatic dating

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Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Each of the three entries is a neighborhood in or around Fustat: al-Jazīra (ʿinda Bū Isḥāq, 2), Ḥabs Bunān (ʿinda Bū l-Baqā', …

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• fustat geography

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Arabic

Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. 5 lines. Needs further examination for content.

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Coptic numerals. Mentions gold and "two qirats." Recto (original use) contains a Hebrew prayer.

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Primary language

Arabic

List or accounts, in Arabic script. Mentions prices in dirhams. Needs examination.

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• dimme

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Primary languages

German, Hebrew

Writing exercises in German, in a lovely Gothic script. "Ein Murrkopf ist ein Mensch dem es ärgert dass spree nicht bei Wien und die Donau …

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• german

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Judaeo-Arabic

Bifolio of commercial accounts, probably from a wider ledger. 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography and layout. Some of the names of those mentioned …

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• 16th or 17th c
• ottoman

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Document date

5554 Anno Mundi (7 September 1793–24 September 1794 CE)

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Synagogue/communal document. Dated: 5554 AM, which is 1793/94 CE. Lists of parshiyot and names (e.g. Frances, Yaʿaqov Aripol, Ḥayyim b. Hini, and dozens more).

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• ben
• hini

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