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Letter from Ḥayyim b. ʿAmmār Madīnī of Palermo, Sicily, to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā b. Menashshe al-Ṣayrafī (Fustat). Ca. 1060. The sender, who is writing from …
על שמך
כתאבי יאסידי ומולאיי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך ונעמתך מן אסכנדריה
לט כלון מן רביע אלאול ואלחאל סלאמה ועאפיה וללה אלחמד דאימא
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Letter: draft(s) in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE), in Fusṭāṭ, probably to the Gaʾon Shelomo b. Yehuda, in Jerusalem (r. 1025–1051 …
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic in which the sender (probably Masʿūd) asks his uncle to send a certain document. Refers to different business activities including trade in …
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Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū l-Ṭāhir. Deals with business matters and mentions an exchange rate. Possibly in the same handwriting: CUL Or.1080 J158 (PGPID …
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Secondary use: Two fragments from a list of male persons, mostly craftsmen or foreigners (Goitein surmises that they are people for whom the capitation tax …
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Deed of sale. In Arabic script. Abū l-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā b. ʿAlī b. Aslama b. ʿAbi Zayd (a dealer in dates) buys part of a shop …
[بـ]ـسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
[هذا ما ا]شترى يحـ[ـيى و]يكنى أبا الحسين بن على بن اسلم بن أبي [زيد التمار من احمد بن ابرهيم بن محمد]
المزني …
In the name of God, the merciful [ and compassionate.]
This is what Yaḥyā, who has the patronymic Abū al-Ḥusayn, ibn ʿAlī ibn Aslama ibn Abī [Z…
Letter in Hebrew written on an irregular piece of vellum from prison. David appeals to Avraham ha-Sar to try to bring about his release from …
Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. Reports on a scandalous matter involving one of the supporters of Ibn al-Sadīd, one of the slaves of the king, a …
אלדי סמענאה אן שכץ מן
מעינין בן אלסדיד צאר
לה ממלוך מן ממאליך אלמלך
מרסום קאל לה מא אכתב עליך
אלא במא יתבתהם(?) ור…
Recto: Legal document. Dated: Elul 1525 Seleucid = August/September 1214 CE. Abū l-Makārim gives eight pieces of clothing to Abū l-Mufaḍḍal as collateral for 4 …
Legal record (#87) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 30r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 1 Kislev 5325 …
Letter from Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim. Offers details of ill-fated ships that were destroyed in a storm or met with …
כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה
מן אלאסכנדריה לנצף מן תמוז כתמה אללה עלינא ועליך בא…
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Beautiful sermon in the name of the late Rabbi Pinhas, emphasizing that the Sabbath is the ideal time for joy in God's vicinity and therefore …
Letter from Alexandria to Efrayim b. Shemarya, Fustat, requesting donation for the ransom of prisoners of the Byzantines, 11th century. On verso are Hebrew rhymed …
Fragment of a dowry receipt of Sitt al-Kamal, written by Emmanuel b. Yehiel (ca. 1231-1279), containing details about a trousseau. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, …
Letter from ʿIwāḍ b. Ḥananel, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Around 1060. The letter is in the hand of Benāya b. Mūsā …
Letter from Hillel Ha-Ḥaver b. Yeshuʿa Ha-Hazzan, Tiberias, probably to Efrayim b. Shemarya, Fustat, approximately 1050.
Payment order from David ha-Nasi (not David b. Daniel, head of the Jews 1082–94) ordering 3 communal officers to pay a quarter dinar to the …
One of two drafts (the other is Moss. Ia,7) of a curious and obsequious letter from a man whose handwriting is known, apparently to a …
Copy of a letter by Sherira Gaon and Hayye Gaon in the hand of a professional scribe. Originally written in ca. 1005. Sent to Fustat …
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Fragment of a marriage contract, the section listing the outfit of the bride. ( E. Bareket, Shafrir misrayim, 267, and from Goitein's index cards)
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 …
Petition in Arabic script concerning a governor, a bishop and monasteries. In the formal third-person address, the writer apologizes for sending the request in writing …
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Karaite betrothal deed. Dated 1 Kislev 5507 AM (1746 CE). Location: Cairo. The deed contains the common stipulations found in this period: the groom is …
Marriage contract (ketubba). The marriage gift at the conclusion of this marriage contract is five dinars and the payment required at the termination of the …
Reply to a letter of the addressee concerning the qualities of three kinds of salt. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Letter from the teacher Abū l-Khayr, in Minyat Zifta to his brother Abū Naṣr Maḥfūẓ, the brother-in-law of Abū l-Bishr(?) Ibn al-Abzārī(?), in Darb al-Dahhān, …
Verso: Accounts in Arabic script, beginning with "wuṣūl", apparently state/fiscal (mainly iqṭāʿ-related), though Greek/Coptic numerals are atypical for fiscal documents. The first entry is regarding …
وصول
لمقطع المحجرة(؟) من جملة ما عليه من مال الجسور
ثلثة وثلاثين(؟).....
من جملة
من التصرف وضمان(؟) العمل
اخذ باسم ضمنا برطس من جملة…في
Deed of sale for multiple properties in Cairo, explaining how they exchanged hands in a complex succession of guardianship procedures, inheritance, and a widow's ketubba …
Official report. Fragment (left side). The sender reports that he arrived in a certain location at the end of Ṭūba (early February). He reports concerning …
Legal document. Fragment (left side). In Arabic script. The name Muḥammad appears in line 2 and the profession al-Ṣayrafī appears in line 3. Line 4 …
بـ]ـسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
]…….محمد الفروقي انه..............
ا]لصيرفي مبلغ الورقة التي كانت له ومبلغها
]باسم تاريخها ثالث عشر من ذي القعدة س…
IB 99ח. Letter from Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel, al-Andalus, to Yosef ha-Levi b. Meʾir Ibn Migash. Dating: probably Tammuz or Av 1138. Written on the fragment …
P3: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Refers to the purchase of a property; someone titled 'sar'; "that is …
Legal record (#9) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 1r of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated in …
:(Documents 8-10) Right side of bifolium 1r
Fragment of an opening to a letter to Yusuf b. Ya’aqub b. Awkal. The letter was written in Jerusalem. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, …
Arabic poetry of praise for somebody. Late.
متين موالي
...ما مثلو في الاقطار غلب رسيلو ….جهر لا انكار
…علي والفارس الاكرار شاطر ديار مصر وهو شاطر على الشطار
والحمد ل…
Small piece from the lower part of a Palestinian-style ketubba. (Information from CUDL)
Deed of sale. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: 1 Heshvan 5294 AM = 20 October 1533 CE. Yaʿaqov b. Moshe בכוש and his brother Efrayim …
Calligraphic letter from a scribe to the judge Efrayim b. Yisraʾel ha-Kohen. Requesting high-quality ink so that he can finish a certain project. The bearer …
Verso: Partnership contract. In Hebrew. Dated: Thursday, 24 Tammuz 1298 Seleucid, which is 23 June 987 CE. Yosef b. Yaʿaqov and ʿEli b. Qimoy each …
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Letter from Avraham b. Natan, in Fustat, to Yeshuʿa b. Ismaʿīl, in Alexandria. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. Yeshuʿa is in Alexandria probably to welcome a …
Fragment of a letter from al-Kabira, probably from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim. Around 1055. Al-Kabira informs Nahray that she sent him silk by the …
כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם תאיידה
ונעמאה [ו]כבת אעדאה ען סלאמה ושוק אליך
קרב אל[לה] אל[א]גתמאע בכם עלי חאל אלמו[ראד]
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Letter from Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq al-Andalusi, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, ca. 1065.
Report from a Fatimid official, probably sent from Tyre. Dating: most likely 1109 CE (1108 CE possible but less likely). Written on a rotulus, estimated …
Letter, fragmentary, from Daniel b. Azarya. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. Maybe a part of the same letter in ENA NS 45.31 + T-S 20.90. (Information …
Bill of divorce (get). Dated: Thursday, 2 Adar I 1437 Seleucid, which is 1126 CE. Location: Fustat. Husband: Avraham b. Shemarya. Wife: Esther bt. Namir. …
Verso: Medical prescription (nuskha lil-khayālāt) containing twelve ingredients, along with a record of four donations received in a pesiqa dated 1225/26 CE (1537 Seleucid). Possibly …
Letter from "the sons of Palṭiel" to Yosef the Turgeman/Turjumān. In Hebrew with a couple words in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 10th or 11th century. The …
Legal record (#28) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 4r of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Undated, neighboring …
Fatimid decree (sijill) of investiture, Judaeo-Arabic copy. Renews the appointment of a Jewish physician "to the headship of all the Israelite denominations: the Rabbanites, Qaraites, …
Letter from Barhūn b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Tāhartī, in al-Mahdiyya, to Nahray b. Nissim, probably in Alexandria. Dating: ca. 1045 CE. Nahray is sending goods to the …