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Top of a letter in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi addressed to his daughter or at least to a younger woman in the …
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Probably a letter of condolence from members of the Ibn Kawjakh family, addressed to Yosef b. Shemuel. With extremely ornate strings of blessings. The blessings …
Fiscal document. Possibly a receipt or a submitting of an account. Needs examination. مبلغ . . . على . . . . المماليك المستخدمين برسم …
Large fragment of a letter with accounts, especially of goods brought from Syria. “You have received from Muhammad al-Shami 1-1/6 for the price (‘an qimat) …
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Ketubba fragment. Tiny piece from the upper right corner, containing part of the superscription (בנחשא טבא) and part of the date (Wednesday 1[...]).
Letter from Nissim b. Ya’aqov from Qayrawan (Ifrīqiya) to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat, May 19, 1027. The writer asks Ibn Awkal to hurry …
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A few words in Judaeo-Arabic.
Unidentified text in Arabic, but looks like literary.
Small fragment of a list of names: [...] al-Laḥḥām, Bū Naṣr, Faraj(?) al-Mashmiaʿ, etc. Maybe a distribution list.
Enactment of the Karaite community of Lithuania concerning the protection of businesses. Non-Geniza, provenance likely connected to Avraham Firkovich's acquisitions in eastern Europe.
The main text is liturgical. In the margin two strips from another document- a ketubba written by Mevorakh b. Natan (active 1150-1181 CE) - were …
Calendrical calculations and jottings in Arabic. (Information from CUDL)
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Drafts of Karaite conditional divorce documents in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated Sivan 5503 AM, which is 1743 CE. Two of the drafts provide detailed record of how …
:Draft one
Fiscal account, probably Fatimid. Dates include 507H and 510H.
Debt contract. In Judaeo-Arabic. Location: Minyat Ghamr. Dated: middle third of Shevat 1543 Seleucid, which is January 1232 CE. Nuṣayr b. Bāqī al-Kohen owes 140 …
Fol. 2v, right page, 90 degrees: Fiscal document. Confirming the disbursement of funds related to the "lofty rescripts" in a certain year (504 AH?): واطلق …
Fragment in Judaeo-Arabic and some Hebrew. Possibly documentary, possibly a letter. Mentions 'the days of Shimʿon b. Sheṭaḥ,' which would be more usual for a …
Recto: An Arabic note with instructions. "Send to Alexandria with the ghulām of Ibn al-Falā[tī?] 5 1/2 manns of aloe wood (ʿūd), to be delivered …
Letter written in a mixture of Arabic and Hebrew. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentions "I have sent" (wa-qad anfadhtu...) and Abū l-Ṭayyib. Recto contains …
Calendar. (Information from CUDL)
Accounts listing goods, weights, prices, and various names. Distinctive hand. Dating: Medieval era. A quantity of pepper is listed on the verso. Mentions nutmeg; litharge; …
Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning the financial arrangements upon the divorce of Mansūba and Avraham. Needs further examination.
Accounts in Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Ketubba fragment (right lower corner). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Groom: Yefet ha-Zaqen b. [...] ba-Ḥavura. Witnesses: Peraḥya b. Araḥ; Yefet b. Ṣadaqa. …
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List in Ladino with payments in silver medin. Dating 15th-17th century based on the paleography and the post-1415 CE currency mentioned. Each entry opens with …
Part of a ketubba for Sitt al-Yumn. Known handwriting. (Information from CUDL)
minute fragment with Hebrew literary text
List of names and items in Arabic on a bifolio, such as carpets (بساطين) and sea shell (صدفة). Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Legal document, deed of acknowledgment, concerning an inheritance dispute between Jamīla bt. Lāḥiq the veterinarian and her brother. Contains three testimonies at the bottom. The …
Somewhat mysterious text in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely a letter. The sender/narrator speaks in roundabout ways about his passion (ṣabwa) for the addressee and his shame that …
Legal fragment/draft. One line only. Involves Khibāʾ bt. Menashshe (known also from ENA NS I.11 (PGPID 11204) and ENA 3765.2 (PGPID 34325)).
A leaf from Kalīla wa-Dimna, including an illumination of the raven and the rat (but not the tortoise) in the story.
One line from a Fatimid state document, maybe a decree. Very large letters and line spacing: ولم يزل تحميد افعالك في درج السامية(؟) مترقيا . …
Arbitration after the breaking off of a betrothal. A board of arbitration, consisting of four prominent citizens, decided that the brother of the bride, Tarib …
Current shelfmark: ENA NS 18.36.
Letter fragment in Arabic script. Reused on recto for biblical verses. (Information from CUDL)
Responsa of the geonim copied by a known scribe who lived around the beginning of the 11th century. Some of responsa are known to us …
Medical treatise, in Arabic script. On anatomy dealing with the vena cava (al-ʿirq al-ajwaf). Contains rubrication (use of red and black inks).
Recto: Letter of appeal. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the name of a woman who is 'cut off and my husband is absent.' Also mentions her son, …
Fragment from the top of a petition, or petition-like letter, from Farajallāh.
A muwashshah by Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, ed. Schirmann.
Recto: Official letter in Arabic script. The beginnings of four lines are preserved. Refers to the beginning of the ebbing of the Nile. The rest …
Verso: Arabic text, probably a letter. Expressions of longing: من الود . . . وعندي من دمع . . . . Reused on recto for …
Book list.
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Marriage contract (ketubba). Small fragment. The bride is named (Sitt al-)Khawāt. The scribe uses the unusual spelling דנאן for דנן, which may help in finding …
Fiscal register? Compare BL OR 5566B.3 (PGPID 19261) and the other shelfmarks cited there. Mentions quantities of flax.