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Legal record (#124) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 40v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated: 11 Tammuz 5329 …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
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End of a partnership agreement. On parchment. Witness: Tamīm b. N[atan?]. AA/ASE
Letter (draft) mentioning Abba, Abraham, and Shemuʾel Ibn Sid. In Hebrew. Dating: 16th or 17th century. Sent by Yehoshuaʿ [...]. Postscript by Avraham Shaʾul (this …
Literary account in Judaeo-Arabic of the episode of the Toledo Qaraites who arrived in Cairo in 1465 CE. There are at least three other versions, …
Bill of release. Written (also validated) by Avraham b. Natan Av. Dated: 1104 or 1107 CE, with a partial year in the first line, Nisan …
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Ketubbas or copies of ketubbas, Qaraite. There seem to be two different fragmentary documents, preserved on separate pages of a codex or ledger. Some of …
Letter to Aharon Rofe and Avraham Rofe. The address reads "to the teacher ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Yahūdī al-Ṭabīb in the Wikāla of K[...]." Unknown writer, unknown …
Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, probably related to the letter on recto, but in different handwriting ("to Abū l-Bahāʾ to deliver to …
Letter. Commercial letter from Murjī to his son, Meʾir b. Murjī, listing repayments from various individuals, including Moses [...] and David [...]. Address on verso. …
Letter draft and jottings in Arabic script.
Letter in which a man complains about a conflict over a power of attorney and a deposit. The sender of the letter held the opinion …
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Small fragment, probably from a letter. (Information from CUDL)
Recto: Unidentified document in Arabic script, maybe the bottom of a letter. Verso: Probably a prescription. In Arabic script.
Letter from the son or descendant of Yeshuʿa he-Ḥaver b. Ṣabgha (צבגה), who moved from Jerusalem to Fustat with his family, asking for help from …
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Letter, written by Yoḥanan b. Shelomo, in Jerusalem, to his cousin Shimʿon Ashkenazi b. Yeḥiʾel, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of the 16th …
Recto: beginning of a letter with Judaeo-Arabic address on top and Hebrew blessings as introduction. Looks like the hand of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder. …
Legal document, late, in Arabic script. Concerning the loom of textiles "anwāl al-qumāsh" in Alexandria. Mentions the dealings between Yeshūʿā the Jew and Ibrāhim Effendi. …
Iqrār (deed of acknowledgment) on verso. Poem on recto.
List of names in Hebrew and some Ladino, accompanied by numbers and other notes (often with the word הדלקה). Some of the names include: Gikatilla, …
List of materia medica, including simples such as celery, false bdellium, turpeth, aloes, sarcocolnla, and wormwood. (Information from CUDL)
IB I, 27-28. Legal rebuttal regarding the lawsuit between Yosef Lebdi and Wuhsha over the possession of 22 bales of lac. So far, six bifolia …
You refer {alt. tr.: He refers} to the letter
of [Fara]ḥ and… {read: Faraḥ, which was sent} fro…
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IB V, 6. Letter apparently from Abū Zikrī Kohen, in Fusṭāṭ, to an unidentified addressee, apparently in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Containing news about Aden. Commodities …
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Testimony in the Jerusalemite synagogue regarding the will and estate of David, a Maghribi pilgrim who had returned from the Holy Land whose possessions include …
Legal document. In Arabic script. Crumpled and faded. Mentions a power of attorney (wikāla/wakāla), someone who signed something (saṭara ʿalā), "min al-ṭaraf," the number 24, …
Lower part of a letter in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. He describes his great distress (poverty, dependents, …
Minute fragment from a ketubba. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe?
Recto: One or two damaged lines of Arabic text from a large state document, possibly a decree. Requires further examination.
Either a poetic introduction to a letter from the Yeshiva of Jerusalem to the community of Aleppo, or a letter that is in its entirety …
Minute fragment, Few words in Arabic - needs examination.
Legal document. Incomplete draft concerning a house, in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. Abū l-Manṣūr b. al-Rayyis Abū l-Faḍl gives to his wife Sitt …
Receipt for the rent of a shop.
Letter from Ibn al-Naj[era] to [Ḥalfon b.] Netanʾel ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1138 CE, as it seems to belong with documents 32ח to 34ח …
Two fragments of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Recounting various stages of a dispute involving a borrowed book or ledger (daftar). Mentions what transpired one night …
Arabic writing exercises, probably the word "fī" hundreds of times.
Document in Hebrew. Late. Possibly a legal formulary.
Tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: 2 or 8 Dhū l-Qaʿda 405. Payment made …
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Looks late. Needs examination.
Bill of divorce. The date, location, and names of the husband and wife are not preserved. Written and signed by the cantor Hillel b. ʿEli …
Verso: Remnants of a state document (two lines partially preserved, wide line spacing) mentioning Alexandria. In the large blank space someone has practiced writing لا …
Fragment of a petition. Portions of 8 lines are preserved, with different sizes of text and large gaps apparently dividing sections. Mentions "the Jews" and …
Court notebook with four distinct records. (I) Set of quittances each beginning "ubriʾa min X," all relating to to a quantity of coral which the …
Judaeo-Arabic composition in the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. Narrates a scuffle, with the refrain "but they didn't leave me" (wa-lam yakhrujū min ʿindī). Then, …
Probably the end of a letter, quoting Daniel 6:29, 4; Proverbs 3:4, 26, 2; 1 Shemuʾel 25:6. (Information mainly from CUDL)
Marriage contract (ketubba). In the hand of Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya. Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday, 15 Sivan 1368 Seleucid, which is 1057 CE. Groom: …
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Arabic script (VMR)
Table of names and numbers. In Judaeo-Arabic. Late.
Fragment from a legal document, possibly a trousseau list section of a ketuba. AA