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Fragment from the top of a petition in Arabic script. The sender is introduced as "the basest slave" (aqall al-mamālīk) and then "al-burhāniyya"(?). Reused for …
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Lower right corner of a deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) in Arabic script. At least one witness clause is preserved ([...] b. Muḥammad).
Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). With Arabic jottings in the margin. (Information in part …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Bifolio from an astronomical text in Arabic script mentioning Ptolemy, with marginal jottings (observations?) in both Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic.
Fragment (very faint) in Latin script (unless all we are seeing is the impression of the facing fragment).
State document: End of a Fatimid petition or report from the period of al-Ḥākim (996–1021) or earlier.
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Bifolio of accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Quite damaged. Mentions pepper; and possibly a butcher. Otherwise difficult to read anything meaningful.
A letter addressed to a certain Avraham Skandarānī by his aunt, an unnamed lady who has fallen upon evil days and desires his assistance. In …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. On verso of a literary text. Mentions Yaʿqūb several times.
Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Shmuel b. Israel. The bride is Esther known as Rachel d. Barukh Halevi b. Shlomo.
Accounts concerning trade in bales of indigo and henna between the cities of Tunis, Tripoli and Palermo. Mentions the names Maymūn and ʿUthmān followed by …
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Ketubbah for [...] b. Eleazar (bride). Dated 28th Elul 15[.. Sel.], in the time of R. Abraham (possibly Maimonides?). Might be by the hand of …
Damaged Karaite ketubah. Only part od the names preserved: The groom is Hayyim and tyhe bride's name is Esther. 18th century
Letter addressed to al-Shaykh al-Ajal al-Raʾis Abū ʿĪmrān Mūsā (Shelomo b. Mūsā al-Mahdāwī in al-Mahdiyya) from his business associate (Peraḥya b. Yosef in Fusṭāṭ) regarding …
مملوكه
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
عبد حضرة مولاي الشيخ الاجل الريس ابو
عمران موسى اطال الله بقاك وادام عزك ونعماك
ومن حسن التوفي…
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Accounts, in Arabic and Coptic numerals.
Letter of friendship from Moshe, in Damascus, to Yosef b. Eliezer, probably in Jerusalem. In Hebrew. Dated: [5]148 AM, which is 1387/88 CE. See FGP …
From Nahray b. Nissim (Misr) to Farah b. Isma'il Farah (Busir).
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Consisting almost entirely of business accounts. The sender acknowledges receipt of a letter discussing a foreigner (? gharīb) and possibly a deposit. …
Letter from Salama b. Nissim b. Ishaq al-Barqi of Busir to Abu Ishaq (Barhun) b. Ismail al-Tāhartī, dealing with the production of flax and linen. …
כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל [אללה ב]ק[א]ך ואדאם ע[זך
וסמוך וכבת בדל חאסדך ועדוך מן אלמס[ת]קר בוציר ען חאל סלאמה [ונעמה
ושוק אליך…
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Accounts and lists in a register (FGP)
Minute fragment of text in Hebrew script, a few partial words are visible alongside the names Menashshe and Sulaymān. Medieval-era, based on the paleography..
Legal query concerning a newlywed girl who is scared of her husband who has a convulsion every time they attempt sexual intercourse. She is begging …
Legal record (#12). Claim of money owed. Dated: Thursday, 18 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. Abū l-Faraj b. Barakāt Ibn al-Dayyān brings a claim on behalf of …
Bifolio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand may be known. Dating: 11th century. Headed (recto left page): "I consulted God and purchased [...] from Dār …
Letter from Moshe b. Yaʿaqov, Jerusalem, to his wife's brother Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: June 1053 CE. The letter is mainly about arrangements for …
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Copies of letters to the community of Troki from the community of Lithuania.
Draft of a legal document. In the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dating: Mentions Adar 1446 Seleucid, which is 1135 CE. In which Maḥfūẓa …
Beginning of a letter in Arabic. The sender states he fulfilled the addressee's order and shipped something: امتثلت ما امر به مولي الشيخ الجليل ادام …
Work that explains financial accounting, with examples including interest and loss. (Information in part from CUDL.) Reminiscent of T-S NS 69.41 (PGPID 26152).
Testimony concerning a tarika (inheritance) of two women recorded at the court of Avraham b. Ishaq, Ab 1389/July 1078, Fustat.
Fragment of a letter from Abū l-Thanāʾ to his "father," possibly named Abū Saʿd Ibn [...]. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script (note …
Fragment of a partnership contract regarding the sale of wine. Upper, lower, and right side are torn away and no signatures are extant. (Information from …
Bifolio of pen trials including a section written in a cipher - merits examination (might be solvable based on the surrounding formulae).
Legal document signed by [...] Berakhot ha-Kohen, Abraham ha-Kohen and Mevorakh b. [...]. (Information from CUDL)
Note in Arabic script, or a verse of poetry. "مررت بهم دهرا قالها وحزبي....".
The original document is a literary work in vocalized Hebrew. It appears that another paper was then pasted on top, and the first two lines …
Letter from ʿAbdallāh b. Fayrūz to his brother-in-law, a certain Fakhr. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier than 15th century; mentions the currency ashrafī. Deals mainly …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Mention of Ḥajj Budeyr and Se[nyor] Yosef on the recto. A date is likely listed on the verso "שנת צא" which …
Bifolium from a Ladino transcription of a medical work by the physician (el diskreto sabio) Arnau de Villanova. Information from http://www.investigacion.cchs.csic.es/judeo-arabe/sites/investigacion.cchs.csic.es.judeo-arabe/files/Genizah-Al-Andalus.pdf.
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower left corner). Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentions Aṭfīḥ. The handwriting seems consistent with Mūsā b. Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥisda, who …
Receipt for payments related to the residence of Natan Abravanel, issued and signed by Meir Somekh. Dated at the end of Iyyar 5320 AM (May …
Karaite engagement agreement between Yahūda b. Yeshūʿa Levi aka Hīti and ʿAzīza bt. Yahuda Levi. Dated Friday 13 Tevet 5515 AM (1755 CE). Location: the …
Business letter. In Hebrew. Dating: 16th century, based on Avraham David's assessment. Currency: muayyadi/medin.
Query to Avraham Maimonides (ha-Nagid) on the issue of a man who married a second wife while traveling outside the city in which he resides …