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Letter in Hebrew by the muqaddam (head) of the community of Minyat Zifta, announcing that he had excommunicated a debtor according to an instruction by …
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Bottom part of a legal deed, signed by Yehuda b. Efrayim, containing fragment from the approval- qiyyum
No Scholarship Records
Minute fragment. The name Mordekhay is visible, possibly part of a full signature that is missing.
Literary text or philosophical jottings in Hebrew. Late.
Fragment of a dirge, possibly for a relation of a Gaʾon (ינחם לב גאון...)
Accounts. Late 19th century. Numerals expressed in Arabic.
Bill of sale dated December 481/1088 (original document), in which Khulayf b. ʿUbayd b. ʿAlī sells a house to Hārūn b. Khulayf b. Hārūn, the …
Debate poem between hashish and wine. In the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. The narrator is a partisan of wine: "Hashish has a way / …
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Clockwise from upper left: (a) Small fragment in Arabic script, with two words in Judaeo-Arabic at the bottom (stuck on from an unrelated document). Likely …
Khan, Qaṣr Ibrīm, doc. 50
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Verso: Letter from Shabbetay b. Avraham, in Minyat Zifta, to the judge Zakkay b. Moshe, perhaps in al-Maḥalla. In Judaeo-Arabic. (Zakkay was in al-Maḥalla in …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Unidentified document with the name or signature Moshe b. Ḥizqiyya at the bottom.
Letter from Berakha, the wife of Marwān b. Zikrī/Zekharya, to her brother Avraham b. Peraḥya Mahdawī (Ben Yiju). In Judaeo-Arabic. It is unclear if this …
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A letter from Yeshu'a Yosef b. Moshe to Avraham b. Moshe
Bifolio of astrological writing. One of the pages contains a prayer for the late Yefet b. Shela, apparently a great scholar with many titles: אלרב …
Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, mentioning a Moshe.
Some kind of account in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
Either a legal document or a letter concerning a legal case. In Judaeo-Arabic. Three lines from the middle of the document are preserved. Wide space …
Table in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Chancery hand? Needs examination.
Recto: Official letter in Arabic script. Portions of 7 lines are preserved. On verso there is an inscription in enormous Hebrew letters (אלקדר יצ...) flanked …
Recto: Letter, or possibly a legal document. In Arabic script. Fragmentary (lower right corner). Mentions a collector of funds of some kind (jābī l-muwāzana), and …
Minute fragment, badly damaged. Medieval-era. The recto and verso retain a few letters in Hebrew and Arabic script, respectively. The verso could be documentary. Requires …
Small fragment of an Arabic legal document on parchment. Probably a transaction involving real estate; mentions al-makhzan alladhī. . .
State document, in Arabic script. The perfumers/druggists (ʿaṭṭārīn) of Fustat petition the Ayyubid sultan al-Malik al-Ṣālīḥ (Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb, r. 1240–49) about the injustice of …
In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate.
The slaves kiss the ground in the lofty, lordly presence of al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ, may Go…
Much damaged and dark. Commodities are mentioned. On verso in a different hand in Judeo Arabic. Might join with T-S AS 152.417. AA
Letter from Aharon b. Naḥum ha-Tinnisi the scribe. The writer is in need. He lost his job and prices are high, so he left Tinnis …
Recto: Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic, ca. 1050. Gil, Kingdom vol. 2, #161
Fragment from a book of legal formulas
Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Possibly addressed to Dimnū (there is a village by this name near Sohag). Mentions the amīr ʿAlī and …
Note from Eli Ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel to Avraham Ha-Kohen b. Yiṣḥaq b. Furat.
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Very damaged and barely legible fragment of a letter. AA
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Mentions a sum of Malikī dinars (the gold coins of Yemen in …
Literary text, probably medical. Mentions "al-zībaq al-aḥmar" red mercury.
Petition, probably. In Arabic script. Addressed to a lower official requesting to summon some people. Portions of 5-6 lines are preserved. Refers to agents, a …
Private account of Yisrael b.Natan. Around 1045. Regarding is business with Yeshua b. Isma’il al-Makhmuri. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 3, #410) VMR
שרח מא קבצת מן ספתגה
כתבהא בן אלאסכ<נד>ראני עלי
אבי אלפרג ישועה
מן דנאניר אלנפוסי עליה
עח דינ אלא קירטין
דפע מה דינ אלא…
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Unidentified text, in Arabic script.
Trousseau list. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (bottom part only). Rudimentary hand. Entries include Dustarī/Tustarī fabric, other garments, and a female slave valued at 30 dinars. The …
Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. ENA 2875.35 belongs before ENA 2875.34. See Goitein's index card for more information.
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State document, probably a decree. In Arabic script, in a chancery hand. Huge letters and wide space between the lines. Reused for a Judaeo-Arabic literary …
Business letter to Abū l-ʿAlāʾ(?) [...] Ibn Shaʿyā. In Arabic script. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The paper is almost completely preserved, but the text …
Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100-1138 CE).
Record of a legal case between Avraham b. Ḥayyim and Avraham Abū l-Khayr. See Avraham David's transcription and notes on FGP for identifications and related …
Legal document, late, in Arabic script. Mentions Muṣṭaf[a] Agha Qabūdān and Jaʿfar(?) Agha Qabūdān. Needs examination.
Literary text, in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Letter or petition in Arabic script. Fragmentary (upper left corner). Addressed to somebody titled [al-shaykh al-ʿālim] al-ʿāmil al-wariʿ al-zāhid [...] ʿAbd al-ʿAliyy Ibn al-Sukkarī. The …