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Small fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic in a hand reminiscent of the 11th century Maghribī merchants. One legible phrase: ולם תצל רקאעה. Little …
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Verso: Directive concerning a legal case in Judaeo-Arabic. "The elder Abū l-ʿAlāʾ must come, and if he is tardy, he will owe 10 (dinars?)... and …
Fragments of magnificent Hebrew calligraphy accompanied by a combative note from a scribe: "Furthermore, the wicked inhabitants of Mahdiyya(?) harass me in the work of …
Letter fragment in Ladino. Dated: 11 Elul 5501 AM = 23 August 1741 CE.
Fragment of an official letter from the office of one of the later Maimonidean Nagids, declaring a ban of excommunication. Reused on recto for a …
Small fragment from a legal query sent to Hai Gaon from Qabis, copied by Yosef Rosh Haseder. Parallel to Levin, Ginzei Qedem, 1, p. 1 …
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 …
Recto: Accounts in Arabic script. Possibly a state document. Looks complete. The first line is the glyph, then Abū Sahl, then Abū l-Faḍl al-Raʾīs. Needs …
Letter to Aharon Rofe in Damascus. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The writer may be writing from Ṣanʿā (penultimate line of recto) where he has traveled …
Letters. Among the small handful of Judaeo-Arabic papyri. Labeled "papyrus XI" (for recto) and "papyrus XII" (for verso) in the classification of Blau and Hopkins. …
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Hebrew poetry in the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Legal document. Small fragment. Involves someone named Efrayim, a woman, and al-Sammanūdī; also involves a debt and a document that was lost.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, probably. Too faded to read.
Verso: Letter in Arabic script. Needs examination for content. On recto there is a Hebrew poem, possibly a blessing or panegyric, signed by the cantor …
Letter from Yūsuf b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī, to Yeshuaʿ b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī. Mentions Abū Ibrāhīm (Isḥāq) b. Khalaf, who had written to tell al-Tāhartī that he …
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Decree, possibly. Parts of three lines from the left side; second line reads "in shā allāh taʿālā." Wide line-spacing. Between lines 2 and 3 there …
Note in a Spanish hand concerning payments and mentioning a substance zanjfur (vermilion) and Abū l-Faraj. (Information from CUDL)
Letter from Efrayim b. ʿAzaryahu to an unnamed addressee. There are 13 lines of eloquent Hebrew blessings and flattery ("my soul is tied up with …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Or possibly a legal testimony. Mentions an argument and something that happened 'in the middle of the house' and the synagogue …
Fol. 7: Text in Hebrew listing the names of various Nasis, e.g., Ḥizqiyya ha-Nasi and Shelomo ha-Nasi b. David ha-Nasi Rosh ha-Gola. Containing phrases typical …
Accounts, written in two columns on verso. Mentions Aharon b. Shoshan. Dating: probably no earlier than ca. 15th century. (Information in part from CUDL)
Trousseau list. In the hand of Natan b. Shemuel. Dating: ca. 1140 CE or, more broadly, ca. 1128–1164 CE based on the years when Natan …
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Long letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely Mamluk-era, based on paleography. Quite faded. Mentions wheat repeatedly. Needs examination. (Information in part from CUDL)
Literary text in Arabic script.
Addendum to a letter from Abū l-Ḥasan b. Makhlūf (cf. T-S 10J17.20 and JRL Gaster heb. ms 1860/5), Abū l-Faḍl b. Yaʿaqov, Abū l-Manṣūr b. …
Accounts (?) divided by horizontal lines. 11th c (?), written on parchment, thus Sicilian? Mentions silver ingots (fiḍḍa sabāʾik). Several of the entries begins "wa-qia …
Official (tax?) receipt for a goldsmith (al-ṣāʾigh).
Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to Sitt Ṭāʾūs (from her husband?). Rudimentary hand. Dating: probably ca. 14th–15th century. The sender expresses longing and cites the …
Letter from Meʾīr Ben-Naʿīm in Cairo to his son Moshe Ben-Naʿīm in Alexandria. Dated 1 Kislev 5583 AM which is 1822 CE. Mentions Se[nyor] Pinto, …
Tax receipt. Beginning "tadhkira bism..." For Ibrāhīm b. Menashshe. For his capitation tax payment in Fustat. Receipts sharing the same administrative note/hand at upper left …
Letter in Arabic, from a state official within Meḥmed ʿAlī Pasha's administration detailing a variety of transactions involving individuals with the title Effendi. Dated 16 …
Collection of legal or official records of some kind. Receipts? On parchment. One of the entries on verso mentions Isḥāq b. Manṣūr al-Yahūdī and the …
Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Daniel b.Yosef. The bride is Esther known as Faraj d. Yeshu'a b. Ishaq. AA
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals, mentioning various fabrics and garments, including several Shāmī and several Hurmuzī.
Literary text on the laws of ritual slaughter (sheḥiṭa).
Account, possibly fiscal. Crumpled, lacunose and difficult to read, but some text would be recoverable with conservation. Includes string.
Marriage contract (ketubba). Upper left corner. Location: Fustat. Bride: Sitt al-Ahl bt. Nāshī ha-Kohen Rosh ha-Qahal.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Looks late. Needs examination.
Verso (original use): Petition. In Arabic script. Dating: Probably Mamluk-era. Concerning the synagogue at Dammūh and asking for orders/guidance (waṣāh). Perhaps having to do with …
Small fragment of a ketubba. Arabic jottings on verso. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Letter to Abu al-Faraj Nissim b. 'Ayyash from an unidentified sender in Alexandria concerning the payment of 43 dirhams. Reference is made to a woman …
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List of accounts that on the verso are clearly related to debts "דיווני" and organized by successive days of the week. Two of the items …
Letter/petition from a certain Yiṣḥaq to the Nagid David I Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 10 Sivan [4]999 AM, which is 1239 CE. (Someone, perhaps Elkan …
Deed of lease. In difficult Arabic script. The lessee is [...] b. ʿĪsā b. ʿĀzif(?), a government employee (al-mustakhdam). Dated: 17 Rajab 531(?) AH = …
List of names with sums in two columns written on the reverse side of a deed connected with the sale of a house written in …