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State document in Arabic script. Petition or report? Fragments of 6 lines are preserved, wide space between them. Refers to al-Shaykh al-Muʾayyad fī l-Dīn (maybe …
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Legal record (#17) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on ff. 2v, 3r of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated …
Bill of divorce. Location: Cairo. Dated: 15[..] Seleucid, which is 1188–1288 CE. Probably in the second half of this range, to judge by handwriting (which …
No Scholarship Records
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Refers to two parties and a period of one year. May be …
Small receipt or order for 4 raṭls of something. The quantity is written three times: with a Hebrew numeral and a Coptic numeral at the …
A leaf from a work on sexual medicine & aphrodisiacs in Arabic.
Responsa. A query whether milk milked on the Sabbath may be sold. Almost identical with T-S 13J9.10. (Information from Goitein’s index card)
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Document concerning financial issues. Mentions a sum of money, and says that if the parties take an oath they will incur the guilt of violating …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Part of a ketubba. Dating: ca. late 11th or early 12th century. Bride: [...] bt. Muvḥar ha-Levi. Groom: Ḥalfon b. Yeshuʿa ha-Levi. Date and location …
Bill of release in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 19 Elul 1400 Seleucid = 28 August 1089 CE. Release given …
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Two fragments mentioning a few names, probably from the same document: Natan b. Ḥalfōn, ..]n b. Yaʾīr, Nissim b. Yosef ha-Dayyan. Requires further examination.
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A fragment from a beginning of a ketubah. 11th century. AA
Astrological text in Arabic script, with interspersed words transcribed into Judaeo-Arabic (late hand) in the spaces between the lines. This demonstrates that even some Jews …
من يوم الاحد وان اردت الهياجان
ففي ساعة المريخ من يوم الجمعة وهي
سادس ساعة منه وان اردت
تحرق قلبه ففي ساعة الزهرة من
يوم الثلاثا وهي …
On Sunday. If you intend to provoke/agitate (him/someone)
then in the hours of Mars on Friday which is
The sixth hour of the day and if y…
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Fragment from legal deeds written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). On recto a reverence is made to 'al-wakil al-goy' = the gentile …
Marriage contract in Palestinian style (small scrap from the concluding lines). VMR
Brief account in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Yosef al-Ḥaṭṭāb and Moshe Kohen. Dating is 16th- or 17th-century based on the mention of Ottoman-era jadid coinage. MCD.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Listing items sold (or bought) on each date.
Official receipt for Abū [...] al-ʿAṭṭār for a payment of 5 dirhams (unclear what for). The sum is written in three different places and there …
Probably a letter describing a legal conflict, or else a legal document containing testimony. In Judaeo-Arabic. Referring to the opponent; a Jewish person; "I threw …
Account whose heading reads taʿrīf rafaʿahu Abū al-ʿAyb al-šayḫ al-ġilmānī). Once belonged to the same account as ENA 641.19 + ENA 641.21 + ENA 641.23. …
Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is in Sammanūd. On recto, there are greetings and expressions of longing, "We have not enjoyed a day of …
Fragment of an account in western Arabic numerals; no words. May be part of CUL Or.1081 2.75.8.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and an unclear numeral system (Coptic?). Mentions several obscure terms; sour grapes (ḥiṣrim); sugar; tutty; al-ḥakīm; jars of wine
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (right side only). Dating: 12th or early 13th century. Mentions Waliyy al-Dawla, Fustat, and a shop.
Official document of some kind. Abū Naṣr al-[...] may owe 6.25 dinars. There is a date (Dhū l-Ḥijja something), but the year seems to be …
Letter addressed to Menaḥem the physician, in the horseshoers' market (fī al-musammirīn) in Fustat or Cairo. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic, with the first five lines written …
Verso: Legal notes in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mentions Abū Kathīr Efrayim b. Ḥalfon and his wife Maḥfūẓa bt. …
Table of prognostications used for casting lots (e.g., "power and glory" or "great prosperity" "a noble position" "a mild pain" "many opponents").
Rhymed poetry. In the margin on verso the name Nissim b. [...] is mentioned. (Information from CUDL)
T-S K5, 16-40. Exercises of children, representing leters in various combinations and copies of the beginnings of the third and the first books of Moses. …
Genealogical list of Fustat families, beginning with the Nānū family. Also mentions Abū l-Maʿālī ʿOvadya b. ʿUlla "the Nagid of the land of Israel and …
Recto is a legal query regarding a sale and interest. Written on parchment. Dating: early 11th century. Verso contains a faded address in Arabic script, …
Recto (secondary use): Late letter in Hebrew to R. Shelomo ha-Sofer from "your wife Dona Soro (=Sara?) and your daughters Reina and Raḥel and your …
Receipt of some sort, with the glyph at the top, mentioning a sum of 200-something, and the name Sulaymān. Needs examination.
List in Judaeo-Arabic of payments dated in the years 1207-1208 AH which is 1792–1794CE. Although the document itself is dated with the Hijri calendar the …
Letter concerning various business issues and the new agent Abū […]. Mentions a qāḍī, a widow, and a girl. Also mentions the Sar ha-Sarim and …
Legal formularies.
Letter. Quite faded. In Judaeo-Arabic and some Hebrew. Addressed to a dignitary. The sender complains about his poverty and illness. Mentions people who have helped …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38). Concerning a financial settlement, mentioning various sums of money: 26 Malikī dinars (used in Yemen) …
Verso: Fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic, likely related to the India trade. The layout is reminiscent of Abū Zikrī Kohen's letters, though the …
Small bifolio with an unusual poem or popular song in vocalized Judaeo-Arabic, with the line "you've taken me to Istanbul," and dealing with themes of …
Minute fragment from a dowry list. Only few items survived, all are commonly found in dowry lists. It is impossible to say if this list …
Account. Late. Organized by month name and dates within the month.
Legal deed, draft, regarding the estate of Avraham ha-Levi the teacher b. Yosef b. ʿAnan, which had been deposited by the Beit Din with ʿEli …
Petition formula in Arabic on recto, perhaps a draft or writing exercise. Medieval-era. Only the opening formula is visible (المملوك يقبل الارض). The scribe's ink …
Bill of divorce (geṭ) from a betrothal (erusin). Location: Fustat. Dated: Monday, 17 Iyar 4846 AM, which is 4 May 1086 CE. Fiancé: ʿAmram b. …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning items that were sent with Abū Surūr and others with Makhlūf al-Nafūsī (for Sibāʿ) and others with ʿAṭāʾ b. Hilāl. Dated: …
Letter from Labrāṭ b. Moshe b. Sughmār, in al-Mahdiyya, to his brother Yehuda, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: January 9 (12 Shevat), 1058 CE (Gil) …
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