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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

This is the last leaf of a longer letter, as it is headed "tamām al-kitāb." Mentions the lawsuit between Efrayim and Ibn Abū Ṭāriya (בן אבו טאריה, cf. T-S 8J4.2 l. 29). Also mentions shofarot. The sender belligerently demands a response, threatening, "I am capable of cutting off correspondence with you."

Tags

• hostile

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Inferred date

1213–1237 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

The case concerns Khafāʾ bt. Abū l-Futūḥ al-Skandarānī (the Alexandrian). Verso: unidentified Hebrew text, possibly a prayer, including Jeremiah 36:6.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. "When he arrived in al-Maḥalla, I inquired from him, and he said that he went to you many times, but your excellence said that they were not ready. I ask that you please give them to the bearer of this letter, Abū l-Thanāʾ al-Kohen, and do not delay at all. . . . they arrived ruined (mufsida), on account of their bad craftsmanship (fasād ṣanʿatihā). . . ."

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• al-mahalla

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Primary language

Arabic

The sender reports that there was great difficulty on the Nile or sea voyage (laḥiqanā shidda fī l-baḥr) because of the excessive cargo (min kuthrat al-wasq), but ultimately they arrived safely. The sender delivered the 'taqwīm' to al-Sharīf who was grateful. The sender met with Manṣūr al-Farrāsh and conveyed the addressee's message to him.

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Ramaḍān 520 Hijrī (20 September 1126–19 October 1126 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Refers to the caliph (amīr al-muʾminīn in l. 1) and might refer to [...] al-Āmirī al-saʿīd(ayn?)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Late, 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography. One entry: "al-mutaʾakhkhir ʿalā arbāb al-jawāmik..." The year is then given but is difficult to read, perhaps Jumada I [9]52 AH based on various headings (1545 CE).

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• jamakiyya

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Document date

Tevet 1525 Seleucid (15 December 1213–12 January 1214 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Brief text in Hebrew, document type or literary genre is unclear (colophon?). Almost none of the main text is preserved except the conclusion וכן יהי רצון. The location is then given as Damascus (חדרך סוריא), and the date is given as Tevet 1525 Seleucid is visible (טבת אתקכה) which is 1213/14 CE, and then possibly the word maʿāmīl (pl. of maʿmūl), significance unclear. The date may also be 1565 Seleucid = 1253/54 CE.

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Tishrei 1437 Seleucid (31 August 1125–29 September 1125 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

6 bifolia. These all appear to be literary except for the left folio of P5, which is a legal document concerning a real estate transaction. […] Naming people such as Abū l-Fakhr; Abū l-Surūr al-Nassāl(?); ʿOvadya b. Efrayim ha-Levi (the seller); Elʿazar b. Yefet ha-Kohen (the buyer); and Abū ʿAlī. Needs examination.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Throughout the entries there are references to: T-S NS 224.234 (recto) emerald, "the waqf", honey, chicken, almonds; T-S NS 224.235 (recto) "the houses of the Alexandrians"; T-S NS 224.235 (verso) silk, pepper, figs, cinnamon.

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Naḥman ha-Turgeman ("the broadcaster," i.e., the one who conveys the words of a speaker to a large audience) left behind in al-Maḥalla. It is claimed by Shelomo b. Yosef ha-Kohen. The occupational title ha-Turgeman (تُرْجُمَان), could also mean "the translator/interpreter."

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• halfon b. menashshe

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Listing many names and numbers. Mentions: Ibn al-Qābila; Abū Saʿd; Rosh ha-Qahal; al-Muʿallim; Ibn Qaṭāṭa(?); Abū Isḥāq Ibn Ṭībān; Abū ʿImrān Ibn Shimlāṣ; Shuwayʿ; Abū l-Khayr al-Ramlī(?). The scribe consistently omits the vav of Abū, e.g., writing אבעמראן instead of אבו עמראן.

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

In huge Arabic letters overlying the folktale is someone's signature: al-ʿabd al-mamlūk . . . Abū Yūsuf al-[...].

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• popular literature

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small bifolio probably from a court ledger or communal record. One page is alphabet practice. The facing page reports that a group assembled in the synagogue on Monday, the 6th of Kislev 14[..] or 15[..] […] On the lefthand page of verso, there is another list of items brought by the cantor (al-ḥazzan al-mumḥe) R. Ṣadoq. AA/ASE

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Rabīʿ I 957 Hijrī (20 March 1550–18 April 1550 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List of names, under two columns מצר (Cairo) and בולאק (بولاق‎ , Boulaq or Būlāq, the northern river port of early modern Cairo (Maṣr al-Qadīma/Fustat was the city's southern port district). Dated at the top of verso, Rabīʿ al-Awwal זנץ‫ ‬ presumably 957 of the Hijra (= 1550 CE). Names include Muḥammad al-Ḥarirī, Aḥmad, Yosef Antsranī, and Abraham Ashrāqī.

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Primary language

Arabic

The verso seems to be a Fatimid report mentioning a variant of the raʾy clause (ʾārā al-ʿāliyya) that is attested on a few 12th C Fatimid documents (eg., the petition to the wazīr of al-ʿĀḍid; T-S Ar. 51.107).

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Primary language

Arabic

Mentions garments and fabrics (kiswa, mandīl sūsī, sufra Iskandārī) and the phrase فوجد الذي باسم المذكور من, and also warehouses (shuwān), probably of fabric. On the verso, some magical doodles and some names in Judaeo-Arabic: Kulayb, Sittūna, Thamna(?) bt. Levi, Sitt al-Ahl, Waḥshiyya(?), Abū l-Khayr. Needs further examination.

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Document date

25 Jumādā II 524 Hijrī (5 June 1130 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Dated: 25 Jumādā II 524 AH = 5 June 1130 CE. (Each receipt also mentions the year 523 in the main text.) With registration marks in different hands, referencing Dīwān al-Ishrāf.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Rhymed text (-kha) in Hebrew. By al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. On verso there is similar text, perhaps a draft of a poem.

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• literary with documentary value
• nasir

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Ownership note on a book acquired by Natan b. Yeshuʿa. There is also a date based on a biblical verse but hard to interpret.

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Scribed and signed by: Aharon ha-Mumḥe b. Efrayim. Also signed by: Avraham b. Shabbetay.

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List of names and sums, some are related to different houses. See also ENA 2591.14–15 (PGPID 662).

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• list

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Petition to David al-haver al-kohen son of the judge in Judaeo-Arabic. no content has been preserved.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter of praises for Yehuda b. Saʿadya, mentioning also his brother the future Nagid Mevorakh b. Saʿadya.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment of accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions al-ṣabiyy; al-Yahūdī; and possibly Yaḥyā.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment with legal jottings, probably. Mentions al-Iṭrābulsī, [...] b. Natan al-ʿAṭṭār, and [...] b.

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Arabic

Fiscal accounting. [Waṣala] ilā bayt al-māl al-maʿmūr bi-taʾrīkh [...]. Needs further examination.

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Late fragment with scattered recipes in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, mostly medical, but one is also titled "for banishing mice."

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• medical

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Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Mentions the dish mulūkhiyya, pepper and saffron. Also contains Coptic numerals. Needs examination.

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• dimme

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Primary language

Arabic

A suggestive reading for the centre bold text in red could be "al-haykal al-sākinīn".

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• dimme
• occult

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Primary language

Arabic

Minute fragment of a state document referring to the caliph (al-Imām) al-M[ustanṣir?]. Nothing else is preserved.

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Primary language

Arabic

Writing practice or drafts of the formulae typically used in official documents with prayers for the caliph ("... al-ṭāhirīn... al-akramīn...).

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Primary language

Arabic

Fragment containing large Arabic script (from a letter?). There is also some smaller script and Judaeo-Arabic on verso.

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Primary language

Arabic

May be addressed to Saladin (al-Malik al-Nāṣir). Reused for Hebrew seliḥot.

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Primary language

Arabic

Containing part of Sūrat al-Maʿārij (70) and Sūrat al-Nūḥ (71).

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• dimme
• quran

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Letter criticizing someone's behavior, also cryptically referring to the engagement of a woman.

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Inferred date

1136–1139 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Memorandum from Abu Zikri Kohen to Mahruz. Alexandria, ca. 1136-1149.

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• 12th c
• business
• ib-partial translation-eng
• ib2
• india book
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Document date

6 Shawwal 401 Hijrī (13 May 1011 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Mūsā b. al-Majjānī to Yosef Raʾs al-kull b. ʿAwkal, spring 1011.

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• 11th c
• yosef b. awkal

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Peraḥyā Ibn Yijū in Alexandria. AA

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• alexandria
• communal
• hananel b. shemuel
• ib-addenda
• ib3
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Primary language

Arabic

Unidentified document in Arabic script, maybe legal. There is also a mirror image imprint of another unrelated Arabic document.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment of a letter from a son to his father (al-wālid al-makhdūm). (Information from CUDL)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List or accounts, repeatedly mentioning niṣf (‘half’ and also the currency ‘half dinar’) and Ṣedaqa. (Information from CUDL)

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• account

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Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Bifolio of accounts. It mentions dār al-qādī and dār al-ḥukm. Might be a join with T-S AS 176.157.

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Primary language

Arabic

Mentions the phrase "....ʿalā ḥukm al-muqaddam...."

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Primary language

Arabic

Small fragment possibly from an official letter/report. Mentions "waṣala al-nāṣiḥ/al-nāḍij(?) Masʿūd(?)...."

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Primary language

Arabic

Wide space between the lines. Begins, "yakhdum al-majlis al-sāmī...."

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

At least in part concerning wine making (al-nabīdh... al-muwallad...).

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• wine

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