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Legal record (#64) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 16v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 62-64) Folio 16v
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Small fragment with possibly Coptic text. Needs examination.
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Fragment from the opening of a letter to 'our master and teacher the Ḥaver.' Quotes Bereshit Rabba: דוד מלך ישראל מת אין מחללין עליו את …
Legal formulary for a deed of manumission of a male or female slave.
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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning people such as Sulaymān b. Khalaf and Nissim b. Sulaymān and Abū l-Rabīʿ. On parchment.
Ownership inscription of a book that belonged to Mevasser b. Yeshuʿa ha-Levi. The book was then purchased by Nadiv b. Saʿadya ha-Levi in 1469 of …
Badly rubbed letter/petition in Judaeo-Arabic, opening and closing with blessings for the addressee (possibly a ḥaver named Yaḥyā). Mentioning people who are trying to sow …
Petition addressed to a dignitary titled Sayyidnā, perhaps Avraham Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. Only the bottom 7 lines are preserved. It may have to do with …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Contains a very detailed account of the viewing of a new moon.
Letter fragment from the lepers of Tiberias, approximately 1030. There are only traces of text on verso.
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Bill of release in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 19 Elul 1400 Seleucid = 28 August 1089 CE. Release given …
Small fragment containing various legal notes with multiple distinct entries. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). One mentions a tax …
Treatise of ḥadīth. Identified by Paul Fenton as al-Qushayrī's epistle on Sufism (he cites T-S NS 297.8, T-S NS 297.188, T-S NS 297.288, and T-S …
Recto: widely-spaced letter (3.5cm between lines) with only a few words preserved. Begins with ליקירנו ואהובנו ובעל בריתנו. Verso: address in a different hand, stating …
Literary text, in Arabic script.
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Avraham b. Sahlan (died ca. 1032 CE), Fustat, probably December 1028. Dating: 1025–1032 CE based on the years when …
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Verso (original use): Letter from Mūsā, probably addressed to Shelomo. Asking the addressee's help in doing something on Sunday. Recto (secondary use): Letter from Shelomo …
Recto: letter in Arabic. Verso: Hebrew text, probably piyyuṭ. (Information from CUDL)
Literary. Psalms and Job.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. Mentioning Abū l-F[...], and "to Fustat from Qūṣ." (Information from CUDL)
Verso: probably a legal document, mentioning Yefet Sar [...] and Abū l-M[...]. Reused on recto for a Hebrew prayer. (Information mainly from CUDL)
List of names with numbers.
Magical instructions and diagrams in Judaeo-Arabic.
Letter or letter draft in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed perhaps to Ḥananel ha-Dayyan (but this is not completely clear). The writer complains about his poverty and unemployment. …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Persian.
Minute fragment of an extremely faded text in Hebrew script on the recto and verso. Requires further examination.
Recto (secondary use): Letter containing a poem addressed a dignitary. In Hebrew. Possibly a token of gratitude for help that the sender received. The letter's …
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Letter from the widow of the cantor Ben Nahman to a Head of the Jews (entitled Gaon) concerning the difficulties she is having with her …
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Letter from Moshe Zussman, in Cairo, to his mother Rachel b. Avraham Zussman of Prague, in Jerusalem. In Hebrew and Yiddish.
Extremely damaged Hebrew-script texts on recto and verso, possibly documentary. Medieval-era. The clearest portion of the text appears at the bottom of the verso mentioning …
Bifolios from a mercantile account ledger in Arabic script. Needs examination.
IB VI, 21. Letter from Makhlūf b. Mūsā to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen Sijilmāsī (aka Abū Zikrī Kohen). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: first half …
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Late accounts. The name Avraham Serano (סראנו) is listed on the verso but many other names are badly damaged and less legible. An Avraham Serano …
Fragment of a letter of a cantor describing the visit of the Nagid in a town, probably Alexandria, during the holidays. The Nagid visited the …
Letter from Ṭāhir b. Maḥfūẓ, the retired beadle of the Babylonian synagogue in Fustat, in Jerusalem, to al-Shaykh al-Thiqa Hibat Allāh, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. …
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Legal document dated to the month Marḥeshvan (year lost), in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). (Information from CUDL)
Likely a receipt or order. Small scrap with two lines preserved. Needs examination.
Letter addressed to "Shaykh al-ʿIlm wa-l-Milla al-Isrā'īliyya." In Arabic script. Dating: Late, based on linguistic features and handwriting. The content is not entirely clear. The …
Letter addressed to Avraham ha-Dayyan (called ha-Sar ha-Nikhbad). In Judaeo-Arabic. This is a letter of recommendation for charity for the bearer. He was one of …
Arbitration after the breaking off of a betrothal. A board of arbitration, consisting of four prominent citizens, decided that the brother of the bride, Tarib …
Poetry. In Arabic script.
Small fragment of a letter in Hebrew. Wide space between the lines. "I arrived safely in Sambūṭya (=Sunbāṭ)... may His blessing fall on him and …
Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? Deed of gift, or possibly a power of attorney appointing Abu l-Faḍl to collect the money …
Fiscal register, in Arabic script. List of dates (no years) and amounts in Arabic, recycled to make a bifolio.
Letter from Yosef Qolon b. Pereẓ, in Jerusalem, to Nissim Bibas, in Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: First quarter of the 16th century, almost certainly 1511 …
Hebrew poetry. One side has a rahaṭ attributed to Yehuda (ZL) (Yehuda ha-Levi?).
Bifolio from a merchant's account ledger. Dating: 11th or possibly 12th century. Mentions goods such as safflower, celery (? karafs/karpas/כרפס) rosewater, costus, camphor, tamarind, 'Judaic …