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Upper left corner of a deed of acknowledgment (iqrār).
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Fragment from the top of a large ketubba with an ornate heading of geometrical designs, blessings for the Nagid David I Maimonides (r. 1237–1300 CE), …
Account register of Yiṣḥaq b. Yeḥiel, a dealer in carpets (tappeti = טפיטי, טאפיטי) as well as numerous other luxury commodities (nuts, drugs/perfumes, sugar from …
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Small fragment from a legal deed. On parchment. Dating: 11th century? Refers to a woman who is to write a "deed of cleansing" (=release?): שתכתב …
Lists in Judaeo-Arabic that are designated by individual names such as Moshe Qanini, Sa'ad Qanini (recto), and Nissim al-Ḥāmī (verso). Based on the paleography and …
Minute fragment of a document mentioning Abū l-Bayān. (Information from CUDL.)
Brief note in Arabic on verso: "this is the handwriting of Abū Saʿīd (hādhā khaṭṭ Abū Saʿīd).
Bifolio of accounts (sums collected) in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dating: probably no earlier than 13th century. Many names and numbers listed. Several freedmen appear …
There are several unrelated fragments sharing this shelfmark, of which the only documentary one is fol. 5. Fol. 5v: Legal document written by Mevorakh b. …
List of commercial ,goods, including gold rings, amber, and cloaks (shamla). (Information in part from CUDL.)
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Also used for pen trials.
Legal document dated 6 July 1564 CE (16 Tammuz 5324) in Cairo/מצרים, in which Sulaymān Ṣafiyy and the treasurers of the heqdesh of the Mustaʿrib …
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Legal document containing the wording of the vow to be made by Bū Isḥāq Ibn Kathīr. Also mentions ʿOvadya b. Aharon and the wife of …
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Hebrew and Aramaic poetry.
Tax receipt, Fatimid, issued in Fusṭāṭ in the name of Saʿīd al-Afṣarī. Hint of a date at the bottom (23?).
Letter from Shemuʾel b. ʿEli gaʾon, in Baghdad, in the hand of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov b. ʿEli Rosh ha-Seder of Irbīl, second half of the …
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Formularies for marriage documents in Hebrew. Including one related to levirate marriage.
Petition/letter of appeal for charity, in Arabic script, addressed to the qāḍī ʿImād al-Mulk. The writer mentions his distress (al-shidda wa-l-ḍīqa wa-l-khawf). Later (three lines …
Subsequent use: Letter from Ḥassūn b. Nissim ha-Levi al-Barqī, in al-Maḥalla al-Kubrā, to Abū Kathīr Efrayim b. [...]. Mentions people such as Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa. …
Document in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. One side is headed "Cairo" and lists names such as al-Shaykh Abū l-Faraj al-Ṣāyigh
Fragment from a commercial letter, mentioning that a letter from Abū l-Ḥusayn has arrived, and invoking the ʿaṣabiyya of the addressee to ask him to …
This copy of a marriage contract from a record book from the Palestinian synagogue of Fustat is written on four pages of two folios consisting …
Recto: Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Monday, 16 Sivan 1769 Seleucid, which is 1458 CE. Under the reshut of the Nagid Yehosef. Location: Cairo. ʿAbd …
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Petition in Arabic script. Begins with a taqbīl and praises for "al-majlis al-ʿālī... khallada allāh ayyām sulṭānahu....). Concerning "my father Abū Zikrī al-Ṭabīb (the physician)." …
Accounts. Mentions marjoram (mardaqūsh).
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Concerning a partnership, and one partner who preferred to travel outside of …
IB II, 33-34 (ח23). Memorandum from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan to Ḥalfon ha-Levi b. Netan'el. Location: Aden. Dating: ca. 1135 CE. This is the document to …
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The whole folio is preserved, but the text is too faded to read.
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Letter from ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣadaqa, in Būṣīr, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating (Gil): ca. 1045 CE. ʿAyyāsh is about to finish the phase …
[יאשיכי וסי]די אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף
[ אלאסוא] ענך מן בוציר //מסתהל כסליו// ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה ושוק אליך קרב אללה
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List of piyyutim. One line in Arabic at the bottom.
Two receipts for payment of kharāj in grain (qamḥ)and beans (fūl) on one sheet of paper from 535/1140–41 (date works well with return to collection …
Fragment of a family letter in Arabic script. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century, possibly from the circle of Eliyyahu the Judge (based on the …
Recto and verso are both late family letters in Judaeo-Arabic by the same writer, perhaps to different recipients. The writer goes into great detail about …
Small fragment of a state document in Arabic script. Reused for Hebrew literary text.
Letter addressed to a cantor. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner). The sender greets the entire congregation. Mentions [al-Shaykh] al-Sadīd Zikrī. There are prayers for …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Calligraphically written. Addressed to a person with many titles but whose name does not seem to appear: al-Rayyi al-Jalīl al-Fakhr(?) al-Fāḍil …
Minute fragment with a few words in Arabic script. Not digitized.
Accounts with Hebrew numerals. Dating: probably 16th-century based on the paleography and mention of Avraham Ben-Shanji/Ibn Shanji in the second line of the verso. A …
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Fol. 1: Letter in Arabic script. The addressee is called "al-ṣabiyy(?) al-akram... al-jamālī jamāl al-dunyā wa-l-dīn..." The text is quite faded and difficult to read. …
Legal record. Written and signed by the judge Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen; also signed by Saʿadya b. Menashshe ha-Kohen. Certifying that Abū l-Faḍāʾil b. Salāma …
Literary text in Arabic script, with biblical verses in Arabo-Hebrew. A commentary of some sort, arranged in question-and-answer format.
Large sheet of paper covered with copious pen trials and jottings mainly in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, with some Arabic script. There are several entries very …
Bifolium. One page may be a literary text (refers to the bewilderment of intellects) or a copy of a letter. On verso, at ninety degrees, …
IB IV, 11 (ח11). Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq, in Aden, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, in ʿAydhāb. Dating: after autumn 1131 CE. Mainly in …
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Poetry written and signed by Yedutun ha-Levi.
Letter. A second copy of the same letter as in T-S 10J14.20 (PGPID 5810).
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Legal document. The beginnings of 8 lines are preserved. Involves 3 dinars, a druggist, and someone named Ṭāhir.