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Letter from Ṭoviya b. ʿEli, probably in a provincial town, to his cousin Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, probably in Fustat. Dating: 1122–50, based on the …
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Too little text remains to identify, possibly accounts. (Information from CUDL)
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Legal query or responsum in Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning witnesses and oaths.
Magical text? In Arabic script. Refers to "every spirit, spiritual and corporeal..." and on verso some magical-sending nonsense names.
Legal document in the form of a letter addressed to the Gaon (Maṣliaḥ?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Signed by Yefet b. Shelomo and Elʿazar b. [...]. The …
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 …
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IB III, 9. Letter from Yosef b. Avraham in Aden to Avraham b. Yiju. Goitein thought that the letter was sent to Zabīd, a coastal …
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Fiscal or para-fiscal document (i.e., prepared by state officials or by the Jewish community for the government). List of indigent people equally divided between natives …
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Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Probably a deed of gift. Signed by [Abraham?], a descendant of Shemaʿya Gaʾon. …
Recto (secondary use): Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Possibly a contributions list. Dating: Probably 13th century. People include R. Ḥananya, R. Eliyya, Bū l-Faḍl, …
Fragment of official correspondence in Arabic script. The beginnings of two lines are preserved; the second line reads مملوكه واجابته بما ينتهي اليه من . …
Several lines in Arabic script. Poetry? Needs further examination. Piyyut on the other side.
Note addressed to Ṣedaqa b. Yeshuʿa ha-Kohen Rosh ha-Seder. In Hebrew, in a crude hand. Asking him to send something, and not too late.
Fragment of a literary text in Judaeo-Arabic, on recto and verso. The paleography supports a dating estimate of 16th-century or later. The verso is recorded …
Official correspondence in Arabic script. The address lists Muḥammad Effendi as the recipient and the opening line of the document mentions Aḥmad Effendi. Mentions "al-majlis …
Bill of divorce (geṭ). The wife is Ḥusn bt. Berakhot of Cairo. The first witness's name is very faded ([...] b. Moshe?). The second witness …
Stroke in Arabic script. Reused for Hebrew script. Needs examination.
Letter addressed to Menaḥem Mir. Features honorific titles for the addressee in Hebrew (היקר נבון ונעלה), followed by the first few lines of the body …
Recto (secondary use): Medical prescription in Judaeo-Arabic. Using saffron and different kinds of fat.
Bifolio containing mainly Hebrew literary text as well as a drawing of a rectangle. One page consists of the beginning of an Arabic medical epistle …
Letter fragment, probably. Only the address is preserved. Addressed to Yeḥezqel ha-Kohen ha-Ḥazzan b. Ḥesed. The blank space on the fragment is entirely filled with …
Betrothal document, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Monday, 9 Shevat 5530 AM, which is 1770 CE. Groom: Ḥayyim b. Eliyyahu ha-Rofe b. Elishaʿ ha-Rofe. Bride: Raḥel …
Ketubba. Groom: Meʾir b. Yakhin (a well-known cantor and communal official). Bride: Muʿazzaza bt. Mevorakh, a divorcee. Location: Fustat. Dating: the 4th of a month, …
Verso (original use): Three verses of (Judaeo-)Arabic poetry on homesickness written by Shemuel b. Elʿazar Ibn [...]sh, a physician from Alexandria who lived in Qūṣ. …
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Letter from Barakāt(?) to Eliyyahu he-Ḥakham ha-Maskil. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper part only). Greetings to Bū l-Ṭāhir Zaqen ha-ʿEda. (Information in part from CUDL)
Minute fragment of a state document. The only words preserved are "[al-Must]anṣir Billāh Amīr al-Muʾmin[īn]." Dating: 1036–95. Reused for a Hebrew liturgical jotting on verso.
Copious jottings in Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic, Hebrew, and other symbols (all Greek/Coptic numerals?). Some phrases from Tadhkirat al-Kaḥḥālīn by ʿĪsā b. ʿAlī. One of the Judaeo-Arabic …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Marriage contract containing details of a dowry and written at the time of the Nagid ʿAmram (1378-1383). The name Avraham is preserved. (Information from Goitein's …
Fol. 1: small fragment of a bill of divorce drawn up in Amadiya (כאן [עמ[דיא]) Fol. 8: End of a legal document. Location: Kirkuk (כרכוך). …
Marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Cairo. Dated: Monday, 28 Kislev 1370 Seleucid, which is 1058 CE. Groom: Yaʿir b. Mevasser. Bride: Mubāraka b. Khalaf. No trousseau. …
Marriage document. A torn, faded and damaged ketubah. The name שמריה Shemarya is preserved, probably the bride's or groom's father. The marriage gift is 50 …
Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom name is Ya'aqov Helevi and the bride is Esther. Faded and damged.
Part of a deed, in which Yefet b. Aharon confirms that he has received the sum of 8 3/4 dinars from persons, including Avraham and …
Love/wine poetry in Judaeo-Arabic.
Letter from an unknown writer, perhaps a provincial muqaddam, to an unknown distinguished person, presumably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with interspersed biblical verses. The writer …
Letter from the office of Yehoshua Maimonides (b. 1310–d. 1355 CE) regarding a collection (jibaya), ordering that the addressee's 'wife' (bayt) and the wife of …
Marriage contract (ketubba). Fragment (upper right corner). In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Dated: Thursday, 5 Nisan 146[9] Seleucid, which is 6 March 1158 …
Postscript to a letter, probably. The addressee is asked to continually convey greetings to Abū l-Faḍl al-Ṣayrafī al-Kāzarūnī.
Itemized expenses for the renovation/construction (ʿimāra) of the house of Abū l-Karam.
Fragment from the bottom of a legal document. Somewhat crude hand. Unclear if any details of the case are preserved.
Prescription or recipe in Arabic script.
Thin vertical strip of an Arabic letter. Cut for a binding. Mentions Abū ʿImrān in the closing greetings.
List of books that [...] al-Dawla Abū l-Barakāt inherited from the late Abū l-[...]. The first two items are difficult to read (except for maqāla …
Bifolium of magical recipes for diverse problems, many medical. E.g., against fever: recite Psalm 34 over olive oil and anoint yourself ("effective if God wills").
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
List of names followed by a notation regarding whether they plan to pay up or not. Sibāʿ b. Yehuda said he won't pay; Abū ʿImrān …
Fragment of a marriage contract of the groom Elʿazar and the bride Sitt al-Dar, in which the bride undertakes to bring up the groom's children. …
Documentary per FGP, but all fragments look literary. There are dozens of sub-shelfmarks, some Maimonides, ha-Rif and Rashi