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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Yusuf sending condolences for the death of a relative of the addressee and also discussing business. (Information from Gil)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Natan b. Nahray, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat, concerning the arrival of ships, ca. 1045-1096.

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• 11th c
• movement of ships
• nahray b. nissim
• natan b. nahray
• ships
• (+ 1 more)

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Primary language

Arabic

The only phrase preserved is al-mamlūk muqaddam al-juyūsh (commander in chief).

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Tags

• decree
• dimme

1 Transcription

Primary language

Hebrew

Recto: Piyyut, (probably a qina) Hebrew poetry. In the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. (Information in part from CUDL)

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• nasir

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Inferred date

June 1047–9 August 1048 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Barhūn b. Isḥāq al-Tāhartī, in al-Mahdiyya, to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat.

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• 11th c
• nahray b. nissim
• trade

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Primary language

Arabic

Mentions household food items and possibly construction expenses. Also the 'aṣḥāb arbāʿ.'

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Arabic script (recto) and Judaeo-Arabic (verso). Recto may be headed "ʿalā mawlāy al-shaykh Abī Zakariyyā."

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Hebrew, Romance

Hebrew literary text. There is also the remnant of a Latin-script text at 90 degrees, possibly the remnant of a manuscript that was recycled and glued into a binding.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List of items and prices. On verso all the lines are crossed out. Rudimentary hand and spellings; there are almost no spaces between the words.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Mentions שוכני צלע, a reference that also appears in T-S Misc.35.43 and T-S 10K7.1.

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Judaeo-Arabic

List, mainly of women's names. E.g. bint al-ṬZ[...], bint Zekharya, bint al-BLN[...]. Recto is in a different hand.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, preserving only some of the closing greetings ([al-salām] al-jazīl wa-atammuhū).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions shipments and prices and the names Abū l-Faraj and 'al-shaykh' and Marwān and al-Sīrajī.

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Probably a Talmud commentary, with citations such as Bava Batra 49b. See also TS NS 34.107, TS NS 288.209. AA

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• fgp stub

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Primary language

Hebrew

On recto a dirge, might also be from a letter of condolence.

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, Arabic script, and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions a shop; al-Qāhirī; a guarantee (ḍamān) for Abū ʿAlī.

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• account

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz and al-Andalus.

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Document date

Rajab 548 Hijrī (22 September 1153–21 October 1153 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Small fragment from the bottom of a legal or state document, referring to "[...] al-sulṭāniyya al-maḥrūsa," and the date Rajab 548 AH.

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Primary language

Arabic

Appears to contain the phrase "al-ḥāḍir al-ghāʾib" (the present, the absent").

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Primary language

Arabic

The witness is Mūsā b. Abū Saʿd al-Ḥakīm(?) al-Mutaṭabbib(?).

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Arabic

Arabic document mentioning "[...] al-dīn sulṭān al-muslimīn." On verso the name Abū l-Barakāt appears in Hebrew script.

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Probably accounts based on the numerals on verso. The word ṣāḥibuhū also appears.

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Arabic

Appears to be a small fragment torn from a larger document. There are also Hebrew pen trials.

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• arabic script

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Judaeo-Arabic

Nāṣir(?) a-Dawla and [...] b. ʿAlī b. [...] [...] al-Dawla.

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Primary language

Arabic

Recto is filled with strings of alefs, circles, and vertical lines.

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Ownership note: Shemuʾel b. Ṭoviyya ha-Levi. Also mentions Tammuz and [...] b. Netanʾel ha-Ḥazzan in a colophon(?)

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Primary language

Hebrew

Ownership or authorship note: the noble cantor ([al-ḥazz]an al-jalīl Saʿadya b. Ṭoviyya, known as Tifʾeret ha-Ḥazzanim).

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

At the bottom of the page there are also two lines in Arabic script.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The writer reports that he met with the judge regarding a certain purchase. Also mentions a thawb and gold.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Recto: Literary text, or possibly an amulet, in Hebrew. On verso there is also Hebrew script, but it is completely erased by being covered with black ink.

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions a dowry. Possibly also a condition ("and if there is no child").

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• halfon b. menashshe

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Primary language

Arabic

Probably a letter, in a super poetic prose (al-shuhūr... al-duhūr...). Needs examination.

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Primary language

Arabic

Four lines in Arabic script, crossed out. Likely poetry (...al-ḥāl... al-wiṣāl). Reused for Hebrew literary text.

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• arabic script

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Commercial accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd (or Ibn al-Ḥamīd) and brazilwood. Hand of ʿArūs b.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

In Judaeo-Arabic. There are also some accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions customs in Alexandria; R. Yaʿaqov; iron; copper.

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Letter from Ḥayyim b. ʿAmmār al-Madinī, from Palermo, probably to Yosef b. Musa al-Tāhartī (according to Gil, but the name of the recipient is lost). Dating: around 1055 (also Gil). The letter contains details about damage to goods (flax and indigo) that were sent from Egypt to Sicily. […] No doubt the arguments would continue in Fustat and Alexandria, where most of the owners made their homes."

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• bribe
• flax
• indigo
• lead
• leather
• (+ 4 more)

1 Transcription 2 Translations 1 Discussion

Inferred date

1128–1164 CE

In the portion preserved, Maḥbūb gives a house (or part of a house) on al-Sūq al-Kabīr (‘the large market’) to his daughter, the bride, while her mother renounces her rights (nazalat ʿan al-shiʿbud).

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Aharon ha-Kohen, in Alexandria, to Yosef b. Eli Kohen Fasi, in Fustat. Around 1051. The writer charged 10 dinars and wrote their details. Wahb b. Sulaymān al-Mawṣilī returned to Upper Egypt, with sorrow, because of the riots (it is not clear what he means).

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• flax

2 Transcriptions 1 Translation

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

The top row reads Abū l-Ḥasan, awwal al-hiṣāb, [...], and ṣāʿ ghazal (a measure of yarn). […] Underneath mentions another ṣāʿ and the name Manṣūr. The fragment also contains a short list of Talmudic tractates, and, on verso, pen trials and lines of Hebrew poetry.

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Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

For Shabbat Toldot: ʿAbd al-Wāḥid; Ṣafiyy (Levi); Shams; ʿAṭiyya; Ṣabāḥ; Shalom; Yosef. For SHabbat Vayeṣe: [...] Kohen; Faraj Allāh(?) Ḥazzan; Umm(?) Shāmī; ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq; Abū Saʿd; Yosef.

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• list

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Primary language

Arabic

Towards the end, the writer also mentions that he doesn't grieve upon something, 'lam yaḥzun ʿalā'.

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• arabic
• dimme

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Arabic

Ibrāhīm known as Shams al-Dawla(?) in which he undertakes to pay support to a Rabbanite Jewish woman (presumably his wife or divorcee). […] inṣāf mā, but this could also say ayḍan fa-mā). Mentions children in the last line.

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• dimme

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). [Sitt al-Sāda bt.?] Evyatar ha-Kohen and [Shelomo b. Abū] al-Riḍā al-Wakīl and Sālim (probably identical with Shelomo) are mentioned.

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Inferred date

8 September 1138–21 December 1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Yiṣḥaq about turmoil in Yemen and measures taken by Abu Zikri Kohen for ensuring Khalaf’s rights after the death of Abu Imran Nufay. Abu al-Yumn is also mentioned, and Khalaf further notes that the recipient of the letter, who was involved in the affair, had traveled from Egypt; Aden, fall 1138.

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• ib2
• india book

1 Transcription 2 Translations

Document date

1219–20 Hijrī (1804–1806 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

the ground rent (ḥikr) of a certain qāʿa located in ḥārat al-yahūd located on darb al-qaraʾiyyīn for a period of two years, 1219–20 AH (=1804–06 CE) by the Hijri calendar, for a yearly rate of 615 (medins?)[…] Signed by the Ḥājj Aḥmad Luṭfī al-ʿAṭṭār in the right margin.

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• hikr
• rent

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