Documents

Primary languages

Greek/Coptic Numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

Note by a man to his friend, saying that he is sending money with an enslaved woman to him to pay two people as well as some broken dirhams from which he may put together two dirhams. 8 dirhams are for Wafāʾ for something to do with a vendor (bayyāʿ), 6 1/8 dirhams for Wafāʾ for the Kohen Mukram for beef, plus the 2 dirhams, for a total of 16 1/8. Verso contains part of an unrelated account in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, with entries for the 20th of Shawwāl and the 25th of the same month.

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• slave

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Document date

5481 Anno Mundi (3 October 1720–21 September 1721 CE)

Primary language

Ladino

Letterbook of Alpalas y Costa, preserving mainly (or entirely?) letters addressed to Daniel Bonfil in Livorno. Dated in one entry as 1 Sivan 5481 AM, which is 1721 CE. Mentions Ancona several times.

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3

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• alpalas
• bonfil
• ladino
• to examine

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Top: Prayer in Hebrew about being liberated from enemies. Bottom: Rhymed (poetic?) lines in Judaeo-Arabic containing both references to beauty and to how someone should be judged according to his ugly deeds.

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Document date

Rabīʿ I 941 Hijrī (10 September 1534–9 October 1534 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and disorderly scribal hand. Dated twice in entries on the verso as: א׳מ׳ץ׳ (941 AH) with the month Rabīʿ I visible in the upper entry (1534 CE).

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

The end of a ketubba. There is some sort of reshut clause at the end of the document, invoking Rosh Galutenu ...

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• ketubba

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions Fustat (or Egypt) four lines from the end and Almeria three lines from the end. Also mentions David ha-Rav.

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• halfon-addenda
• ib-addenda
• ib4
• to examine

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Document date

Rabi' II 1238 Hijrī (16 December 1822–13 January 1823 CE)

The scribal hand is highly trained and the accounting format encompasses a wide array of distinct entries. MCD.

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• 19th c
• arabic script

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Document date

5 Ṣafar 570 Hijrī (5 September 1174 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

There are four discrete entries on this page and 6 entries on the next page. […] The epithet "al-Ismāʿīlī" appears several times, and "the neighborhood of the Ismāʿīlīs" (ḥārat al-ismāʿīliyya) at least once. All the entries have an elongated mīm to the left. The final page appears to give the sum (al-jumla) of the entries on the preceding pages.

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• dimme

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Primary language

Judaeo-Persian

Some of the sages are mentioned (Hillel ha-Zaqen, Yosef ha-Sadiq. ENA 2627.81-82 are part of same work. On ENA 2627.81 there are also some account in a different hand mentioning Elazar Yehudi.

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• judaeo-persian

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Primary language

Judaeo-Persian

Some of the sages are mentioned (Hillel ha-Zaqen, Yosef ha-Sadiq. ENA 2627.81-82 are part of same work. On ENA 2627.81 there are also some account in a different hand mentioning Elazar Yehudi.

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• judaeo-persian

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Primary language

Hebrew

Containing blessings for the addressee and curses probably for his enemies. Mentions the name Yiṣḥaq. AA/ASE

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Primary language

Arabic

State document. Response to an endorsement on a petition. A multi-handed internal memorandum. Contains endorsements or minutes (or clerks' notes) that haven't yet been deciphered; see Khan, JRAS 1990 53.

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• endorsement
• petition

1 Transcription 1 Translation

Primary language

Arabic

Nissim (Aodeh), on the back of a letter in Hebrew script (see separate entry). Mostly mentions longing and has a "taqbīl" clause towards the end.

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• dimme

1 Transcription

Primary language

Arabic

The document is an official correspondence ending with a raʾy clause. The sender asks the addressee to be sagacious and employ him in all services, big and small. […] Seems to be the same serial recycler as: - T-S 20.72 (PGPID 20107) - T-S 12.609 (PGPID 38766) - BL OR 5553.1 + BL OR 5553.2 + T-S Ar.51.49 + BL OR 5553A.1 + BL OR 5553A.2 (PGPID 30817) - ENA 2697.8 + ENA 2697.9 + T-S Ar.31.58 + T-S Ar.30.245 (PGPID 30818) - ENA 2917.1 (PGPID 30819) - ENA 3728.10 + ENA 3728.9 (PGPID 30834) - T-S AS 172.190 (PGPID 39336), which might be a join with T-S NS 137.29 (PGPID 23634) - T-S Misc.6.130 (PGPID 37932) The following literary fragments may also be in the same hand: - T-S Ar.46.46 - T-S Ar.51.50 - T-S K25.247 - T-S AS 144.95 - T-S NS 91.61 - T-S Misc.24.83 - T-S Misc.29.13a

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• dimme

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Regarding division of a property; mentions Seʿadya, Maṣliaḥ and his brother, and ends with the phrase, "my wife is ne'emenet." Verso: A few words in Arabic script from the end of a much larger document.

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Primary language

Unidentified (Latin script)

For accounts in a similar scribal hand, compare with ENA NS 56.12 with the following: ENA 3766.3-6 (PGPID 34326).

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• latin script

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recipes for פתיחת לב, to quell a storm at sea, to heal scorpion-bites, for a headache, to send a fever upon your enemy, and for charm and grace (including before a governor).

1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Apart from a hidden illness that he cannot divulge in a letter lest it fall into the hands of his enemies, he suffers from a weak liver, an enlarged spleen, indigestion, lack of appetite, and fatigue with the smallest exertion.

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Tags

• abu zikri al-rayyis
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: enemies
• illness: hidden
• (+ 1 more)

2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Both sides contain formulary for documents relating to the sale of an enslaved woman (שחרורה... אלש]רוט אלמשתרטה פי ביע הדה אלגא[ריה...).

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• slaves

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Primary language

Ladino

Accounts (and pen trials) in Ladino and western Arabic numerals. The shelfmarks ENA 3077.8–13 all appear to be related, including pen trials, accounts, and poetry in Ladino. On ENA 3077.13, there is an ownership note by Eliyya Toko (?

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Primary language

Arabic

Medical recipes in Arabic. ENA 3918.6v begins with several different remedies for lice (qaml) of the hair, beard, and/or eyebrows. ENA 3961.3 cites Galen and has a section on the medical virtues of parts of the rabbit (al-arnab).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Yosef ha-Sefaradi, "may he slaughter his enemies". Only the address and a fairly formulaic opening are preserved ('all that delayed (wakhkhara) my letters to you was fate and its calamities').

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Primary language

Hebrew

(Information from Goitein's index card.) NB: Goitein refers to ENA 4011.25 as ENA 4011.24.

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• mosul nasis

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Document date

25 Adar 5500 Anno Mundi (24 March 1740 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Regarding items sent from Salonika to Rashid and various marital engagements (Data from FGP). The final entry on the verso is dated 25 Adar 5500 AM (1740 CE).

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Tags

• 18th c
• late heb
• rashid
• salonica

1 Transcription

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The paleography supports a dating estimate of 16th- or 17th-century. The entry on the right side of the recto mentions a purchase of olive oil by Moshe Sormānī/Sormāghī. One of the entries on the left side mentions a ship captain and a dīwān.

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Primary language

Arabic

In perpendicular is another Arabic script in thin pen containing a ḥamdala, ṣalwala and ḥasbala. Probably the ending of another documentary reuse or archival endorsements.

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Tags

• dimme

1 Discussion

List of entries in Arabic script that possibly designate accounts. A number of shorthand terms are in use, for example the single ligature that begins each entry may itself be a common financial term that was quickly written and thus lacks any dotting. Another term, possibly an abbreviation, that appears in some entries is "صو" which could also be read as "حو".

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Tags

• arabic script
• list
• printed

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Inferred date

1066–1108 CE

Declaration made by a woman named Mawlāt on the occasion of entering the ninth month of pregnancy. It seems that she makes a gift of her entire dowry to her mother Yumn bt. […] The left side of the document is missing, so it is not entirely clear if the husband is taking it upon himself to support the child, or rather if Yumn is the one who commits to rearing the child without any obligations owed by the husband.

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• dowry
• pregnancy

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Based on the paleography the dating is potentially 17th/18th-century. Among the six entries, the mention of "gasto" is helpful and may suggest that the list is related to expenses. There is also mention of "mercado" which is likely a literal "market" in this case, rather than a male first name. One of the entries in Ladino mentions "הקונטאנטי" (ha-kontante) which commonly appears in early modern Rabbanite legal documents in connection with the monetary/material wealth that brides received and/or contributed toward their weddings. The first entry includes the ק׳׳ק so the expenses may be related, in part, to a congregation within the local Jewish community.

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• 17th or 18th c
• communal
• ladino

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Primary language

Arabic

If it is indeed related to the neighboring shelfmark ENA 3256.15v (PGPID 39512) then this may be a fragment of accounts. The Arabic document ENA 3256.16 was reused for vocalized Hebrew piyyut like the previous literary shelfmark.

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• arabic reused

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Primary language

Arabic

Accounts, medieval-era. Two of the account entries on the recto list the names of qadis: al-qāḍī Shihāb-Allah .... al-Ḥamāmī and al-qāḍī M..allah al-...[…] Below each name, the entries are subdivided by ammounts of "gold' and "silver."

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• cmp
• qadi

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Document date

Heshvan 5349 Anno Mundi (22 October 1588–19 November 1588 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

There are several different entries, and each seems to involve rent payments for the qodesh of the Synagogue of the Mustaʿribim. Quite faded, merits further examination. Two of the entries are dated Heshvan 5349 and 5351 respectively, so the document was first recorded in October 1588 CE at the earliest.

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• 16th c
• late synagogues
• musta'ribim

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