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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Very faded. Verso seems to be mainly construction expenses.
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Legal record (#42) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on ff. 10v-11r of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 40-42) Folio 10v
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Dirge for Rabbenu Bahlul (probably Bahlul b. Yosef active in early 11th-century Qayrawān). T-S AS 134.72 has writing only on recto and does not join …
Mostly pen trials in Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, and Ladino. Two names appear: Nissim Mulaykha (? מוליכה) and Yiṣḥaq Binyamin.
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Grocery list? It lists a raṭl of sesame oil (sīraj/sayraj), 1/2 raṭl sumac, 1/2 raṭl tahina, a cupful …
Verso: Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. "O you whose slave I am: the servant came to the house in the end, seeking you on account of …
Verso: draft of the beginning of a letter with blessings and wishes for good luck and prosperity. Recto: list of the first lines of piyyuṭim. …
Small fragment of accounts in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen. Verso has mirror image text only.
Legal document (שהדותא. . . .). Apparently a declaration made by Ḥisday ha-Sar. Mentioning Ibn al-Kāzarūnī and 50 or [.]50 dinars. T-S NS 310.77 (PGPID …
Legal document in the form of a letter written and signed by Yiṣḥaq (b. Shelomo b. Meʾir) he-Ḥaver, grandson of Meʾir Gaʾon (in office 912–21, …
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Official letter to a communal leader. In Judaeo-Arabic. Narrow page. Wide space between the lines. The sender asks the addressee to deliver an enclosed letter …
Letter fragment. In Arabic script. To 'the dear brother,' reporting on a messy situation (rajj ʿaẓīm) involving various other people, and telling him to go …
Petition for charity from Bū Bakr b. al-Bābā al-Ṭūrī to an amīr with many titles (including al-isfahsalārī). In Arabic script. Dating: likely Mamluk-era, based on …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. In the voice of a woman. "I am crying and our tears [do not dry]." (מן אלשדה(?) ואלקטעה ובלגני אן . …
IB VII, 28. Conditional bill of divorce. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Dated: Av 1480 Seleucid, which is 1169 CE. The trader Bū …
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List of names - needs examination.
Fragment of a letter to a woman and her siblings. (Information from CUDL)
Letter to an amir titled Ṣamṣām al-Dawla (wa-shujāʿuhā)—the same who is mentioned in BL OR 5557B.19? In Arabic script. Seems to mention the army (ʿaskar) …
IB VI, 42. Letter from Abū l-Faḍl Shela, in Alexandria, to his son Ismāʿīl al-Fāṣid al-Yahūdī, in Aden. Probably dictated to his son Yosef b. …
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Minute fragment with some items and prices or amounts. Might connect with T-S AS 215.112 (PGPID 22876).
Verso (original use): Bottom of a document in Arabic script, ending with a ḥamdala. Recto (secondary use): Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions …
Letter from Isma’il b. Ishaq al-Andalusi, Aleppo, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: mid-11th century. Details about sending letters. The writer is about to travel …
כתאבי יאמולאי חרס אלל[ה חיא]תך וטול עמרך ואדאם עזך
מן חלב ואן כאן יאמולאי ל[ם] תתקדם כלטה ולא מק<ר>ה ולא
צחבה חקיקה פענדי מן [ט]יב שימך ס…
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Fragment from the beginning of a letter, sent to Fusṭāṭ. (Information from CUDL.) Dating: probably first half of 13th century
Verso: reused for accounts in Judaeo-Arabic by ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions rice.
Probably a dowry list, quite faded.
Detailed letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Simḥa Naysābūrī, Alexandria, to Abū l-ʿAlā Sā'id (i.e. ʿŪllā) b. Yosef ha-Levi the Trustee of the rabbinical court of Fustat …
הדרת אדוני ורבי הנכבד אבו אלעלא צאער הלוי נאמן .... רצוי הישיבה בר יוסף נ"ע, יתמיד אלוהים את גדולתו ואת חסריו לו.
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C1: Page from a court notebook dated Thursday, 26 Kislev 1338 Seleucid (December 1026 CE). unsigned, because only one witness appeared, Eli ha-Kohen b. Yefet. …
Letter fragment from Shelomo Cesana & Company probably addressed to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 1800 CE. This portion …
Likely a summary of a legal case, involving Umm Khalaf, Yosef b. Ḥus[ayn?], a payment of 26 of something, and ʿIwāḍ. (Information in part from …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Halakhic text, possibly a responsum, mentioning Rabbis Ilʿa and Hiyya, as well as dates. (Information from CUDL)
Fragment of a document in Arabic on verso, perhaps state-issued. Merits further examination.
Probably a memorandum or account. In a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic with Hebrew numerals and Arabic with Coptic numerals. Mentions rent; Hārūn; al-Ṣayrafī; the week of …
Verso: beginning of a letter. Recto: medical text concerned with the treatment of urinary complaints with a recommended potion. (Information from CUDL)
Booklet made of parchment, containing a calendar for the maḥzors 256 and 257, each year written on a separate little scrap. Beginning with 1095 CE. …
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Small fragment from a formulary for a bill of release, in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). AA
Translation of Ecclesiastes into Judaeo-Greek. See De Lange, Greek Jewish Texts from the Cairo Genizah, 71–78.
Fragment, wide margin on the left, two sides of commercial accounts. (Might also be official/fiscal, mentioning kharāj). Several entries headed by an elongated "min jiha." …
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 …
Fol. 1v: Letter in which ʿEli b. ʿAmram invites a scholar to give a lecture in the synagogue on the following Saturday and requests a …
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Legal document; marriage document. Three unrelated texts: Two contracts (ketubah and deed of sale) and a commentary on Genesis 12. Fol. 1: commentary on Genesis …
Drafts of blessings for David ha-Nagid, intended as decoration for the top of a ketubba. (There are also blessings for the bride). The first line …
Three folios and an additional fragment from a literary work comparing the readings of Abū Saʿīd Aharon b. Moshe b. Asher and Abū ʿImrān Moshe …
Probably a fiscal-related, or private receipt with multiple annotations, in Arabic script. Needs examination. In the margins and on the verso, there are jottings in …
Letter fragment from Seʿadya Abū Saʿd to Shelomo (Sulaymān) אבוסטרה(?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 15th century. Most of the content of …
Recto: part of a letter, mentioning the elder Abū l-[...]. Verso: Letter in Arabic script, probably mercantile mentioning a weight measure, "تخليت عني بوزن". (Information …
List in Judaeo-Arabic, with detailed entries on the recto and verso. Some entries list the weights of goods. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Legal record (#140) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 46r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dating: 28 Av but …
Legal document in Arabic script. Agreement between Ḥasan b. Hārūn and his father-in-law Ḥasan b. Isḥāq b. Mūsā concerning Ḥasan's fiancee Maḥfūẓa bt. Ḥasan b. …
Legal record (#105) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 35r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 27 Kislev [5326 …