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Bifolium filled with Judaeo-Arabic poetry. There is some earlier text from Psalms.
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Letter from Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu ha-Kohen, in Bilbays to Berakhot ha-Sar, presumably in Fustat. The subject matter is cryptic; Yehuda assures the addressee that he …
Mercantile accounts in Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. A commodity is specified as "coarse" ghalīẓ) vs "fine" (rafīʿ). Mentions robes (thiyāb).
Possibly part of a letter or jotted note - needs examination.
Letter, probably. Tiny fragment, containing only the first ~3 words and last ~3 words. From "Yedid b. Yosef ha-Levi."
Letter from Berakhot b. Shemarya, in Damietta, to his parents or at least elder relatives or in-laws (ואלדיה). The address is made out to his …
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Business accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions pepper, coral, and garments. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Verso (secondary use): Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning Makārim al-N[...]; the Qodesh; a house; sums collected; payments for two months to the collector of ground tax …
Legal document(s) or formulary.
Small fragment from a formulary for a bill of release, in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). AA
Legal document. Record of release. Dated 1085. Location: Alexandria. This document is a largely-complete release signed and executed by well-known members of the rabbinical court …
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Bible verses in a rudimentary hand. Verso: doodle with ball and stick figures.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Involving the synagogue. Late.
Informal note. In Judaeo-Arabic. From Yūsuf or the son of Yūsuf to Abū l-Faraj. Asking him to have his 'boy' (ṣabiyy) purchase with the silver …
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Account book in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated in multiple locations to the early 18th century, for example שנת הנה ישעך בא (=463=1703). There may also be dates …
Bottom of an official document in Arabic script (ḥamdala and ṣālwala). Nothing else of the original document is preserved. Reused for Hebrew literary text.
Letter from a father to his son Abū l-Riḍā the physician. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dealing with various financial and family matters. The father is in distress …
Fragment of a late court record regarding partnership between 3 partners: Avraham Almosnino (sp. Almoslino?), Netanel Rozo and Yosef Barukh. Possibly a partnership document of …
Accounts, probably, in Arabic script.
Letter fragment. The flowery Hebrew introduction for an important addressee is preserved.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Sephardi hand. Dating: The date appears once on recto and again on verso. Possibly Wednesday, 6 Kislev 5455 AM (התנ׳׳ה), …
State document, in Arabic script. Mentions an iqṭāʿ and kharāj. Dating: most likely Ayyubid due to the mention of "ṭawāshī", most probably meaning a military …
Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.
Hebrew literary work, including the penultimate verse of Ecclesiastes (sof davar...).
Statement in Arabic script ("aqūlu wa-anā...") made and signed by Hiba b. Mufaḍḍal al-Mutaṭabbib. Dated: 18 Shawwāl 628 AH = 19 August 1231 CE. It …
Recto: Commentary on ʿEkev. Verso: Possibly ownership notes for Elʿazar ha-Kohen b. Eliyyahu and the Gaʾon Evyatar ha-Kohen (אשר נקרא שם ייי עליו כגאון נין …
Recto: Instruction for payment. In Arabic script. Abū Saʿd is to pay the bearer the rent/wage for the previous month (Jumādā II), including an ounce …
Report or petition, probably. The ends of two lines are preserved: مراسمها وكملت ... من اقتراحها وعرضها. Reused for piyyut on verso.
Recto (secondary use): Hebrew praises and blessings for a certain Yeshaʿya.
Letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon, from Tinnis, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Ca. 1055 (Gil). Regarding a shipment of textiles that Nissim b. Ḥalfon had …
כתאבי יאסידי ומו[לאי אטאל אללה בקאך ו]אדאם עזך ותאידך ונעמתך מן תניס לגי
בקין מן אב ען סלאמה ונעמה ואלחמד ללה חק חמדה אעלמך יאסידי אן וצל כ…
Official report addressed to a Fatimid vizier. The addressee's titles (sayyid al-wuzarāʾ tāj al-aṣfiyāʾ qāḍī l-quḍāt dāʿī [l-duʿāt ʿalam al-majd] khalīl amīr al-muʾminīn wa-khāliṣatuhū) are …
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dating: late, looks Ottoman-era.
Legal document. Fragment (lower left corner). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Probably a betrothal (erusin/qiddushin) agreement. Dated: 19 Sivan 1432 Seleucid, which is …
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Tadhkira (memorandum, bill of lading) drawn up by Nahray b. Nissim for Yehuda b. Khalfa. Complete and well preserved. Needs to be edited.
Probably a formulary for marriage documents.
Part of a Qaraite betrothal deed from the time of the Nasi Ḥizqiyya b. Shelomo b. David. Dated: Thursday, 9 Shevaṭ 1373 Seleucid = 22 …
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Letter to Ḥalfon b. Berakhot (?). In a mixture of Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The letter is very long, but the substance seems quite short, occupying …
Writing exercises
Legal document mentioning Sitt al-Dār and Abū [...]. (Information from CUDL)
Mercantile letter from Yaḥyā b. Isḥāq, in Alexandria, to Mawhūb or [... b.] Mawhūb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Maghribī hand. Dating: 11th century. Fragment (left side of …
Karaite marriage contract, dated ca. 1000. Bride: Farajiyya bt. Yehuda. Groom: Yeshaʿya b. Yiṣḥaq. The dower is made in a mixture of regular dinars and …
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Ketubba for Yosef b. Aharon Shunina (or Sonina) and Esther bt. Avraham Shunina (Sonina). Currency: medin. Dated 22 May 1716 CE (1 Sivan 5476 AM). …
Prognostications in Judaeo-Arabic.
Legal document. Dated: Tuesday, 13 Tishrei 1564 Seleucid = 17 September 1252 CE. Signed by Efrayim b. Shemuel the teacher. Stating that Nissim b. Sar …
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to Av[raham] Aghion, in Alexandria (Join: Matthew Dudley). Dating: 6 August (אגוסת) (18)78 CE, based on the paleography and dating method. …
Genealogical lists. On recto: - The first section is the genealogy of Moshe and David Maimonides. Headed ʿitrat al-rayyis. The names are ʿOvadyahu, Shelomo, ʿOvad[ya], …
Legal document, in Arabic script, late. The document was folded and then cut in a hexagonal shape. The content of the document isn't immediately clear …
Part of an official document in Arabic script. The ends of ~6 lines are preserved. Mentions a canal (khalīj). Also mentions the kiswa twice. The …
Accounts mentioning the receipt of payments in sherifi (שרפי= produced post-1425 CE) which, in combination with the paleography helps to date this fragment as 15th- …
Documentary per FGP - communal enactment concerning the division of property. Not digitized?