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Part of a ketubba, for Shemarya ha-Kohen (groom) and Sitt al-Bayt (bride). (Information from CUDL)
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Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Refers to two parties and a period of one year. May be …
Letter from Daniʾel b. ʿAzarya (according to Gil, on the basis of handwriting) to Avraham b. Furāt mentioning Abū Naṣr b. Ya'aqov, Ramla, the copying …
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Letter from Yeḥiel b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Ṣarfati, in Jerusalem. In Hebrew. Dating: No earlier than 1221 CE, as that is the year Anatoli died. He sends …
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Recto: Legal document in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. Location: Fustat. Opens by stating that on Tuesday, 23 Adar II 1540 Seleucid (= 20 …
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Recto: Fragment from the lower left corner of a legal document in Arabic script. Mentions the date Dhū l-Ḥijja 575 H. Involves Hibatallāh al-Yahūdī. Verso: …
Fragment from the beginning of a letter to a dignitary. In Hebrew for the introduction, Judaeo-Arabic for the body, and Arabic for the address on …
Two bifolios of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and in Arabic script. Partially written in red ink and with large letters. The Arabic script may be an …
Tiny fragment of a legal document. Mentions Karīm b. [...] and a house.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic from the middle of the 11th century. Abū Manṣūr Tustarī is named on verso, possibly the brother of Abū Naṣr …
Accounts in a rudimentary scribal hand, medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Petition from the Jewish physician Sulaymān b. Mūsā. In Arabic script. He reports that he "was raised among the physicians of the hospital (māristān) in …
Very faded and damaged, hardly legible, fragment from a legal query addresed to 'our Rabbis', regarding a quarell between two people and a payment of …
Fragment of a letter, possibly. Or literary text? In Judaeo-Arabic. "... and they closed the gates and did not let him leave until the situation …
Fragment of a petition in Arabic script. Difficult hand. Portions of 5 lines are preserved. It could be a draft or was later reused for …
Marriage contract, fragment. In Hebrew and Aramaic, with the dowry list in Judaeo-Arabic. The bride may be [...] bt. Yosef.
Fragment of a ketubba. The hand of the scribe is known (one of the mid-12th-century ones). Groom: Might be Hillel b. Moshe. Signed by Yosef …
Undeciphered document in Arabic script. Might be a brief letter since the word 'al-makhdūm' appears at the end of the first line and there may …
Accounts in Arabic script. Mentioning al-Shaykh al-Ṣāliḥ... ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm...
IB VII, 23. Legal document detailing how Ṣāfī, the slave (ghulām) and agent of the Jewish Academy in Fustat, insulted a notable in ʿAydhāb, Ibn …
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Fragment of a state document in Arabic. Only blessings for the caliph are preserved: ... amīr al-muʾminīn ʿaḍada allāh bihī [al-dīn...] ṣalawāt allāh wa-barakātuhū wa-nawāmī …
Business accounts in a common hand (previously misattributed to ʿArūs b. Yosef). Cf. ENA NS 48.14 (PGPID 40760).
Recto: letter in Judaeo-Arabic about a young woman. Potentially the same hand (and/or indirect joins): T-S NS 292.56 (PGPID 24738), T-S 13J7.24 (PGPID 1197), T-S …
Deed of release. Location: Cairo. Dated: 1695 Seleucid = 1383/84 CE, under the reshut of the Nagid ʿAmram, for whom nine lines of titles and …
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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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic for household expenses (nafaqat al-bayt). Late. Many of the items listed are foodstuffs. There are also pen trials on verso.
Letter from one of the followers of Natan b. Avraham. Dating: probably 1042 CE (GIl). The sender is seeking an appointment from the yeshiva and …
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Fragment of a Christian marriage contract written in Arabics on parchment and dated Muḥarram 554AH. The bottom half of the contract was reused as writing …
Order of payment addressed to Abū Saʿd b. [...].
Possibly part of a ketubba, containing a dowry list. But very faded, and this is only a piece from the left side. If a ketubba, …
Gnomic literature in Judaeo-Arabic including advice for dealing with a king. On the back is the name Yosef b. Avraham written twice.
Recipes in Arabic script, probably medical (one is headed "for urinary retention"). Dating: Late, based on the hand and the paper. There follows a very …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The whole folio is preserved, but the text is too faded to read.
Verso contains two pages of accounting in Judaeo-Arabic for daily expenses around Shavuʿot, mostly on groceries. Dating: 18th or 19th century. The remainder of the …
Accounts of weekly expenditure of a type similar to App. B 41-43, 49, and also in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. A clean copy …
Bifolio of accounts in Arabic script. Headed with a basmala followed by "in the hand of Abū Naṣr." Listing mainly fabrics and garments (mandīl, niṣāfī, …
Very damaged late list of items, only few words are preserved– one of which is a shirt (קמיץ).
Medical recipes in Arabic script in multiple hands, mentioning ingredients such as Isfahani kohl. Verso might be more of the same and might also contain …
Letter addressed to a 'Sar ha-Leviim,' asking him to help his son, who is imprisoned in Cairo for a debt. Fifteen dirhams had been pledged, …
Part of a trader’s notebook or accounts. Excerpts: אתפק ואנא . . . אלדאב(?) איצא עלי תחציל לה שי מן גמיעהם וכדלך גהד פי דלך …
Small fragment of a marriage-related legal document. On parchment. Dating: probably 11th or 12th century. Excerpts: אפילו מגל[ימא] . . . [וקביל על]והי נמי שתהא …
Accounts in Arabic script and Coptic fractions. Mentions Rashīd b. Naṣr; Abū Naṣr; Barakāt; Ibrāhīm; his brother; Sulaymān Ibn al-Ḥazzān; ʿAbd Allāh [...]; Samawʾal [...]; …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Upper document: Letter from Faḍḍāl b. ʿAmrūn (Goitein incorrectly reads ʿAmrūṣ) to Nahray b. Nissim. On verso a note by the recipient in Arabic script …
Literary text, mainly in Persian. Also with some Arabic, including two lines of poetry on verso before it reverts to Persian. يا ليلة اللذات... عودي …
Business accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Two bifolia from a ledger. Likely the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Dating: 11th or 12th century.
Legal document in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Letter in Hebrew from Meʾīr b. Shalōm Ben-Naʿīm to Rabbi Yaʿaqov Molkho (perhaps from Cairo to Dimyāṭ). Dated 5580 AM which is 1819/20 CE. The …
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Bifolio of Hebrew legal formularies, including the cover page with the title מעשה בית דין and an ownership note for Ṣadoq b. Aharon ha-Rofeʾ ha-Yerushalmi …
List of materia medica, including simples such as Convolvulus scammonia, mastic, amber, liquorice, and camphor. (Information from CUDL)