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IB I, 27-28. Legal rebuttal regarding the lawsuit between Yosef Lebdi and Wuhsha over the possession of 22 bales of lac. So far, six bifolia …
You refer {alt. tr.: He refers} to the letter
of [Fara]ḥ and… {read: Faraḥ, which was sent} fro…
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Accounts in Ladino. Refers to sums in medins (מאידיש). Also mentions the word טורקישש.
No Scholarship Records
Love poetry in Judaeo-Arabic, with at least one word written in Arabic script inside of the Judaeo-Arabic text. There are writing exercises in the margin …
Probably literary: two lines in Hebrew/Aramaic mentioning four reshuyot and two reshuyot.
Informal note. In Judaeo-Arabic. Requesting that the addressee return the collaterals after the settlement of a debt. "To the elder, the Understanding (ha-Mevin), may his …
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Beginning fragment of letter from Yeshu'a Gaon to communities in Fustat ca. 1010.
Fragment of a fiscal document referring to the annual budget of the Dīwān al-Abwāb (aka Dīwān al-Kharājī wa-l-Hilālī) "من مال ضمان ديوان الابواب". Cf. ENA …
Legal document. A damaged legal document, probably a bill of release. Involves Ahuv, sums of 55 dinars, 44 dinars, 13 dinars, and half of a …
Letter from Abū l-Majd to his cousin Eliyyahu the Judge. It deals with questions of travel; mentions someone in Damascus; mentions al-Maḥalla, Bilbays, Fusṭāṭ, and …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The ends of several lines are preserved, mostly formulaic. Tells someone not to "go down" (the Nile). Reused for Hebrew literary text …
Bill to a company dealing in salt and sodium carbonate – 1932CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 152) – in French. (information from …
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to someone addressed as "al-majlis" regarding communal issues. May mention people who are violating a ruling of the addressee; …
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Small fragment of a late document in Arabic script mentioning al-muʿallim Ibrāhīm.
Commentary on the haftarot. In Ladino.
Receipt mainly in Arabic script issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen (وكتب يهودا بن يوسف). The name ʿAlī b. Khālid appears in Hebrew characters in the …
Folio from a court ledger in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Location: Fustat. Recto: Dated Thursday, 23 Av 1400 = 2 August 1089 CE, …
Accounts in Arabic script. On recto there is piyyuṭ. (Information from CUDL.)
Fiscal register (compare BL OR 5566B.3 and the other shelfmarks cited there). Reused for Hebrew hoshaʿnot. Needs further examination.
A letter to Yosef KOhen in Qal'a from Qosdina
Receipt of payment or tax receipt, in Arabic script. There is a registration mark "الحمد] لله وبه استعين]". Name of the payee is not readable …
Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: Rabīʿ II 952 AH = June/July 1545 CE. Deed of acknowledgment made by Ḥammād b. Mubārak b. Ḥayyāra(?). He …
Official report in Arabic script. Small fragment. Mentions the caliph (… ين الله), probably al-Ẓāhir (li-Iʿzāz Dīn Allāh), al-Ḥāfiẓ (li-Dīn Allāh), or al-ʿĀḍid (li-Dīn Allāh). …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Marriage contract (ketubba), fragment.
Legal record (#20) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 8r-v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated Tishrei 5321 AM …
Legal formulary. In Hebrew and Aramaic. Dating: Unknown. Catalogued as 12th or 13th century, but unclear on what basis.
A moral acceptance to keep the Torah
Letter possibly in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu (per Goitein) to an unidentified person. In Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee's mother and sister were involved in …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic (FGP). Possibly a literary letter.
Communal letter in Hebrew. Wide space between the lines. Mentions [...] b. ʿAmram.
State document, fragment, in Arabic script written in enormous letters, probably a decree. Mentions "fourteen heads" (li-arbaʿa ʿashara raʾs) (of cattle?). Reused for several different …
Verso: Table in Judaeo-Arabic. First two rows: amounts to be distributed; third row: seems to list distributions by weeks. It is not clear what the …
Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Very faded.
Legal record (#11) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 1v of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew with some terms in …
:(Documents 11-12) Left side of bifolio 1r
Accounts. Late medieval or Ottoman.
Verso: Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Netan[ʾel] b. Ḥalfon ha-Levi. Mostly consists of salutations and praises. The sender reports that he has met …
Two unidentified Arabic documents. The lefthand one looks late.
Fol. 1v: Muslim marriage contract. In Arabic script. Groom: Zayd b. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn. 1.5 (dinars) are mentioned. May be dated. Fol. 2v: Fragment of …
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Legal report in a Qaraite court register. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Location: Cairo. Dating: Unknown. Catalogued as 1101 CE, but this date does not appear on …
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Power of attorney in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). A husband, [...] b. Yefet ha-Levi, appoints his wife Sitt [...] …
Responsum and the beginning of the next by R. Migash. Published by Amir Ashur in Qoves al Yad 21 (2012), 1-24
Family letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Almost certainly from a woman, addressed to her cousin (ibn ʿamm). Goitein describes it as a "fragment of a family letter …
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Arabic script (VMR)
Possibly a fiscal account in Arabic script, reused for a Judaeo-Arabic list of items and quantities written between the lines.
Accounts, in Arabic script and Coptic numerals.
Letter in Arabic script. The addressee is asked to send something (dirhams?) with the bearer. On verso there is piyyuṭ. (Information from CUDL)
A Fatimid decree fragment, possibly of an investiture. Recycled by Efrayim b. Shemarya.
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Literary work in Judaeo-Arabic. Perhaps al-Faraj baʿd al-Shidda of Rabbenu Nissim. This page discusses Naḥum of Gamzu and Rabbenu ha-Qodesh when he was afflicted by …
Writing exercises in Hebrew dated on verso 23 Iyyar [5]623 or 12 May 1863CE. The paper itself includes an internal line system which is reflective …
Legal fragment in Arabic. Very damaged and difficult to read. Portions of ~7 lines are preserved.