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Fragment of a letter to Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE), likely from one of the Geonim of Palestine, possibly sent in the name of …
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Verso: Poem for a circumcision (ולמצוץ כדת...). It seems for the son of the Nagid Mevorakh (gaʾon ʿam ve-sar sarim). (Information from Goitein's index card.)
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List of names. Dating: ca. 13th or 14th century based on the hand and typical names. Names mentioned include: ʿAbd al-Karīm; Muhadhdhab; Yisraʾel; Yaʿāqov ha-Le[vi?]; …
Lease contract for an entire top-floor apartment rented by Abu al-Ḥasan Shelomo ha-Kohen b. Menashshe. from Abu al-Fadl Mevorakh b. Yefet. The place is described …
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Recto: Legal document in Hebrew. Long but very faded. Dating: likely 11th century. Various sums of money and someone named Naḥum b. [...]on are mentioned. …
Account.
Genealogical list of Shemuel b. Hananiah's family.
Letter of appeal for charity, probably. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, possibly 18th or 19th century. Very long-winded, and full of kabbalistic drashes about Satan and …
Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. From an unidentified man possibly named Karīm, apparently in Zarnīkh (in Upper Egypt, see recto l. 44 and recto right margin …
Recto: Fragment of a letter in elegant Arabic script. The ends of four lines are preserved: وحرس . . . . . مهجته . . …
Bill of divorce. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Friday, 25 Iyyar 1439 Seleucid, which is 1128 CE. Husband: Natan b. Shela. Wife: …
Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: Dhū l-Ḥijja 624 H. Involves Abū l-Faraj b. Fāḍil(?) b. Khalaf al-Tājir and Bū l-ʿIzz b. Bū ʿAlī b. …
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda Gaʾon (r. 1025–1051) to the head of the Babylonian community in Egypt, Sahlan b. Avraham, thanking him for forwarding a …
From the book of contracts of Saadya Gaon. On parchment. (Information from Goitein's index card.)
Small fragment from the top of a ketubba.
Small piece of a marriage-related legal document, mentioning gifts and "Naẓar the mother of this bride." (Information in part from CUDL)
IB I, 16. Two court records regarding Moshe b. Labrat b. Moshe b. Sugmar and Yosef b. David al-Tarabulusi, from the court in Fustat. November …
בחמשה בשבה דהוא חמשה יומי בירח כסלו דשנת אלפא
וארבע מאה ותשע שנין למניינא דרגיליננא ביה בפסטאט
מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה כן הוה חצר אלי…
On Thursday, the fifth day of Kislev, in the year
Mr. David b. Mr. Joseph—may he…
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Letter to Damietta concerning a teacher. NB: The shelfmark has since changed, and it will take some work to find the current shelfmark. Mentioned Med …
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Fragment of a business letter. The writer refers to a weight called Laythi (See Goiten, Med. Soc. I, 227). Greetings to Abū l-Futūḥ b. Nājī. …
Ketubba for Sittūna bt. [...] and Yaʿir b. Khalaf, dated Nisan 13[..] of the Seleucid Era (= 989–1089 CE) in Egypt. Total dower: 100 dinars …
Recto: Fragment of a legal document, referring to transactions and mentioning Ibn al-Bayrūtī and ‘in the hand of Abū ʿAlī ha-Levi’. Verso: jottings. (Information from …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
State document in Arabic script. The beginnings of 7 lines are preserved. Mentions a ship (markab), probably the docking of a ship (mursā), and is …
Legal document(s). This fragment contains the bottom two lines of one document and the entirety of a second document (though a vertical strip from the …
Verso (original use): Beginning of a petition or letter to an official. Reused on recto for a tax receipt (see separate entry).
بسم اللـه الرحمن الرحيم
قد كان عبد الحضرة السامية الاجلية الشيخية الـ…. ـية ثبت اللـه مجدها
واهلك عدوها وضدها … على مشارفتها في يحا[ …
Verso: Legal note in Arabic script. The one who appoints the agent: Abū l-Faraj Shūʿā b. [...]. The agent: Zuhayr b. Ibrāhīm. Purpose: the sale …
Large list of names and sums of money (probably donations) dated Passover [Nisan 15-22] 5555 AM (April 1795 CE). The right column lists 43 full …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Concerning a transaction, quoting a certain Avraham and mentioning Abū ʿAlī and the …
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יביעה לי הנאך ולא[
צ̇מאן קליוב ולא נ[
ואלסנה אלדאכלה בכמאלהא [
דלך ולא אלאחתגאג פיה בחגה [
ולא אואטי מן יזיד עליה ולא …
Formal letter from the office of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon, whose name and genealogy appear at the top, in addition to משער הישיבה in the address on …
Blessings (mi sheberakh) for the prominent merchant Moshe ha-Kohen ha-Sar ha-Adir Tifʾeret ha-K[ohanim] Hemdat ha-Sarim Neʾman ha-Soḥerim ʿAyn ha-ʿEda.
An account list by Nahray b. Nissim, mentioning consignments from Būṣīr via Fustat. Bifolium from an account book (daftar) (LB)
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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.
Draft of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mentions the name Maḥfūẓa and possibly the terms of …
Receipt, in Arabic script. "Ṣaḥḥa li-Abū l-Faraj b. al-Rūmī(?). . . ." Needs further examination.
Letter to Yehoshua Maimonides (1310–55) reminding him of somebody who was excommunicated when his father Avraham II Maimonides (1245–1313) was Nagid. The letter is rather …
Small fragment of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions spices such as cinnamon, pepper, and mahlab. AA. ASE.
Letter addressed to a Jewish notable (המעולה... הפטיש... ). In Hebrew for the introduction and Judaeo-Arabic for the body. The name Shemuel ha-Levi (the sender?) …
List of verses or piyyutim, probably.
IB III, 10. Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq in Aden to Avraham Ibn Yiju in Dahbattan on the Malabar coast. Goitein dated the letter to …
In Your name, O Merciful.
The letter of your excellency the illustrious Sheikh, has arrived—[may God prolong your life/]
and make perman…
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Letter addressed to Makārim b. Ṭayyib in 'the land of Egypt' (diyār Miṣr), indicating that it was sent from outside of Egypt. In Hebrew (for …
Extensive accounts, mainly in Arabic script, written in multiple directions. Mentions wheat.
Probably a letter of condolence from members of the Ibn Kawjakh family, addressed to Yosef b. Shemuel. With extremely ornate strings of blessings. The blessings …
List of names and numbers for Parshat Vayeṣe, perhaps donations. Dating: late, probably 18th or 19th century.
Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Recto: betrothal (erusin) deed. Groom: [...] b. ʿEli known as Ibn Ḥunayn. Bride: …
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Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script.
Scrap of parchment with writing exercises as well as a curse for ʿAnan: בחרם ענן ארור ענן.
Letter and panegyric from a certain Khalfūn to the Nagid. The poet's name is spelled in an acrostic in the last 5 words of the …
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Small fragment of a mercantile letter in Arabic script.