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Writing practice or drafts of the formulae typically used in official documents with prayers for the caliph ("... al-ṭāhirīn... al-akramīn...).
No Scholarship Records
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic and eastern Arabic numerals. Dated: 19 Sivan and 24 Av 5569 AM, which is 1809 CE. The heading mentions a "wikala" (commercial …
Capitation tax receipt for Bū l-Ḥasan Ḥusayn b. Hibatallāh al-Ṣayrafī in Fustat. Dated: 4 Muḥarram 541 AH, which is 16 June 1146 CE.
Letter, probably. Content unclear. Three lines are preserved, and a few words in the margin.
Writing exercises mostly of the Hebrew alphabet in a large notebook of 12 folios on lined paper. The latter feature helps to estimate the dating …
Hebrew prose in an elevated register, possibly from a formal letter.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, very deferential. The addressee is asked to send the price of the basket of costus to New Cairo, to the shop of …
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Tax receipt. Mentions the mustakhdim al-jawālī in Damietta. Dated: 601 AH. Amount: 1.25 dinars. ʿAlāma: الحمد لله وبه استعين. Endorsed across the text rather than …
Court records and notes in the hand of the judge Natan b. Shemuel. Dated in one entry on the verso as Tishrei 1455 Seleucid (1143 …
The Amīr Ḥiṣn al-Dawla b. Sayt al-Dawla, for two murattabs,
seven waybas of wheat. Still due to him, eight
waybas of wheat, whose cost
of 7…
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Literary fragment in Arabic script.
Recto (secondary use): Medical recipe or prescription in Arabic script. Underneath, in Judaeo-Arabic, there are mnemonics for calculating the dates of new moons and holidays …
Amulet in purple and yellow ink. Very late. Ashkenazi hand.
Detailed accounts (official/fiscal?) relating to a deceased Abū l-Ḥasan. Needs examination.
Religious prayers and pardons – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 237) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, …
Unidentified text, in Hebrew script.
Letter addressed to Eliyya b. Mishaʾel ha-Levi. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is called "the mighty prince" (ha-Sar ha-Adir) and his father is called …
Literary text in Ladino. 3 folios.
Letter from Avraham b. Natan, possibly in Tyre, to a tenant of his, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Gil identified the sender based on his handwriting. …
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Recto: Legal record in a court notebook. Location: Fusṭāṭ. Dated: 18 Iyyar 1409 Seleucid = 22 April 1098 CE. Regarding a financial claim made by …
Spell book in Judaeo-Arabic.
Fragment discussing the calendar and different parshiyot.
Recto (secondary use): Letter in Judaeo-Arabic concerning a copy of a book requested by the addressee. Dating: Likely no earlier than 13th century, based on …
Left part of a letter from Nahray b. Nissim, who also wrote the letter enquiring about commercial matters and conveying greetings. Ca. 1055. Description from …
Letter of appeal for charity addressed to a certain Rosh ha-Qehillot. It is written entirely as a Hebrew poem. There are lengthy descriptions of the …
Ladino glosses on Judges 4.
Literary text, in Arabic script.
Legal document. Tiny fragment. Apparently dealing with the marriage of a freedwoman (meshuḥrarta kalta).
Legal document, small fragment. Contains remnants of some signatures.
Legal document (end only) signed by witnesses including Menaḥem ha-Levi b. Tamim and Efrayim b. Ḥayyim. (Information from CUDL)
Letter in Arabic script. Approximately 8 lines from near the top are preserved. Written in a chancery-esque hand and in an elevated register. The sender …
Official-looking or commercial receipt (ṣaḥḥa...). Or maybe commercial. Resembles T-S AS 179.142. Needs examination.
Too little text remains to identify, possibly accounts. (Information from CUDL)
Lower fragment: likely an ephemeris.
Letter, probably, in a mixture of Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century. The addressee is instructed to obtain a certain amount of oil …
State document, fragmentary, in chancery hand. Mentions the province (or port?) of Damietta (thagr Dimyāṭ) and someone's arrival/appointment to it. Also has an ʿalama in …
A few words in Hebrew script, including Yosef/Yūsuf.
Unidentified text in Arabic script. Isolated words are legible (the basmala at top. . . kitāb. . . taʿālā. . . ṣāhib. . .). Seems …
Legal document in the hand of Natan b. Shemuel. Location: Fustat. Dating: under the jurisdiction of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya (1140–59). In which a …
Accounts (list of items) in a mixture of Hebrew, Ladino, and Judaeo-Arabic. Late.
Recto: letter in Arabic script. May refer to black silk (al-ḥarīr al-aswad). Reused on verso for probably a liturgical text with Judaeo-Arabic instruction יקול. (Information …
Business accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is probably known (Nahray b. Nissim?).
Large page of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
Document in Hebrew script. Accounts? in Judaeo-Persian?
Jottings and basmalas.
Letter fragment in Arabic script: . . . . وسيدي . . . اطال الله . . . . الاجتماع به . . . . …
Verso: Engagement (shiddukhin) contract. In the hand of Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu ha-Kohen, who served as the muqaddam of Bilbays. Location: Bilbays. Dated: Adar II 1529 …
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Business letter from a father, probably in Alexandria, to a son, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Dating: Looks 12th century, but this is a …
List of goods and values in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew numerals. Accounts? Dowry list (less likely)? Items include a yellow cup (ṭāsa ṣufra); dishes (aṣḥun); small …