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Prescription or recipe. In Judaeo-Arabic. "Its benefits are similar to the benefits of wine (khamr)." On verso there are jottings in Judaeo-Arabic: "In sleep (or: …
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Recto: Letter from Moshe b. Ḥalfon b. Y[...], probably in Yemen, to a judge (who had a son named Netanel), probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. …
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Literary text, in Arabic script. Requires identification.
List or accounts, in Arabic script. Mentions prices in dirhams. Needs examination.
Probably writing exercises in Arabic script.
Iqrār (deed of acknowledgment) on verso. Poem on recto.
Top four lines of an official-sounding letter in Arabic script. Might be a draft. Dating: Maybe 13th or 14th century. Begins: "Uṣdirat/aṣdartu hādhihi l-[...] ilā …
Legal record (#17) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on ff. 2v, 3r of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated …
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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, likely 16th century, concerning shipping. One of the entries is headed "the ship of Ḥamza Rayyis arriving from Istanbul." Cf. T-S J1.41 …
Letter, copy. Written in poetic Hebrew. Possibly a letter of appeal for help, since the author describes his woes. Join by Dr. Ezra Chwat. See …
Letter in Ladino. Mentions Turks ("Turcos") a couple times at the top of recto. Needs examination.
List in Ladino with payments in silver medin. Dating 15th-17th century based on the paleography and the post-1415 CE currency mentioned. Each entry opens with …
Verso (original use): Deed of lease. In Arabic script. Fragment (upper right corner). The basmala and the beginnings of five lines are preserved. The lessee …
Petition from a woman named Umm Hilāl bt. Ibn al-Muhandiz the ḥaver, who is living in the synagogue of the Palestinians. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the …
Letter in Arabic script. There are wishes for somebody's health (ارجو ان قد وهب عافيته). Mentions the arrival of Abū l-Faraj. Mentions that 'I have …
Bifolium containing a legal formulary for a Geṭ Ḥaliẓa (release from levirate marriage).
A ketubah. Image not availabe.
Jotted accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. On recto and above, the Shemaʿ and benedictions for the evening service on weekdays and Shabbat. (Information …
Small fragment in Judaeo-Arabic (recto) and Arabic (verso). Probably a letter.
Ownership note, originally in the first volume of a literary treatise. It belonged to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Abū l-Maʿālī al-Mutaṭabbib (the physician). Above, there is …
Mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.
A fragmentary line of a widely spaced Arabic text (probably a decree) visible in the left margin; the document was recycled to copy a biblical …
Poem in Hebrew. 17 lines in praise of a dignitary, then 2 lines of blessing in Judaeo-Arabic, then it ends. "From your grateful slave, Shemuel." …
Literary text, in a late Arabic hand, probably Ottman-era. Mentions imperial terms like "sulṭānī", "ḥaḍratak". Needs examination. Folio 2/2 contains a tiny fragment with "ḥuḍūr" …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Document mentioning Ibrahim and his family. (Information from CUDL.)
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Dealing with urgent and detailed business operations involving …
List of names and monetary contributions received by the Rambam Synagogue congregation in Cairo (ק׳׳ק הרמבם). Dated 5603 AM which is 1842/1843 CE. The heading …
Legal record (#25) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 10r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 3 Shevat [5321] …
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to Avraham Dayyan from Binyamin de Curiel and Avraham Crespin. These men are known from other fragments. Dating: probably 18th- …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and in Arabic script. Dating: 12th century. Featuring Abū ʿAlī Yeḥezqel Al-Dimyāṭī, the brother of Ḥalfon b. Netanel, as well as Khalaf …
Fragment of a mercantile letter. Mentioning in a postscript that Abū Manṣūr, Mufarrij, and Abū l-Ḥasan met and determined that someone will not pay another …
Letter of appeal signed by al-Naharwani the cantor. The remnants of 7 lines, mostly blessings for the recipient, but also mentioning "terrible illnesses" (pega'im ra'im) …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with some Hebrew. Dating: Probably not long after 1470 CE, and certainly no later than 1570 CE; in the course of reprimanding …
Letter from Nahray b. Nissim from Fustat to a person in Qayrawan. Around 1045. Mentions galls, Camphor, and shipment of money. Nahray Also expresses his …
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Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Fragment (left side). Dating: 1127–38 CE, based on the references to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (last line). Detailing …
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Verso: Letter or note in Arabic script. Containing morning greetings for a dignitary, maybe a Nasi (. . . الله صباح الحضرة الاجلية السامية الريسية …
Letter, or possibly an outline of a legal document, containing instructions concerning a trousseau list. Handwriting of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu? (F. Niessen and A. Shivtiel, …
List of about 50 names in the hand of Natan b. Shemuel (fl. 1128–1164 CE), including an Ibn al-Lebdi. (Information from Goitein's index card.)
Formularies for a love (maḥabba) spell and a love (tahayyuj) potion (using סבנאדג, the brain of a colored pigeon, and some of your urine).
Verso: Letter, faded and damaged, in a Maghrebi hand. Bilbays is mentioned. AA.
Letter from Elijah (probably in Salonika) to his brother, a scholar (probably in Fusṭāṭ), written in the 11th-century. The letter mentions Elijah’s compatriot, Abū ʿAlī, …
Unidentified text(s) in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Recto and verso are in different hands. Dating: Perhaps 12th or 13th century.
Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100-1138). Fragment (bottom only). Concerning a woman whose husband has traveled. This document evidently asserts some …
Bible fragment, with verses from the Book of Leviticus.
Legal fragment, with release formulae. The party mentioned is Sitt [...].
Legal document in Arabic script. Fragment (upper left corner). Seems to be an acknowledgment by the Rabbanite Jew named [ʿUmar?] b. Ibrāhīm known as Shams …