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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" …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Legal testimony, Qaraite. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Sunday, 17 Heshvan 5472 AM, which is 1711 CE. It has to do with the floor (ṭabaqa) that is …
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Fatimid tax receipt.
Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 13th or 14th century. Refers to Farajallāh going to the Rayyis with a Qaraite and then going separate ways …
Fragment of a marriage contract concerning the remarriage of Moshe b. Yiṣḥaq and his wife Sittat, containing details about the dowry. Dated 1378/ 1066-1067. (Information …
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Elegies: all appear to be by the same author, including an elegy for a Gaʾon, צפע רוש הלעיטני, and for a woman. ‘Nathan b. Shemuʾel …
Part of a ketubba for an unnamed bride and the groom Barakāt, dated Monday 11th (month and year not preserved), probably in Fusṭāṭ. (Information from …
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Legal formulary.
IB II, 43. Memorandum from Yosef b. Avraham to Abu Nasr al-Halabi. Aden, ca. 1130-50.
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Draft of the beginning of a court record. Location: Fustat. Dated: Middle decade of Iyyar 1689 Seleucid = May 1378 CE, under the authority of …
Recto: Upper part of a letter to a dignitary referred to as Sar ha-Teʿuda. The preserved portion (~33 lines) consists entirely of panegyric poems in …
Possibly a letter in Hebrew. The portion preserved is mostly blessings. Less likely a piyyuṭ.
Lower left corner of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Tells he addressee not to worry about something; mentions Abū l-Ḥasan and two volumes; a request to …
Series of (copies of) letters sent from Hebron to Egypt, mainly asking for financial assistance. First half of the 17th century. Information from FGP.
List. Trousseau list. This trousseau list (taqwīm) includes "two rings, amber and gold" totaling one dinar. Overall the list totaled 26 dinar. (Information from Goitein's …
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Letter fragment written in a largish hand with widely-spaced lines. It is addressed to an individual (ואנשי ביתך). The extant text consists mostly of blessings …
Legal query addressed to Maimonides, ca. 1168–1204 CE (based on the years when he was active in Egypt). Reuven gave a golden needle to Shimʿon, …
Blessings in large, thick, square letters, with the name "David b. Shekhanya" at the end (יברכהו בקהל עם ד[וי]ד בר שכניה). Dating: probably early 11th …
Letter fragment to a certain ḥaver ("... ba-sanhedrin gedolah...") describing the writer's financial distress. He also provides a recommendation for the bearer of the letter, …
Short letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Berakha Goren, probably in Cairo, to David Ben-Naʿim, probably in Alexandria. Dated 9 November 1820 (3 Kislev 5581). Goren recounts …
Small fragment containing both Judaeo-Arabid and Arabic script. There are one or two words in a large Arabic hand that might be a remnant of …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning people such as Sulaymān b. Khalaf and Nissim b. Sulaymān and Abū l-Rabīʿ. On parchment.
Legal document. Agreement between Abū l-ʿIzz Moshe b. Abū l-Barakāt and his newly divorced wife. She agrees to accept 30 instead of 70 dirhams due …
Official letter. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. The hand may be known. Wide space between the lines. Addressed to a community, and containing a recommendation (or …
Family letter, partly in Hebrew and partly in Judaeo-Arabic. The handwriting seems to be that of the judge Mevorakh b. Natan (possibly making this one …
Petition in Arabic script. The sender's name may appear between lines 2 and 3 (ʿabduhu Khalaf....?). May mention Qalyūb (l. 3) and mentions merchandise and …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic for Saturday 8 Dhū l-Qaʿda through Friday 14 Dhū l-Qaʿda. Related to tax collection? The names mostly do not sound Jewish, and …
Responsum and the beginning of the next by R. Migash. Published by Amir Ashur in Qoves al Yad 21 (2012), 1-24
Recto (secondary use): Accounts. Looks like the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen. See separate record for the Arabic document on verso.
Writing exercises with unconnected sentences and several repetitions of the names of the Patriarchs
Legal document (witness statement), mentioning ‘my husband Yaʿaqov.' (Information from CUDL.) Join: Oded Zinger.
Complete business letter from Nissim b. Yiṣḥaq al-Tāhartī, probably in Mahdiyya, to Musa b. Abi al-Hayy Khalila in Fustat. Dated September 1051. (Information from Gil)
כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאיידך וסעאדתך לה בקין מן אלול
עליך באחסן כאתמה ותקבל מנך ומנא הדה אלאיאם אלמסתקבלה ותכתב בספר חיי…
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Bifolio of accounts. Written in a known rudimentary hand with little balls at the tops of some letters. Same hand as T-S AS 204.231 (PGPID …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Small fragment. Mentions Saʿīd; Qudsī; Yahūdī; "Fulayfil"; and gold. Dating: probably no earlier than 13th century.
Draft of a letter to a dignitary (הפטיש החזק נר המערבי דגל הרבנים יחיד הדור נמשול), probably the Nagid, who would probably be Avraham Maimonides …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, probably late.
Literary text in Arabic script.
Small fragment of a legal document in Arabic script mentioning a power of attorney (wakāla).
IB II, 50. Memorandum from Khalaf b. Isḥāq al-Yamanī. In Arabic script, with additional notes in Judaeo-Arabic. Ordering pharmaceuticals from Egypt. There is an entire …
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Recto (original use): Legal document in Arabic script. The ends of four lines are preserved. Mentions a sum of 20 dinars (min al-ʿayn al-wāzin ʿashrīn …
Bifolium from a court register. Fol. 1v: Verbatim copy (nuskha... naqalnāhā mila be-mila) of a marriage contract. Dated: Tuesday, 19 Elul 1468 Seleucid = 27 …
Fragment of a tax receipt, probably.
Letter from Yisrael b. Natan, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11 January 1052 CE (according to Gil). Apart from business matters, …
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Verso: Fragment from the bottom of a document, maybe an Ottoman-era legal or official document.
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary. Dating: 11th century. The sender has sent a purse containing 8 dinars to be given to his family members; mentions …
Verso (original use): Small fragment of a letter or official document in Arabic: "min sāʾir al-amākin... yakhruj min ṭawāḥī[n?]...." Recto (secondary use): Order for something …