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Letter from Abū l-Munā b. Yaʿaqov al-Isrāʾīlī al-Ḥāfiẓ al-[...], unknown location, to Abū ʿAlī b. ʿAṭāʾ al-Isrāʾīlī, presumably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address …
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Opening of a letter addressed to the heads of the community (שלום ממובא עד הלום . . . אל הקהל הקדוש קה[. . .] וראש …
Poetic epistle addressed to the poet and man of letters Yehuda ha-Levi, who was also a well-to-do physician and devoted time to public welfare and …
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Horizontal strip from the middle of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. "Al-Parnas al-Kohen went to Bilbays two years ago and lived there and made a living with …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Small fragments from a striking letter addressed to [Shemarya] b. Elḥanan.
Record of testimony about a deposit of a modaʿ, with only fragmentary date surviving. Dated Elul 14[..] Seleucid = 1088–1188 CE.
Legal deed, unfinished. Dated: Probably [15]36 Seleucid = 1224/25 CE, but plausibly 1124/25 or 1324/25 instead. The titles of the Nagid and the scribe's hand …
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The first page from a letter in three languages requesting aid and assistance coming from the compensation of "Raḥov ha-Nahār" in Jerusalem – the second …
Beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary hand. "That which I inform Sayydinā...." None of the content is preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)
Legal document or responsum. Fragment (lower right piece). Refers to Shemuʾel b. Yaʿaqov and his legal adversary (בעל דינו) and appeasement. Quotes Nedarim 20b (מאן …
Mercantile letter, probably 11th century. Very damaged. (Information in part from CUDL)
Medical prescription in Arabic script.
Recto: statement, dated 1466 of the Seleucid Era (= 1154/55 CE), concerning a debt which Saʿadya b. Yehuda owes to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā the doctor …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, handwriting resembles that of Berakhot b. Shemuel. Only the first two lines and last seven lines are preserved. Not much of substance …
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State document, Fatimid. Mentions "al-khidma" and "al-muṭāʿ" or maybe "iqṭāʿ" (but less likely). Just a few words preserved in each line and difficult to glean …
Small receipt for Mawāhīb. By the same scribe (or jahbadh?) responsible for the entire ENA 3972 folder, possibly named Yūḥannā b. SYMLJ(?).
List of names and sums in a late hand.
Letter from Masʿūd b. Mawhūb to his brother Sābiq b. Mawhūb. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is agitated about the news he heard from Umm Subayʿ …
Letter/petition for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. Likely a draft, as several phrases are crossed out with interlinear corrections. Mentioning the cold. Mentions someone's son Abū l-Makārim. …
Letter from Fāris b. Ibrāhīm, probably in Jerusalem, to Elishaʿ Fayrūz and Yūsuf Sanbūlī (=Sṭanbūlī?, of Istanbul), probably in Fustat/Cairo. In (rudimentary) Hebrew. Dated: 11 …
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. Mentions Abū l-Ḥusayn and something to be sent with Abū Saʿīd.
Recto: a mainly grammatical commentary on Ruth 3:15–4:8. In the following colophon, the text is referred to as Alfāẓ Megillat Rut and the scribe’s name …
Legal document. Location: Cairo. Dated: Elul 5372 AM, which is 1612 CE. Only the last two lines and the witness signatures are preserved. "We decree …
Recto: Accounts, mentioning Moshe Kohen and listing amounts of money for the weeks of Shemot through Tetzaveh. One of the currencies used is the fonducli. …
Letter from someone possibly named Yaʿqūb addressed to a physician. In Judaeo-Arabic. There are two lines in Arabic script on verso, apparently lines of poetry …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Reporting on a legal dispute in a provincial town involving the redemption (from captivity?) of the sisters of Abū l-Najm for 50 …
Leaf from an Arabic treatise, calligraphic and vocalized. It appears to be a literary anthology, with quotations and verses cited from various Abbasid-era caliphs and …
Note addressed to 'mawlāy al-rashīd' asking him to draw up an account (of money owed) on the sender's behalf for 'al-mawlā al-jalīl al-dayyān.' There are …
Beginning three lines of a large state document with elegant line spacing, in Arabic script. Decree. Needs examination. Reused heavily on recto and verso for …
Two fragments from the bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. In a cursive Spanish (Andalusī) hand. Excerpts: אכתארך(?) חאלי(?) אן תפצלה . . . מא …
Marriage contract (ketubba), fragment. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Contains part of the dowry list. The dowry is valued at 400-some dinars. (Information …
Declaration of support for a Gaʾon, written by at least three different scribes, and containing the signatures and names of approximately a dozen communal notables …
Bifolio from a magical booklet. Many spells/recipes are given here, including against fever and leprosy and for coitus.
Bifolio of a literary text containing a purchase note in both jotted Hebrew and beautifully written Judaeo-Arabic. The buyer is Adonim b. Avraham.
Notes from a lesson given by Maimonides. There is a fingerprint. See analysis and edition in Friedman, "Notes by a Disciple in Maimonides' Academy Pertaining …
Recto (secondary use): Accounts. Looks like the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen. See separate record for the Arabic document on verso.
Small official-looking receipt in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Draft of a formal letter or petition in Arabic to 'al-rayyis al-jalīl.' This side was reused for a document or composition that appears to be …
Fragment of a letter sent to the nasi Shelomo b. Jesse with complaints about Yosef and Yehuda of Cairo who did not answer the writer's …
Legal document; probably concerning a transfer of property. Mentions Malīḥa bt. Yosef. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38). (Information from CUDL)
Karaite betrothal deed between Esther bt. Moshe Fūlādī and Avraham b. David Feyrūz aka Revaḥ. Dated on Purim 24 Adar 5509 AM (1749 CE). The …
Letter, small fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Likely a mercantile letter of the 11th century. Mentions the ship (markab) of al-Jazzār; mentions 9 people and a rent/hire …
Letter from an unidentified Babylonian gaʾon. Fragment (top and bottom missing). On parchment. Containing a recommendation for the bearer Nuʿmān b. Moshe b. Shalmon, who …
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Small fragment from an Arabic document - needs examination. See PGPID 23984 for join.
Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) in Arabic script. Bū l-Faraj b. Yūsuf the Rabbanite Jew makes a declaration for Bū Saʿd b. [...] the Jew, probably …
Agreement to pay a debt, missing the signatures section along the paper tear. Dated Friday 20 Shevat 5405 AM (1645 CE). Barūkh b. Eliʿazar Nasīya …
Page fragment from a bible, verses from Genesis.