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Fragment (right side) of a note in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 12th century. The sender states that he has written twice to the addressee "al-Mumḥe" to …
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Copy of an engagement (shiddukhin) contract in Hebrew written in a different hand (though same hand as the pen trials underneath). Location: Cairo. Dated: 5 …
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Letter fragment (right side of recto, part of the address on verso). Someone named [...] b. Dawud al-[...] is named on verso. ASE.
Small fragment of a ketubba.
A short note written by Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). Ordering Eliyyahu the judge to pay capitation tax to R. Zakkay the teacher and Ibrāhīm …
Letter addressed to a Nasi (השר הנכבד היקר פאר הנשיאות). In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Congratulating him on the birth of a son possibly named Shelomo.
Letter from Shemuel b. Shānjī. Fragment (left side only). In Hebrew. Dating: 16th century (per Avraham David). The sender asks the addressee to buy him …
List, including several types of produce and herbs.
Letter, probably 11th century Babylonia. The content is unclear, It's probably dealing with a death of a Rabbi. The line spacing and the script is …
Judaeo-Arabic poetry. About the beauty of the Levant (ll.1–3) and the destruction of the Temple (l. 8f). Perhaps to be read on Tisha b'Av.
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (active 1100–38 CE). Draft of the will of the teacher (al-muʿallima) Sittūna bt. Avraham the …
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Text in Judaeo-Persian. Biblical commentary? There is also some ink transfer from another fragment.
Bifolio containing piyyuṭ and scribal practice. One of the pages contains a brief petition-like note addressed to a woman (al-sitt al-jalīla) with a taqbīl and …
Letter from Mardūk b. Mūsā to Nahray b. Nissim. Note that this shelfmark no longer exists, and Goitein's description does not correspond to Moss. II,118 …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Court record. Dating: mentions Nisan 1410 Seleucid = March/April 1099 CE (terminus ante quem). Dealing with a complicated lawsuit of a case in which Abū …
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Recto: legal document in Hebrew, Aramaic and Judaeo-Arabic, dated 14[.. Sel.] (= ~12th century CE), mentioning Fusṭāṭ; Moshe; al-Kātib; an oath; and a sum of …
Document concerning the manumission of slaves. (Information from CUDL)
Recto: Letter from the two congregations of Alexandria (No-Amon), led by the judge Yosef b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, to the Jerusalemite congregation in Fustāt, led by …
Marriage contract in which the bridegroom promises to feed and clothe the son of his future wife, a divorcee, to let him learn a craft, …
Book list in the hand of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov ha-Bavli, including piyyuṭim and midrashim. (Information from CUDL)
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Writing practice exercises in Hebrew script
Karaite betrothal deed. Dated 15 Shevat 5450 AM (1690 CE). Bride: Sulṭāna bt. Yosef ha-Rofe b. Elʿazar ha-Ḥazzan ha-Rofe. Groom: Yosef b. Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham …
Fragment of a text in Hebrew, possibly legal. Mentions a "לבעל חוב דינא". Requires further examination.
Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on very yellow paper with many names of Muslims. The name Yosef Maymun appears at the top of the recto of …
Tables of names and sums of money, ranging from 0.5 dirham to 1.5 dirham. Dating: probably no earlier than 13th century. Distribution list? Several entries …
Recto: Fragment of a grammatical treatise, probably. In Arabic script. Verso: Talmudic discussion in both Hebrew script and Arabic script.
Petition from Abū l-Ḥasan b. Dāwūd to a Fatimid dignitary. The petitioner is a poor young man, whose father died destitute and left him only …
His servant and slave,
Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Dāʾūd
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
The slave of the lofty, mighty, much-sought…
Recto: memorial list for the family of the Nagid Shemuʾel b. Hananya ha-Nagid: - Shemarya ha-Shishi - Shemarya's three sons: Ṣedaqa, Seʿadʾel, and Ḥananya - …
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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning Abū l-Ḥasan Aʿraj (the lame) and ʿAllān the son of the sister of ʿA[rūs]. This is probably the India trader ʿAllān …
Letter; recto is in Hebrew, headed Rosh ha-Seder and mentioning Yaʿaqov the elder. Address on verso in Arabic script: to Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb b. [...] …
Probably poetry or aphorisms. In Arabic script. 6 folios. Sentences are separated by stylized hās (هـ). The existing portions of this text may have been …
Court register. Bodl. MS heb. f 56/46v: A renewed betrothal contract dated Tammuz 1493 Seleucid = June/July 1182 CE. Groom: Abū l-Baqāʾ Sheʾerit b. Yefet. …
Very small fragment probably from a state document: الدولة النبوية . . . الارادة وكمال البيعة. Reused for Hebrew jottings.
Letter from a woman, unknown location, to her son Makhlūf b. ʿAqbān the in-law of the physician (ṣihr al-ḥakīm), in al-Ushmūnayn. To be delivered to …
Form letter from the community of Safed to the community of Izmir concerning sheliḥim and fundraising. In Hebrew. Dated: Elul 5611 AM = August/September 1851 …
Monograph; rules concerning marriage. All written by Joseph Rosh Ha-Seder
Part of a ketubba, mostly illegible. (Information from CUDL)
Upper right corner of an acknowledgment (iqrār) in Arabic script. The muqirr is Mūsā b. Yehuda al-Yahūdī(?) al-Ḥarīrī(?). Much of what remains is his physical …
Account in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. Hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.
Letter fragment from a group of people to an important person ("his majesty"). In Judaeo-Arabic. Formal, with wide space between the lines. Mentions a public …
Legal fragment/draft. One line only. Involves Khibāʾ bt. Menashshe (known also from ENA NS I.11 (PGPID 11204) and ENA 3765.2 (PGPID 34325)).
Bill of divorce. Location: Fusṭāṭ. Dated 1066 CE (Sivan, 1377 Seleucid). Husband: Ṣadaqa b. Moshe. Written and witnessed by Aharon ha-Mumḥe b. Efr[ayim]. Blank verso.
State document, in Arabic script. A report to an official: Shujāʿ al-Dawla Bū Faḍl Ziyāda regarding issues pertaining to Abshīsh and Ṭamlay.
Minute fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic.
Part of a draft deed of indemnity, dated 1342 Seleucid (= 1030/31 CE), in which the woman Ḥusn bt. Mawhūb, releases her husband, Netanʾel b. …
Possibly a letter or draft of one. In Judaeo-Arabic. Complaining about a heavy burden of fines on a community.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic with an extensive array of calculations and individuals referenced. Multiple dates appear throughout these folios and the clearest reference to a specific …