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Literary. In Hebrew. Dream interpretation. Late.
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Letter sent to Moshe Qassas from Jerusalem, saying there was no point in remaining any longer in the Holy City since it was impossible to …
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Literary. Small fragment.
Letter in Hebrew. Probably late and related to the Kurdistani material in the rest of the HUC collection. Mentions "that idiot Moshe." Needs examination. NB: …
Fragment of a bill of divorce (geṭ). Location not preserved. Written and signed by Yosef b. Shemuel ha-Levi (active ca. 1181–1209). Also signed by Moshe …
Letter in Arabic script. Beginning only. Might be a draft. Reused on recto for piyyuṭ. (Information in part from CUDL)
Philosophical treatise. Stories of Alexander the Great and Aristotle in a calligraphic hand.
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A booklet containing copies of eight letters by Rav Sherira Gaon and one letter by Rav Hayye Gaon. End of the 10th century. The letter …
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Verso (original use): Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Damaged and faded; difficult to extract any information. Mentions sending something with the couriers (fuyūj). …
Aramaic text. Vocalized. Yemeni hand. Resembles Targum Onqelos on the making of the Menora (Exodus 25 and 37), but there are also significant variations.
Accounts for construction (? حساب العمارة). In Arabic script.
Accounts in Arabic (VMR). Late.
Geṭ (bill of divorce). Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 26 Av 1484 Seleucid = 7 August 1173 CE. Husband: Abū Saʿd b. Abū ʿAlī. Wife: [Sitt …
Remarriage contract of a bride who had been both widowed and divorced in which she receives a house, but no trousseau. Dated 1180-1191. (Information from …
Two fragments of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic, 11th or 12th century. Unclear how much of the content is salvageable.
Circular letter from the office of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. This fragment preserves the last few lines of his genealogy and the first three lines of the …
Legal fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Involving Binyamin b. Avraham. Dated: Probably 1414 or 1417 Seleucid = 1112/13 or 1115/16 CE.Needs conservation. There are also two other …
Small fragment of a legal document. It seems signed by Avraham b. Sahlān. Dating: No later than 1032 CE. Involves someone giving something to his …
Legal document(s). Probably a draft. Small and damaged fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Includes part of a partnership …
Legal fragment in Judaeo-Arabic.
Probably a legal document, mentioning a certain Yefet. (Information from CUDL)
Geomancy castings. At the top there may be a guide, with each configuration named. Underneath there is prose in Arabic script with a specific configuration. …
Few words from the bottom of a legal deed signed by Menashshe Hakohen.
Legal document(s) in Arabic script. Verso (original use) is a fragment of a deed of sale for a compound (dār). Recto (secondary use) is probably …
Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides, with his autograph responsum (signed). After a man had given an oath of bankruptcy in Jewish court, he was …
[Concerning Reube]n [who holds Simeo]n['s IOU for the sum of 500 dirhems] payable in instalments of twenty dirhems per month, some of which has becom…
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Letter from Fustat/Cairo to the communal leaders of Damietta, Yiṣḥaq Beirav and Ṣedaqa ha-Kohen. First half of the 16th century. Mentions Avraham b. Shānjī and …
Accounting of business affairs in Cairo.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū l-Ṭāhir. Deals with business matters and mentions an exchange rate. Possibly in the same handwriting: CUL Or.1080 J158 (PGPID …
Original use: official account (makhzūma) in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Legal document involving a dispute between Abu Saʿd Kohen, Abū l-Makārim, payments in installments, and the sale of cheese. One of the parties resorted to …
Accounts in Arabic script. Very damaged.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and some Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions al-Kohen and Abū l-Qāsim.
On verso, remnants of a document in Arabic script. Probably a letter, in a super poetic prose (al-shuhūr... al-duhūr...). Needs examination.
Large communal register fragment, the paper was folded uniformly into eight sections according to the same format as JRL SERIES C 179 (PGPID 32029). Dated …
Recto: Small fragment of a deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) in Arabic script. The one making the acknowledgment may be named Salmūn b. Isḥāq al-Māwardī.
Decree to a lower official commanding him to retrieve bricks and everything belonging to the government from a certain location (a ruined mosque?); and from …
Document dated 21 December 1817 CE (12 Tevet 5578 AM) in which Mordekhai Romano details the plan for medical treatment for the children of his …
Fragment from a ketubba. Dating: 11th century. Mentions Muʿizzī dinars. The bride's father is named Ḥubaysh. Reused for various jottings on verso.
Letter fragment, mainly in Arabic script with one phrase in Hebrew on verso (רבינו ברוך יהי לעד). Dating: probably 11th or 12th century. Faded and …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic from the notebook of ʿArūs b. Yosef (see, e.g., CUL Or.1080 J190 = PGPID 4001). Information from Goitein's note card.
Note from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to a certain Abū l-Makārim. Asking him to pawn 'this book' for 10 dirhams, because the need is pressing. Cf. …
Ledger with many distinct entries in Italian, perhaps copies of letters. Needs examination.
Letter fragment of supplication to a Gaon, probably from Jerusalem or Ramla, the eleventh century.
Engagement contract. Bride: the widow Rashīda bt. Yiṣḥaq b. Sheʾerit. Groom: the widower Yiṣḥaq b. Moshe. Location: Minyat Ghamr. Dated: Wednesday, 3 Tishrei 1627 Seleucid …
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Small fragments with various jottings. There is a block of Judaeo-Arabic text referring to the lunar and solar calendars. There are brief jottings in Arabic …
End of a fragment, contains only the name of Perahya. The nature of this fragment is unclear and could be an address on a letter …
Legal deed. Location: Rashīd (Rosetta). Dated: 17 Tevet 5318 AM = 8 December 1557 CE. Settling debts between Shelomo, Rahamim and Reʾuven. Signed by Avraham …
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Unidentified text or document in Ladino. Might be a letter. Refers to Shelomo Avimelekh, a son (fijo), and intriguing phrases such as "that which we …