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Letter by a father to his son, complaining about the son's failure to visit the family, urging him to visit, and requesting a blanket and …
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Recto is an explanation of the difference between the principles of כלל ופרט וכלל vs רבוי ומיעוט ורבוי. Verso contains a note stating "this is …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Report or petition draft, but most like the a report due to the verb "فاعلمته" (I inform) followed by the raʾyy clause.
Memorial list ('bayt al-sofer'). The part containing the names is torn off. On verso there are biblical verses ('is there no balm in Gilead?').
Letter from Isma’il b. Farah, Alexandria, to his son Farah, Fustat. Dating: November 1056. The writer describes the terrible famine in Egypt, which even leads …
קד כאתבך ר נהראי אדאם אללה ע[זה] פי מא בקי לנא במצר וקד אעלמתך איש הו אן לם יקר לי עלי שי
או אעמל עלי טלועי [ ] בל אנה יטלע ללמדינה ולא…
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Legal document signed by [...] Berakhot ha-Kohen, Abraham ha-Kohen and Mevorakh b. [...]. (Information from CUDL)
Letter to the community of Jerusalem from Elhanan b. Shemarya, 1013 CE.
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Accounts written by a government official indicating sums owed by someone, probably for Abū l-[...] al-ʿAfṣī, on various dates, arranged in two columns. Needs further …
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Letter to Abī Sālim (?) b. Efrayim and Yaḥyā b. Efrayim, replying to previous correspondence, explaining the writer’s bad situation and asking for support. In …
Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Damaged and fragmentary. Verso: Text in Arabic script in a different hand, which sounds like a state document: "al-marsūm bi-l-amr …
Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Fustat. Dated: 14[..] Seleucid, which means no later than 1188 CE (and probably several decades earlier). The husband appears to …
Letter requesting to buy through “Ibrahim, the slave merchant” a female slave for the Nezer (Diadem [an honorifc]). (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 1:452; and …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps late 11th century or early 12th. This is a long and fairly well-preserved letter from somebody close to the Jewish …
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 …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Location: Yemen. There are several dozen names and strings of numbers (in Hebrew characters) of varying lengths after each name. Names include: …
Letter from Avraham Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 15th century. Reports on the complaint of a teacher from Ṣafad who had settled in Gaza, to …
Marriage contract (ketubba). Bride: Nājiya bt. Hiba. Fragment (upper right corner). On verso there is a rhymed poem of praise for a certain person, with …
Recto: Faded note in Judaeo-Arabic referring to [...] b. Yosef and Sitt al-Dalāl bt. Yiṣḥaq. Verso: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. In the hand …
Deed of release (שטר פיצוי). Location: Fustat. Dated: Monday, 21 Iyyar 1371 Seleucid = 24 April 1060 CE. In which Musallam b. Ḥusayn b. Khalaf …
Literary text, in Arabic script.
Legal document in Arabic script. Dating: Looks late Mamluk or early Ottoman era. Needs examination.
Letter from Avraham, son of the Gaon, to the sons of Mevasser, Fustat, perhaps 1025.
Small fragment of a legal document in Judaeo-Arabic concerning a sum of 10 dinars and furnishings. Also mentions sums of 2 dinars and 11 dinars. …
Fragment of a petition. Hard to piece together the story but contains various interesting references such as to the judges (al-quḍāt) and to عبد يشوع …
Legal testimony. Dating: Late 11th or early 12th century. Pinḥas b. [...] claims from Tiqva b. ʿAmram a ruqʿa worth 5 dinars. Tiqva is prepared …
Receipt, or accounts. The header most likely reads as "ʿalā," indicating to the amount owed. Needs examination.
Recto: Top part of a letter to al-Shaykh al-Muhadhdhab. In Arabic script. Probably a letter of appeal for charity. Verso: Accounts in Arabic script, in …
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Lists many names. Mostly crossed out with vertical lines. Needs examination.
Letter fragment in the hand of Avraham b. Farah al-Iskandarani, in Alexandria, to one of the merchants in Fustat, regarding shipments being forwarded to the …
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Verso: List in Arabic script. Unclear if/how this is related to recto. (Information from CUDL)
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 …
Legal document from Fusṭāṭ, mentioning the elder Sulaymān and Abū l-Bahā. It is dated but the date is lost. (Information from CUDL.) Power of attorney. …
Book list. Published in Alloni, the Jewish Library in the Middle Ages, 206-207
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions NʿM al-Muʾadhdhin (the muezzin); Muḥammad al-Bannāʾ; and the term tazrīb.
Literary, probably. Very faded. See folio 26 for the probable dating.
Account in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Late. Mentions pearls (luʾluʾ) and gold (dhahab), and the names Isḥāq, Sulaymān, ʿAfīf, and Ibrāhīm.
Legal testimony. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated Tuesday, 25 Tammuz 1693 Seleucid = פֿדֿןֿ Hijri (this is confusing notation: perhaps 584 + an implied 200?). In any …
IB VII, 67. Letter from an India trader in Quṣ. Dating: late 11th–early 12th century (Goitein). The writer departed sick (wajiʿ) and arrived healthy in …
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Recto: Marriage contract between Riḍwān b. ʿAṭiyya and Bint Muṭṭalib in front of the qāḍī ʿImād al-Dawla Abū l-Faḍāʾil al-Ḥasan b. al-Khiyār b. ʿAlī, judge …
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله وحده وصلواته على سيدنا محمد نبيه واله [ ] . سلم تسليـ[ـما]
هذا ما اصدق رضوان …
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. Praise be to God alone and his blessings be upon our lord Muḥammad, his pr…
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Recto with the address on verso: Letter from an unknown sender, in Ṣahrajt, probably sent to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: First half of the 11th …
Verso (original use): Part of a Qaraite ketubba. Bride: Naʿama bt. Nisi b. Yaʿaqov. Groom: Barakāt b. Daʾūd. The betrothal deed for this couple is …
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Letter in Arabic script. Likely a draft or writing exercise. It consists entirely of poetic expressions of longing followed by praises and blessings. Alternate readings …
Hebrew and Aramaic poetry.
Legal document. Left side only. Several names and a partial date are preserved. Needs examination.
India Book (IB) IV,54 (ח59). Letter from Yeḥezqel b. Netanʾel, probably in Qalyūb, to Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel, in Alexandria. Dating: after 22 Tevet = December …