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Small fragment with accounting. "In the hand of al-Dayyān on Friday. . . five heads. . . ." (ביד אלדיאן יום אלגמעה ען טור(?)
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Recto: communal letter in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly addressed to al-Maḥalla. Verso: Hebrew text with citations from several rabbinic sources, such as the Talmud.
Declaration made by a certain Ibn al-Marjānī (‘the coral merchant’). (Information mainly from CUDL)
State or legal document of some kind. There is an ʿalāma at the top. On verso there are 3 witness statements.
Verso: two names (Abū [...] and ʿOvadya, sons of al-Ḥalāl), probably senders of the letter. (Information from CUDL)
The writer appears to be requesting money as soon as possible and may have already asked for money from the cantor. ASE.
Dating: likely ca. 13th century. Mentions Mūsā al-Ṣay[rafī?], Sayyidnā, "not sleeping at night," and Cairo.
Deals with communal issues and mentions Ṭāhir b. al-Tinnīsiyya. On verso there are the remnants of a few words in Arabic script.
Commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning al-Maḥalla; the workers of the Ḥusayniyya (? עמאל אלחסיניה); purchasing things and bringing them to Fustat; and dinars and qirrāṭ.
Mentions 33.5 of something; "I opened my bundle"; the measure qinṭār; and Ibn al-Iskandaranī. (Information in part from CUDL)
Mentioning the synagogue, ‘the house of my sister’, ‘at my brother’s,' al-Maḥalla, and a garment and shoes. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Accounts, mentioning Maḥāsin, Isḥāq al-Baṣrī, Ḥayyun the carpenter, Bint Mujalliḥ the Maghrebian woman, Ṭāhir the servant, the house of the judge Menashshe, Yeshuʿa and Babylonians.
Refers to someone known as al-Ḥasid, the name Yehuda, and various expressions about difficult circumstances and praying for the addressee.
The ends of 4 lines are preserved. Mentions 'al-wilāya.' Reused on recto for a book list in Judaeo-Arabic and on verso for Hebrew piyyuṭ.
Beginning with a taqbīl and referring to the addressee, probably a judge (al-dayyān), as 'my master' (mālik riqqī). Unclear how much of the substance is preserved.
See T-S AS 177.85 (PGPID 37036) for all the related documents.
Approximately 6 lines from near the beginning are preserved, along with a few phrases in the margin. Not a lot of the substance is preserved, but there might be some in the bottom line.
Begins with "yunhī", mentions "sulṭān" and something being in the possession of infidels "fī aydī l-mushrikīn" probably alluding to the Europeans.
Mentions people such as Abū l-Barakāt al-Kohen (الكوهان). Mentions commodities such as buckthorn (khawlān) and pepper.
Letter/petition addressed to Fakhr al-Dawla. Fragment (upper right corner). Begins يخدم مجلس الحضرة السامية الاجلية العالية . . .
Many names mentioned, including someone titled al-mufattish ('the inspector').
Accounts in Arabic on recto with Greek/Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval-era. The text on the verso appears to be one large sequence of Greek/Coptic numerals (perhaps calculations).
Fragment of a communal letter, maybe a circular sent by the Gaʾon ("Rosh ha-Yeshiva" is all that is legible on the front side). Part of the address is preserved, to 'our brothers' and specifically ʿEli and Ḥas[an?].
Yaʿaqov, however Shemuel's other documents are all in Hebrew only.
Accounts in Arabic on recto and verso, perhaps private records given the usage of Greek/Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval-era. Both sides of the document are well-preserved.
On verso at 90 degrees there are accounts in Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions Bū l-ʿAlāʾ, Yūsuf, Abū l-Ḥasan, and someone's brother.
ʿAmmār.... on the defects (al-ʿuyūb)... from the aforementioned price." The nature of the sale is not clear.
This document is an amulet for Sitthum bt. Sitt al-Ahl to carry with her, perhaps in her pocket or as a necklace.
and over them (there are) other princes.
Shut his mouth…
who have power over the mouth
of people, that they may utter
good words, and that…
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Verso refers to Sayyidnā al-Nagid and a line about the laws of Sheḥiṭa by the late Rabbenu Moshe (Maimonides).
This part concerns the sale of aloeswood (ʿūd), 44 dinars and 10 qirats. Cf. T-S K15.29.
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Mentions two judges and Abū l-ʿAlāʾ ʿUlla.
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Not much of the Arabic is legible apart from the name Ṣadaqa b. al-Shaykh [...] wa-l-salām.
List of names (e.g., al-shaykh Abū ʿAbdallāh) and sums of money in Arabic script.
The beginnings of 3 lines are preserved: bi-yad mawlāy al-shaykh... wa-aḥdara... lā zāla... Reused for piyyuṭ on recto.
Official letter(s) or petition(s) to the caliph al-Mustanṣir. There is a version both on recto and verso.
Medical recipes, including one for ophthalmia (ramad al-ʿaynayn), which uses verdigris (zinjār) and arsenic (zirnīkh).
May refer to a qinṭār of glass and the phrase "maʿa al-mawjūd fī l-ḥamām(?)." Needs examination. On recto there is piyyuṭ.
The one on verso appears to be a note about money owed by ʿAlī. The one on recto is harder to understand.
Capitation tax receipt for Bū l-Ḥasan Ḥusayn b. Hibatallāh al-Ṣayrafī in Fustat. Dated: 4 Muḥarram 541 AH, which is 16 June 1146 CE.
Trousseau of a female orphan, nineteen items. All clothing except for a six pillows, a trunk (ṣundūq) and a lamp.
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Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya b. al-Faraj, in Jerusalem (see nearby fragments).
In Judaeo-Arabic. The entries include: al-Uṣūl; the Maqāmāt, both in Arabic and "Hebrew" (this could mean either Hebrew or Judaeo-Arabic); a book of midrash; a book of aqāwīl.
Among the goods is a female slave named Balgh al-Munā ('fulfillment of wishes'). (Information in part from Goitein's index card)
The brothers of Gentīl and Sabaqīya, Eliyahu and Yaʿaqov, are also involved in the transaction beginning in ll. 8-10.
Letter perhaps from the community of Tinnīs (mentions the synagogue of Tinnīs in the first preserved line), to a Jewish dignitary, likely the Head of the Jews (ḥaḍrat sayyidnā al-rayyis). The senders acknowledge receipt of a letter from the addressee and here affirm their allegiance (אלסמע ואלטאעה).
(Information from Goitein, The Yemenites, pp. 67–68 and Goitein and Friedman, India Book IV) VMR. See also T-S AS 170.7 (PGPID 40452).
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