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shelfmark:"Bodl ms. Heb a 2/3"
At least three families are listed: that of Nafīs al-Sharābī(?), that of the in-law of R. Yeḥiel, and that of R.
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Avraham. He bequeaths to Sitt al-____ bt. ʿElazar five maṣrī dinārs (and something else that's effaced).
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Saadya releases Eliyyahu b. Yiṣḥaq b. al-Qash'ami from an obligation. Dated Thursday, the 10th of Nisan 1357 Seleucid (1046 CE).
Hebrew letter consisting almost entirely of a panegyric poem, written by the cantor Aharon b.
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The verso mentions payments from Sidi ʿAlī, possibly for leather (גלד).
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document that has been reused. Join: Alan Elbaum
On verso there is a header "aṣl" and there are names such as Yūsuf and Muḥammad possibly followed by al-Ḥammāl. Probably related to: T-S AS 184.339 (PGPID 41209).
Mentions people such as al-muʿallim Moshe and goods such as linseed oil (zayt ḥār) and possibly dragon's blood (qāṭir).
Letter affectionately addressed to "qurrat ʿaynī" Abū ʿAlī Ḥusayn b. Yahūdā. Only the address, in Arabic script, is preserved.
Dated: 520 AH = 1126/27 CE. Mentions Bū l-Faraj al-ʿAkkawī.
Ḥofni Gaʾon, mentioning among other things the concept of 'adāʾ al-amāna.' See Goitein and Friedman, India Book I, pp. 86–87 for a discussion.
One of the pages features a large diagram of the human body, captioned "ghulām al-malik Saydūk," and two smaller figurines. (Information in part from Goitein’s index card)
Involves Ibrāhīm b. Faraj al-Isrāʾīlī. Only the bottom right corner is preserved.
Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 2 ounces of lemon syrup and 1 ounce of rose.
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Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 ounce of chewy candy (ʿaqīd) ("none other").
Verso: probably the address in beautiful Arabic script, to Abū l-Khayr Salāma b. Yashuʿā b. Jadīd al-Iskandarānī. (Information in part from CUDL)
Mentions various names (e.g. Ibn al-Faqīr, Yūsuf, Abū ʿImrān, Abū l-Ṭāhir) and numbers associated with each.
Probably a legal document, mentioning the elder Abū l-ʿAlāʾ ha-Sar ha-Nikhbad Tifʾeret ha-Qahal. Crossed out.
Involving the daughter of the female teacher (ṣabiyyat al-muʿallima), a spouse, Cairo, an inheritance, and a deposit.
Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (with motto) to the cantor Faraj Allah urging him to collect the jibāya for Yom Kippur.
Bill of divorce (geṭ). Wife: Sitt al-Fakhr bt. Berakhot. Husband's name not preserved.
Bottom part from a legal document written under the jurisdiction of Masliah Gaon (although his name does not appear) by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi, so can be dated to 1127-1138.
Refers to a calamity (nawba) and the phrase "qāṭin al-[..]." (Information in part from CUDL)
Involving appointing an agent; Abū l-[...]; Sitt al-Kull bt. [...]; and demanding maintenance (mezonot).
Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE), mentioning foods, such as olive oil, and probably alimony arrangements from a man to a woman. (Information from CUDL)
On the recto the title al-qādi appears as part of the only full account listed.
Leaf from a medical book or notebook with recipes, mentioning among others the substances Black Nightshade (ʿinab al-ṯaʿlab), wheat (ḥinṭa) and rhubarb (rāwand), quantities of measures, ‘filtered medication’ and sleep.
Mentions sums of money and an agent (al-wakīl). No names clearly preserved. There is diagonal text in the margin which is somewhat unusual.
Recto: additional notes in Judaeo-Arabic (hādhā al-kitāb) and Arabic script.
Refers to someone with a 'ruined education' (bad manners? makhrūb al-taʿlīm), the washing of a garment, buying something, forcing someone to do something, and detaining someone at a gate/door.
Discussing the loss and preservation of the Torah over the generations based on biblical and Talmudic sources. Join: Alan Elbaum.
Order of payment in Arabic script. The judge (al-dayyān) is asked to pay 5 dinars to the bearer.
On verso there is one line in very large Arabic script with the word "al-dawāwīn" (a rescript for the petition on recto?).
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Might be a brief letter since the word 'al-makhdūm' appears at the end of the first line and there may be stylized signatures at the bottom.
Note probably from [Barakā]t Ibn al-Dayyān (=Shelomo b. Eliyyahu) to Bū Saʿd, asking him to give 1/2 dirham of aromatic wood to the bearer as well as something else.
Receipt for Yūsuf al-Maghribī(?) for the rent of a shop for Dhū l-Qaʿda 691 AH = 1292 CE if read correctly.
In Arabic script. Bū l-Najm al-Firnās (the parnas) is to pay the bearer a sum of money (10 nuqra dirhams?).
Receipt ("tadhkira bism...") for the capitation tax of Maʿrūf b. Yahūdhā al-Yahūdī, an indigo merchant (nīlī) and perfumer (ʿattār), in Fustat.
Verso contains the beginnings of two lines in an elegant hand: ḥasala ʿalā . . . Recto is in a different hand and seems to be an accounting fragment, listing items in raṭls and accompanying numbers.
About 10 distinct entries, each apparently with its own ʿalāma / registration mark. Cf. T-S NS 297.270. Needs examination.
Large notebook of Hebrew alphabet exercises. 11 folios. Dating is 16th-century or later based on the paleography and prelined paper.
The second line mentions Ismaʿīl al-Simsār. This shelfmark was likely issued by the same scribe as the neighboring fragment T-S AS 185.282.
Mentioning Moshe Poreykh and probably an Ottoman military officer Khayr al-Dīn bölük başı (בלוק בשי). MCD.
Appealing for charity for herself and her three girls during this cold spell, in which they lack clothing and are awake all night long.
End of a decree with ḥamdala and ḥasbala in large letters (2 cm alif), recycled into a Jewish prayerbook with five bifolios.
Dating: probably 16th-century based on the paleography. Al-Sharqiyya is mentioned in one of the entries, possibly the region/district of Egypt.
One template is based on the replacement ketubba (כתובה דארכסא) of Sitt al-Malāḥim. Location: Cairo. Dating: 1427 Seleucid = 1115/16 CE.
The other side: Accounts in Arabic script, naming Rashīd al-ʿAṭṭār among others.
The number 3/8 is connected to a person titled al-faqīh; "firewood, 5/8" is connected to Abū Saʿīd the young son of the teacher.
An agreement between the bride's mother (called "al-khāṭiba") and a groom-to-be for cancellation of the engagement.