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Primary language

Arabic

A few lines in Arabic script, very faded. The rest of the bifolium is occupied with Hebrew literary text of various kinds.

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• arabic script

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe to his brother Halfon (ca. 1100–38). Very damaged and faded.

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• halfon b. menashshe
• yefet b. menashshe

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Judaeo-Arabic

Damaged and faded fragment, probably from a responsum. The text is too fragmentary, but it seems it is dealing with payment of damage.

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• responsum

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Primary language

Arabic

Small fragment, damaged and faded. "Seven hundred" appears on one side.

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Seʿadya. Mentions Abū l-Faḍāʾil.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter. Faded. Addressed to Abū l-Majd. It may be from Yehuda b. Aharon b. al-ʿAmmānī, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd Meir b. […] The sender reports that he met with Ibn Bū l-Zakkār; mentions Sayyidnā al-Rayyis; and reports that Hilāl (perhaps Meir's brother of the same name) honored him with his son Maʿānī (perhaps by hiring him as a teacher).

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14 Kislev 143[9] Seleucid (20 November 1127 CE)

Shelomo; one of them is also signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. One record contains an interesting testimony from Nissim b. […] He gives a fairly detailed description of the cheese-making process (rennets and all). A Copt apprehended them and confiscated the shipment in the name of the state until the 'Rayyis' pulled some strings (faḍḍalaʿalaynā) and sent Abū l-Majd the brother of Abū Yūsuf(?) […] The man giving the testimony about the cheese, Nissim b. Shemuel, also signed T-S 12.561 (dated 143[.] Seleucid) together with Ḥalfon b.

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• cheese
• copt
• register
• tax

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Refers repeatedly to "the kings" and rulers. The text is too faded to understand but some parts are tantalizing: "... their path is not... they are crowned with crowns of gold... on themselves... no one, whether high or low class, and the jizya will not be taken from them... if we required them to pay the jizya, if each one payed a dirham in gold(?)... […] the liars who intended to stir up discord (fitna) which is more severe than... between the allied kings (al-mulūk al-mutawādidīn).... and we have the possibility of...

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• jizya

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

There is Hebrew text on verso in a different hand, but seems too faded to read.

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Primary language

Arabic

Legal document, an iqrār, beginning with "aqarr", in Arabic script. An unrelated faded document in Arabic script on verso. Needs examination.

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• dimme

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Primary language

Hebrew

Long letter in Hebrew, very faded. Byzantine hand? Probably an appeal for charity or other assistance.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions a certain Abū l-Faḍl.

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Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Bifolio of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Faded and smudged. (Not a letter as catalogued on FGP.)

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Primary language

Arabic

Bifolio with entries headed by dates and lists of names (e.g. Abu l-Faḍl).

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Primary language

Aramaic

Much damaged, rubbed and faded ketubah written by Yosef b. Shemuʾel Halevi (Date: ca. 1180-1210) .

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• ketubba

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Verso (original use): Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Very faded. Spanish/Maghribī hand. mentions Fez.

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Primary language

Arabic

Letter in Arabic script. Quite faded/damaged. Greetings to various people on the back (preserved as recto), including to ʿAdwān and Muḥammad.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. Hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Dating: 11th or 12th century.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Very faded letter in the hand of Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu ha-Kohen, who was the muqaddam of Bilbays (active 1172–1218).

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

In Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, with one line in Hebrew script. Dark paper and faded ink.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: a very faded and damaged, barely legible, letter, mentions Damascus and a certain Zekharya b. [...]

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Sunday, 12 Adar II 4826 Anno Mundi (12 March 1066 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Goitein describes it as the end of an enormous deed containing a settlement between Abū l-Faḍl Shela b. Yefet b. Shelomo Ibn al-Sukkarī (aka Sahl b. […] There is a loan (שטר יזפתא) of 1000 dinars, apparently provided by the nephew. All claims resulting from the uncle's work in the royal mint will be equally shared. Also mentions the uncle's wife, Hinda. Signed by Yehuda b.

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Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew

Pinḥas (aka Araḥ b. Natan) to Abū l-Faḍl Thābit b. Hibatallāh Rosh ha-Qehillot (a.k.a. […] Frenkel states that only the address has survived, but there are also five lines preserved of the main text on recto and additional text in the upper margin. […] He asks for a letter to be sent to Abū ʿAlīal-Sadīd the overseer of official embroidery (mutawallī al-ṭirāz) The letter ends with kissing the hands of 'my lords, the brothers,' and someone else's hand: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم . . . . . .

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• bialphabetic
• tiraz

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Document date

17 Muḥarram 525 Hijrī (20 December 1130 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Capitation tax receipt for Bū l-Faḍl b. Manṣūr, a Jewish trader, in Fustat. Dated: 17 Muḥarram 525 AH.

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Primary language

Arabic

There is a significant amount of faded/damaged text that may become legible through Hierax digital restoration.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions a wife; the writer's suffering; gold; regards to the addressee's wife and children; mentions Sitt Faḍāʾil.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Late. (b) Probably too faded to read. Looks like Judaeo-Arabic, and looks older.

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• list

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Very faded. Sent from Jerusalem to Cairo, based on the damaged address on the verso: מירושלם למצרים.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

In Judaeo-Arabic. Involving Abū l-Faḍl and Abū l-Barakāt. Perhaps related to verso.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Informal note addressed to "Rabbenu" asking him to pay Abū l-Faḍl the maintenance payments (mezonot) for the Shabbat of parshat Toldot.

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Primary language

Arabic

A lot is preserved but faded. The taqbīl clause and yunhī formula are readable.

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Primary language

Arabic

One extremely faded and fragmented line, in Arabic script. "wa-lā fī yad shay" can be read, probably a letter.

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• dimme

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fol. 2v (upper section): Letter to a ḥaver in Judaeo-Arabic. The text is faded and the phrases are quite vague—needs further examination.

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Primary language

Hebrew

Very dark, faded and damaged letter in Hebrew. Regarding monetary issues, but very hard to read due to its state of preservation.

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• late heb

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Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew

Recto: faded and damaged text in Arabic, possibly part of a letter, mentioning a qāḍī.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: part of a treatise concerning agriculture, mentioning the great Nile and rain. Verso: badly faded, unidentified. (Information from CUDL.)

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Both sides are extremely faded. (Information from CUDL)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment (upper right corner of recto). Very faded. (Information from CUDL)

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter conveying greetings to a certain Yehuda (or maybe Umm Yehuda). Small fragment, very faded. (Information in part from CUDL)

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Very faded/rubbed. Seems to be describing a house.

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1

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. On verso, "I your father greet you..." (Information in part from CUDL)

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