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Late. On the right page a few lines from a prenuptial agreement, the groom's name is Shelomo and the bride is Sol. This is her …
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Judaeo-Arabic poetry. The first is a version of "يأيها المعشوقُ بالله مَن" by Tamīm al-Fāṭimī (d. 985) (compare https://www.aldiwan.net/poem50895.html).
Printed treatise in Ladino. On sheḥita and kashrut. Bifolium, with two columns per page.
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably 18th or 19th century. Mentions Jerusalem. From a certain Mordekhay al-Baḥrī[?] to Merkada and Brahem Diyalo[?] (דייאלו). Possibly a North …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions garments (e.g. mayāzir) and the rent of a ship (kirā markab) among other items. Dating: 11th …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Possibly a fiscal account in Arabic script. Reused for Hebrew literary text.
Several folios from the Torah in Samaritan script.
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves a woman named Sitt al-Ahl, a pair of bracelets or armlets …
Address of a letter from Nahray b. Natan to his cousin (ibn ʿamma) Nahray b. Nissim. On recto: Court record in Arabic script, maybe a …
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Possibly a legal query in Judaeo-Arabic ("please inform us the meaning of the saying. . . "), mentioning matters such as taxes (maks), debt owed …
Tables of names in Arabic script paired with Greek/Coptic numerals. Money collected? One side is headed "Shihāb al-Dīn [amīr(?)] Dīwān [...]." Needs examination.
Bifolium from a court ledger. The dates range from Adar II through Sivan of 1410 Seleucid, which is 1099 CE. At least one is in …
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Fragment of a marriage contract stipulating a total of 20 dinars as a marriage gift at the conclusion of the contract in the event of …
Fragment of a letter in Ladino that was recorded on an oddly large piece of paper (based on the orientation of the body and marginal …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Calligraphic. The writer requests someone's urgent attendance in Cairo; mentions al-Kohen al-Shaykh Muwaffaq; mentions a tarsīm (fee for house arrest?). See …
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably sent from Alexandria to Fustat. Refers to the arrival of ʿImrān to Fustat; the addressee is to ask him for …
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Investment partnership in which Shemuʾel Leon receives 4,000 medin from Mercada (מרקאדה) bt. Yaʿaqov Arubaṣ (ארובץ) to invest in his business. Dated Tammuz 5561 (= …
Letter from Bū l-Karam to his brother Abū Naṣr. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary handwriting and spelling. Business letter in which the writer informs his brother about …
Legal document: Qaraite ketubba from Ramla, part only. Yaʿaqov b. David al-Shulḥanī (groom) and Sayyida bat Wahb al-ʿArḍī (bride). Location: Ramla. Dated: Wednesday, 10 Elul …
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Petition from an Alexandrian coppersmith. Dating: Fatimid-era based on structure and paleography but could be Ayyubid. The titles of the addressee match that of an …
Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: that Peraḥya's letter arrived with ʿAyyāsh; 17 dirhams; a …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. There is also one page of a medical treatise in Judaeo-Arabic, discussing the factors to consider (temperament, strength, habitus, age) in deciding …
Jotted accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. On recto there is Hebrew piyyuṭ.
Letter from Moshe b. Abudarham, probably in Rashīd, to Elʿazar al-Kātib, probably in Alexandria. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of 16th century, based on Avraham …
Letter fragment from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on Shelomo b. Yehuda's years of service as Gaʾon.
Small fragment from a ketubah with few items from the dowry list. AA
Deed of sale. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: 1 Heshvan 5294 AM = 20 October 1533 CE. Yaʿaqov b. Moshe בכוש and his brother Efrayim …
Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th century. The section preserved here opens with asking for a favor from the addressee involving conciliating someone else. Goes …
Probably literary - seems to be a discussion of legal procedure in Judaeo-Arabic with some Aramaic.
State document, in Arabic script. Probably a part of a report or official correspondence. Reads in part: "as the elders of the Bedouins are aware..." …
Account of a businessman. Hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.
Legal document. Loan terms. Dated: September 1239. Location: Bilbays. Between Amram b. Ḥalfon and Avraham b. Efrayim. Initially described as commenda (qirāḍ) but re-negotiated into …
Beginning of a petition beginning "mamlūk al-ḥaḍra. . . ." This seems to be pasted on to a bifolio of Hebrew piyyuṭ in a rudimentary …
Minute fragment.
Marriage contract, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Adar 1810 Seleucid, which is 1499 CE. Groom: Elazar. Bride: Esther Sutayta bt. Yosef ha-Levi. Quite faded and damaged, …
Unidentified text in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably not a letter. Resembles some of the Judaeo-Arabic treasure hunting manuals in the Geniza. Mentions the synagogue, nearby locations, and …
Letter from Qayrawan to Efrayim b. Shemarya in Fustat. 23 July 1035 AM (15 Av 1346 Sel.).
Marriage document. A beautiful ornamented ketubah, probably on vellum, from Rashid, Egypt. Dated 5544 AM which is 1783/1784 CE. The groom’s name is Avraham, the …
Announcement calling for enrollment in the Cicurel Industrial School in which the studies have begun since 7 September 1956 – 14 September 1956 – Museum …
On recto probably a rhymed opening of a letter. Verso in Arabic script. No image. Data according to Mosseri Catalogue. AA
Work that explains financial accounting, with examples including interest and loss. (Information in part from CUDL.) Reminiscent of T-S NS 69.41 (PGPID 26152).
Field-guide to taxation. Parts of two paragraphs. Written in a large, calligraphic hand. Collesis joint, suggesting it was once a longer rotulus, but also holes …
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Legal document dated 14[.]5 (Sel.), written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). This scribal association makes it possible to infer the …
Fragment of a mercantile letter addressed to [Abū] Zikrī b. Ḥananʾel, probably in the town of al-Ṣaffayn. Dealing with various business transactions. There was also …
Accounts. Mentions al-Jaʿfarī and al-Naṣrānī. Verso may mention the rent of a warehouse.
Document concerning financial issues. Mentions a sum of money, and says that if the parties take an oath they will incur the guilt of violating …
Genealogical list of Shemuel b. Ḥananya's family. On verso there are several practice openings for a letter to a son in Arabic.
Very blurred text, the month of Muḥarram is readable. Needs examination.