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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Two small fragments from a business letter. Worth noticing the term [tashtarī] bi-mā qasama Alāhu wa-razaqa , literally ‘purchase for whatever price God apportions and grants as a livelihood (and send it).

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• ib-addenda

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

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 communal leadership. […] Some of the same phrases (e.g. the reference to ארבע וסדס) and potentially the same subjects appear in T-S 10J25.7 (PGPID 2977), another letter by Elʿazar b. Shelomo ha-Kohen.

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• to edit

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Document date

Tishrei 1331 Seleucid (September 1019 CE)

Primary language

Aramaic

Two fragment of a bill of divorce, from Fustat, from Tishrei [1]331 sel. (1019 CE), signed by Ya'aqov b. Yosef beit-din and Shelomo b. [...]. …

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• get

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Primary language

Arabic

On verso remains of Arabic document- needs examination

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• fgp stub

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Primary language

Arabic

Letter to a dignitary. Concerning travel and business transactions, including in military gear and enslaved people.

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• qasr ibrim

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Ladino

26 pages of a Ladino & Hebrew manual on divination, using astrology and geomancy and perhaps some casting of lots (see pp. 21–22, where there is a calendrical table that the soothsayer can use to determine when the event will come to pass).

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• geomancy
• ladino literary
• prognostication

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document, or possibly a letter describing a legal case. […] Concerns a woman's house; a deceased person; her dowry; temporarily leaving something as a deposit with her; inventorying a store in the presence of a group of the druggists; and a warehouse.

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Primary language

Arabic

Verso: State document, in Arabic script. Three fragments possibly from a decree, including the word ملكها. May be a draft or writing exercise as a …

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• dimme

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Inferred date

1007–1055 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Draft of legal document(s) written by Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). […] Reuse of an earlier Arabic state document. Mentions [...] b. Shemuʾel; Yaḥyā b. Moshe al-Majjānī and (on verso) "in the market" (בשוק).

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[Described on a separate small piece of paper as: "letter from a noble man asking from another generousity and finishing his letter with poetry praising the bonifactor (bienfaiteur)" [Linked to item 26 (?)].

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• arabic

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

One tailor (khayyāṭ), one carpenter (najjār). 26 who receive wheat and 1 who receives barley. 7 women.

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19 Muḥarram 533 Hijrī (26 September 1138 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Dated: 19 Muḥarram 533 AH = 26 September 1138 CE. Same man: T-S AS 182.90, T-S AS 182.186, T-S Ar.35.170, and T-S Ar.35.204.

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Primary language

Arabic

Credit instrument (?). Needs examination.

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26 February 1225–26 February 1225 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. […] Dating: probably Wednesday, 17 Adar 1536 Seleucid = 26 February 1225 CE. Same cluster: T-S AS 157.434 (PGPID 38900), CUL Or.1080 J64 (PGPID 8866), and T-S NS J299 (PGPID 4311).

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12 Av 5573 Anno Mundi (8 August 1813 CE)

Primary language

Ladino

Letter in Ladino dated August 8 1813 (12 Av 5573) to David Gatenio from Yehudah Gatenio (also written as Gatenyo). In the body of the letter (l.31r) a fragmented name appears for one Shmuel b. […] (l.15-16r). There is also mention of monetary payment: "dyeron paras" (l.21r) which may be referencing a more general term for money in the Ottoman empire (or possibly a specific coinage type known as "para" or "pare" in early nineteenth-century Egypt).

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• 19th c
• gatenio
• ladino

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Primary language

Hebrew

Several torn fragments, which seem to belong together, all containing magical instructions.

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• magic

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15 Kislev 5560 Anno Mundi (13 December 1799 CE)

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Avraham Muḥibb and Palomba bt. Shalom ha-Levi. The me'ukhar is 20,000 muayyadis of silver. The right and middle signatures were recorded by the scribe Meir Ben-Naʿim, who also signed on behalf of the groom. The signature on the left is Yaʿaqov Yuʿbaṣ. The dowry list is extensive: a satin kaftan, an Indian cotton kaftan, two Algerian tarbush hats, pillows, a copper cup, and many other items.

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• 18th c
• ben na'im
• india
• ketubba
• muayyadi
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Document date

10 Heshvan 5580 Anno Mundi (29 October 1819 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from David ben Naʿim, who also wrote JRL Series L 205.

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• 19th c
• ben na'im
• late ja

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Primary language

Hebrew

Late letter in Hebrew, probably either 1829 or 1729 CE (the ע and the כ are marked in the citation from Psalms 37:40. . . so the century unit is missing). After prolonged introductions, the writer describes a case in which someone left money ("grosos") deposited with him and involving boats "leaving for the cities of the East" from Alexandria. Several other people are mentioned including Eliezer Mani and Moshe [...] and Yosef ha-Levi.

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• late heb

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Late letter or drafts or records of letters in Judaeo-Arabic, on lined paper.

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5589 Anno Mundi (9 September 1828–27 September 1829 CE)

List of communal contributions or perhaps "sales of wheat[?]" (עלם מביע קמח) for the year 5589 AM which is 1828/29 CE (התקפט). Although the year …

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• 19th c
• late donations

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Primary languages

Judaeo-Arabic, Latin

Bifolium from a Judaeo-Arabic medical treatise with headers in red ink and certain terms translated into Latin (?).

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• medical

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: At least two different drafts of late Arabic letters.

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• arabic script
• late arabic script
• late prosopography

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Primary language

Ladino

Recipes and/or technical instructions in Ladino. Medical? Needs further examination.

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• ladino

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Prognostications for the coming year in Judaeo-Arabic.

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• prognostication

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Abu l-Ḥasan, sending money with the messenger and asking Abu l-Ḥasan to purchase hashish for the writer.

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• hashish
• mail-order medicine

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Primary language

Arabic

Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Calligraphic (chancery?) hand, but no wide space between the lines. 6 lines from the middle of the letter are preserved. The sender urges the addressee to look after his friend/colleague Sulaymān the khawlī (variously translated as intendant, gardener, overseer, irrigation expert). If Sulaymān wishes to go down to al-Kawm al-Aḥmar ("the red mound," a pharaonic site in Upper Egypt), then the addressee should assist him and make sure that he is honored.

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• ghulla
• khawli
• pharaonic

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Account written on a bifolio by Nahray b. Nissim. Dating: ca. 1055 (Gil). Includes prices for garments; would be an invaluable source for the history …

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• aodeh
• clothing
• nahray b. nissim
• nahray's accounts
• textiles
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Document date

Elul 5583 Anno Mundi (8 August 1823–5 September 1823 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Half of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Meir b. Naʿim to David b.

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• 19th c
• ben na'im
• late ja

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Primary language

Arabic

Small fragment of a formal Arabic letter or a state document mentioning "the diwan" (wa-ʿalayhi al-dīwān al-maʿ[mūr] and wa-suʾāl al-maml[ū]k).

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• dimme

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Primary language

Arabic

Recto includes the phrase 'in the name of ʿUmar b. [...]' and mentions the number 400 (part of a year?). Needs further examination.

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Calendar for the year 1430/31 CE, written in an interesting ink that has faded to pale silver; the page now looks blank at a glance, but much of the text is legible.

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• 15th c

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Accounts and lists in a register (FGP)

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