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Two folios. List of dozens of names and houses/households. In Arabic script. Most entries are crossed out. Entries are separated by a circle with a …
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Letter from Ḥasan b. Manṣūr al-Neʾeman, probably in a small town, to ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh (aka ʿEli b. Ḥayyim ha-Kohen) the well-known parnas (dated documents …
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Fragment from the beginning of a petition written on behalf of a woman to a notable. Same hand as (but probably not a join with) …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Literary.
Court record draft in the hand of David b. Daniʾel (ll. 1-19) and Hillel b. Eli (ll. 20-33). Dating: 1066–1108 CE, based on the years …
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Legal document. In Arabic script. Large. Elegantly written, with moderately wide spaces between the lines. The lines initially descend and then sharply ascend at the …
Recto: Partnership agreement dated Purim 5365 (Adar 14) = 1605 CE, Cairo, between Shemuel Mosseri of Damascus and [...] (name lost to damage). The partnership …
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Verso: Letter in Hebrew, apparently in the hand of Yefet b. David. Published by Bareket, Shafrir Misrayim, doc. 24. On recto there is a legal …
12 pages of late accounts. Dated on 1r and 3r as 1267 AH which is 1850/51 CE. The dated heading on 3r mentions Muṣtafa tabiʿ …
Letter sent by a physician from Qalyub, who had opened an office in Fustat, inviting his wife (who is his paternal cousin) to join him …
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Codification of Jewish law, by the hand of Joseph Rosh Ha-Seder, mentioned by Scheiber and Abramson. Also a responsum by Maimonides to Efraim from Tyre …
Kashrut certification document in Hebrew. Dated 25 Tammuz 5524 AM (1765 CE). Location: issued in Carpentras, France (קארפינטראץ). The signatures of two kosher butchers appear …
Recto: Petition or report to a Fatimid vizier, ending only, including raʾy, ḥamdala and ḥasbala. 5th century AH/11th century CE. Possible join with T-S Ar.22.140 …
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Account, maybe official/fiscal. Mentions names including Bū l-Faraj b. Maḥfūẓ.
Colophon of a codex, probably a Bible. Yosef b. Yaʿqov b. Yosef b. Shemarya b. Menahem (the latter three were all judges) buys the codex …
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Legal document dealing with inheritances, apparently of two women, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). (Information from CUDL)
Aggressive and erotic magical spells. Formulary. In Judaeo-Arabic, written in part with a cipher. Information from FGP
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic, perhaps an unsent draft. Dating is early 19th-century based on the letter recipients mentioned in the heading, Ḥayyīm and Avraham Cesana, …
Marriage contract (ketubba). Groom: Yiftaḥ. Ten dinars are mentioned, and this seems to be the entire obligation. Dated: 24 Adar II 1551 Seleucid, which is …
Two lines from an official letter in Arabic script. Reused for liturgical text in Hebrew (same scribe as T-S NS 111.63?).
State document, bottom fragment, in Arabic script. "الذي لا يقدر فيهم على غيره... ومحاسبته على استقبال سنة خمسـ[...على ما استخرجه واحضر ما". The phrase "wa-muḥāsabatuhu …
Letter from a mother to her daughter. In Judaeo-Arabic. The mother expresses her longing and the fire in her heart, sends regards to Umm Khalaf …
Small fragment with text in Hebrew. Very damaged. Looks literary.
Bifolio of private accounts. Mentions Saʿīd, Faḍʾil, ṣāhib al-rahn(?). Needs examination.
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. On verso a liturgical text in Hebrew. (Information in part from CUDL)
Accounts and lists in a register (FGP)
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions caraway (كراويا) and polypodium (اشتيوان).
Draft of the beginning of a letter from an unidentified person addressed to his or her mother al-Ḥurra and his or her sister Jawhara. In …
Recto: list of the first and last words contained in each of a number of pamphlets or quires. Verso: pen trials. (Information from CUDL)
Printed fragment in Arabic script, perhaps from a newspaper. Mentions a public auction, a telegram (risāla barqiyya), and something Austrian.
List (fragment) of recipients of charity, mentioning someone who "lives in the golden stone" [this cannot be the correct translation] and also an orphan Ibn …
Probably literary
Marriage contract (ketubba). Small fragment from the middle of the top. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: 1438 Seleucid, which is 1126/27 CE, …
Account of building operations ca. 1216. Expenditures for construction materials and labor, as recorded in the course of several days. The work is done at …
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Legal document faded and fragmented, mentioning Eli ha-kohen ha-parnas and Yefet ha-Kohen.
List of books, mostly with rabbinical content, mentioning talmudic tractates and several midrashim, including a midrash on Ruth and Midrash Tanḥuma. (Information from CUDL)
Minute fragment from a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138)
Letter from Umm Ṣanīʿa/Ṣanīʿihi to the mother of ʿAbd al-Raḥīm. Fragmentary (upper right corner). In Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew, in a square book hand. Dating: …
List of materia medica, including simples such as tamarind, saffron, jujube, berbers, and plums. (Information from CUDL)
Letter sent from al-Mahdiyya (Gil)/ Sicily (Ben-Sasson) by Ismail b. Yaʿaqov al-Andalusi to his nephew, Yeshua b. Natan in Fustat, dealing with goods sent to …
Accounts listing names and corresponding numerical figures. Dating: ca. 13th–15th century. The recto includes a reference to the Lekh Lekha parsha reading, perhaps as part …
Mysterious fragment with a variety of drafted texts and writing exercises. Both in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The dating is early modern (post-1500 CE) and there …
Legal document concerning financial matters, signed by Yosef Benyamin, and mentioning Yehuda Bunan and Yosef’s son Nissim. Dated 1 Shevat 5579 AM (= 1819 CE). …