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IB V, 41e. Verso: Order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen. Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod should give the bearer 3 ounces of lemon-rose syrup and an …
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Fragment of a letter, contents difficult to decipher. Mentions Yehoshua b. Nun and Mordechai, quoting Esther 10:3. ASE.
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Unidentified document(s) in Arabic script, either state or legal.
Very faded letter in the hand of Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu ha-Kohen, who was the muqaddam of Bilbays (active 1172–1218).
Hebrew poetry. There are a few words in Arabic script underneath, including "the heart is in pain due to your separation" and a pious expression …
List of ruqʿas for various sums of dinars, with Hebrew numerals. (Information from CUDL)
Letter from Sadoq Ha-Levi b. Levi, Jerusalem, to Efrayim b. Shemarya, Fustat. Dating: probably 1030 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1007–1055 CE based on the …
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Recto: Prayer in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: Extremely faded text, probably in Judaeo-Arabic.
Beginning of a note or letter, possibly a draft. (Information from CUDL)
Letter draft from Faraj Allāh to his father. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late. Surrounded by numerous other jottings and signatures.
Marriage contract (ketubba), fragment. Includes a portion of a dowry list. Signed: Ḥalfon b. Mevasser; Elʿazar ha-Mumḥe; Mevorakh b. Avraham. On verso there are a …
Three bifolios from a notebook of accounts in Arabic script. Mentions dye several times and contains many details about transactions, especially with someone named Abū …
Letter sent from Alexandria by Shemuel b. Aharon to Abu Ishaq Avraham b. Moshe in Fustat, explaining why he could not send the silk which …
Late account in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning Hajji Ali Bek.
Legal fragment, probably from a ketubba for [...] bt. Shelomo. Preserving the name of the father of one of the witnesses (probably Ḥārith or Thābit). …
Faded Hebrew scripted text.
Letter from Avraham b. Shemuel Ha-Shlishi (third), Ramla, to Avraham Ha-Kohen b. Yiṣḥaq b. Furat, approximately 1035.
Copy of a responsum of R. Semah Dayyana de-Baba (Judge of the Gate, active ca. 870 CE). The transcription below begins on line 14 of …
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Letter from unknown writer, unknown location, to his 'brother,' in Fustat. The address is almost entirely gone, but one of them is named Bū Saʿd. …
Deed of manumission in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 2 Shevaṭ 1492 Seleucid = 20 January 1181 CE. In which …
Decree fragment, one line, in Arabic script. "سعد من وحولها".
Love and/or wine poetry in Judaeo-Arabic. The layout deceptively resembles a letter.
Medical recipe (צפה מגלי).
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with some Hebrew. Square script, with large letters. Mentions various weights and prices and a congregation (al-jamāʿa, recto, right margin). Probably in …
Court notebook containing several documents. Dated in the first document as 21 Av 1394 Seleucid, which is 1083 CE. The document entries include: (i) Marriage …
One piece of paper stuck on to another piece of paper, containing a message in Hebrew referring to 'this Jew who brings my letter all …
Margin of recto: Fragment of the Arabic portion of a marriage contract, discussing the groom's promises to the bride regarding her exemption from oaths; margin …
Recto: Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script. The context is difficult to make out, but the sender refers to a ḥadith, "al-jār bi …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Letter from Yehuda b. Aharon b. al-ʿAmmānī, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin (Thābit), "the Glory of the Cantors," in Fustat. Dated: 14 …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mostly crossed out. Mentioning people such as the scribe's father, Ibn al-Wajīh, and Abū Naṣr. Mentioning goods such as saffron and a …
IB III, 24. Avraham Ibn Yiju's inventory of baggage for journey from India to the west. Written in India, probably in 1140 or 1149. Elizabeth …
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Business letter from Musa b. Ishaq b. Hisda to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov ibn Awkal. This letter is a response to a letter sent by the …
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Writ of agency written in Tyre, dated 18 Shevat 4771 (25 January 1011). Ḥalfon b. Moses b. Aaron (Ibn Abī Qīda), the "representative of the …
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Lists of contributions in Judaeo-Arabic related to the kosher meat tax known as "gabela". This fragment may have once been part of a larger register …
Khan, Qaṣr Ibrīm, doc. 35.
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Tax receipt, with some less common features. Two of the endorsements at the top mention the dīwān al-iqṭāʿāt al-murtajaʿa (office of reclaimed fiefs), cf. T-S …
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to David b. Aharon, ca. 1040, concerning an inheritance that was left by a person from Ramla (Mevaser) who had …
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Kharāj receipt. T-S AS 183.155 and T-S AS 183.156 are related (same payer). His name looks like Māḍī b. Fakhr الحىىي but this is tentative. …
Legal testimony. In Arabic script. Dated: First decade of Rabīʿ I 486 AH = April 1093 CE. Apparently concerning some confusion over shipments of produce …
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Small fragment of an official report. Two full lines are preserved and part of a third. Mentions "explaining the situation" and "the fleet" (al-usṭūl).
A 'thank you' letter to Ezra the Karaite
Account in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late, probably Ottoman-era.
Fragment of a letter in Hebrew written in a formal style and script, with wide space between the lines. Mentions the ḥaver Yeshuʿa b. Natan …
Formularies for curses.
Legal jottings in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Mentions a judge and the Qaraites; "29.5 every month"; Maʿālī b. [...].
Account of a parnas, ca. 1152. Details of rent collection, written in the hand of the Judge Hiyya b. Yiṣḥaq. (Information from Gil, Documents, pp. …
Statement of the expenses of one of the members – 1927CE – August 1938CE – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 144) …