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Legal document in the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi. Fragment (upper part). Location: Fusṭāṭ. Dated: middle decade of Tammuz 1503 Seleucid Era …
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Writing exercises in Hebrew dated on verso 23 Iyyar [5]623 or 12 May 1863CE. The paper itself includes an internal line system which is reflective …
Letter of appeal for charity addressed to Abū ʿImrān al-Kohen. Written in Hebrew (the opening poem and formulae) and Judaeo-Arabic (the body). The writer cites …
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Deed of sale of a part of a house. Location: Alexandria. Dated: last decade of Ḥeshvan 4965 AM = October 1204 CE. Three shares of …
Private letter to Eliyahu Kaski - needs examination. No image
Fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th century. Hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen? Mentions having Abū l-Ḥasan intervene with the ʿāmil to take …
Small fragment, probably literary
Accounts related to the operation of a "press" (אלמעצרה) of some kind, possibly for sesame seeds given the mention of ṭaḥīna in line 5. Dated …
Geonic literature. In Hebrew.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper margin of recto and part of the address on verso). The addressee should send the response with "the fleet" (al-uṣṭūl). …
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Upper part of a rental contract. The lessee is a Jewish man named Bū l-Faraj b. Ḥayyūn.
Colophon to a copy of Joshua and Judges written by the well-known scribe Shelomo b. Saʿadya ha-Levi. He provides his genealogy and the titles of …
Letter in Arabic script from Umm Zayn to Umm Isḥāq. The writer seems to want to travel to the addressee's location but has no money. …
Fragment of a literary text in Judaeo-Arabic, on recto and verso. The paleography supports a dating estimate of 16th-century or later. The verso is recorded …
Recto: Upper part of an eloquent Hebrew letter to a distinguished person. The first half consists of hyperbolic, rhyming praises for "Sar Tzeva ha-El, Rosh …
Letter to Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE) on behalf of the lepers of Tiberias. Dating: approximately 1050 CE (per Gil). People with skin ailments …
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Unidentified text, in Arabic script. Blank verso.
Literary text in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably belongs with BL OR 5565G.23–26 (a treasure-hunting/alchemical manual).
Small fragment of a mercantile letter dealing with book binding and production. On verso what looks like a remain from a list of a book …
Letter fragment in Arabic script: ...al-ṣāliḥ dhakarū anna...; on verso there is also some Hebrew text.
Letter from Abu Nasr b. Ibrahim, Alexandria, to his partner Abu Ishaq the nāʾib (deputy). Dating: 11 May 1141. The first page of the letter …
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Letter from Alexandria to a man from Jerusalem, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1060 CE. Concerning a communal dispute in Fustat. At the center …
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Document containing lines of poetry in the hand of the judge Natan b. Shemuel (fl. 1128–1164 CE) (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 2:235, 574) EMS
בכתב ידו של נתן בן שמואל החבר
Fragment of a legal document in Arabic script. Mentions a shop (ḥānūt), dyeing, and a period of 6 months (a lease?).
Letter fragment. In Arabic script.
Two different legal documents. One of them is catalogued as a deed of sale. These are folios 2 and 3; folio 1 is literary. The …
Small fragment from a legal deed relating to Abū l-Faraj al-Jubayli, and his trip to Yemen. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE).
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Eight lines of mysterious strings of Arabic letters and numbers. Likely but not definitively a join with CUL Or.1080 14.25.
Fragment from a medical text, in Arabic script. Includes remedies for illnesses and mentions the disease of the fox (dāʾ al-thaʿlab).
Late enigmatic document in Hebrew dealing with the praises of virtuous women, excerpting Talmudic discussions, and perhaps giving blessings to a specific woman.
Fragment containing Hebrew text. Unclear what it is.
Letter, small fragment from the opening, mostly formulaic. Probably a letter of appeal for charity, as it mentions unemployment (al-ʿuṭla) followed by blessings for the …
Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The writer is quite erudite. ('as one of the poets said....'; also correctly truncates verbs that follow 'lam,' which is …
Receipt for the capitation tax of a Jewish silk worker (qazzāz) in Fustat. Dated: looks like 524 AH = 1129/30 CE. Needs further examination.
Leaf from an Arabic literary work, either geometrical or astronomical (mentions celestial bodies, the horizon, and angles).
Document concerning a settlement of accounts in which Hillel b. ʿEli the cantor was both party and scribe. Dating: 1066–1108 CE, based on the years …
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Late accounts mentioning a variety of incoming payments and goods (many recto entries state "מן קוסטא" but it is unclear whether this should be read …
Two fragments of a Fatimid order/decree to a lower official. Mentions the caliph's estates (probably mentions its overseer). Repurposed as two folios for Hebrew liturgical …
التوجه الى الاعـمال الخيرية وحضور مجلس خدمة الا[مير
النجيب سيف الملك ليث الدولة وشجاعها ذي العزم
صنيعة امير المومنين…
turning to charitable works (or: the districts of [...]?) and presenting to the majlis al-khidma of the
noble a[mīr] Sayf al-Mulk, the sword of t…
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Receipt ("tadhkira bism...") for the capitation tax of Maʿrūf b. Yahūdhā al-Yahūdī, an indigo merchant (nīlī) and perfumer (ʿattār), in Fustat. See T-S AS 177.105 …
Letter in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya addressed to the Gaʾon [Shelomo] b. Yehuda (r. 1025–1051 CE). In Hebrew. Mentions a woman named [...] …
Marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Cairo. Dating: ca. 1080 CE. Groom: Yosef b. Yeshuʿa b. ʿAllūn. The bride is not a virgin. Marriage payments: 3 + …
Small fragment of a legal document in Hebrew. Dating: Perhaps 11th century. "... which we inherited from our father... and the appointed time came... and …
Piyyuṭ in the hand of Shemuʾel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and in Arabic script. Dating: 12th century. Featuring Abū ʿAlī Yeḥezqel Al-Dimyāṭī, the brother of Ḥalfon b. Netanel, as well as Khalaf …
Recto: Letter to Elʿazar he-Ḥasid Tifʾeret he-Ḥasidim. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 13th century. The handwriting has Andalusī alephs, some words almost like the handwriting of a …
A private letter from a father or a mother to their daughter. The letter is un-conserved and is folded, so most of the text still …
Bill of release in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 19 Elul 1400 Seleucid = 28 August 1089 CE. Release given …
Minute fragment from a legal query to Hai Gaon, parallel to Harkavi, number 200. Only few broken lines preserved. Hebrew and Aramaic. AA