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Letter in Hebrew. Extremely faded. Late. Seems to be addressing someone important and requesting help.
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Possibly addressed to a dignitary (...היקר כגק מרי ורבי...). 4 lines are partially preserved on recto but are too faded to read. Isolated words: שלום . . . השלושים . . .
Letter fragment in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Very faded. The beginnings of several lines of the main text are preserved and several lines of the perpendicular marginal text.
Verso consists mostly of greetings, including to Abū Faḍāʾil and to מציאל(?)
Faded letter from Eli b. 'Amram the cantor to a notable named Abu [...] b.
Bride: Esther Sutayta bt. Yosef ha-Levi. Quite faded and damaged, but should be mostly legible.
The content is mostly faded or lost. The name [...] b. Yeshuʿa appears on verso; perhaps this is the address.
The bottom few lines are faded and damaged. Needs further examination. Begins: يكون مولاي الشيخ ادام الله عزه يعلم اني صعلوك...
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded and hard to discern any of the content. Mentions time/fate several times, cites Berakhot 3b, “A pit cannot [be filled up with its own earth]," and refers to danger (צרה וצוקה).
In Persian and Judaeo-Persian. The least-faded text block reads in part, "I am the ẓaʿir Refa'el b.
Names: Makīn; Abū Saʿd; Abū l-Faḍl; Moshe; Abū l-Majd; Abū l-Riḍā. Dating: probably late 12th or 13th century.
Dating: 1127–38 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39 CE). Very faded. Involves Abū Naṣr Mevorakh.
Recto (secondary use) may be a communal letter in Hebrew; very faded and damaged.
Legal document or letter. In Hebrew. Very faded. Seems to be dealing with monetary issues?
Verso: Complete but very faded Judaeo-Arabic letter. The last line: "In the corner there is a kerchief in which there is verdigris (zinjār) and coriander."
Fragment of a letter, mentioning Egypt but mostly too faded to read. In Hebrew. The name R. Yakhin appears at upper left, but not clear if this is part of the sender's or addressee's name.
Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen to his banker, Abū l-Khayr Khiyyār, instructing him to pay Abū l-Faḍl 7 dinars. Dated Av 1451 (= 1140 CE). (Information from CUDL)
Fragment from the top of a large ketubba with an ornate heading of geometrical designs, blessings for the Nagid David I Maimonides (r. 1237–1300 CE), and it seems a band of faded Arabic script. A partial date is preserved, 15[..]
Accounts in Arabic, possibly fiscal. The ink is quite faded. Both sides have been heavily reused for pen trials and jottings in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, including an astrological/astronomical table and the name Aharon ha-Kohen b. [...].
The first witness's name is very faded ([...] b. Moshe?). The second witness is ʿOvadya b.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, very faded. Medieval-era. Scattered phrases: אלגמלה . . .
The verso contains an extremely faded text in Arabic. Requires further examination.
Yosef and someone's wife. Very faded. Dated: 1 Elul 1538 Seleucid (i.e., about a week after the main document on recto).
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One portion opens with "يشهد الشهود" pointing to the likelihood that this is the lower section of legal document. The more faded text could be witness signatures. Further examination required.
I found with your son Fāḍil (may God gladden him) one and a quarter dirhams, and I took them from him, and it is in your [...] do not [...] and do not tell him."
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Two fragments of a very faded family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 13th century or later.
Verso: unidentified; very faded. (Information from CUDL)
Mentions Bilbays and Muslims. There is one line of faded Arabic script on verso, likely the address.
Nearly the whole page is preserved, but the text is extremely faded. Refers to previous correspondence and to a tragic event.
The rest of the text is very faded. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Mentions Manṣūr b. ʿEli ha-Levi. Very faded.
Mentioning names such as Mubārak and [...] b. Marzūq. Verso: Very faded dowry list. AA
Verso (original use): Seems to be a legal document in Hebrew. Very faded. May involve Pinḥas: ועוד אמר פנחס דנן דעו רבותי וחיי . . . ݂
He orders walnuts, sugar, and Sinnārī cheese (this last to be sent with Salāma). Ibn al-Nuʿmān is to be paid 42 dirhams. Ibn al-Dajānī will receive some as well. […] Abū Khalaf is mentioned in the margin. Verso is more faded and difficult to understand. He writes that Farruj's name is Furrayj b.
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Looks like the hand of Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli. Quite faded. Contains the intriguing phrase "living between Muslims and Christians (ʿarelim)" in the context of asking for a favor from the addressee on behalf of a group of people. Also mentions the house of Sayyidnā Av; Abū l-Ḥasan Ibn al-Z[...]; the Nagid; and a complaint filed by Abū Naṣr.
(The year in l. 2 is too faded to read but is deduced from the letters around the signature of Mevorakh b. […] Natan ha-Gevir (appears also in PER H 91 (PGPID 7033) and T-S AS 204.324 (PGPID 33849)); Yosef b. […] (Information in part from CUDL and Mediterranean Society, V, p. 543.). Join: Alan Elbaum. OZ/ASE
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There are 3 betrothal (erusin/qiddushin) documents (all edited in Ashur's dissertation) and a 4th document concerning a debt (unedited). […] Yaʿaqov, vows not to force the bride to leave Minyat Zifta. It is also possible that this condition was related to the engagement agreement on the other side of the page, as the first name of the groom is the same in both. […] Document #3: The fiancé is named Yefet. The document is too faded to discern many of the details. Mentions "laʿb" (playing musical instruments?
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Mentions "the anusim" at least twice. Quite faded and damaged; needs further examination.
On verso another torn and faded legal fragment signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded and damaged. Dating: 11th or 12th century.
A highly formulaic letter in Hebrew, filled with blessings for the distinguished addressee. Faded. The name of the addressee B[...] may appear ~5 lines from the bottom of recto: מרנא ורבנא ב . .
Legal document in Hebrew. Very faded. Fragment (lower part only). Dating: Perhaps 10th or 11th century.
Verso: A few lines from the end of a letter in Arabic script. Very damaged and faded. Underneath, in a different hand, there is a medical prescription.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Abū Zikrī and [Abū l-]Faḍl b. Abū l-Najm. Dating: likely late 12th or early 13th century.
The tens digit is very faded, but the date appears to read 23 Ṣafar 853 AH, which is April 1449 CE.
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Natan he-Ḥaver and the parnas Abū l-Faḍl testified that al-Rayyis Abū Zikrī received 140 dirhams from Karīm al-Ṭabbākh out of the rent of Dār Mahra, of which 2/3 belongs to the qodesh (אלתי אלתלתי מנהא ללמקאדסה). Also mentions testimony of Abū Sahl b. al-Ahuv (a.k.a. […] This might suggest that al-Rayyis Abū Zikrī is none other than Sar Shalom ha-Levi, though the timeline doesn't quite fit, as he rose to the position of Head of the Jews in 1170 and is believed to have lost it to Maimonides only in 1171.
Avraham Maimonides then wrote four lines, now quite faded, underneath the letter. ASE.
Legal document in Hebrew. Very faded. A woman named ʿAzīza makes a declaration.
There are several different entries, and each seems to involve rent payments for the qodesh of the Synagogue of the Mustaʿribim. Quite faded, merits further examination. Two of the entries are dated Heshvan 5349 and 5351 respectively, so the document was first recorded in October 1588 CE at the earliest.
The fragment preserves the opening of a letter to an individual, which is prefaced with eleven short lines of biblical quotations (arranged as a pair of quotes on each line). There are traces of faded Hebrew text on verso. (Information in part from CUDL.)