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Formularies for marriage-related legal documents (get, halitzah, yibbum). ASE.
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Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic, with a long Hebrew introduction. (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter fragment in Hebrew. Mentions Fustat or Egypt (Miṣrayim). Complains that "the people wouldn't let me leave" (לא הניחוני העם לצאת); cf. ENA NS 48.29 …
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
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Receipt for the capitation tax of Hiba b. Yūsuf. See ENA 3925.6 (PGPID 10284).
Court records, possibly. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. There are various entries about different matters, including several deceased …
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Probably part of a responsum, mentioning the name [...] b. A[b]ishai. (Information from CUDL)
Letter, in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 13th century, based on the hand, the use of the abbreviation ממ[לוך], and the typical names of the period. The …
Note in Arabic script, including a basmala the word "al-qāḍī" (the judge). On recto there is piyyuṭ. The piyyuṭ portion is connected to T-S AS …
Account for Elul 1494 and Tishri 1495 sel. ca. 1183. This document contains the last part of the expenditures for Elul. Then additional revenue from …
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Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Involving a woman and her ketubba conditions. No …
Letter from Shemarya b. Aharon ha-Kohen the descendant of Eliyyahu ha-Kohen to Avraham b. Natan Av Bet Din (and his brothers Aḥiyya and Berekhya?). In …
Letter fragment (upper left corner). In the hand of Shelomo b. Yehuda?
Fragment of a letter from Alexandria, probably from Avraham b. Yosef al-Sabag, to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. Contains information about merchandises that have …
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Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Sending greetings to "our master" (אדונינו) and "the lords, the nobles, the heads" (חצרה מואלי אלריסא אלאגלא). A …
Verso: Unidentified document in Arabic script. A few lines are preserved, with large letters and wide line spacing: بالافراح(؟) لها . . . . .مما …
Letter from David I Maimonides to R. Yiṣḥaq. Dating ca. 1237–1300 CE based on the years of service of David I Maimonides as Nagid. Involving …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Accounts in Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions names such as Raḥmūn; Muḥammad; Ibrāhīm; ʿAlī b. Jabrīn; Sālim al-Maghribī; Muḥammad the brother of al-Shuwaykh. The unit …
21 pages from a large ledger recording donations from the early years of the 19th c. See tag for several other shelfmarks containing pieces of …
Small slip of parchment with unidentified Arabic on it. Beginning اما والله لو . . .
Love poem in Judaeo-Arabic, for a woman "Sitt al-Nās" (mistress of mankind). Same hand: T-S NS 292.38 (Judaeo-Arabic), T-S NS 91.52 (Judaeo-Arabic), T-S 8K13.6 (Judaeo-Arabic), …
Letter in Arabic addressed to Ibrahim ʿAdda/ʿĀdāh in Cairo, from Yūsuf and Fransīs Zakkār. Dated 14 December 1802 (18 Sha'ban 1217). See AIU XII.82, another …
To his excellency, our dear friend, the most noble Muʿallim Ibrāhīm ʿĀdāh the revered, may God the exalted preserve and keep him.
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Ketubba for Yosef ha-Levi b. ʿOvadya and Bayda bt. Qaʿarṭī (קערטי) Bibas. Currency: real. Dated 1792 CE (16 Sivan 5552), Cairo. The final lines of …
Letter from a woman, in Qayrawān, to a benefactor, unknown location. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century. The beginning is missing. Her children have nothing …
Verso: Account of a merchant in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is reminiscent of that of Abū Zikrī Kohen. Mentions commodities such as saffron (zaʿfarān), lapis lazuli …
Fragment of a letter mainly in Arabic script, with the name Abū l-Ḥasan Sar Shalom partially written in Hebrew script. Mentions Abū Sahl Mukhtār in …
Small fragment of an Arabic document. Maybe some sort of receipt. Names Ismāʿīl b. Ḥasan.
Minute fragment from a bottom of a legal deed. Only part from the signatures from which tne names Yefet, and [Yeh]uda Hakohen are preserved. AA.
Communal accounts, probably from the early 13th century. Mentions the terms 'jibāya' (collection) and "jābī' (collector) several times. Entries include citrons and myrtle (for sukkot), …
Tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: 27 Ramaḍān 405 AH (21 March 1015 CE). …
Registration mark on right
Registration mark on left
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Draft of a letter or petition. In the hand of Shelomo b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya ha-Levi (active until c.1231). The first page is missing. Verso …
. Not digitized? Catalogued as a document from Yemen.
Accounts in Arabic, perhaps part of a wider ledger given the number of interrelated fragments in this series. Dating is 16th-century or later based on …
Legal document in Hebrew, in a square book hand. Very faded.
Bottom part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Containing a request to deliver letters to the Nezer (= Natan b. Shemuʾel?) and al-Raḍiyy, as well as …
Fragment from a court ledger probably. Recto contains portions of legal documents, one mentioning marriage, with a signature partially preserved. Verso contains a list of …
Responsum of a Babylonian Gaon.
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Order. In Judaeo-Arabic. Sulaymān Kohen tells the addressee to give two ounces of lemon and rose (syrups?) to Abū l-Faraj. (This Sulaymān Kohen may be …
From Nahray b. Nissim (Misr) to Farah b. Isma'il Farah (Busir).
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A letter from Avraham to Shlomo b. Aharon
Literary text, in Arabic script.
Literary text, probably, in Arabic script. Mentions naṣārā and ʿĪsā. Needs examination.
This is the verso of another letter, though the two seem to be unrelated. It is likely that this letter is a draft, as it …
List including quantities of dinars, introduced by ‘In Your name’ (בשמך). (Information from CUDL)
Fragment of a Christian marriage contract written in Arabic on parchment and dated Muḥarram 554AH. The bottom half of the contract was reused as writing …
Mysterious fragment, possibly a letter fragment. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, perhaps 17th–19th century based on the paleography. A signature appears at the bottom that …