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Mercantile letter, in Arabic script, late. Dated 22 Ṣ[afar(?)] 1244 AH. The sender, Muḥammad al-Firqī(?) expresses his affection for the addressees Shimʿon Francis and Ishāq …
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Legal document. Lower right corner. Involves [...] al-Dīn, someone's wife Sitt al-Nās, the conditions in her ketubba, a quarter (of a house?), and Abū l-Faraj.
Brief account in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Yosef al-Ḥaṭṭāb and Moshe Kohen. Dating is 16th- or 17th-century based on the mention of Ottoman-era jadid coinage. MCD.
Legal document, late, in Arabic script. Concerning the loom of textiles "anwāl al-qumāsh" in Alexandria. Mentions the dealings between Yeshūʿā the Jew and Ibrāhim Effendi. …
Letter from Abū al-Thanāʾ Ḥāmid al-Kanzī to the Nubian eparch Uruwī ibn Khiyākh in Ibrīm. This letter demonstrates the significant legal and commercial functions that …
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
اعلم الحضرة السامية الاجلية الاكشيل وصاحب الخيل اطال الله بقاه وادام
نعمته وتوفيقه وحراسته وسلامته وادام بالسعادة…
In the name of God the Merciful and Compassionate.
I inform the exalted and glorious presence, the Ikshīl and Master of the Horses—may God …
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Three distinct text blocks in Arabic script, at least two of which are definitely poetry, and the middle one seems to be as well. On …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely ca. 13th century. The sender expresses his pure love for the addressee, quoting Avot 5:16. Similar content …
Note from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his brother, the physician Abū Zikrī, written in an extremely cursive script. He informs Abū Zikrī that the turban …
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Recto: Unidentified text in Arabic script, likely documentary. Needs examination. Verso: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. There is also some Hebrew literary text.
Accounts in Ladino. 2 folios. Quite detailed. Currency: levanim; metecales; ducados; and possibly medin (מיד). Commodities include garments, textiles, and items of gold. Also contains …
Letter from the community in Ashkelon to the community in Fustat. Dating: Probably 1025 CE. Mentions praises to two of the Fatimid governors in Ashkelon. …
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Document dated 21 December 1817 CE (12 Tevet 5578 AM) in which Mordekhai Romano details the plan for medical treatment for the children of his …
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A few words in large Hebrew letters.
Liturgical.
Fragment of a document in Arabic script, probably legal. Narrow vertical strip. On parchment.
Large bifolio of accounts in Arabic script. Might be fiscal. On recto, sections are headed by names of profession ("the dyers (al-ṣabbāghīn)... the millers (al-ṭaḥḥānīn)..."), …
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Letter from Salāma b. Mūsā Safāquṣī, probably from Mazara, Sicily, to Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sughmār (Alexandria), ca. 1055. Salāma b. Mūsā intends to buy …
באקי כתאב מולאי אלשיך אבו זכרי יהודה בן מוסי בן סגמאר וכאן לבן אל[ ]
אלחראס ואבו אלפצל בן בר[כא]ת ויעקב בן כלף חסד לאכיה וכאן גרם פי [ …
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Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th or 13th century. The sender owes capitation tax (jizya) payments for himself and for his son. …
Business accounts. Recto includes a long note explaining something. Verso has one line in Hebrew script (possibly unrelated).
Letter fragment in Arabic script.
Accounts in Arabic script.
Accounts in Arabic
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Avraham Ha-Kohen b. Yiṣḥaq b. Furat.
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Accounts, mentioning the elder ʿAbd [...]; Coptic numerals. (Information from CUDL)
Small fragment in the hand of Berakhot b. Shemuel containing praises for God. Likely part of a letter, but could also be a standalone literary …
Letter from Nahray b. Nissim to Ayyash b. Sadaqa in Busir. Probably ca. 1050.
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Receipt, in Arabic script and Coptic numerals. Contains several ʿalāma, one reads as "alḥamdu li-llāhi waḥdahu". Mentions "al-mablagh". Reused for a literary text on recto. …
List on a small slip of paper, 22 names of indigent persons, mostly women. The first three are in T-S NS J239v (Information from Mediterranean …
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Ketubba fragment. Tiny piece from the upper right corner, containing part of the superscription (בנחשא טבא) and part of the date (Wednesday 1[...]).
Literary text in Judaeo-Arabic.
Unidentified text on parchment, in Arabic script, likely legal or literary. On the other side, there is Hebrew literary text.
Narrow vertical sliver from the middle of a page, containing obscure Hebrew phrases with several biblical quotations. Significance unclear. ASE.
Fragment of a letter consisting mostly of greetings.
Recto and verso are two distinct petitions, in different hands. Unclear if/how they are related. Recto: Petition for charity apparently from someone under arrest (muʿtaqal), …
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Recto and verso (secondary use): polemical story in Judaeo-Arabic featuring a discussion between a Jew, Muslim and Christian, possibly set in Baghdad, mentioning viziers. In …
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Verso: Informal note. In Judaeo-Arabic. "O Ibrahim! I found with your son Fāḍil (may God gladden him) one and a quarter dirhams, and I took …
Panegyric dedicated to Yaḥyā b. Avraham. See Penn catalog (https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/h318.html) for detailed description and potential identifications.
Letter from a woman, in al-Mahdiyya, to her mother (Av)Dukia al-Rumiyya and to her sister Rini, in Alexandria. Scribed by Kalev al-Sofer. In Judaeo-Arabic. The …
Palimpsest. Undertext: Unidentified text in Greek. Identification may be possible even without multispectral imaging. Some phrases may include: εν τω ιερω (in the Temple) and …
Letter mentioning Abū Saʿīd Ibn ʿAwkal. The first part of the letter is missing. The writer is in Fustat and writes about debt collection. (Information …
سرعة دفع اليّ الشيخ ابو سعيد بن عوكل رقعتين الواحدة تتعلق بالعلاقة الذي
عند الرجل الذي في درب الوحل وقد امتثلت مرسومه ومضيت الى عنده فقالي …
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Recto: Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen to his banker, Abū l-Khayr Khiyyār, instructing him to pay the household of Abū l-Makārim 3 …
Letter from Avraham b. Moshe b. Maṣliaḥ to his father Moshe b. Maṣliaḥ. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Discusses transactions of white lāsīn silk. Mentions Abū l-Yumn …
Petition from a group of people. In Arabic script. Dating: Likely Ayyubid or Mamluk-era based on the handwriting, layout, and some of the vocabulary. The …
List in Arabic on recto mentioning many names and quantities in Greek/Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
An 11th-century deed of sale for a portion of a house, in Arabic script. In between a [...] al-yahūdī al-ḥarīrī (the Jewish silk trader, who …
Receipt for the capitation tax of Ibrāhīm b. Yūsuf the Jew, a silk worker (qazzāz) and craftsman (ṣāniʿ). Same payer: T-S Ar.34.224, T-S Ar.34.282 (where …
Recto: Legal document (iqrār) for debts acknowledged between business partners. In Judaeo-Arabic. Location: Cairo. Dated: 5 Adar 5588 AM, which is 1828 CE. Involving Raḥamim …