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Recto: Six lines from a formal Arabic petition, probably late Fatimid. The second line reveals the name of an official: "...al-salāṭīn khāliṣat amīr al-muʾminīn Asad …
له اجمعين (؟) شهد (؟) الدين (؟)……فخر…
والسلاطين خالصة امير المؤمنين اسد الدين ثبت الله
مجده وضاعف سعده واهلك شانئه وضده وقرن
بالتوفيق ح…
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Late legal document in Hebrew having to do with a widow, the payment of a ketubba and other property arrangements. Needs further examination. ASE.
No Scholarship Records
Letter from Musa b Ya'qub, Tyre, to Abu al-'Ala Yusuf b. Daud b. Sha'ya, Fustat. NB shelfmark was incorrect in old PGP (Or. 1082 J42 …
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Legal document in Arabic. Probably late Mamluk or early Ottoman era. Mentions sums of money including 8 anṣāf (medins) and language of the two parties …
Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Hilell b. ʿEli. Mentions orphans, a sum of money, 20 (probably dinars), and the tax …
Fragment of a ketubba. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? The groom (or his father?) is named Yaḥyā/Yosef.
Recto: part of a deed of release (אביזר), granted by ʿEli b. Ḥusayn b. Moshe al-Maghribī, to his brother Azhar b. Ḥusayn b. Moshe al-Maghribī,. …
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Upper fragment: Letter. Only the first eight lines (in poetic Hebrew) and the last 10 lines (mainly in Judaeo-Arabic) are preserved. Ismāʿīl sends his regards. …
Letter fragment (upper left corner). From Peraḥya b. Yosef al-A[...]. Only the Hebrew opening with biblical verses and poetical blessings is preserved. There are also …
Late accounts in Arabic, reused for Hebrew commentaries on different portions of Genesis.
Legal document: power of attorney in which Shelomo b. Ḥātim appoints Menaḥem b. Shelomo to pursue his claims against Ḥasan b. Avraham and Shemuʾel b. …
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Letter from Barakāt b. Manṣūr, unknown location, to Eliyyahu the Judge (active 1204–41), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with a Hebrew header and the address partially …
Unidentified text with Arabic and interspersed Judaeo-Arabic. Maybe a glossary of some kind. In one place it says עצם (bone) in Judaeo-Arabic followed by the …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen, asking the elder Khalīl to pay the bearer of the note one raṭl of [...]. (Information from CUDL)
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Contains only a few formulaic phrases from the ending. Mentions Avraham b. [...] (probably the bearer or the scribe).
Jottings in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew on reused pages of piyyutim. Many of the phrases are from the beginning of a letter. The word גאמכיה (jāmikiyya, …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The handwriting has some resemblances to that of Maimonides but is not his. On recto only the right margin is preserved. …
Small bifolio. Contains notes for legal purposes. Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa b. ʿOvadya known as Ibn זונין (Zunayn?) acknowledges that he collected from the estate of …
Commentary on Devarim by Shemuʾel b. Ḥofni Gaʾon. There is an ownership note for Yakhin b. Ḥalfon.
Document in Arabic script. Letter? "al-mawlā" is mentioned.
List in Judaeo-Arabic, mentions Badr al-Dīn in the heading. 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography.
78 minute fragments (8 vellum; 70 paper), of which one is possibly part of a letter in Arabic (row 4, no. 8). (Information from CUDL)
Letter consisting entirely of instructions to a notary for drawing up a legal document. Dated: Sunday, 28 Muḥarram 547 AH = 5 May 1152 CE. …
Order of payment or receipt for Eliyya concerning bread. In the hand of Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). On verso (original use) there is a …
Legal fragment. Dating: ca. 1100 CE. This section contains only the witness signatures: Yefet ha-Ḥazzan b. ʿAmram ha-Ḥazzan; Yosef ha-Levi b. Yefet; ʿOvadya b. Aharon …
Marriage contract (ketubba). Written and signed by Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Groom: Seʿadya b. Efrayim. Bride: Turkiyya (? תרכיה). A few phrases from …
Shelomo b. Eliyyahu writes to a notable, "I was told that you have made a marriage contract (ṣadāq) for your daughter at a Muslim court. …
Recto (secondary use): Letter from an unknown writer to the brothers Mevorakh b. Saadya (in office 1078-1082 and 1094-1111) and Yehuda b. Saadya (in office …
Ketubba (marriage contract). Fragment written in a calligraphic hand. Dating: probably late 10th or 11th century. Mentions the name חביבה מפרג כהנה. Witnesses: Natan b. …
Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment: upper right corner. It seems that the scribe himself tore it up and obliterated part of the text. This …
Legal record (#32). Bill of sale, outline. Stating that a bill of sale (ʿuhda) shall be written for the sale of the slave wailing woman …
Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involving Yeshuʿa b. Ḥananya.
Legal note(s) in Arabic script. The most preserved one: "The buyer: [...] b. Ḥammūd b. ʿAmmār.... on the defects (al-ʿuyūb)... from the aforementioned price." The …
IB III, 3. Letter from Yosef b. Avraham, in Aden, to Avraham Ibn Yiju. Dating: ca. 1135–38 CE. The address is on the second fragment, …
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Recto: Fragment of a prayer in Hebrew. Verso: Jottings in Hebrew and Arabic script including the word "al-yahūdī."
Letter of Benayahu b. Musa, an Alexandrian from Maghribi origin, to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat. The letter contains severe complaints on the local Alexandrian …
בשמך רחמ
כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלגליל גדול הישיבה ואדאם סלאמתה
וסעאדתה ונעמתה מן אלמסתקר כאן קד בלגנא אן מולאי אלשיך לחקה וגע
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Mercantile letter, probably by a Maghribī trader of the 11th century, probably sent from Alexandria to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mawhūb b. ʿAmmār was present with …
List of expenses (alladhī kharaja min waqt wuṣūlī), in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions pepper and brazilwood.
Many small fragments in Arabic.
Official-looking Arabic document, or possibly legal. Recto mentions Abū Muḥammad [...] b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Shāhid(?). Verso mentions a sum beginning with 400 and ending with …
Recto: Petition, probably. In Arabic script. Fragment (lower left corner, portions of 4 lines preserved). The raʾy clause is partially legible in the last line: …
Literary work in Latin. Canon law gloss or commentary that is preoccupied with wives and the theme of divorce. “Matrimonium non consumatum separatur propter religione…” …
Legal document, probably a transfer of property, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Involves a certain Moshe. No date or signatures …
Colophon on the verso of a Qur'anic writing exercise, Cairo. Dating: 1872-1897 CE. The colophon identifies its young author as affiliated with Madrasa al-Qarabiyya, one …
Letter from a father to a son. In Hebrew. Sent from an unknown location to Fustat/Cairo. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 16th century. People …
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe.
Legal document. In which Hārūn and Nissim agree to repay the 11 dinars they owe to Benaya within a certain period, and if they do …
A rental agreement with Joseph ג׳לדיטי, priced in Venetian ducats (peraḥ zahav Veneziano). It is dated לצור according to the Pereq Qaṭan, which is probably …
Copies of letters (literary format). Multiple letters. One is addressed to [Hemdat] ha-Nesiut. Mentions Pinḥas b. Elḥanan (appears also in T-S 8J4.6 (PGPID 2125)) and …