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Ledger bifolium in Arabic dated on the recto's left heading as Rabi' II 1238 AH which is 1822 CE. The scribal hand is highly trained …
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Small fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper part only). Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentions ʿAbdallāh in the upper margin.
Accounts, probably. In Arabic script. Damaged and faded.
Magical formulary containing unusual curses on anyone pilfering a Torah scroll donated by a person on his death-bed. It contains the names of ten angels …
This codex was dedicated by Our Master Rabbi N son of N, may his share be with the seven classes of the righteous
on Paradise, and may his place…
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Letter from Yosef b. Yaʿaqov al-Kohen, probably in Minyat Ghamr, to Eliyyahu the judge, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: early 13th century. The sender reports …
ש'צ' מן ממלוכה ושאכר תפצ'לה יוסף אבן יעקב אלכהן
אלדי נעלמך בה סלמך אללה אן כרגנא מן ענדכם…
To the dignity of the honorable, great and holy master and teacher R. Elijah the judge
(may his) R(ock) p(reserve him), from his slave, who…
Colophon dated Sunday, 1 Sivan [1]417 Seleucid = 6 May 1106 CE. On verso Aharon [...] the cantor is mentioned (probably an ownership note). (Information …
Contract of a lease. In Arabic script. Fragment: only the first 3 lines are preserved here. The tenant may be Ṣadaqa b. ʿAyyāsh.
Recto: Fragment of a large ketubba in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). "The primary purpose of providing a woman with real …
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Legal document. Small fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE).
Small fragment with a few lines in Judaeo-Arabic (al-kubarā'... tilmīdhuhu... al-khayr kulluhu).
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Dating: the opening lines in Judaeo-Arabic list a date range of Rajab–[Dhū] al-Qaʿda 969 AH (סטץ), which is 1562 …
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Bill of sale of a slave. In Arabic script. Location: Fustat. Dated: first decade of Ramaḍān 483 AH, which is October/November 1090 CE. Seller: Ḥanūn …
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
Ḥanūn ibn ʿAlūn, the Christian clerk in the Dār al-Dībāj, states that: I have sold …
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Letter to Abu 'Ali, probably from his brother, inquiring about the lack of correspondence. The sender asks for an explanation, citing Leviticus 19:17. In the …
Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions R. Yeshuʿa and instructions about taking a medicinal syrup. Verso: Order in Arabic script instructing the addressee to give …
Ketubba. Location: Fustat. Bride: Sitt al-Kuttāb bt. Netanʾel. The name of the groom, the date, and the names of witnesses are not preserved. (Information from …
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Letter fragment (beginning) in Judaeo-Arabic. "In which the slave informs his excellency, our teacher and master... ha-Rav ha-Muvhak ha-Hakham... ha-Kohen..." ASE.
Minute fragment with a doodle or illustration of some kind on the recto. The verso may contain the Hebrew letter ע, but the text(?) is …
Beginning of a legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves the moneychanger (al-shulḥani/al-ṣayrafī) Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAmram b. ʿEzra, …
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Coptic mathematical table. Does not join with T-S Ar.39.380 (PGPID 20917) — pages are different sizes — but the genre is the same. MR 9/30/26
Recto: Hebrew. Verso: unidentified Arabic text, too faint to read.
Recto: One or two damaged lines of Arabic text from a large state document, possibly a decree. Requires further examination.
Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th century. The section preserved here opens with asking for a favor from the addressee involving conciliating someone else. Goes …
Accounts in Ladino.
Legal document. Dated: Nisan 1456 Seleucid = March/April 1145 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Abū l-Maʿānī acknowledges that he has …
Fragment of a marriage contract of Sittuna with some items of dowry. Dated ca. 1000. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 413, and from Goitein's …
State document, probably a petition or official correspondence. First line - "al-Ṣāliḥī al-khidma li l-majlis". The second line has the word "al-Mamlūk kataba" written in …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated in the month of Rajab on the verso above the main heading, possibly with a year in the left corner כגץ …
Family letter, partly in Hebrew and partly in Judaeo-Arabic. The handwriting seems to be that of the judge Mevorakh b. Natan (possibly making this one …
Legal query addressed to the Gaʾon (probably Maṣliaḥ) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Concerning a man who remarried after …
Recto, center: The title of a section of an Arabic medical treatise: المقالة الاولى من كتاب تركيب الادوية بحسب المواضع الالمة لجالينوس الحكيم نقل حنين …
Poem of praise and congratulations on the birth and circumcision of a son, it seems addressed to somebody named Ḥananya. The words ‘Mar Yefet’ are …
Letter from the Maghreb regarding business and family matters. Unfinished. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. At the bottom of recto, the writer says that he …
Fragment of a legal document. The terms sāiʾba (endowment/waqf property more generally ) and mūwāqafa (safeguarding waqf/endowment properties) are suggestive that the document could be …
و حفظ سائبة ولا زالت
وموافقة ولا مواقفة
من الادعية الصالحة له والشا……
الفاضل الاجل الاسعد
Margin of recto: Fragment of the Arabic portion of a marriage contract, discussing the groom's promises to the bride regarding her exemption from oaths; margin …
Upper part of a letter in Hebrew possibly dated 534[.] = 1580s CE, but the phrase וזה שעה השמים is probably gematriya rather than a …
Legal notes for drawing up a bill of sale of an enslaved woman named Ikhtiṣār. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dating: 1100–38 …
Document in Arabic, badly damaged. Dating: Medieval era. Requires further examination. At upper left: مما تسلم من دار ال . . . .
Legal entries in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38). Entry at upper right: mentions the 17th of Jumādā, the name of a witness …
Legal document from the high court (al-Bāb al-ʿĀlī) in Cairo. In Arabic script. Dated: 17 Ṣafar 1228 AH = 19 February 1813 CE. Judge: Muṣṭafā …
Recto: Engagement (shiddukhin) document, dated 7 November 1791 (10 Heshvan 5552), Cairo, for the cantor Khalīfa ʿAfīf b. Aharon and Simḥa bt. Yaʿaqov b. Barukh. …
Letter fragment to the sage Ḥalfon. Only formulaic blessings are preserved. The hand looks Spanish. (Information in part from CUDL)
Legal document. Bill of attorney, written by Yosef b. Shemuʾel Halevi and approved by Maimonides, in his own hand. Published: מע"פ פרידמן, ר' משה בן …
Much damaged fragment of a legal deed. Only formulaic content is preserved.
Report to al-Afḍal. The join between T-S NS 201.132 and T-S AS 116.410 + T-S AS 103.49 + T-S NS 209.47 is very probably but …
Note in Hebrew to some sort of dignitary that consists of nothing more than a string of flattering titles and blessings for prosperity and victory …
Unidentified document in Arabic script. Might be a tax receipt. Quite damaged.
Legal document. Partnership agreement. A deal between an investor, possibly named Ibrahim, and three unnamed indigo dyers opening a workshop in Damietta. The active partners …
Verso (probably the secondary use): Records of a slaughterer (presumably Shelomo or his father Eliyyahu, since ritual slaughter for the local community is also mentioned …
Title page in red ink of an Arabic literary text. Pinholes at the margin ~4–5mm apart, secondary use since they're on the left of recto. …