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A private letter from Yehuda b. Moshe to Yosef Shlomo b. Moshe Luzki, mostly on private issues.
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An Arabic makhzūma, related to a land with Coptic numerals. The document was drawn in the name of Shamṭar (probably Coptic) al-ʿAmūdī. Needs examination.
Legal document in Arabic on verso, the lower right corner and a partial witness signature are preserved. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Verso (original use): Fragment of a letter in Arabic script from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to 'al-shaykh al-rashīd,' aiming to pawn his turban for 40 dirhams. …
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to Karo Frances Co.
Recto: Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary spellings. Dating: mid-12th century or later, per CUDL. Difficult to decipher any of the content.
Few words from the end of a legal document
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Court record written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Location: Fustat. Dated: Middle decade of Ṭevet 1432 Seleucid, which is December 1120 CE. Detailing …
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Accounts with European numerals, mentioning names such as Moshe, Yosef, Shemuʾel and David. (Information from CUDL)
Verso: Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. The top line is a date written in Arabic script (15 Dhū l-Ḥijja). The next line may contain a variant …
State document in Arabic script. Petition or report? Fragments of 6 lines are preserved, wide space between them. Refers to al-Shaykh al-Muʾayyad fī l-Dīn (maybe …
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Small fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic.
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Wednesday, 11 Elul 1423 Seleucid = 4 September 1112 CE. In which the widower Abū …
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4 entries in a court register. (a) Record of marriage conditions. Groom: Abū Zikrī al-Kattanānī b. Aharon. Bride: Sitt al-Nās bt. Isḥāq. Delayed marriage payment: …
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Small fragment from the top of an official-looking document, with an ʿalāma at the top and reference to tax farming (ḍamān or ḍummān).
Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.
Prayer or poetry in Hebrew. Quotes Song of Songs 4:6.
Marriage contract. Location: Cairo. Date is missing. Groom: Natan ha-Kohen b. Shela ha-Zaqen. The trousseau list may be found in ll. 6–13. (Information from Goitein …
Minute fragment, very faded, from the top of a legal deed dated according to the Creation, but no date is preserved. A groom is mentioned …
Receipt for a faqīh, possibly for an apartment compound (min māl rabʿ al-[...]). This might be followed by a year ([.]57?). His companion (ṣāḥib) Rajā …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and western Arabic numerals. Dated: Sivan 5482 AM which is May-June 1722 CE. The account heading states that the monthly entries are …
verso: Legal document in Hebrew. Fragment (upper right corner). Dating: probably ca. 16th century. Reused for a different Hebrew (literary?) text on recto.
Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Zekharya b. Raṣon ha-Rofe. The bride is Esther known as Sit al-Bayt d. Ya'aqov. AA
A very damaged legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (ca 1100–38 CE). Some details might be extracted with effort. In the …
Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100-1138 CE).
Small fragment from the top part of a legal deed, with a prolonged introduction with praises for Mevorakh b. Saʿadya and his son Moshe (ca. …
Legal document. Partnership agreement. Location: Cairo. Dating: 1204-1237. Partnership agreement in cloth trade between Pinhas b. Elazar ha-Kohen and Moshe ha-Levi. Both partners seem to …
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Literary text in Arabic script.
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minute fragments
Declaration about five generations of males and females related by ramified family connections. Dated to the 13th century. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 286)
IB III, 49. Letter by Yosef Yiju, in Mazara, to his sons Perahya and Moshe, in Fustat or Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Dating: Fall …
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Pastoral letter presumably addressed to the Fustat community from the office of one of the later Maimonidean Nagids (Yehoshuaʿ?). In addition to general admonitions, the …
Blessings in Hebrew. Possibly from the end of a letter.
Document in Arabic, medieval-era. Two partial lines of text are preserved. Requires further examination.
Detailed letter sent by Meir b. Hillel b. Sadoq Av, written in between the lines and on the remaining blank spaces of a letter he …
Small receipt for Maʿānī b. Ismāʿīl for a payment of 6 dirhams.
Top of a deed of acknowledgement (iqrār). In Arabic script. Mentions a property across from the synagogue. At least one name is preserved in the …
Contributors list, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic.
Small fragment of accounts (probably) in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions ʿAlī; Ḥāmid; Nāṣir; Avraham; Kuraym; Abū l-Faraj.
Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded. Contains some blessings for the addressee and mentions Alexandria. Verso: Several lines in Arabic script, all crossed out. Probably …
Alchemical recipes describing methods of preparation of metals (copper, sulphur), how to burn them, wash them, dry them and grind them. Mentions a crucible, a …
Informal note from David to a certain Nasi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely early 13th century. The sender reports that he has met with one of …
Letter written in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe and signed by Avraham b. Shemaʿya he-Ḥaver and Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel the Spaniard. The upper part …
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Accounts of small sums concerning transport, including that of six aḥmāl (= twelve aʿdāl). Dated: 441 AH, which is 1049/50 CE. Four pages. Perhaps written …
Recto: List of names with numbers. Verso: A different list/account in Arabic script.
End of damaged legal document on parchment from 11th century Fustat. Involving [...] known as al-Ṣāʾigh. Signed by Yeshuʿa b. Yosef and a certain Yefet …