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Homily. In Hebrew. Probably late. The text has been crossed through. Information from Baker/Polliack catalog.
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Receipt for Yūsuf al-Maghribī(?) for the rent of a shop for Dhū l-Qaʿda 691 AH = 1292 CE if read correctly. Payment: 11 wariq dirhams. …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Looks like the handwriting of Abū Sahl Levi (d. 1211) on a good day. Dealing with various small business matters. There …
Literary. In Hebrew, with calendrical diagrams.
Formula of a 'pesuka de-gita' - bill of divorce (get) by proxy, written by Hillel b. Eli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). This formula is unique as …
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Deed for the lease of a house. Location: Fustat Dated: Thursday, 5 Tammuz 1387 Seleucid = 9 June 1076 CE. The parties are Sason b. …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Ladino letter.
Bifolio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions the names Abū Naṣr; Abū l-Khayr; Qāsim. Mentions quantities of gold …
Bottom of a legal document with part of a signature preserved ([...] b. Berakhot) and the validation (qiyyum): תלתא כחדא דנוסחניה וקיומיה . . . …
Minute fragment, probably literary
Letter fragment, very damaged and written in a very cursive hand. Dating: probably no earlier than 13th century. Addressing itself to 'sayyidnā' and making some …
Fragment of a state document. At the top: "ilā l-dīwān li-thaghr(?)..." Underneath: "عمل . . . اضافته الى ذلك والمستخرج... الباقي(؟) على كماله وتمامه...." Reused …
Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The same scribe probably wrote ENA NS 69.20 and T-S AS 156.42, based on the handwriting similarity combined with the …
Recto - Letter, in Judaeo Arabic. Needs examination. AA Verso - Private accounts or receipt in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Letter or legal query/responsum. Fragment. In Hebrew. Late. Concerning a theft or somebody accused of a theft.
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Non-Geniza. Notebook of the ḥevra qadisha in Uman (Ukraine). 1831 CE. Information from NLI.
Formularies for a love (maḥabba) spell and a love (tahayyuj) potion (using סבנאדג, the brain of a colored pigeon, and some of your urine).
Draft of a legal document in the hand of Shemuʾel b. Nathan, dated Adar II 1456 Seleucid = February/March 1145 CE, under the authority of …
Letter of greetings from Sedaqa he-haver to Yehuda or to Mevorak Nagid (1095-1112). Alternative description: the title "prince of princes" (שר השרים) is obviously meant …
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Late letter in Hebrew. Needs further examination. Mentions the unbearable heat of the sun. The sender's signature is difficult, perhaps: Avraham Ben-Sor or Ben-Tor, אברהם …
Minute fragment from a ketubah.
Possibly a piece of a tax receipt but too damaged to be sure.
Letter from 1908 CE(?). Requires further examination.
Synagogue/communal document. Dated: 5554 AM, which is 1793/94 CE. Lists of parshiyot and names (e.g. Frances, Yaʿaqov Aripol, Ḥayyim b. Hini, and dozens more).
Letter sent by a young weaver to a woman, probably his aunt, reporting that he is looking for a place to stay and for work. …
IB VII, 2. Legal document. Dated: Monday, 2 Iyyar 1398 Seleucid, which is 1087 CE. Hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? Location: Fustat. Moshe b. Elḥanan …
Draft of the opening of a legal deed, contains the date: Friday, 3 Shevaṭ 1600 Seleucid = 28 December 1288 CE, however that was a …
Arabic literary work containing remedies.
List of trousseau written by Hillel b. Eli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). (Weiss MA dissertation)
Effaced letter in which a man informs his mother that the power of attorney she gave him proved to be invalid. He urges her to …
Recto (secondary use): Medical prescription in Judaeo-Arabic.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. In fact there may be two documents here, written at 180 degrees to each other. (מע סכרה אלכביזה ואלדי ישהד אליה …
Memorial list
Accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 4 Jumāda al-Awwal '54 which could be 1154 AH (=1741 CE) or 1254 AH (=1838 CE) based on the mention of …
Fol. 4: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning travel to Baghdad, Mordekhay Hāno(?) (האנו), Moshe ʿAbsayyid(?) (עבסייד), and at least one fragment of another name. Fol. …
Table of contents for a responsa collection
IB IV, 57 (ח64). Letter from Yeḥezqel b. Netanʾel, probably in Qalyūb, to his brother Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel in Alexandria, ten days after his previous …
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Letter fragment in Arabic script. كتابي اليك ياخي والعزيز علين . . . . In the top margin: . . . ـىة بن اسحاق ان …
Alphabets for children
The opening of a letter in rudimentary Judaeo-Arabic (e.g. ממלוכה אלאצרג), from one Barukh, to Shelomo (?) Nasi Galuyot Kol Yisra'el.
Letter or report. In Arabic script. Mentions a man from Tiberias by the name of Baysān, wicked people (fa-kathura fasāduhum), people who mentioned that they …
IB VII, 52. Recto: Letter likely sent from Aden to Fustat. (The locations are not specified in the document; this is Goitein's assessment.) In Judaeo-Arabic, …
Letter from Manṣūr Kohen to Eliyyahu the Judge (Abū l-Faraj b. al-Rayyis). In Judaeo-Arabic. There are several letters by this writer: see tag. This letter …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely late 12th or 13th century. Rudimentary hand. Mentions Ṣibyān b. Futūḥ; Hilāl; a violent conflict; al-Shaykh al-[Raḍiyy?] Ibn al-Labbān; …
Possibly legal document(s) in Judaeo-Arabic.
Letter from Yaʿqūb b. Binyām (=Yaʿaqov b. Binyamin) to his mother. In Judaeo-Arabic. Complete. The letter concerns practical matters as well as excuses for why …
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Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Shimʿon Frances, probably in Cairo (למצ[ר), from Nissim Masos(?) or Mshish(?). Mentions Shelomo Barūkh, Yaʿaqov Portas, and Eliyyahu Ben-Ṣahal. Requires …
Minute fragment. Few words, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)