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Small fragment of a legal document; ‘this Joseph ha-Kohen’ is crossed out and replaced above the line with ‘Ṣedaqa ha-Kohen his father’. (Information from CUDL)
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
No. 1: Letter of condolence from a Gaon on the death of the addressee's son. (Bamerkazim, pp. 69-72); No. 2: Letter from Hayya Gaon to …
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Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Simha al-Naysaburi, in Alexandria, to Ulla ha-Levi b. Yosef, Fustat. Dating: around 1080. Concerns trade in saffron and other spices, and …
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Placeholder [ASE] - two different Arabic documents
Written to the judge Hananel b. Shemuel, this letter mentions the son of the Nagid (Avraham Maimonides, his son-in-law) and a certain R. Menahem. The …
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Damaged fragment with an unidentified text in Hebrew, maybe a prayer or a letter, but hard to be sure. Contains phrases like רב טוב ורב …
Letter from Sulaymān b. Bū l-ʿAlā al-Tājir to Eliyyahu the Judge. Partially in Arabic script, partially in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the beginning and two different addresses …
Formulary of a legal document. On parchment.
Tax receipt issued for the ḍumanāʾ of Sinnūris against revenue delivered by Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb. Dated: 26 Jumādā I 405 (Khan: 22 Jumādā I …
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Last page of a literary work in Judaeo-Arabic. At the bottom there is a line stating that "this notebook belongs to (or: is by) Yiṣḥaq …
Almost completely blank. A few remnants of some words.
Verso: Three lists in Arabic script. One of them (underneath the Hebrew script, at 90 degrees to the other two text blocks) consists of business …
Letter to a traveling companion, who was accompanied by his wife or a servant, stating that he is sending him chickens and quails as provisions …
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Note or letter from Shimʿon Ben-Nāʾīm (נאיים) addressed only to someone or some institution with the honorific title "jināb al-muḥtarim". Dated: 15 ___[month] 1284 AH …
Legal fragment. Location: Minyat Zifta. Dated: [14]26 Seleucid = 1114/15 CE. Involves Zakkay b. Shelomo, Aharon al-Kohen, Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi and the settling of accounts. Signed …
Informal note to Abū l-Riḍā ha-Talmid ha-Vatiq (appears also in T-S 10J4.14 (PGPID 3017) as al-Wathīq). Dating: ca. early 13th century. The sender reports that …
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Witness statement(s) in Arabic script, originally at the bottom of a deed of acknowledgment made by a woman. Dated: Shawwāl 427 AH = July/August 1036 …
Document (bifolium) giving details of a collection (pesiqa) for the ransom of prisoners, conducted by Abū l-Surūr b. Ṭarīf and Abū l-Maʿālī in al-Rīf—here, the …
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Formulary for a letter to an important person: רסאלה לעאלם כביר לרגל פאצל
Dowry evaluation (taqwīm). Wife: Sitt al-Bahāʾ bt. Yakhin. Husband: Yefet b. Saʿadya. Location: Malīj. Dated: 8 Adar II 1445 Seleucid = 5 March 1134 CE. …
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Small fragment from a legal deed. On parchment. Dating: 11th century? Refers to a woman who is to write a "deed of cleansing" (=release?): שתכתב …
Letter in Hebrew script. Judaeo-Persian?
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late, perhaps 16th-century based on the paleography. Possibly dated with a Hijrī year in the headings on the recto and verso but …
IB III, 56. Letter whose author might be Perahya b. Yosef Ibn Yiju, probably in Fustat, to the author's wife, in the home of the …
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Medical treatise in Arabic script.
Letter from Berakha, the wife of Marwān b. Zikrī/Zekharya, to her brother Avraham b. Peraḥya Mahdawī (Ben Yiju). In Judaeo-Arabic. It is unclear if this …
Memorial list, probably. Including the house of Khalaf al-Qazzāz, and the "family of Kohanim," Saʿadya, his son Elʿazar, his son Ḥalfon, his son Saʿadya, and …
Late family letter in Judaeo-Arabic, it seems from a man to his brother Shemuel (or less likely his father, if the letter is read as …
Letter from a certain Meʾir to his 'friend and brother' Abū ʿImrān ('ha-talmid ha-navon'). In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender's hand is familiar from other documents (distinctive …
Account in Judaeo-Arabic in a late hand listing debts. ENA 2615.1-3 all belong together
Literary text, poetry, in Arabic script. Mentions forbearance during harsh times and seekers of knowledge. Needs examination.
Faded document in Arabic script. Undeciphered.
Short letter to Abū Naṣr, asking for money both on account of the rent or wages of Avraham and on account of the capitation tax. …
Small fragment of a legal deed written on parchment. Probably regarding a debt from an husband called Sahlān to his wife, but too little text …
Accounts on recto and verso in Judaeo-Arabic, very neat and rich in details, but faded. There are likely joins. Dating: ca. 11th century. In line …
F. 1: various (drafts of) legal documents in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan, including a trousseau list, power of attorney and witness statements. (1) …
Large legal document. Fragment (right side only). In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? Mentions a codex; a partnership (sharika); payments in installments. Names listed …
Verso: Table of Coptic numerals and possibly other ciphers reminiscent of fiscal documents. Wide line spacing.
Memorial list for Nethanel ha-dayyan listing five generations. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Letter from Mubārak b. Ṣadaqa al-Ṭarābulsī to an addressee whose name is mostly faded. In Arabic script. The first four lines on recto are preserved, …
Karaite declaration of a debt owed by two partners to a third person.
Part of a letter or document - needs examination.
Letter from Yosef b. Kulayb, Ramla, to the gaonic pretender (here titled ra's al-mathība) Natan b. Avraham, probably in Tyre, May 1041. He reports the …
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Commentary on Psalms 101; translation of Psalms 102:1-29, followed by commentary, quoting Jeremiah 17:6. (Information from CUDL.)