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Account of the Qodesh: revenue from rent, probably ca. 1043. A fragment of the right part of a leaf, the top and bottom of which …
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Dir. His sister's room, 5 dir. Umayna ...
12 dir. The shop of al-Maghāzilī....
The qaṣr of Ḥāmūd, 4dir. From Dār al…
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Recto: Fragment of a late account in Arabic. Verso: "Mikhael, Gavriel, Uriel" repeated three times.
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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and disorderly scribal hand. Dated twice in entries on the verso as: א׳מ׳ץ׳ (941 AH) with the month Rabīʿ I visible in …
Deathbed will by Yefet ha-Levi. Location: Damascus. Dating: Unknown, but see verso. In which he dedicates one-third of an orchard and a house located in …
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Responsum, including financial matters relating to inheritance and to purchasing property. (Information from CUDL)
Three lines from a letter to a high official with titles such as "sharaf al-umma" and "Kawkab a-Dawla." A state official by the title Kawkab …
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Will, nearly complete. Written on a small piece of parchment. Testator: Abū al-Faraj b. Maʿrūf the perfumer. (His son Faḍāʾil appears in Yevr.-Arab. I 1700.29 …
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Possibly from Mordechai to Shalom.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with some Hebrew. Dating: Probably not long after 1470 CE, and certainly no later than 1570 CE; in the course of reprimanding …
Letter mentioning real estate and rent in Cairo, the writer's son, qarārīṭ (carats). Folded once vertically then rolled and folded horizontally. Wormholes. Item 14 in …
Prayers and liturgical poetry written in a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from a certain Ḥalfon to his cousin Menashshe ha-Ḥazzan b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Ḥazzan. Not a great deal of the content remains. Ḥalfon wishes …
Small fragment of a letter in Hebrew. It seems to spell יקרת as יקראת.
26 pages from a book on divination based on biblical verses.
Partnership agreement dated 1821 CE (Sivan [55]81) between Shelomo b. ידע (?) and Shelomo ha-Levi [here there is an unfortunately placed archival sticker] and Moshe …
Tables for divination or magic, e.g. giving the names of the angels of different lands. Judaeo-Arabic, late hand.
Medical prescriptions for "the little one" (al-ṣaghīra) Sitt al-Bayt(?) and for her son. In Arabic script. There is a section at the top for what …
List of materia medica and amounts, perhaps a prescription. On verso there is Arabic text in a different hand, but seems to be related.
Small fragment from a letter, sending greetings to Hibatallah and Abū l-Munajjā. (Information from CUDL)
Legal fragment. Ending only. Signed: Yosef b. Shelomo. Late. There are pen trials and some Latin script below.
Clockwise from upper left: (c) Legal fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Almost everything preserved is formulary.
Small fragment from a legal deed between a woman and her husband ʿEli regarding a house in Cairo. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. …
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Letter from Ṣadoq ha-Kohen, in Sunbāṭ, to Peraḥya ha-Kohen, probably in Malīj. Dating: 1460 Seleucid, or shortly thereafter 1148/49 CE. Reporting on the substance of …
Original use: Fragment of a Qaraite ketubba or at least a marriage-related document: "... and they will act in accordance with the traditions of the …
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Halakhic work by Hananel b. Shmuel the judge
Minute fragment, possibly with remnants of ink/writing on the recto.
Karaite agreement to give a bill of divorce in case the husband will be absent for more than one year. Undated, perhaps because this document …
Letter from a scholar from Ramla (who had lived for twenty years in Baghdad) to Nahray b. Nissim. Around 1095. Seems like a part of …
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Letter covering family matters – [dated June 29 1923] – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 170) – in Hebrew. (information translated from Ḥassanein Muḥammad …
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Legal document written and signed by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Very faded, but complete. Dated: Monday, 8 Adar I 1448 Seleucid = 1 February 1137 …
Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Fusṭāṭ. Dated: 19 Av 1466 Seleucid, which is 20 July 1155 CE. This bill of divorce is one of forty …
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Marriage contract (ketubba). Groom: Netanel b. Avraham. Bride: and Ṣabiyya bt. [...]. The dignitary Neḥemya b. Avraham he-Ḥaver is mentioned. Dated: 1345 Seleucid, which is …
Magical fragment. Written in Hebrew and either Judaeo-Greek or Greek words that had simply become magical words.
Small fragment of accounts.
Letter, probably, comprised of a small scrap with faint remnants of a few words in Hebrew script.
Ownership note: Shemuʾel b. Ṭoviyya ha-Levi. Also mentions Tammuz and [...] b. Netanʾel ha-Ḥazzan in a colophon(?) above.
Small fragment with unidentified Arabic, likely documentary.
Printed page from the beginning of "Introduzione alla grammatica del Puoti" (1865). With inky fingerprints and writing exercises in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script written over …
Fiscal document. The beginnings of the first two lines are preserved. At least in part concerning the revenue from the capitation tax. "Waṣala ilā bayt …
Late letter(s) in Judaeo-Arabic to Yaʿaqov Yuʿbaṣ.
Business accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Late.
Fragment of a document in Arabic script. Narrow column of writing in the middle of the page. Might list names, e.g. [...] b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān …
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to multiple people, perhaps the community of Alexandria as a collective. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Concerning a …
Brief text in Hebrew, document type or literary genre is unclear (colophon?). Almost none of the main text is preserved except the conclusion וכן יהי …
Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. Small fragment (upper right corner). Maḥfūẓ b. Isḥāq al-Isrāʾīlī makes a declaration in favor of Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī …
Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions something that passed 'between the two of them'; the court in Fustat; a sum of dinars; Natan b. Shelomo. It …
Letter from a man, in al-Maḥalla, to his son or younger relative. In Judaeo-Arabic, elegantly written. Lines 1-4: A Judaeo-Arabic poem, damaged. Lines 5-12: Opening …
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Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. Dating: probably 11th century.