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Letter from Saʿadya b. Avraham to Ṣedaqa b. Ṣemaḥ. In Judaeo-Arabic. He reports that Ibn Bunyām failed to deliver the large jar (zīr) which the …
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Talmud, apparently in a 14th or 15th-century Byzantine hand. See folio 26 for the probable dating.
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Court notebook containing several documents. Dated in the first document as 21 Av 1394 Seleucid, which is 1083 CE. The document entries include: (i) Marriage …
Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Naming several materia medica. Recto: Unidentified, intriguing text in Judaeo-Arabic in a crude hand. Possibly a prayer …
Large letter in Judaeo-Arabic about communal strife and denunciations. Abū l-[...] Ibn al-Dayyān told 'sayyidnā al-faqīh al-ḥāfiẓ' that the sender had said something derogatory about …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Legal query addressed to ha-Rav ha-Gadol. Concerning the parnas Yaʿaqov ha-Yerushalmi who died and left behind 4 sons and a daughter. His inheritance included a …
Accounts, badly damaged with very little legible text. The accounts portray extensive usage of Greek-Coptic numerals. Based on the paleography the dating is perhaps 14th-16th-century.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions names such as the wife of אלקרקשנתי(??), Hārūn, his brother Makhlūf, Abū Manṣūr, and Ibn Thanāʾ.
Image not available. According to Schwarb Catalogue: Business letter from Abu Nasr b. Ibrahim to Abu Zekharia Judah b. Yosef Hakohen. AA
IB ח95. Small fragment of a letter from Ḥalfon b. Netanel, in Fustat or Cairo, to his brother Yeḥezqel. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No later January …
1 לא אע[...]
2 תעא[...]
3 חאל [...]
4 ענד [...]
5 ודמ.[...]
6 יכון [...]
7 כת[...]
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Fragment of a legal document. Settlement of a dispute. Mentions Sunday, a weekly payment of 4 dirhams, and "we have forgiven each other." (Information in …
Dissolution of ṣarraflık partnership. Location: Cairo. Dated: 14 Nisan 5576 AM = 12 April 1816 CE. Between Yosef Romano and Nissīm Ḥāmī. Witnessed by Yaʿaqov …
List of the names of the masters of wind, rain, and fire who have dominion in the four seasons of the year, presumably useful for …
Fragment of a poem praising the Nagid, whose name is only hinted at. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Probably a leaf from a court ledger, in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). There are multiple records here. both on recto …
Letter from a certain Aharon to Eliyyahu the Judge about a lack of success of a collection made for himself. (Information from Goitein's index card.)
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. "The total. . . drugs and silk. . ."
Recto: Letter opening, fragmentary, in Hebrew in which the writer praises the recipient. Some faint Arabic text is preserved in the top margin; the names …
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Shelomo Barūkh to Meʾīr Ben-Naʿim. Dated: 20 Av 5560 AM (August 1800 CE). Locations: the letter was sent from Dimyat …
בע׳׳ה היום ב׳ כ׳ מנחם ש׳(ת)ק׳ס
הודינו והדרינו ועטרת תפארת לראשינו ה׳׳ה היקר
נבון וחכם כמה׳׳ר נר׳׳ו
אחדש׳׳ו בעד תקבל איאדיכם אלכוראם מעא…
Informal note addressed to Abū l-Fakhr. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports that he met with Abū l-Mufaḍḍal al-Ṭībī. There are two people who are afraid …
Order of payment in which Abū l-Faraj is instructed to pay 15 dirhams to the bearer, who is a plasterer (jabbās). The sum is also …
Bifolio with Hebrew piyyuṭ. One of the four pages contains jotted accounts in Arabic mentioning 5 dinars and 3 raṭls.
Fragment (lower right corner) of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, conveying concern for the addressee, distress and anxiety of the writer, mentioning someone's arrival in and …
Legal document or letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya. First-person narrative. Mentions a sick woman and not knowing something.
Legal document / ownership note for a codex of the Torah. Location: Baghdad. Dated: Friday, 13 Iyyar 1360 Seleucid, which is 1049 CE. In Judaeo-Arabic …
Bottom part of a letter from the cantor Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham ha-Levi. In Hebrew. Dating: 12th century? Conveying gratitude to many people by name. See …
Letter of condolence in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew to a certain Abū l-Ḥasan al-Mubārak b. [ʿIyad?]. On the death of a woman in his family (אלאשה …
Letter fragment (right half of recto, left half of verso) from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. It is primarily …
Recto: document listing various items of clothing and textiles, including Tinnīsī and Sicilian ones, and their values. Verso: phrases from a legal document mentioning [...] …
Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower right corner). Asking a dignitary for help on behalf of a group of people, by loaning them money or …
Business letter from Mufaḍḍal al-Kohen to Abū l-Banīn. In Arabic script. The sender apologizes for his delay. He has sent camphor candles (shamʿ kāfūrī, also …
Legal document from the high court (al-Bāb al-ʿĀlī) in Cairo. In Arabic script. Dated: 28 Dhū l-Qaʿda 1122 AH = 18 January 1711 CE. Judge: …
Three lines of Arabic in a neat black grid.
Recto: pen trials and drafts of letters in Judaeo-Arabic, Hebrew and Arabic. Verso: illegibly rubbed, faded and stained Arabic and jottings in Hebrew script. (Information …
Calendar. In Hebrew. For the years 5316 AM (=1555 CE) onward.
Legal query, possibly a draft, in Judaeo-Arabic. There is text at multiple angles, including faint text underlying the text that can be seen on the …
Order to a pastry chef: "To the elder Abī Saʿd, may God preserve him: please take two copper coins as a deposit, and give the …
Legal formulary. Late. Among the types of formulaic documents mentioned there are: (T-S AS 207.21 1r) [copy of ...] the bill of divorce from the …
Arabic poetry.
Letter from Natan b. Nahray from Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat.
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Recto (probably secondary use): Dowry list for the marriage of Kathīr b. Shelomo and Nāshiya bt. David. Total: 200 dinars.
Letter from Moshe Maimonides to Abū l-Munā. Autograph. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on the years when Maimonides was active in Egypt. Abū …
Bifolio containing an index of piyyuṭim in boxes on three of the four pages. One of the boxes also contains the name Avraham Abū l-Khayr …
Announcement of a threat of excommunication (ḥerem stam) against anyone in Fustat or Cairo or their environs who knows the whereabouts of Abū l-ʿAlā b. …
Ketubba fragment (right lower corner). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Groom: Yefet ha-Zaqen b. [...] ba-Ḥavura. Witnesses: Peraḥya b. Araḥ; Yefet b. Ṣadaqa. …
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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Document in Arabic, naskhī script. Possibly a letter or official report. 7 lines are preserved, along with several more lines angled in the margin. Difficult …
Letter addressed to Sālim b. Yaḥyā. Yemeni. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 19th century. Needs examination.
Fragment of a commentary on Beshalaḥ in Hebrew and Ladino, it seems signed by Yaʿaqov Frances.