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Literary text; on recto there is a fragment from a letter (or rather colophon?). Dated: 1 Tammuz 4870 AM = 1421 Seleucid = 21 June …
No Scholarship Records
Fragment of a letter, probably from a son to his father in Fusṭāṭ. Probably from ʿEli b. Hillel to his father Hillel b. ʿEli. He …
Letter from Shimʿon b. Shaʾul b. Yisraʾel ha-Ṭulayṭulī, in Jerusalem, to his sister Ballūṭa in Toledo. Dated at the last line: the month of Marḥeshvan …
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Account of the Qodesh: revenue from rent, ca. probably 1043. This record written by Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya still refers to "the four months" …
In Thy Name, oh Merciful! The list of what was collected of the arrears:
Suhayl, 4 months, 40 dir.
The sister of Sahlān, 3 (months), 15…
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Possibly an account - needs examination.
Letter to Abū Saʿd Yaḥyā b. ʿEzra from his cousin (ibn ʿamm). In Judaeo-Arabic. Reminding the addressee that al-Ḥemdat had sent with him אלדרקה (probably …
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Cryptic fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Seems literary.
Small fragment of a state document, likely a decree: ـد من فتى مولانا وسيدنا الا[مر(؟) Reused for a Judaeo-Arabic text discussing principles of Jewish conduct …
Verso: Minute fragment of accounts in Arabic script. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides. Concerning the estate of a deceased man and a transaction carried out by his widow. Information from Baker/Polliack catalog.
Hebrew letter consisting almost entirely of a panegyric poem, written by the cantor Aharon b. Efrayim for a man named Shelomo. (Information from Bareket, Shafrir …
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Recto, right side: Account of expenditures in Dammuh (ca. 1182-3) by Sayyid al-Ahl, consisting of a list of disbursements made at the plantation in Dammuh …
Record, as dictated by al-Shaykh Sayyid al-Ahl b. al- ....
of expenditures made by him on the account of the plantation at Da…
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Letter fragment addressed to [...] b. Ṣadaqa al-Maghribī, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Dating: likely 11th century. The writer sends …
Legal fragment in the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Saʿadya, mentioning Ḥananel ‘the youth’ and someone else "[ha-nadiv] ve-ha-shavaʿ R. A[...]." (Information in part …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Fragment from near the top of an official report or petition, mentioning the storehouses of the sugar refineries: ". . . ṣalawāt Allāh ʿalā mālikih …
6 leaves containing Geonic responsa on Sukka followed by a long responsum about giving a herd of sheeps to a shepherd on Shabbat. The first …
Legal. Engagement (shiddukhin) contract. Dating: No earlier than 1703 CE, based on the mention of the coin (zer-i) maḥbūb (which was first minted in this …
Draft of the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with respectful greetings for the addressee named David, possibly David I b. Avraham Maimonides. At any …
Letter in Arabic script, probably a private letter of appeal for charity or assistance.
Letter in Ladino. Quite faded. Mentions Egypt or Fustat/Cairo (מצרים). Currency mentioned: probably grossi (גורוש, pl. גורושוש). The writer says "for the love of God" …
Small fragment from a letter addressed to a dignitary (תפ]ארת השרים [...]ת הנשיאות]). Seems to be in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Only a …
Prayer, probably. In Arabic script.
Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee, one Ibrāhīm, had asked the writer to copy out the "ṣadr" (in context probably meaning "protocol") of the letter …
Late list of wealthy contributors, about 30 per week (Information from Goitein index cards.) Verso: There are also several lines of Arabic script. Dating: probably …
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Folio from a volume of responsa in the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi (ca. 1181–1209). The first query concerns a widow and …
Legal document mentioning a bridal gift and the name Abū l-Faḍl. (Information from CUDL)
Fragment of a shipment record by Yosef b. Musa al-Tāhartī. Around 1045. Mentions the goods that Yosef wrote about in his letter to Ya’aqov b. …
רב סלם ברחמתך רזמה פיהא פרו [לב]רהון כן צאלח נע טו פרו וה רזם ה[י]
לעקבאן בן יחיי עוץ מא לברהון ברזמתה ל[ ]
ודאוד בן נחום סבעה רזם לאסין …
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Letter from the members of the Jerusalem academy to Yiṣḥaq Sholal (d. 1524). (Information from Avraham David via FGP.)
Court record. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: last decade of Tishrei 1475 Seleucid = September 1163 CE, under the authority of the Gaʾon Netanʾel ha-Levi (the …
Accounts in Ladino and Judaeo-Arabic that express figures in western Arabic numerals. Dated 19 Kislev [54]97 or less likely 55[97]– so 1736CE or 1836CE. Some …
Karaite ketubah from Cairo. Date: 26 Sivan 5580 AM (1820 CE). The groom is Shlomo b. Avraham. The previously unmarried bride (batūla) is Esther known …
Letter consisting entirely of blessings for a distinguished addressee. The beginning and the ending are in elegant Arabic script. In between, there are blessings in …
Small fragment of an Abū Zikrī Kohen cheque, mentioning the quantity three ounces. Remnants of an earlier Arabic-script document on verso.
Fatimid state document, fragment, probably an investiture. The document is written in the dual, addressed to two officials: "Hurry up with it and report what …
]العمال للنائب عليها خطوط المشارفين
]فبادرا بذلك وطالعا بما يتضح لكما مبينا ليتأمل
]ويكون العمل بحسبه
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Verso: Bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions [...] Ibn al-Urjuwānī. Otherwise very damaged and difficult to read. Recto: Account in Judaeo-Arabic headed "the end …
Lists in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew of donations collected before various Shabbatot dated in the year 5596 which is 1835/1836CE. Each list is designated by specific …
A legal deed. No image. Data according to Mosseri Catalogue. AA
Copy of three court records concerning a dispute over a wall between two houses. The latest one is dated to Nisan 1413 Sel. (March 1102 …
Letter from one community (of Jerusalem?) to another (of Fustat?). In Hebrew. Dating: likely 11th century. There is a long introduction with biblical verses and …
Fragment from the top of a ketubah, from the month of Elul. The bride is Jamila d. Yosef. AA
Note in a Spanish hand concerning payments and mentioning a substance zanjfur (vermilion) and Abū l-Faraj. (Information from CUDL)
Community accounts. 13 pages. Late- 19th or 20th century.
Possibly literary. There are some words boxed on verso.
Fragment of a letter in the hand of Elḥanan b. Shemarya in which he states that Ḥasan b. Saʿdān b. Aṣbagh met the late Caliph …
Accounts, mentioning sums of money and dates. (Information from CUDL)