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Informal note of the court, likely in the hand of Natan b. Shemuel. In Judaeo-Arabic. Asking the addressee to write out the will that has …
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Reused for business accounts on verso in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef (according to Goitein's notes). The letter is written in …
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Legal testimony. In Judaeo-Arabic. Reporting on a dispute that happened in the Kanīsat al-Shāmiyyīn on Monday the 20th of Shevaṭ at the Minḥa prayer. Reporting …
Bifolium from a fiscal account ledger. One of the four pages is headed "makhzūma." Needs examination.
Legal document, fragment. Only the ending is preserved. One of the parties is named Abū ʿImrān al-Kohen.
Letter from a son to a father. Same writer and recipient as T-S 10J7.3 and T-S 13J21.13 (addressed to Minyat al-Qa'id) and Stras. 4110/90 (see …
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very deferential. Likely a draft or formulary, since there are several abbreviations used.
Letter from a woman, referring to a previous conversation during which the addressee had pointed out that the writer was owed money by a third …
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Tax receipt, Fatimid. Blank verso. Perforated for binding. For the capitation tax of Hiba b. Yūsuf; same dossier as ENA 3936.3, T-S Misc.24.38.1–3, T-S AS …
Letter from Avraham b. Yaʿish, in Constantinople/Istanbul. Dating: Probably Ottoman era; Avraham David suggests 16th century. He refers numerous times to the holy congregation(s) and …
Recto (secondary use): Partnership agreement. In Judaeo-Arabic. Very damaged. The partners are Abū l-Faḍl and Avraham. On top of the Judaeo-Arabic text there are also …
Letter from Ṣāliḥ b. Dā'ūd, in Tinnīs, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1055 CE. Regarding the debt and goods belonging to the …
כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי ורייסי אטאל אללה בקאך וא[דאם] עזך
ותאיידך וסלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמתך מן תניס ל[ ] כלון [מן]
אדר ערפך אללה ברכתה וימנה וער…
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Recto: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Rabbenu Meshullam, congratulating him on the holidays, and it seems begging for help with travel expenses. The …
Verso: Memorial list in the hand of ʿEli b. ʿAmram, who was the head of the Palestinian congregation in Fustat 1055–66, but apparently already active …
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Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38). Concerning a financial settlement, mentioning various sums of money: 26 Malikī dinars (used in Yemen) …
List of names, the context is unclear. On verso passage from Passover Haggadah. AA Dating: 13th century
Karaite betrothal document. Date: 17 Tammuz 5519 AM (1759 CE). Location: Cairo. The previously married bride is Hana bt. Yeshūʿa b. Yosef and the groom …
Letter (khidma) in Judaeo-Arabic, complete, handwriting resembles that of Berakhot b. Shemuel. He begs for a small loan in preparation for the upcoming holiday. See …
Minute fragment from a end of a letter
Drawing of a model for woodwork. Perhaps for a panel for an ark (?). (Information from Goitein’s index card)
Legal document. Fragment (bottom part only). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: 1435 Seleucid, which is 1123/24 CE. None of the substance of …
Late legal document, regarding provisions. A person called Makhlūf is taking an oath. Location: Marrakesh (מראכש). Dated: 28 Tammuz (5)561 (לצאתם) AM = 9 July …
Legal document. A small fragment, written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138 CE), regarding a settlement between a couple, probably after their divorce (a …
Bifolios from an account ledger. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the handwriting of a prolific scribe (previously misidentified as ʿArūs b. Yosef). Dating: Probably 11th or early …
Beginning of a ketubba.Location: Fusṭāṭ. Bride: Sitt al-Milāḥ bt. Moshe, a widow. Groom: Sason. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100-1138 CE), and …
Cryptic document in Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly a letter or fragments of two letters. Discusses liturgy and the reading of the Torah. Mentions asking R. Seʿadya b. …
Poetry, mostly in Judaeo-Arabic, with some Hebrew.
Fragment of a legal document.
Receipt for 1/3 dinar for the capitation tax of Yaʿqūb b. Isḥāq al-Yahūdī in al-Maḥalla for the year 520 AH = 1126/27 CE. Begins "tadhkira …
Letter from a certain Asad to a certain Avraham. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 13th century. He conveys his longing (including kissing the addressee's …
Legal document. Perhaps a partnership agreement (an najlis jamīʿan fī dukkān... wa-yataṣarraf fī l-dukkān bi-maḥḍar...). Names mentioned are Natan b. Ṣadaqa ha-Zaqen ha-Ḥasid and [...] …
Letter in elegant Arabic script and style. The continuation seems to be praising the eloquence of the addressee, and it cites two lines of poetry …
Informal note addressed to "Rabbenu" asking him to pay Abū l-Faḍl the maintenance payments (mezonot) for the Shabbat of parshat Toldot.
Recto: Unidentified text in Arabic script: اذا كان الامرعلى ما ذكرته . . . . والحمد لله تبارك وتعالى وقال . . . . At …
Legal document in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (upper left corner). Dating: Probably 1100–27 CE (based on the absence …
On recto there is an unidentified document in Arabic script. On verso there are masoretic notes followed by 2 lines in Judaeo-Persian: בוד פא אכיר …
Official Ottoman-era accounts concerning the produce of the city of Lajjūn (qāʾima mubāraka in shāʾ allāh taʿālā bi-muqāsamat al-ghilāl al-mawjūda bi-madīnat al-Lajjūn al-makhdūma(?) al-dīwān al-saʿīd …
Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 14th–15th century. The sender tells the addressee not to sell the house in Gaza. Greetings to R. Yosef and …
Small fragment from the top of a ketubba.
A letter in stylishly rhyming Judaeo-Arabic addressed to Abu Sahl and his three sons, Abu l-Mansur, Barakat, and the boy Abu l-Fadl. The writer is …
Draft of a late family letter in Judaeo-Arabic.
Late business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions R. Shemuel Būnyāl (l. 10, main body). In line 12 there's mention of "fearing what occurred[?] with the money …
Letter written on behalf of and signed by the Gaʾon Sar Shalom b. Moshe ha-Levi ("Head of the Yeshiva of Ereṣ ha-Ṣevi"). In Hebrew. Dating: …
Arabic text, literary.
End of a letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi, probably to one of his brothers. Comprising greetings to various acquaintances. Mentioned are …
Verso: Letter of appeal for assistance in Hebrew. High register, partly rhymed. Addressed to a notable. May be a draft. Recto seems to be a …
Bifolio containing draft(s) of letter(s) in Judaeo-Arabic and some Arabic script. Late.
Colophon written by the teacher (melammed) Hillel b. Perahya. Location: Damascus. Dated: 25 Kislev 5036 AM = 15 December 1275 CE.
Recto (secondary use): Accounts on building repairs in a boy's script. Superscribed Abū Saʿd. (Information from Goitein's index card.)
Fragment from the middle section of a letter about business affairs. Mentions the name Nuṣayr and the figure 2,000. The sender seems upset. (Information in …