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Attestation written by Ṭalāʾīʿ b. Ṣāliḥ b. Yaḥyā in the name of Yārūkh (or possibly Bārūkh) b. Jawshan and mentioning the eastern neighborhood (al-ḥāra al-sharqiyya) …
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Letter from Zekharya b. Ya’aqov b. al-Shama, from Tripoli (Libya), to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Early August 1062. The writer complains about the accusations against …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
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Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif to one of his brothers. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). Very faded. Mentions sending something with 'al-zaqen.' …
Bill of settlement (taṣāduq). In Arabic script. Dated: 15 Dhū l-Qaʿda 924 AH, which is 1518 CE. Principal protagonists are Mīkhā'īl b. Isḥāq b. Abī …
Two fragments of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Recounting various stages of a dispute involving a borrowed book or ledger (daftar). Mentions what transpired one night …
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Marriage document. Groom: [...] b. Yefet, probably. Bride: Qā'ida bt. [...]. Signed by: Yefet b. David ha-Ḥazzan; Yeshuʿa b. Yosef; Yosef b. Yefet; Zekharya b. …
Fragment of a letter to a notable. In Hebrew. Mentioning good news for the addressee, and the king. Might be a letter of congratulations on …
Part of a deed of indemnity. Location: Fustat. Dated: Thursday, 26 Kislev 1338 Seleucid, which is 1026 CE. In which Thābit b. ʿEli b. Yeshuʿa …
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Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE), mentioning Shela ha-Levi the elder. Uncharacteristically, there is also text on verso, which …
Bifolium of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, including for the years 1760–62 CE (1174–75 Hijri).
Late legal document in Hebrew regarding a partnership (one of the partners is named Faraj). It refers to the quppah of the synagogue of the …
Book list in Judaeo-Arabic. Very extensive (3 bifolia).
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Document (a): Book list. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 13th century, as it mentions the Mishneh Torah and Guide for the Perplexed.
Bifolio of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Probably private business accounts.
Recto (secondary use): order of payment for the salary of the judge Yaʿaqov b. Yosef ha-Kohen for January 1165. Verso (original use) contains a ḥikr …
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Medical (or magical?) prescription. Late. In Judaeo-Arabic. "To release the 'bound' (al-marbūṭ)."
Petition, or official-looking letter. In Arabic script. Fragments of four lines are preserved. Mentions "the place... the slave has been there for several years... the …
Much damaged and faded, might be from a court record, but the identification is uncertain.
very damaged fragments of a legal deed
Letter from Yosef b. Yiṣḥaq. In Hebrew and Aramaic. Perhaps a responsum. The text seems to be entirely a discussion of talmudic matters, including condolences.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mostly crossed out. Mentioning people such as the scribe's father, Ibn al-Wajīh, and Abū Naṣr. Mentioning goods such as saffron and a …
Literary text, in Arabic script. Mentions Sassanian Kings "mulūk Fāris" and Jupiter "Mushtarī".
Fragment of a legal deed, with the first few lines missing. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Monday, 22 Adar II 5456 AM = 26 March …
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Fragment from a Karaite betrothal deed, preserving only the introductory lines with biblical quotations. Ca. late 10th or early 11th century. (Information from CUDL)
Left fragment: small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138), under the authority of the Gaʾon Maṣliaḥ …
Letter or note in Arabic script, fragmentary and faded, difficult to read. Seems to mention an Ibn Salama (l. 1). Also seems to contain a …
Account related to a certain Abū Saʿīd, a shop (dukkān) and grain. Amounts of one dirham and a half dirham. Verso contains a Hebrew-script legal …
Fragment of a beautifully written ketubba. Groom: Netanʾel. Bride: Mubāraka. The trousseau list appears to be written in rhymed Hebrew. The sum 250 dinars is …
Small fragment, literary
Document or notes in Arabic script. Perhaps a draft of a letter or petition. Needs examination. On the other side there is Hebrew literary text. …
Small, official-looking receipt for a sum of wariq dirhams for Bū l-Fakhr b. Yūsuf in Fustat. The trigger term might be افرد but needs further …
Literary discussion of some kind.
Recto: Letter from communal leaders, in Alexandria, to the judge Shemuel, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Unclear; likely early 13th century, based on handwriting and …
List of parshiyot and dates in a calligraphic hand with artistic markings.
Commentary on the haftarot. In Ladino.
Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100-1138 CE). Involves Yeshuʿa and [...] b. Natan.
Arabic script (VMR)
Probably prognostications. In Arabic script. Each side begins "idhā...." Verso ends "wa-llāhu aʿlam." The content is difficult to read but refers to winds, storms, ships, …
Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: 4 Shawwāl 763 AH = 27 July 1362 CE. A woman named Jamīla has an eye disease and contracts …
Literary - Hebrew words listed in alphabetical tables. Reused for Hebrew poetry, possibly a panegyric.
Document in Arabic script, probably accounts. Dating: Probably late. The number ۹۳۴ appears in the lower entry on the verso, which would be a feasible …
Shelomo b. Eliyyahu writes to a notable, "I was told that you have made a marriage contract (ṣadāq) for your daughter at a Muslim court. …
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List of contributors and/or recipients of alms. On a small bifolio. Divided by neighborhoods of Fustat (e.g. al-Maṣāṣa, Mahra and Qaṣr al-Shamʿ). Many names are …
Document in Arabic script. Narrow vertical strip.
Letter from Abū l-Faraj the father-in-law of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his son-in-law Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. In Judaeo-Arabic. Admonishing him to treat his young wife, …
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Official-looking document in Arabic script ("min jumlat al-wuṣūl al-[...]"). Needs examination.
Legal record (#60) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 16r of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 60-62) Folio 16r