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A partial manuscript of the Latter Prophets, commissioned by Babshād b. David, a known qaraite dignitary in early 11th century Fusṭāṭ. His son David, also …
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Declaration of a patronage relationship? After quoting Isaiah 50:7, several lines of eloquent prose in artfully arranged lines, starting with, "I am your slave, never …
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Legal formularies and instructions. Fragment; small strip of parchment.
No Scholarship Records
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Mentions Nahray and Abūn.
Letter from Avraham b. Farrāḥ (Gil, on the basis of handwriting) from Alexandria to an unknown recipient, ca. 1055. Mentions various wares – raisins, clothes, …
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Possibly part of a letter or jotted note - needs examination.
Letter to ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Sabbāk (the smelter). In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Containing mainly greetings to numerous people. Dating: ca. 14th–16th century.
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Possibly a fragment of a writ of appointment in Hebrew (FGP). Excerpts: בך בחרתי והסכמתי ממרו[. . . .] להור[ות] בתורת סיומי ולהבינם [. . …
Magical recipes for health, for sleep, to make peace between a man and his wife, to abort a dead fetus, to expel a stuck placenta, …
Accounts. In Arabic script and Coptic numerals.
List of expenses regarding building according to date? ENA 4047.4 is related.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Quite damaged. Some excerpts: "By the Law! ... From the day that he traveled until now... he married a woman in ʿAkkā... …
Fragment of a partnership agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38). No names preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)
Minute fragment, from the bottom of a legal deed. Only partial signatures are preserved one of those is [... ba]r Perahya Hakohen. AA
Recto: list or accounts. Verso: jottings in Hebrew and Aramaic. (Information from CUDL)
Accounts. Many names are mentioned.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen? Dating: 12th century. Mentions people such as Abū l-Qāsim, al-Neʾeman, al-Ḥemdat and Shemuel al-Ṣiqillī. Mentions commodities such …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 13th century. Addressed to Meir "the great Prince." Trying to arrange a meeting in Fustat. On verso the name Abū …
Letter fragment from Ṭoviya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. The carrier of the note is an in-law. The writer's handwriting is …
Letter addressed to Abu al-Ḥasan Yedutun ha-Levi asking for help to collect money owed the writer by his brother so he can open a store …
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Fatimid state document. Report to al-Malik al-Afḍal from al-thaghr al-maḥrūs (probably Tyre). Ca. 1108 CE. Related fragments are as follows (the clusters are defined based …
Marriage contract. Five lines from the middle are preserved: only detail that survives is the gift of a 1/4 dār to the bride. [RR]
Legal document, in Arabic script. A rental agreement regarding a property in Fusṭāṭ between Bū l-Faraj al-Ḥanīzī (?) and Bū Naṣr b. Khalaf al-Isrāʾīlī. The …
Document in Arabic script. Quite damaged. Needs examination.
Literary fragments in Arabic.
List of names and amounts of money. Rudimentary hand. Mentions Sulaymān and Ṣedaqa
Accounts with Arabic numerals. (Information from CUDL)
Biblical text in Arabic translation. Needs further examination.
Account book in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated in multiple locations to the early 18th century, for example שנת הנה ישעך בא (=463=1703). There may also be dates …
Account of building operations ca. 1216. Expenditures for construction materials and labor, as recorded in the course of several days. The work is done at …
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Two bifolios of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and in Arabic script. Partially written in red ink and with large letters. The Arabic script may be an …
Recto: verses in Arabic expressing the book owner’s intention to not lend his copy to anybody without making a written note of it. The first …
Record of the auction of the library of the late al-Shaykh al-Sadīd Abū Saʿd al-Ṭabīb. The proceeds are at least in part for the widow. …
Letter mentioning Abū Saʿīd Ibn ʿAwkal. The first part of the letter is missing. The writer is in Fustat and writes about debt collection. (Information …
سرعة دفع اليّ الشيخ ابو سعيد بن عوكل رقعتين الواحدة تتعلق بالعلاقة الذي
عند الرجل الذي في درب الوحل وقد امتثلت مرسومه ومضيت الى عنده فقالي …
Account ledger in a mixture of Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic (and Greek/Coptic numerals). Fol. 1r: Mentions two lumps of gold (faṣṣayn dhahab). One entry reads "the …
Upper fragment: Bifolio of accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Recto, left side: Mentions paying a bribe for coral (וכנת וזנת עלי אלמרגן …
Fragment of a list of donors similar to App. C 1, T-S Misc.36.137 (formerly T-S Loan 137) in the same hand and arrangement, in which …
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic on business matters. Dating: 18th or 19th century.
List of signatures—a Who's Who of the early 13th century. Names include: Shelomo b. Eliyya, Avraham b. Moshe (=Avraham Maimonides), Yeḥiʾel b. Elyaqim, Ḥananʾel b. …
Legal document: Qaraite ketubba from Ramla, part only. Yaʿaqov b. David al-Shulḥanī (groom) and Sayyida bat Wahb al-ʿArḍī (bride). Location: Ramla. Dated: Wednesday, 10 Elul …
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List of Greek/Coptic alphanumerals, perhaps calculations or a writing exercise. Medieval-era.
List of names from different families, probably a memorial list. E.g., bayt al-Rav (Shemuʾel, his son Yiṣḥaq, his son Yosef, and his son or brother …
Verso: List of names in Arabic script. Alms distribution list? E.g., Elʿazar, Abū Yaʿqūb, Abū Sahl, Dāʾūd Ibn al-ʿAjamī, a woman from Alexandria, and Mūsā.
Letter addressed to Abū Manṣūr b. Yefet ha-Kohen Ibn Qasāsa with orders for scammony (maḥmūda) and camphor. Verso mentions Abu l-Ḥusayn and/or Abū l-Ḥasan, the …
Letter from the judge Avraham b. Shabbetay of Minyat Zifta (active ca. 1091–1135 CE) to an unidentified addressee. In Hebrew. Fragment (left side of recto). …