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Signature practice in at least two different scribal hands. Names mentioned in the signatures include: Yeshuʿa b. Yiṣḥaq Barhūn and David b. Saʿadya Jabbān(?) (גבאן). …
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Unidentified text in Judaeo-Arabic. Discussing theological matters. Might be literary, but not necessarily.
Letter or legal query/responsum. Fragment. In Hebrew. Late. Concerning a theft or somebody accused of a theft.
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Nativity horoscope for Hibatallāh b. Abū l-Faḍāʾīl. In Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic. Cf. Goldstein, "Horoscopes from the Cairo Geniza."
Small fragments from a striking letter addressed to [Shemarya] b. Elḥanan.
Shelomo b. Eliyyahu writes to a relative (his father-in-law Abū l-Faraj?) complaining about the behavior of Abū l-Barakāt (Sitt Ghazāl’s paternal uncle and Shelomo’s first …
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Medical prescription for a linctus containing opium. (Information from Goitein's index card and CUDL)
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Legal document mentioning a ketubba. (Information from CUDL)
Two court entries in the handwriting of Mevorakh b. Natan b. Shemuel ha-Ḥaver, unclear if they are related. Above, the court orders Abū l-Faraj Ibn …
Ketubba, small fragment. The hand may be known. Looks 13th century.
List of angels that are likely to intervene in particular circumstances. (Information from CUDL.)
Unidentified text in Arabic script. Very faded. On verso: "perush qedoshim of Rabbenu Ḥananel (ZL)"
Marriage-related document. Parts of two lines are preserved. The bride named Sitt al-Fakhr and her mother, Natir, is giving her a gift.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to a certain dignitary named Shemuel, who has a son named Yosef. It opens with a poem. The story conveyed in the …
Document of release concerning the estate of Berakhot ha-Levi’s deceased wife Ghāliya, mentioning Farjiyya the mother of Gh[āliya] and the daughter of her sister specifically. …
Long vertical strip containing a distribution list in Judaeo-Arabic (and part of a single word in Arabic on verso). Mentions Sayyidnā; Yosef Shomer; Shammas; an …
Legal notes (heading only) for the prenuptial agreement for the marriage (milāk) of [...] bt. Maʿālī and Mūsā the brother of al-Sh[...]. Written by Halfon …
Verso: Fragment of an Arabic state document. Reused on recto for Hebrew literary text.
Monetary agreement between a newly married couple. Yehuda b. Simha married Sarah d. Elzafan, and her father took upon himself to pay her dowry in …
Piyyutim with four lines in Arabic script afterward. Possibly poetry (anā l-gharīb alladhī. . .)
Literary text. Mentions 'nisāʾ' and 'zawjatuhu'.
Nearly complete letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Abū l-Ḥusayn Ṣedaqa b. Nissim al-Mukallifī (אלמכלפי ?) in Alexandria. The letter is written on a fragment torn from …
Legal document or possibly a letter. In Hebrew. Dating: late, ca. 16th–18th century. Mentions Shemuʾel Pali[...] (שמואל פאלי....); "the polisa, that is to say the …
Small fragment of accounts.
Part of a ketubba for [...] bt. Nuṣayr (נציר) and an unnamed groom. Date and location not preserved. Witnessed by Natan b. Yeshuʿa ha-Levi, ʿAmram …
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Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Involves a settlement related to an inheritance divided into three shares; one of …
Small fragment of a letter. Containing greetings "to you and to your family (ahl baytak)."
Two leaves of badly damaged accounts, some of which may be charitable/communal. Late, but probably pre-16th-century based on the paleography. The heading on the right …
Bill of proxy from the leaders of Tiberias, probably a direct or indirect join with Moss. X,122.1 (PGPID 27221). A vast array of signatures are …
Part of a ketubba for Sitt al-Sharaf (סת אלשרף). The part preserved here consists mainly of the dowry list. (Information in part from CUDL.) Join: …
Legal document written under the authority of the Nasi Daniel, dated [13]75 Seleucid era (= 1063/64 CE); mentioning Abū Naṣr. Location: Fusṭāṭ. (Information in part …
Mercantile accounts in Arabic script. One of the entries refers to "four bowls of western make" (اربع صحون عمل الغرب).
Bifolios of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Late. Mentions Abū l-Khayr and several names of Muslims.
Bifolio of mercantile accounts in the hand of Nahray b. Nissim. Dated: 445 AH, which is 1053/54 CE. (Information from Goitein's index card.)
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
End of a fragment, contains only the name of Perahya. The nature of this fragment is unclear and could be an address on a letter …
Small fragment from a marriage document of a freedwoman named Nāshiya (likely the same as in T-S 8J12.2 (PGPID 1882)). A few words from her …
Accounts in Hebrew script. In Judaeo-Persian? Dating: Late, probably 18th or 19th century.
Letter from Yoshiyyahu Gaon. Dating: probably 1024 CE. Describing the imposition by the Muslim authorities of a special, heavy tax on the Jews of Jerusalem. …
Letter from Avraham b. David Ibn Sughmār (according to Gil), in Fustat, to the Nagid Yaʿaqov b. ʿAmram, in Qayrawān. Dating: Probably spring or summer …
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Part of a letter. (Information from CUDL)
Recto: Magical instructions in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: A page of magical letters encompassed by an ouroboros. (Information in part from Goitein's index card)
Secondary use: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, scattered throughout the remainder of the fragment. Late. The calligraphic practice on the verso includes the signatures of multiple members …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: After 1425 CE, as the ashrafī currency is used.
Either a letter describing a legal issue, or a legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions terms such as iʿtiqāl (arrest) and tarsīm (usually payment for house …
Verso: Letter or legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary (upper left corner). Possibly about business. Reports a dialogue and mentions "what he did with the daftar" …
Small fragment of accounts in Hebrew script with Hebrew numerals.
Letter/petition of appeal for assistance written in a combination of Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, and Arabic. (The Arabic is notable for the use of an ihmāl sign …