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Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions dinars, writing a book(?) for Abū l-Surūr; the details (? nuqūṭ) of someone's wedding;
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12 pages from a Judaeo-Arabic medical treatise.
Fragment of a private letter, sending regards to a certain man and his son Yosef.
List in Judaeo-Arabic with Hebrew alphanumerals. 16th-century or later based on the paleography.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Pen trials, including "I, Shelomo b. Eliyya."
Dated inscription of an owner's name in a book ('if the book gets lost, and you don't know who owns it, return it to me'). …
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Fragment of a document of sale in which Nahray b. Nissim, the well-known banker and communal lender (d. 1096), buys from his brother-in-law and the …
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Marriage contract (ketubba), fragment. Includes a portion of a dowry list. Signed: Ḥalfon b. Mevasser; Elʿazar ha-Mumḥe; Mevorakh b. Avraham. On verso there are a …
Poems, evidently pages from a collection, beginning with the final section of Avraham ibn Ezra's 'Aha yarad,' the lament over the communities of Spain and …
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Memorial list? the names of "the family of Israel's princes" mentioing Yishaq ha-sar ha-levi, Simha, Yishaq and (another?) Simha who passed away Halakhic work on …
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 …
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Mysterious fragment with several different sorts of jottings, including: 1) In Hebrew: "When the great king (Mehmet II) who conquered Constantinople died (in 1482), and …
Fragment of a court register. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Entries on verso include (a) a marriage agreement between Namer …
Poetry composed in honor of the head of the yeshiva of Mata Meḥasaya (vocalized thus), i.e., Sura. In a scribal hand, presumably part of a …
Colophon of Eliyyahu b. Aharon b. Yoshiyyahu, grandson of Yoshiyyahu Av Bet Din, writing his name and the year (4800 AM) at the end of …
Multi-fragment, with at least two pieces of paper fused together. Some of the text on the verso may be documentary in nature.
Letter (draft) mentioning Abba, Abraham, and Shemuʾel Ibn Sid. In Hebrew. Dating: 16th or 17th century. Sent by Yehoshuaʿ [...]. Postscript by Avraham Shaʾul (this …
Khan, Qaṣr Ibrīm, doc. 51
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Capitation tax receipt for Ṣadaqa b. Bū l-Ḥasan(?) the Jew. Contains registration marks.
Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides. Written in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, whose name appears on verso along with Yeḥezqel and Yeḥiʾel b. …
Draft of a deed of sale for a house. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1483 Seleucid = 1171/72 CE, under the authority of "ha-Rav ha-Gadol be-Yisraʾel" (probably …
Recto: Mathematical table of the powers of 2 through 2^15 = 32768, all in Hebrew numerals. Verso: Ladino ditty signed by Moshe Ḥaddād, which reads …
Legal document, probably a summary of case proceedings. The document is entitled, maḥḍaratayn. The case involves at least one government official, a mutawallī of a …
Order of payment from Muḥammad b. [...] b. [...] to Abū l-Mufaḍḍal, instructing him to pay the bearer 3 dinars and a third and a …
Tiny fragment in Judaeo-Arabic.
Letter sent by a young weaver to a woman, probably his aunt, reporting that he is looking for a place to stay and for work. …
Letter addressed to Abū l-Faraj and Abū l-Ḥasan. In Judaeo-Arabic, with extremely rudimentary spelling and and handwriting (e.g. אכדיל אלכום for ادخل اليكم). This is …
Responsum in the hand of Yosef rosh ha-seder? Very torn.
Accounts in Arabic script. Late.
Settlement of account concerning Fāṭimah, wife of Ṭūghān. [On the paper wrapper: "Tugan" ; on a separate small piece of paper : " Important" ; …
Memorial lists, mentioning Netanʾel ha-Levi and [Abū] l-Ḥasan Ibn al-Fāḍil b. [...]. Mainly in Hebrew, with some Arabic (in Arabic script) interspersed. (Information mainly from …
Writing exercises in Arabic by a student that was in the earliest stages of literacy acquisition. The instructor provided common names in model handwriting for …
Inventory of jewelry and clothing, containing 62 items in no order and without prices. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Letter, first part, flowery, from the Qaraite community of Egypt to that of Damascus. Mentions specifically Moshe Melammed Fayrūz, Binyamin Nasi, and Eliyyahu Nasi. Dating: …
Legal document, small fragment. Involves [...] b. Yūsuf and a certain Faraj. Signed by Yefet b. Yesh[aʿya?]
Legal deed (iqrār). In which Maymūn b. Yūsuf b. Ibrāhīm al-Yahūdī (perhaps the same as in T-S AS 147.122?), whose physical features (ḥilya) are described, …
Recto: Letter/petition in Arabic script to a qāḍī (al-majlis al-sāmī al-ajallī al-qaḍāʾī al-shamsī). The sender's name is given at the top but is tricky to …
Accounts in Arabic script. State? Mamluk-era?
Decree (?) to a lower official or letter to a dignitary, 5 fragmentary lines from the mid-section. Arabic script, wide line spacing, chancery hand. Very …
Statement of payments to a tenant of the Qodesh, ca. 1160. A certain al-Nadiv, otherwise known as the perfume maker, tenant of a compound partly …
(1-4) Al-Shaykh Abūʾl-Makārim al-Parnās also received the above- mentioned 8 dinars, to complete the repairs of the said wall and anything el…
Fragment of a letter from Barakāt Ibn al-ʿAṭṭār to Shelomo b. Eliyyahu ha-Dayyan, conveying greetings and expressing sadness about being separated from the recipient. Likely …
Fragment written and signed by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. Likely the bottom of a letter, but the content is not clear. At the bottom, mentions "her …
Tax receipt, Fatimid.