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Power of attorney. In the hand of Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver. Dated: Tishrei 1556 Seleucid, which is 1144 CE. Yosef b. Yeshuʿa known as Ibn …
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Letter in which a merchant returning, it seems from overseas, and embarking on another prolonged journey, lists 27 assets totaling 460 dinars regarding which action …
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Letter from Yehosef ha-Kohen Av Bet Din b. Shelomo Gaon. In Hebrew. Dated: Shevat 1359 Seleucid, which is Jan/Feb 1048 CE. May be a fragment …
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State document, likely a report, in Arabic script. The sender seems to be referring to an order of payments and also mentions "al-dīwān" atleast two …
On recto there is a letter draft addressed to a certain Shemuel ha-Sar. In Hebrew. Quite florid: "your letter wafted fragrant odors... I placed it …
Legal testimony. Location: Fustat. Dated: 16 Sivan 1394 Seleucid, which is 1082 CE. Shaʿyā b. David b. [...] makes a declaration concerning the parnas Mevorakh …
The opening of a letter, from a Gaʾon, to Meshullam and Yiṣḥaq, sons of Yehoshuaʿ. There is Arabic text on verso, probably the address, mentioning …
Communal list (record #18) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 7r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated Tishrei 53[..] …
Letter from Hayya Gaon to Elhanan b. Shemarya, Fustat. February 7, 1018. The Gaon writes after he has been asked to write to Fustat on …
Booklet containing liturgical poetry. One page refers to Raḥamim b. Yaʿaqov b. Yaʿish ha-Kohen. Then: "And it is in the handwriting of our teacher and …
Letter mentioning Abū Saʿīd, Efrayim, and Abū l-Faraj. (Information from CUDL)
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Accounts written in a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Dated in the upper left corner of the verso: סנת לז׳ ותתק׳, which is possibly …
Small fragment of a document in Arabic script. Contains the phrase "al-ḥamdu lil-lāh mustaḥiqq al-ḥamd."
Fragment from a legal agreement or court record. A power of attorney is given by a woman regarding her divorce procedures and collection of her …
Legal document. Record of release. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1125 CE. This document describes release from a partnership in …
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Hebrew poetry.
Letter from the office of the Gaʾon Sar Shalom b. Moshe ha-Levi (in office ca. 1170/71 and 1173–95) to a certain community. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. …
Part of a ketubba mentioning the sum of 100 dinars. (Information from CUDL)
Letter from Avraham b. Ṣedaqa, in Ashqelon, to Abū Saʿīd Netanʾel b. Ṣedaqa al-ʿAṭṭār, in Fustat. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic …
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Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Referring to two possible outcomes of a legal …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely late 12th or 13th century. Rudimentary hand. Mentions Ṣibyān b. Futūḥ; Hilāl; a violent conflict; al-Shaykh al-[Raḍiyy?] Ibn al-Labbān; …
Arabic literary text containing technical recipes and mentioning one "Indian"commodity.
Legal document. In Arabic script. Dating: Ottoman-era, likely 16th or 17th century. Concerning the estate of the late Shemuel b. Dan, a Portuguese Jew. His …
Medical treatise in Hebrew, 8 pages, with magical/astrological/demonic elements.
Bottom of a legal document with witness signature, [...] b. Shemuʾel. Likely in the hand of Yosef b. Shemuʾel b. Saʿadya ha-Levi. Interestingly, the concluding …
Letter fragment from Salāma b. Yūsuf al-Gazal, in al-Mahdiyya or Qayrawan, to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Ibn ʿAwkal. Dating: shortly before 18 October 1030 CE (there …
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Small strip from a bill of release by a woman to her husband Sason in relating to her ketubah. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi …
Bifolio from a fiscal accounting ledger. In Arabic script. About 10 distinct entries, each apparently with its own ʿalāma / registration mark. Cf. T-S NS …
Geṭ (bill of divorce). Location: al-Ramla. Dated: Adar 4786 AM = January/February 1026 CE. Husband: Menashshe b. Shemuel. Wife: Ḥusn bt. Yosef. Signed by the …
Account in Arabic script. Probably Mamluk period. Mentions "al-muḥḍar", and "al-ḥiṣṣa".
Unidentified document(s) in Arabic script. Small fragment, damaged and faded. "Seven hundred" appears on one side.
Pen trials, of a state document. In Arabic script. "عبد مولانا صلوات الله عليه مملوكه ثقة الملك".
Recto: legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Mentions Shabbetay the blind (סגיא נהור), a house (al-dār), quires (karārīs), …
Much damaged court record in Hebrew regarding commodities worth of 300 (dinars?). Might join with T-S AS 152.406
Verso: Memorial(?) list. Dating: likely 13th century. Contains also a few names of women. Every entry is preceded by "bayt"/"house of." The names: Isḥāq al-Ṭabbākh; …
Partnership agreement dated Sivan 1735 CE (5495 AM), to last for eight years, it seems for a business venture dealing in etrogim. The six partners …
Fragmentary court record concerning marital payments. In Judaeo-Arabic. On verso there is a literary text in Judaeo-Arabic, perhaps a tafsīr; cites Exodus 2:25 (line 4).
Letter in Arabic script. Dating: ca. 12th or 13th century. The sender greets the addressee and says he was only prevented from kissing the addressee's …
Halakhic discussion concerning the laws of debts. In Hebrew. Information from CUDL.
Letter from Khalaf b. Mūsā (=Ḥalfon b. Moshe) al-Ḥaver al-Kohen on behalf of the whole congregation of "Ḥaṣer Adar" (חצר אדר). Saʿadya Gaʾon translates this …
A religious slaughterer, Khalaf b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥallāl, who was careless in the exercise of his duties is flogged and forced to make a public confession. …
Legal deed concerning an enslaved woman, who is probably sold (mentions the figure 1[.].5 dinars). Mentions people including a woman named Sitt al-Nās, Mevasser b. …
Fragment of a legal document in Arabic script. Probably a will (refers to the testator, hādhā l-mūṣī). The sums, probably of will distribution, are half …
Part of a letter mentioning the Rosh ha-Seder and 'my master the Nasi.' Probably a letter of appeal for charity or a recommendation for a …
Verso (original use): Account in Arabic script. Unclear if state or private. Mentions ʿAṭiyya b. Manṣūr, Ḥajjāj, and Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān.
Legal document concerning the dissolution of a partnership. Dated: 1544 Seleucid = 1232/33 CE. Parties: Yosef and Abū l-Fakhr b. Sayyid al-Ahl. Witnesses: Elʿazar b. …
Letter in Hebrew, in a Byzantine hand, reporting on a highly secretive transaction involving gold dust. According to Avraham David, this is a 16th century …