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Legal note in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. No date preserved, no signatures. Stating that 'her mature son' Ibrāhīm b. Rabbenu Yiftaḥ ha-Dayyan (ZL) …
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Recto: letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (from the upper left corner). Verso: an order from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. He asks Abū l-Ḥasan to send 2 ounces …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Recto: Summaries of legal documents in Arabic script. There are at least seven legal records of sale, and one deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) at the …
Letter from Khalaf b. Ghanīma, probably in Alexandria, to 'my brother' Bū Yaʿqūb b. Nissim, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that he went …
Deed of sale of a house in Gozlow. Non-Geniza.
Minute fragment from a beginning of a document from Cairo. AA
Deed of testimony. Location: al-Maḥalla. Dated: Monday, 16 Sivan 1471 Seleucid = 23 May 1160 CE, under the authority of the Gaʾon Netanʾel b. Moshe …
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Letter in Arabic script. Written on particularly thin paper. "In which the widow of Mubārak b. Mundhir b. Sābā asks a ḥaver in the name …
Document in Arabic script. Probably legal, as the lower left portion looks like a witness statement. Dated: 563 AH? Needs examination. On verso there is …
Possibly a letter in Hebrew, though might also be literary with an unusual format. Dated: first third Tammuz 5358 AM. Needs examination.
Minute fragment from a letter. Only a couple words preserved (qad ʿalima allāh. . . wa-lā mā. . .)
Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Cairo. Dated: 29 Tevet 1443 Seleucid, which is 19 January 1132 CE. Husband: Yeshuʿa b. ʿEli. Wife: Sitt al-Fakhr bt. …
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Recto: On the right is list of surnames known from the late Genizah period along with numbers: Bibas (spelled Pipas here), Alarcon, Hapis (?), Pinto, …
Accounts. Mentions [...] al-Iṭrābulusī and someone (ʿAbdallāh?) the ṣāḥib of something.
Tadkhira (business memorandum) regarding amounts of money and items such as saffron, probably written by Abū Zikrī Kohen. Addendum to the India Book.
Minute fragment. Remains of text 'the great minister, Sar ha-torah, pride of the Yeshiva'. Also a mirror imprint from another document of the name Ibn …
Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Avraham Hakohen b. Moshe and the bride is Esther d. Eliyyahu Halevi. AA
Deed of sale issued by a sharīʿa court in Bilbays 1519 CE, with two addenda/endorsements (faṣls) on verso. The ḥujja on the recto was recorded …
List of names with corresponding sums of money. Likely contributors to charity. Dating: First half of the 11th century (or late 10th century), per Goitein …
Letter from Mūsā b. Hibatallāh al-Yahūdī al-Mutaṭabbib ("the Jewish doctor") to an unidentified dignitary. In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps 12th or 13th century based on …
Spells. Very late.
Bifolio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand may be known. Dating: 11th century. Headed (recto left page): "I consulted God and purchased [...] from Dār …
Bill of divorce. Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday, 4 Elul 1392 Seleucid, which is 1081 CE. Husband: Ṣedaqa b. Avraham. Wife: Rashīda bt. Yeshuʿa. Witnesses: Mevorakh …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic dated as [Dhu] al-Qa'da 1013 AH which is 1605 CE: "אל קעדה ס[נת] יג ואלפ", further down the recto the year [5]364 …
Bottom of a marriage contract. Dating: ca. late 10th century based on the dates of the witnesses. The dowry is 75 dinars. Signed by: Efrayim …
Legal record (#8). Lease of part of a house. Dated: Monday, 5 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. Abū l-Faraj b. Barakāt Ibn al-Dayyān leases to Abū l-ʿAlā …
Legal note, probably for the drawing up of a proper document. In Arabic script. ʿAllun b. Ḥasan b. [...]ṭā al-Ṣayrafī owes 70 dinars to Mūsā …
Legal document. Small horizontal strip from the top. Perhaps a ketubba? On recto, all that is preserved is the date: Monday, 10 Nisan 1528 Seleucid, …
Guide to the graves of sages and saints. In Hebrew. Probably late. Of geographical interest.
Bottom fragment of a literary document, in Arabic script.
Document in Arabic on verso, perhaps state. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Fragment from the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Dating: Probably 15th–17th century. Mentions names such as Moshe Pereṣ and Shelomo.
Letter fragment (opening lines only). This part of the letter at least is in Hebrew.
Verso: Unidentified document in Arabic script. Begins: "min dhālika" then gives the date: Sunday, 16 Rabiʿ I 403 = 5 October 1012 CE. There are …
Fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Concerning the sale of an enslaved man (ghulām) possibly named …
Slip of paper with expenditure for one week. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 462, App. B 81 [dated 1200-1240])
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Karaite ketubba from Cairo. The groom is Ya'aqov b. Moshe. The name of the bride is not preserved. Dated Sivan 5388 AM (1628 CE).
IB III, 54. Legal record (#64). Trousseau list (taqwīm). Groom: Peraḥya b. Yosef Yiju. Bride: Sitt al-Dār ('Mistress of the House'), the daughter of Peraḥya's …
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Letter from Mevorakh b. Shelomo to the teacher Abū l-Bishr Mevasser b. ʿEli, in Cairo. Dated: Sivan 1488 Seleucid = May 1177 CE. Acknowledges receipt …
Accounts, in Arabic script. Related to ENA 3916.3-4?
Verso (original use): Legal fragment in Arabic script. Only a portion of the last two lines and two witness signatures are preserved. It is dated …
Letter from the widow of the cantor Ben Nahman to a Head of the Jews (entitled Gaon) concerning the difficulties she is having with her …
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