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Letter(s) in Arabic script. Recto appears to be a letter of recommendation on behalf of Faḍāʾīl; the addressee is asked to look after him. Greetings …
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Ruling in absentia obligating Maʿtūq Dāūd al-Jamāl to pay the amount of 985 pounds toward the rent of a store in the inheritance of the …
Bill of divorce (geṭ). Wife: Sitt al-Fakhr bt. Berakhot. Husband's name not preserved. Signed by Moshe b. Sadoq and the cantor Moshe b. Yehuda. (Information …
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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals, with some Arabic script. Mentions names such as Yūsuf Ibn al-Khādim; [...] al-Rīfī; al-Shaykh al-Saʿīd; Bū Naṣr al-Shammash; and …
List of food and other items with values in Greek/Coptic numerals underneath. E.g., sesame oil, linseed oil, olive oil, soap, lemon, onion, chickpea, leek, mastic, …
Fragment of a late legal document. A deceased person with an uncommon name is mentioned in line 3, ירוב זאקון נ׳׳ע (Yarov Zāqūn), probably as …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Referring either to the addressee's intimate relations with the Tustari brothers in Fustat or that he now equals them …
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Fragment of a petition or report probably to the vizier (ḥaḍrat al-wizāra... al-wazīr al-ajall... ). From the upper left corner; the ends of 9 lines …
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Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Calligraphic (chancery?) hand, but no wide space between the lines. 6 lines from the middle of the letter are preserved. …
Legal record (#66). Loan contract. Dated: Sivan 1467 Seleucid. Faḍā'il b. Abū l-Faraj b. Maʿrūf owes 1 dinar and 26.5 dirhams to Sālim al-Ṣayrafī b. …
Small fragment containing Hebrew literary text.
Multi-fragment shelfmark with two documents. The lower (left) document is a fragment of Hebrew-script accounts, medieval-era or possibly later. Names include Shimʿon, Elishaʿ, Avraham, Mordekhay, …
Bifolio containing accounts related to the materia medica business. The left page of recto begins בשמך רחמנא חצרה מולאי אלשיך אבי סעיד . . . …
Donation pledge form from Yaʿacov Kohen to the holy yeshiva (the right and the peace) for the sake of raising generosity and assistance to all …
An almost complete manuscript of the pentatueuch, with Sa'adya's Tafsīr and masoretic annotations, copied in the early years of the eleventh century. A series of …
Legal document (iqrār). Acknowledgment made by al-muʿallim Yaʿqūb b. Ismāʿīl. In Arabic script. Needs examination for content.
Marriage contract, fragment. Dating: Probably 19th century, only the final digit is visible in the first line [5..]5 AM. The bride is named Joya, with …
Order. In Arabic script. Abū l-Munā is to give the boy some medicinal syrups (sharāb), including one ounce of rose syrup.
IB VI, 39. Letter from Nahray b. ʿAllān in ʿAydhāb to his son ʿAllān b. Nahray in Alexandria concerning shipments. Based on a letter from …
Business accounts in Spanish. Dating: Unknown, needs to be examined by an expert; appears old, likely no later than 16th century.
Note from Musa b. Barhun al-Tāhartī, from Busir (possibly), to Nahray b. Nissim. Mentions foreclosure on goods, probably in Rashid. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. …
[אטאל אללה] יאסידי וריסי וגלילי בקאך ומן תופיקה לא אכלאך כתאבי
[אליך מן בוצ]יר ען חאל סלאמה ונעמא ומא תחב עלמה אן וצלת אלא [ ]
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(6-1) ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני וראשי ומכובדי, אריכות ימים, ואל ימנע ממך הצלחה ; אני כותב לך מבוציר ; שלומי טוב ואני מאושר. אשר למה שרצית לדעת: ה…
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Letter from Ya’aqov b. Salman al-Hariri, from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. June 23 1057. The main part of the letter deals with a …
תוכלת עלי אללה
כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה ואתם אלנעם עליה
ברחמתה מן אלאסכנדריה יום אלב לבי בקין מן תמוז ערפה…
Letter from Zakhariya Zamero to Eliyyahu Frances. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 12 Ḥeshvan 5573 AM, which is 1812 CE. Needs examination for content.
Business letter from (or possibly to) Yehuda Ibn Sughmār. In Judaeo-Arabic. Headed "tadhkira muwajjaha(?) = "memorandum sent(?)." The sender expresses his longing for the addressee, …
IB VI, 55. Letter from a certain Yosef, in Aden, to Yosef Ibn Shanju, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: Early 16th century, based on the …
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Religious rulings – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 177) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl …
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Yaʿīsh Ḥarrār in Alexandria from Yaʿaqov ha-Levi.
Verso: Document(s) occupying the verso of one of the small handful of Judaeo-Arabic papyri. Labeled "papyrus III" in the classification of Blau and Hopkins. Dating: …
Verso: Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Netan[ʾel] b. Ḥalfon ha-Levi. Mostly consists of salutations and praises. The sender reports that he has met …
Recto: Legal document in Arabic script. Ishāq b. Saʿīd al-Yahūdī al-ʿAṭṭār rents a house from 1 Muḥarram for four dinars, “pays in advance.” (Information in …
This is what Isḥāq ibn Saʿīd the Jew leased [ ]
all the house that belongs to her, in her ownership and possession [ ]
its boundary…
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Cutting from a legal document. (Information from CUDL)
State document, in Arabic script. Drafts of two petitions, oriented at 180˚ to each other. The one at the top begins with a taqbīl and …
Ophthalmological medical recipes. In Arabic script.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in a crude hand. Mentions several baked goods and associated items: bread (khubz), cake (kaʿk), raisins, taḥīna, qaṭāʾif.
Ketubba. 16 lines preserved. Dating: Probably 13th century. (See Goitein's index card for further information.)
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Recto: part of what is probably a deed of release, written in Hebrew. A man releases his brother Maymūn, his sister and any of his …
Accounts in Arabic script. Reused for Hebrew script jottings. One of the Hebrew sections contains a name: "I wrote this for myself, the talmid (student/scholar) …
Accounts.
Letter from Sadoq Ha-Levi b. Levi, Jerusalem, to Efrayim b. Shemarya, Fustat. Dating: probably 1030 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1007–1055 CE based on the …
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Legal document concerned with a case of slander. Location: Aleppo. Dated: Tishrei 1326 of the Seleucid Era (= 1014 CE). A notable was suspected of …
Accounts, probably. In Arabic script. Damaged and faded.
Literary text in Ladino.
Decree, probably. Small fragment. On verso there is a Purim-related text in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya. ENA 3695.4, ENA 3695.5, and ENA 3695.8 …
Private account written by Nahray b. Nissim. 1060. Daily account that was probably a draft. Might be the account of Maymun b. Khalfa. (Information from …
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Karaite betrothal deed. Bride: Yamān bat David b. Isaiah, of Egypt. Groom: Shela b. ʿAmram al-Qirqisānī, of Tyre. Both the bride and groom are represented …
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Possibly part of a letter. In Arabic script. The first words of about a dozen lines are preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. In the hand of Shemuel b. Seʿadya?
Legal deed mentioning sums of money and the names Abū Isḥāq and Abū l-Riḍā. Fragment from the bottom. Signed by Yeshaʿyahu b. Maṣliaḥ b. ʿAzaryahu …
Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Merkado Karo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 12 Ḥeshvan 5572 AM, which is 30 October 1811 CE.