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Arabic, Hebrew

Recto: medical fragment; describes preparation of pills which include fennel. Difficult to read and requires further examination. Verso: list of names, mentioning Elʿazar ha-Kohen, Yefet, …

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Judaeo-Arabic

Part of Qiṣṣat Mujādalat al-ʾUsquf (‘The Polemic of Nestor the Priest’). (Information from CUDL.)

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Judaeo-Arabic

Personal letter in Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. The sender's name may appear at lower left (al-mam[lūk] [...]). Discusses sending various things and conveys blessings for …

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Judaeo-Arabic

Letter or letter draft from a son to father. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 16th century. Mainly consists of greetings, including from …

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: note written and signed by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū Saʿīd, asking to be sent sums of money paid by Abū l-Ḥasan. Verso: a …

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Arabic

Likely business accounts. In Arabic.

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Hebrew

Letter in Hebrew. Small fragment from the upper right corner. Aharon the cantor is mentioned. Might be a letter of condolence since the word תנחומות …

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Hebrew

Fragment of a bifolium in late Hebrew script, in Hebrew, possibly glosses on the story of Joseph.

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Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Family letter from Eliyyahu the Judge to Abū l-Faraj, asking for news of female captives which had been expected to arrive with ships from …

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• captives

2 Transcriptions 2 Discussions

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small legal fragment, probably a contract of debt. Mentions al-ʿAlāqma, a town in the area of Bilbays. The debtor is Abū l-Bahāʾ b. Abū [...]. …

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Document date

6 Shawwal 954 Hijrī (19 November 1547 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated on the verso, 6 Shawwal 954 AH (1547 CE). The entries involve a dīwān, the Bāb Zuwayla in Cairo, and perhaps …

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• 16th c
• ottoman

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Primary language

Arabic

Letter possibly sent from Alexandria to Fustat. In Arabic script. Fragment (right side of recto). Written on parchment. Dating: Likely 11th century. The address is …

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Arabic

Recto: Note from Abū l-Barakāt (=Shelomo b. Eliyyahu?) to Abū l-Majd. Informing him that he sent three quires and hopes that there will be no …

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Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts of a slaughterer, written, it seems, by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, pp. 227, 228, 571)

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• account
• butchers
• shelomo b. eliyyahu

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Fragment from a Judaeo-Arabic deed of sale for a property, describing its boundaries and including a partial date. Mentions the name Abū l-Qāsim b. …

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Document date

28 Kislev 5567 Anno Mundi (9 December 1806 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic with a wide variety of coinage types and quantities. Dated 28 Kislev 5567 AM (9 December 1806 CE). There is an explanation …

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• 19th c
• frances
• numismatics

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Aharon ha-Levi, Yosef ha-Borsaqī ("the tanner") to Abu'l-Ma'ali, ca. 1120. A certificate regarding the Estate of the Jerusalemites. The bearer of the letter …

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• 12th c
• account
• estate of the jerusalemites

2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 1 Discussion

Primary language

Arabic

Small piece from the beginning of what must have been a large letter or other document. The basmala and part of the first line are …

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Document date

Sunday, 5 Adar 1403 Seleucid (February 1092 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Verso: Letter in Arabic script. Probably related to the legal document on recto, since some of the same names appear. At the top the names …

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• 11th c
• partnership

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Primary language

Arabic

Ottoman-era astronomical table, in Arabic script. Mentions elaborate astronomical calculations on both recto and verso, but especially on verso. The ascendant star/planet and its position …

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• astronomical
• dimme
• occult

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Primary language

Hebrew

Ketubba, Rabbanite. (Refers to שטר כתובתא דא in the fifth line of the lower fragment.) Groom: ʿOvadya b. [...] Elishaʿ (spelled אליסע). Probably dated Elul …

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• ketubba

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Primary language

Hebrew

Small piece of the decorated rim of a document, perhaps a ketubba. "The happy season" and fleurs-de-lis.

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• illumination

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Primary language

Arabic

Business and/or administrative letter(s) in Arabic script. Dating: No earlier than the reign of al-Afḍal (based on the titulature of the petition in T-S Ar.40.38) …

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• aodeh

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Business accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions Ḥassūn and al-Asyūṭī.

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Hebrew

Letter fragment, probably. In Hebrew and possibly some Judaeo-Arabic. Includes the phrase common in letters of appeal, 'his reward will be from heaven.'

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Document date

Av 1489 Seleucid (17 July 1189–15 August 1189 CE)

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Judaeo-Arabic

IB I, 38. List of donors of wheat and/or cash for the poor. Dated: Av 1489 Seleucid = July/August 1178 CE. The occasion was probably …

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• ib1
• india book

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

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Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

A very damaged legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (ca 1100–38 CE). Some details might be extracted with effort. In the …

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• halfon b. menashshe
• legal

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Hebrew

Long business letter mainly in Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably Ottoman-era. At the top of recto there is a summary of accounts with R. Avraham during …

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• to edit

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Primary language

Arabic

Folio from a beautifully written literary work in Arabic script, potentially a cookbook. Merits examination.

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Arabic

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 …

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• inheritance
• orphan
• ottoman
• portuguese

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter probably from Abū Sahl Levi (d. 1211), in Fustat, to his son Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212), in Qalyūb. In Judaeo-Arabic. (Identification based …

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• abu sahl levi
• menstrual purity
• moshe b. levi

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Primary language

Arabic

Likely a fiscal account. Needs examination.

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Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Account in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Headed by the name "al-Ḥājj Dāʾūd(?)." Dating: maybe ca. 13th century or later.

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Arabic

Fragment containing mainly Hebrew literary text and one line in Arabic script: يقطع . . . النصف

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Arabic

Document in Arabic scrip. Small fragment. Needs examination.

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Inferred date

1007–1055 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Opening of a letter from 'the community of Jews on the jazīra(?)' (verso) to Abū Kathīr Efrayim b. Shemarya (1007–55 CE), with extensive rhymed phrases. …

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• island

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Primary language

Arabic

Informal note addressed to a certain Abū l-Rabīʿ. In Arabic script. Very faded. Apparently asking him to "send another five" (dirhams?) to a certain group …

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Arabic

Small fragment with names in Arabic script. Part of the address of a letter? Yaʿqūb b. Nissim and Ismāʿīl.

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