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Bifolium, probably from a literary compendium. Dating: Late, possibly 18th or 19th century. Two of the pages are a story about a female slave and …
No Scholarship Records
Draft of a letter or petition. In the hand of Shelomo b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya ha-Levi (active until c.1231). The first page is missing. Verso …
Unidentified text in Judaeo-Arabic. Discussing theological matters. Might be literary, but not necessarily.
Draft of a legal document. In the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dating: Mentions Adar 1446 Seleucid, which is 1135 CE. In which Maḥfūẓa …
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Arabic document, maybe private or fiscal accounting.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Probably an official report in Arabic script. Approximately 6 lines are preserved, but very faded and hard to read. Needs examination. Reused on verso for …
Minute fragment of accounts.
Verso: Legal formularies. In the margins of a literary text containing blessings.
Ketubba fragment. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Dating: ca. 1160 CE. Bride: Sitt al-Nasab bt. Avraham ha-Kohen the parnas, a virgin. With some …
Small fragment from a legal deed. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Only a few words remain. Probably a bill of release. Mentions the name Ṣedaqa/Ṣadaqa. On …
Bill of divorce. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1533 Seleucid = 1221/22 CE. Husband: Yeshuʿa b. [...]. Wife: Sitt al-Hanāʾ bt. [...]. Signed by Eliyyahu the Judge. …
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Commercial list, based on the related description of T-S Ar.39.342 (PGPID 20895). Requires further examination.
A few words from the end of a decree: واعـ[ـلم هذا] واعمل عليه وبحسبه وو . . . . Reused for Hebrew liturgy.
Late accounts with copious notes in Judaeo-Arabic including for the years 1779–81 CE (1193–95 Hijri).
Recto, and margin of verso (secondary use): Letter or draft in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic involving Abū Naṣr al-Dustarī (=al-Tustarī) (d. 1049/50), something from "the West," …
List of names accompanied by sums of money and/or quantities of wheat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Presumably a contributions list, as it begins with Sayyidnā and 3/4 …
Report probably on military matters. In Arabic script. 6 lines preserved. Mentions a wall (al-ṣūr), the dispatching of a warship (ʿushārī), someone named Ibn al-Qaṣʿ(?), …
]ـول ان موالي (؟) ذلك (؟) الصور..
كان جرد عشاري عمارة فيه صاحب له على …
اصحابه ومن جملتهم بن القصع ووصلوا الى جبلة وخطر
بن القصع فيها وعاد ا…
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Probably an order of payment.
A commentary on poetry, and piyyuṭim, including one by Hayye Gaʾon on the topic of circumcision. F. 1r begins, after a בשמ׳ רחמ׳, ‘A synopsis …
A legal deed 1180. NO IMAGE. (data from FGP)
Personal letter in Judaeo-Arabic, quoting Genesis 34:7; 31:27. Begins "there is no doubt that you are the one who has wronged me," then "I would …
Letter from Aharon b. Naḥum ha-Tinnisi the scribe. The writer is in need. He lost his job and prices are high, so he left Tinnis …
Fragment of a letter in New Persian mentioning a certain Kamāl al-Dīn; datable to the 11th-12th centuries. A citation of Deuteronomy 28:22 is given at …
Small fragment of a document in Hebrew or Judaeo-Arabic, maybe a letter.
Accounts. Needs examination.
Letter addressed to a certain Abū l-Barakāt. In Arabic script. The writer complains about poverty and unemployment and kashf ḥāl ('uncovering').
Bottom part of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 12th or 13th century. Requests news of the addressee and of Sitt Ṣalaf (cf. ENA …
Legal document. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? Dated: 15 Ḥeshvan 1410 Seleucid, which is 1098 CE. Involves [...] bt. Nissim and her ex-husband …
Original use: The beginnings of four lines from a letter to the Nagid. Wide line spacing. Crossed out. Reused on both sides for literary material.
Beginning of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Addressed to [...] b. Sulaymān(?) b. Khalaf al-Barqī. Mentioning Palermo or Sicily (סקיליה) …
Fragment from the bottom of a legal document. Looks like it is dated 7[..] AH = 14th century CE.
Legal document issued by a beit din likely under the direction of Rabbi David Ibn Abi Zimra (lived ca. 1479-1573 CE). In Hebrew. Dated: 10 …
Tiny fragment with some words in Arabic script.
Letter from Yeshua ha-Kohen b. Yosef in Alexandria to the community of Fustat. The handwriting is Yeshua's and the letter is written in rhymed prose. …
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Probably non-Geniza. Letter from Yosef b. Yiṣḥaq Gallico (? גלקו), in London, to Yaʿaqov Ḥayy b. Avraham Mondolfo, in Siena. Dating: slightly after Adar 5454 …
Small fragment of a state document, or draft of one. Three different hands. Pious phrases and an ʿalāma, but the upper right text might be …
Recto, with address on verso: Letter from Saʿdān b. Ḥ[...] to his 'brother' Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā b. Yiṣḥaq(?). The addressee had sent a letter reporting …
Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, apparently addressed to Makārim, who is probably the same as Abū l-Makārim b. al-Talmid Abū l-Riḍā. In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter …
Memorial list of persons from different families mentioning the judges Shabbat and Efrayim and the latter's son Yehuda "the distinguished member of the ḥavura." (Information …
Prayers in Hebrew.
Jottings including drafts of phrases from letters in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic.
Verso: Document or account in Arabic script, possibly official, or possibly related to recto. There is also another type of account written at 90 degrees …
Letter from a certain Dāʾūd to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning alimonies (15 dirhams and 3 waybas per month) which the wife of Faraḥ …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew numerals. Dated: Rabīʿ II 958 AH, which is 1551 CE. Commodities include: flax. People include: Muḥammad, Ghazāwī, Jamūsī.