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Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. The muqirr: Muḥammad [......]. Part of the date is visible Dhū l-Ḥijja xx4. Needs examination.
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Fine, calligraphic ketubba. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 20 Shevaṭ 1361 Seleucid = 16 January 1050 CE. Bride: Sitt al-Dār bt. Abū l-Ṭayyib Ḥananya ha-Levi ha-Parnas. …
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On recto, the bottom of a letter (official letter? formulary?) in Arabic script. The writer thanks the addressee in the concluding lines quoting two verses …
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Marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Damsīs, Egypt. Dated: Nisan 4843 AM = 1083 CE. Groom: ʿEli b. Aharon ha-Kohen. Bride: Ḥisān b. Yaʿaqov ha-Kohen. Witnesses: Yiṣḥaq …
Fragment from the bottom of a legal deed, written in large characters in very shaky handwriting. Refers to a freedwoman (השפחה המשוחררת). One witness signature …
List of communal contributions. Dated: 5580 AM, which is 1819/20 CE. Many names.
State accounts relating to the tax farm of the lands of Dayqūf, in the province of al-Bahnasā, administered by Basṭiyya b. Marqūra and the property …
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Marriage document. Fragment from a damaged ketubah. The groom is Ḥalfon ha-Kohen. The name of his father and bride are not preserved. Part of the …
Arabic script (VMR)
Literary text, poetry, in Arabic script. Mentions forbearance during harsh times and seekers of knowledge. Needs examination.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Interesting grids with Judaeo-Arabic writing, presumably for casting lots.
Five notes on tiny pieces of vellum, ordering the addressee to hand over small sums or certain quantities of oil, soap, wood, vegetables, lemon, or …
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Fragment of a late document in Judaeo-Arabic, probably a letter. Mentions sesame and the price of 110 gurush per ardab. The mention of the Ottoman …
IB VII, 69. Draft of a deposition about a shipment of Indian Ocean merchandise carried by two merchants named Faraḥ and Abū Naṣr who were …
חצ̇רא אלשיך אבו אלפרג נ̇ט̇ ואלשיך ⟦אבו אסח⟧
אבו אסחק נ̇ט̇ ואדעא מ̇ ישוע מ̇ ישועה עלי ⟦עלי⟧
ר̇ אברהם דנן אנה כאן אבעת מע פרח ואבו נצר
נ̇ע̇ אל…
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Literary. A theological discourse in Judaeo-Arabic, in the form of a dialogue with a Muslim ruler (amīr al-mu'minīn). Discusses the books of Esther and Maccabees.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography and Ottoman titles (e.g. çavuş). Many names are mentioned that may make it possible …
Page from a court notebook concerning the verdict of the court in Fustat, written by Avraham, son of the Gaon, December 1026. See also T-S …
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Recto: Likely a fragment of a legal document in Hebrew, mentioning merchandise and the years 1700/1 and 1701/2 CE (5461 and 5462). Verso: Likely accounts.
Inventory or accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Lists items such as a large turban for 60 (dirhams); a white bordered ʿarḍī; a tailored nuṣfiyya; …
Will of a notable, dividing his landed property, his flocks of sheep and all the orchards possessed or leased by him between his brother and …
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Formulary for a legal document, for an abandoned wife (ʿaguna) to appoint a representative (called אפטרופא/"guardian") to receive her bill of divorce and ketubba payment …
IB VII, 62. Letter from a trader in India to his cousin, who was also his brother-in-law, in Egypt. The writer had apparently been in …
Letter from Alexandria to Efrayim b. Shemarya, Fustat, requesting donation for the ransom of prisoners of the Byzantines, 11th century. On verso are Hebrew rhymed …
Private accounts. On a tall sheet of paper. Headed 'tadhkira mubāraka.' Neatly written, mentioning many names and itemized expenses. Mentions the holiday of Sukkot (ʿīd …
This Hebrew text presents a detailed account of a journey to the heavens, perhaps to guide future heaven-bound travels. Many of the themes in this …
. . . the stake, at the top of which the fabric of the world was tied. Then the top of the stake struck the weave of the web [on which the] world in …
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Verso, and possibly also the Arabic script on recto: Elaborate medical prescription(s) in Arabic script.
Almost complete but faded and damaged business letter. To Abū Ibrāhīm Isḥāq b. [...]. Dating: 11th century. Handwriting of Nahray b. Nissim? Mentions buying something …
Minute fragment from a top of a legal deed, probably ketubah
Letter in Ladino in which most of the heading has been damaged but could indicate the year [5]419CE given that the latter two digits are …
Letter from Dūnash b. Yiṣḥaq from Tripoli (Libya) to Yiṣḥaq b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī, Fustat. Around 1030. Describes imagery or exaggerated event, of an attack against …
A receipt from the beadle on the synagogue - needs examination. Image not available.
Letter to Yiṣḥaq Ḥevroni on financial matters. Dated: 1559 CE [?]. This date from FGP is likely incorrect given that the month listed is Shawwāl …
Letter from the sister of Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī, in Tripoli, Libya, to her brother Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī. In the handwriting of ʿAllūsh the …
אטאל אללה יאכי ואלעזיז עלי בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ומן תופיקה לא
אכלאך כתאבי אליך יאכי ואלעזיז עלי נצ אלול ען חאל סלאמה ועאפיה ושוק
אלי…
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List of names (male and female) with numbers; alms distribution list. At the top of verso it says "recipients of charity in Jerusalem." Names on …
Court record(s). Dated: 1341 Seleucid = 1029/30 CE. Needs examination.
Draft of a court declaration written by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu regarding the estate of the late physician (al-mutaṭabbib al-ḥakīm) Ibrāhim b. Mukhtār Ibn Ilyās. He …
Letter fragment addressed to a woman. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps late 12th or early 13th century, based on the handwriting. The writer accuses her of …
Invitation for attending the ceremony of Hanukkah hosted by the Tāj Torah society at its center in the Jewish quarter – December 24 1935CE – …
Letter from Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu ha-Kohen to the two brothers Avraham and Yiṣḥaq/Isḥāq Ibn al-Ḥakīm ("the physician"). Identification of the sender based on his distinctive …
Epistle from Avraham b. Shabbetay, the Ḥaver of Minyat Zifta, to the Nagid Moshe b. Mevorakh, congratulating the recipient for his success in dealing with …
Poetical opening of a letter to the Nagid Mevorakh (Mevorakh b. Saʿadya, 1079-1111 CE). (Information from CUDL) On verso there are jottings in Arabic script …
Small letter fragment. Little of the substance is preserved.
Late fragment with scattered recipes in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, mostly medical, but one is also titled "for banishing mice."
The main block of writing is a folktale in Judaeo-Arabic about a very poor man ("who worked for two dirhams each day") who came home …