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Fatimid-era petition. From Muʿammar [...] al-Tūnisī, in trouble on account of the capitation tax. He says he does not have enough money to buy food …
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Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Ending only. Some names appear at the bottom: [...] b. Yefet (ZL). And Yefet b. [Yeshuʿa?] ha-Meʿulle ha-Dayyan—this is …
Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Release in the name of Naṣrallāh b. Salmān b. [...] al-Skandarī, in which he declares that he has no further claims …
At least two documents across two fragments (which belong together). In Arabic script. Two of the documents look legal/administrative. A third text-block is an extended …
Mercantile accounts in Arabic script. Details of many transactions recorded, including one involving "nuḥās maksūr" (broken copper?). Most names mentioned are generic (Abū l-Ḥasan, Abū …
Two leaves from Leviticus 5 copied in Arabic script (but Hebrew vocalization).
Note from Eli Ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel to Avraham Ha-Kohen b. Yiṣḥaq b. Furat.
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Fragment of a letter composed circa 1236 CE by Abu l-Ḥasan Yedutun b. Abu Sahl Levi, at one time the cantor of the Palestinian synagogue …
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Mostly torn and effaced release in which Khalaf and Musafir, sons of Shemuel b. Khalaf, acknowledge to have received through Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen 250 gold pieces …
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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, late.
Hardly readable.
Small and torn fragment probably from a ketubba, written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves Yeshuʿa b. ʿEli.
Names of people and items- list of contribution to the poor?. Dating is likely 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography. There are a variety …
Accounts.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Accounts and lists in a register (FGP)
Small fragment of a document in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a mandīl dabīqī. Might belong with T-S AS 203.138.
Legal query, possibly a draft, in Judaeo-Arabic. There is text at multiple angles, including faint text underlying the text that can be seen on the …
Part of a letter from a man to his son, Abū l-Ḥasan Wahb b. ʿImrān, who requests that next time he should write in Hebrew. …
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. On recto there are at least six items, divided into subsections. Mentions 13 qintars of something; a ḥammāl …
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Fragment from the bottom of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138).
Enigmatic fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic describing what happened to the writer in front of the addressee's house; how people were appealing for help …
IB II, 25 + 26. Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan to Avraham Ibn Yiju: two fragments. Aden, 1134. See also T-S AS 173.380 (PGPID 38566).
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Legal document from the high court (al-Bāb al-ʿĀlī) in Cairo. In Arabic script. Dated: 28 Dhū l-Qaʿda 1122 AH = 18 January 1711 CE. Judge: …
Literary document, in Arabic script, folio from the Quran. The preserved text is from Sūra al-Shuʿarāʾ (26:216-227) to Sūra al-Naml (27:1-9).
Letter fragment. The ends of ~7 lines are preserved. Dating: probably 12th or 13th century.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably Mamluk or early Ottoman-era. Quite long. Mentions the wife of a certain Meʾir the scribe. Needs examination.
Recto: Draft of letter from Efrayim b. Shemarya to the Nasi, mentioning the elder Abū Saʿīd. Dating: ca. 1007–1055 CE, based on the years when …
Letter in Arabic script, in a chancery-esque hand. The sender swears by God calling him "the light" (wa-ḥaqq al-Nūr). Ends with a ḥasbala. There may …
A drash written by Shemuʾel Ben Sid on the occasion of the birth of his son (דרש שדרש החכם השלם מורי ורבי כמחה׳׳ר שמואל ן׳ …
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In which Abū l-Waḥsh makes a declaration about a house in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ. …
IB VI, 48. Commercial letter sent from Isaac and Joseph (probably in Babylonia) to Judah ha-Sar, mentioning a voyage to India and commodities including gold …
Fragment of a court ledger. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–38 CE). One of the entries is a prenuptial agreement. Groom: Abū …
Letter to 'our master' (sayyidnā). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely ca. 13th century. Probably asking for financial support. The sender is a butcher and hardly make …
Accounts, mentioning Sulaymān and Rabīʿ; Coptic numerals. (Information from CUDL)
State document. Accounts from the central fisc. Begins: waṣala ilā bayt al-māl al-maʿmūr.... Lower down refers to Mālik b. Ibrāhīm. In the bottom text block …
Calligraphic letter sent by Eliyyahu b. Khalaf to a man, evidently the head of the Jews in Fustat or Cairo, emphasizing that the community in …
Legal document, in Arabic script. A late Arabic, Ottoman iqrār document with a seal. Issued by the maḥkeme al-Ṣāliḥiyya al-Najmiyya, one of the ~15 qadi …
الحمد الله وحده
جرى ذلك
كتبه يحيى بن ي…
Letter from an ardent supporter to Daniel b. ʿAzarya. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 1055 CE (per Goitein). This is the first leaf of a longer …
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Letter addressed to a certain ʿIzz al-Dīn. In Judaeo-Arabic. Yemeni origin. Dating: uncertain, likely no earlier than 13th century. Dealing mainly with details of shipments …
Accounts in Arabic script and maybe Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions several names including Mīkhāʾīl and Muḥammad and a teacher.
Fragment of a letter in the hand of Natan ha-Kohen b. Mevorakh concerning the disagreement about the Jewish community's leadership in Ashkelon. Describes how a …
Letter. Sent from somewhere in al-Shām to Cairo. In a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps 11th century. Sender and addressee are not …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender reports that his cousin (ibn khālatī) Berakhot has arrived and conveyed the news that the addressee came down with …
Letter from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the Ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya b. al-Faraj, in Jerusalem. Concerning yarn. (Information from CUDL)
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. In a rudimentary (known) hand.
List. Collection, jibaya, made on the first day of the holiday for the Maghribi, the Kohen. About 1115 contributions, mostly in Coptic numerals. Some of …
Notebook, probably belonging to a 15th-century Byzantine merchant, filled with records of various transactions. The language is primarily Hebrew but the months are Julian (אפריל …