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Business letter in Arabic script. On verso there is a separate text block in Coptic; the response to the letter? Needs examination.
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Letter from Avraham the son of the Gaon to Sahlān b. Avraham. (Identifications by Gil; whereas Goitein says that it is written in the "unmistakable …
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Accounts in Hebrew script.
Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, in a town in the Rīf, to his father Eliyyahu the Judge, in Fustat. In Shelomo's bad handwriting. He greets …
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Small receipt or order for a quantity of raṭls of something.
Fragmentary letter (draft?) with many lacunae, 8 lines. Many glorifying phrases: "...[al-shaykh] al-ajall Sadīd al-Mulk ballaghū Allāh taʿālā aʿlā al-manāzil... dīn wa-dunyā... awdaʿahū Allāh taʿālā...." …
Accounts related to the operation of a "press" (אלמעצרה) of some kind, possibly for sesame seeds given the mention of ṭaḥīna in line 5. Dated …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Fragment (thin vertical strip from the left side). In which a wife releases her husband from …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Recto: Upper part of an official letter/report. In Arabic script. The handwriting looks Ayyubid or Mamluk-era. Moderately wide line spacing. Opens with a taqbīl and …
Trousseau list of […] bat Aharon, dated but most of the date is lost; looks old, perhaps 11th century. (Information mainly from CUDL)
Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100-1138 CE).
Petition. Report fragment, probably early Ayyubid period (taqbīl clause + paleography + reused by Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, whose documents cluster ca. 1190–1210; see description …
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Literary. Piyyutim.
Halakhic discussion regarding the slaughter of animals.
IB I, 21. Legal document. Dated: 23 [Elul] 1412 Sel. The death of Shelomo Lebdi was not only a serious personal blow to his brother, …
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Booklet of psalms and other liturgical text. On fol. 3v, righthand side, there are various jottings, including one phrase that looks like it is from …
Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary handwriting. Maybe asking for charity or a loan of 5 dinars.
End of a legal query mentioning a ketubba. (Information in part from CUDL)
Recto: letter or note mentioning al-Rayyis Abū Zikrī and a request to "not make us go up."
Letter from a certain Moshe to a certain Shemuʾel. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1548 Seleucid = 1236/37 CE. In which the writer expresses his longings …
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Minute legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE).
Minute preprinted document issued in August (Aoút) 1894 CE. Probably mentions the communal title "shamāsh of the syna[gogue]" in the "Name" field of the form …
Part of Qiṣṣat Mujādalat al-ʾUsquf (‘The Polemic of Nestor the Priest’). (Information from CUDL.)
List of items of clothing with their prices. Including many turbans (ʿamāma) and cloaks (mulāʾa). Mentions the towns of Damīra and Damsīs. (Information from Goitein's …
Tax receipt, or possibly credit instrument? Contains an ʿalāma at the upper right, maybe, and a jahbadh signature at the bottom. Also contains the glyph.
Fragment of a power of attorney in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). (Information in part from CUDL)
Witness statement. Dated 25 Tevet 1438 Seleucid (1127 CE). Concerning a young man named Sedaqa the Meshorer b. Semah, an agent in a business venture …
Praises and names of God, possibly from the introduction to a work. Information from Baker/Polliack catalogue.
Magical text, including recipes for qefiẓat ha-derekh and petiḥat ha-lev. Information from FGP.
Literary. In Hebrew. Looks liturgical.
Fragment of a dowry receipt of Sitt al-Kamal, written by Emmanuel b. Yehiel (ca. 1231-1279), containing details about a trousseau. (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, …
Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 24 Kislev 5568 AM, which is 25 December 1807 CE.
Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe or Hillel b. ʿEli? Mentions Avraham b. Shemaʿya.
Recto: Unidentified text in Arabic script. Verso: Psalms and ʿAmida for the evening service at Sukkot. (Information from CUDL.)
Recipe for a certain kind of wine ("al-nabīdh al-mudabbir"). On verso there are calendrical calculations mentioning Tishrei 1423 Seleucid, which is 1111 CE.
Official receipt for Abū [...] al-ʿAṭṭār for a payment of 5 dirhams (unclear what for). The sum is written in three different places and there …
Numerous drafts/outlines of legal documents from a court notebook. One of them is a partnership agreement. Dating: ca. 1128–1164 CE. A previous version of this …
Legal document from Cairo, dated March 1802 CE (Adar II 5562 AM). Me'ir ben Naʿim had borrowed 150 reals from the old woman Raḥel known …
Legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. The parties are Sitt al-Dār and Maymūn. The nature of the agreement is not clear. The date is [4]9[..] = 12th …
Letter from Isma’il b. Yusuf b. Abi Uqba from Alexandria, to Yusuf b. Ya’aqub b. Awkal, Fustat. Around 1030. The writer describes an attack by …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Coptic numerals. Mentions Abū l-Ghayth and chicken.
Letter from Moshe Ha-Sofer, from the family of Meir Gaon, to Avraham b. Sahl Ha-Tustari, approximately 1030.
The Principles of Grammar by Joshua ben Avraham. In Judaeo-Persian. Published by Nehemya Allony, along with two joins.
Small portion of a marriage document listing the elements of a dowry in Judaeo-Arabic.