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Letter mostly consisting of praises for the addressee, then a request for personal assistance. The writer is Avraham ha-Yakhini (f.3, l.12), in Istanbul, to ʿAzarya …
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Small fragment from the bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a teacher (ha-melammed); a girl (al-ṣabiyya); a request for assistance; the father of the …
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Minute fragment. Bottom part of a legal deed, signed by Yeshuʿa b. Yiṣḥaq.
Letter in Arabic on paper mentioning 150 dinars, a substantial sum of money. Possibly late 10th or 11th century. Letter is on recto, address at …
Small fragment of a document in Arabic script, possibly with the word ṣaḥḥa or qamḥ followed by numerals.
Two petitions in Arabic script, which have been glued together. Reused for piyyuṭim on verso in a beautiful hand (one has the refrain El Melekh). …
Testimony, in Arabic script, on parchment, written in paragraphs of two lines which is a common feature of some marriage documents. Begins هذا ما شهد …
IB IV, 56 (ח63). Letter from Yeḥezqel b. Netanel, in Qalyūb, to his brother Ḥalfon b. Netanel, in Alexandria. The left side of the letter …
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Recto: Remnants of an Arabic-script document. Verso: Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly asking the addressee to do something because the writer cannot. Begins "waṣala al-amr …
Legal document? Probably from a book of legal formulas. Very damaged. Hebrew, Aramaic. AA
Talmud, apparently in a 14th or 15th-century Byzantine hand. See folio 26 for the probable dating.
Lower fragment: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Opens with a poem in Hebrew mourning separation and praising the addressee (אהה עלי אחים אשר היו אגודה והפרידם זמן …
Islamic prayers/formulae in Arabic script. Not all of the text blocks are easy to read, but at least three begin with "Allāhuma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad" …
Arabic script (VMR)
Letter fragment in Arabic script. Some of the opening greetings are preserved and part of the address (...dukkān...). It seems to have been reused for …
Literary text in Hebrew. Yemeni hand. Jottings on verso.
Declaration against Qaraite tendencies, according to Goitein's index card. In Hebrew. Unusually large and beautiful script. The name of the ruler who sent the heads …
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List of objects found in the home of R. Yosef after his death. Very poor (?), but important details not found elsewhere. See Goitein's note …
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Fiscal document, with two holes. Needs examination.
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
Letter fragment, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. "The conditions that are between us and R. Yehuda. Do not delay them a single hour." On verso there is …
Piyyuṭ probably in the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very damaged; the content is unclear. There are greetings to 'the sisters' (al-khawāt al-sādāt) and expressions of longing due to separation.
Verso (probably original use): Letter in Arabic script. Nearly complete. Mentions someone who recovered from an illness (ابن . . . وحب الله بالعافية); Ghālib …
Document in Arabic script. Accounts?
Letter from a certain Yaʿqūb to Abū l-Faḍāʾil b. Abū Saʿīd known as al-Yatīm. In Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee's mother has been sick. The addressee has …
Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Sunday, 1 Sivan 1572 Seleucid, which is 1 May 1261 CE. Concerning a legal/administrative action taken by “Avraham ha-Darshan (the …
Bill of release. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Karīma, known as al-Wuḥsha al-Dallāla (l. 18), releases Sitt al-Ḥusn (l. 21) …
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Minute fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly documentary. Requires further examination.
Story in Judaeo-Arabic. Long but quite faded. Might be a legal document in that it begins with ("lammā...") but it would be an unusual sort …
A brief, informal letter in Arabic script, instructing the addressee to do something with the bearer and something about "the market tonight." Written on a …
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
قد كنت سالتك يامولاي اطال الله بقاك في ان
يعتبر حال مقداد بن الحسن
موصلها وبه طرفا(؟) محنة ولي في ذلك عرض
فاخر ان ي…
Probably an Ikhshīdid fiscal document. See T-S NS 139.65 (PGPID 23643), belonging to the same Hebrew reuse. ASE
Verso: Various jottings in Arabic script. There are eight renditions of an ex libris (min kutub) for Murhaf Ibn Munqidh. There is also a snippet …
Letter from Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu ha-Kohen, in Bilbays, to Shelomo b. Natan ha-Levi, in Fustat. Mentions that there is only a single Torah scroll at …
Letter in Arabic script. Approximately 9 lines are preserved. The tone is urgent (...جواب الكتاب سرعة فيالله عليك...). Mentions that the boy Abū l-Wafāʾ has …
Prayers for a wedding.
Draft of a deferential note addressed to a woman. Expressing longing for her and sadness over being 'cut off' (חצרה אלסת אלגלילה דאם עזהא ויעלמהא …
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Only pleasantries are preserved.
Announcement from the Grand Rabbinate of Cairo [Ḥakhamhāne Miṣr] for the celebration of the coronation of the King of Britain – Museum of Islamic Art …
Recto: Letter in the handwriting of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, probably from Qalyub to his father in Fustat, consisting almost in its entirely of good …
Minute fragment preserving three words in Judaeo-Arabic, likely from a letter, praising the recipient's good deeds.
Magical spells. One folio from a larger booklet. In Arabic script. Possibly for arousing love (tahyīj al-ḥubb?). One of them is to be placed inside …
A letter from Avraham Levi to Yosef b. Moshe Luzki
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. The content is difficult to determine from the small bit that is preserved. The addressee is urged to do something quickly.
Responsum on the division of property, with citations from the Palestinian Talmud and the Babylonian Talmud. Possibly a product of one of the French rabbis …
On recto piyyut. On verso fragment from a ketubbah contains mostly the dowry list. AA
Literary text, fragmentary, probably medical, in Arabic script. Mentions spleen "tiḥāl".
Legal deed of quittance (שטר פצוי), parts of only 8 lines preserved. (Information from CUDL and from Marina Rustow)
Two bifolios from a mercantile account ledger written in the same hand. These were written several years apart (T-S NS 83.12 dates to 1050–52 CE …
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