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Small legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Might join with PGPID 16507.
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Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly a formulary, in the most general terms, written in large, monumental script. (Information from Goitein’s index card.)
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Letter from Menashshe, in Damsīs, to Abū Hārūn Akhlābū ha-Kohen b. Hārūn, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: January 1, 1063. Regarding a purchase of shoes …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Writing exercises in which the student repeated the same phrase in Hebrew on the recto and Judaeo-Arabic on the verso. The instructor provided model handwriting …
Fragment from the bottom of a petition. With a raʾy clause (...al-raʾy al-sāmī fīhi lā zāla ʿāliyan...). Dated Jumādā I 5[.]7 H, corresponding to 1113–1171 …
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P12 + P13: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves: silk merchandise, some of it in the form of …
Letter (FGP). See ENA 223.1-4 (PGPID 6596).
Letter from Hayye Gaon, in Baghdad, to Sahlan b. Avraham in Fustat. Dated Kislev 1349 Sel. (Dec 1037–Jan 1038). Regarding the disagreement among Iraqi community …
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Fragment of a beginning of a letter. Addressed to Abū l-Wafāʾ, in al-Maḥalla.
Late literary work.
Legal record (#42) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 15r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated Tammuz 5321 AM …
Minute fragment preserving three words in Judaeo-Arabic, likely from a letter, praising the recipient's good deeds.
Business accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions a druggist and a maṭbakh (sugar refinery, based on the appearance of qaṭāra in the same …
Book list. Published in Allony, The Jewish Library in the Middle Ages, 322
Medical recipes. In Judaeo-Arabic. Including for a human bite, for scrofula (khanāzīr), for colic (qawlanj), and for hemorrhoids (bawāsīr).
State document in Arabic script, the ends of three lines are well-preserved. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Official report (or just a letter). Probably a draft. Written in 4 columns on a bifolio, with many lines crossed out and some of the …
Legal record (#41) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 15r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 11 Sivan [1873 …
Account in Arabic script. On parchment. Begins as follows: الاصل تسعة دراهم وايضا درهم وثمن وتسبعة دراهم ونصف بيد الصبي وايضا بيده دينار واحد وايضا …
Literary text, in Arabic script. Related to astronomy/astrology, mentions the rays of the sun, mercury and other celestial objects and motions.
Torn fragment of a legal deed, mentions something deposited with a certain Avraham.
Letter to Eli ha-Kohen ha-Parnas dealing with money owed.
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Sermon in Garshuni. Mentions the flood (al-ṭūfān), the destruction of Sodom and Gomorra (...wa-amṭara ʿalayhim al-rabb... wa-kibrīt wa-l-jamr al-hamīm...), and Moses and the sons of …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Neatly arranged. Mentions Yaḥyā; builders; and woodworkers (khashshāb). On verso payments arranged according to days of the week.
Detailed accounts for food expenditures in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. One of the notes refers to Ibn al-Dayyān (=Shelomo b. Eliyyahu?).
Legal record (#20) in a court register/pinqas from a beit din in Cairo (on f. 3r of T-S K22.27). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated 6 …
Recto (secondary use): Letter from Abū Zikrī (b. Eliyyahu) to someone he addresses as "father." In rhymed, Judaeo-Arabic prose. Abū Zikrī is sick and hopes …
Documentary text: There are three text blocks in Arabic script, probably remnants of accounts. "With Ismāʿīl. . . ." Literary (and main) text: A kabbalistic …
Alphabets for children
Legal document recording the receipt by a woman of the inheritance due to her from the administrator of intestate succession in Tinnīs. Dated: 10 Rabīʿ …
Letter from Yaʿqūb b. Ismaʿīl, in Tyre, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fusṭāṭ. Dating: ca. 1060 CE. Awaiting further description - see Goitein's transcription linked …
Letter from a family member to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Makhlūf, in Fustat (c/o the shop of the dayyān). In Judaeo-Arabic. Discussing money problems and an …
Draft, in the hand of the scribe Hillel b. Eli (fl. 1066–1108 CE), of an addition to the last will of the parnas Eli ha-Kohen …
Fragment of a document in Arabic script. Recto mentions the words "wa-aṣḥāb. .. in shāʾ allāh. . . al-salām(?). . . ithnatay ʿashara. . . …
Letter mentioning Abū l-Maʿālī, Josiah and Sittī al-kabīra). (Information from CUDL)
Business letter in Arabic script from Yushāʿ (Yehoshuaʿ) b. Natan to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat discussing commercial information that had come to Nahray via …
State document, probably Fatimid. Closing formula of a decree, possibly, or another state document written in a thick pen. The preserved text is a ṣalwala …
Account, maybe of a loan broker.
Accounts (including lists of names, numbers and other information)
Letter from the office of the Nagid Yehoshua Maimonides (d. 1355), regarding evasion of the capitation tax in the community. The previous year they had …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier than 14th century, as currencies include jadīd and fulūs.
Collection of biblical verses about the triumphs of David, then in Judaeo-Arabic, “the composition (תאלפיה seems to be an error for תאליפה) was completed at …
Blank recto and verso, perforations for binding.
IB VII, 45. Letter, written by a trader before leaving Aden for Nahrawāra, mentioning Abū l-Waḥš, Abū Saʿd, Abū Naṣr, Abū Yaʿqūb and the family …
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Letter in both Hebrew and Arabic (in Arabic script). Dating: Likely 11th century. Approximately 6 lines are preserved. (There are also additional jottings in both …
Legal record (#39). Engagement contract, outline. Extremely abbreviated. "The groom: Elʿazar b. Shemarya. The girl (bride): Khawātī. Early marriage payment: 3(?) dinars. Delayed marriage payment: …