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Legal records, perhaps. In Judaeo-Arabic. One record states that Ghāliya al-Ḍarīra (the blind) bt. B[...] releases someone. Another involves Nuṣayr b. Thābit and debts owed.
Fragment of a letter in Ladino. The name of the addressee is preserved, something like: דוד וילייז לובושון.
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (ca. 1100–38 CE). Probably a debt contract. (Information in part from CUDL)
Small and stained fragment from a top of a legal deed dated 1443 era of douments = 1132.
Court record in the hand of Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu. Location: Bilbays. Dated: Tuesday, 12 Elul 1515 Seleucid = 10 August 1204 CE. In which Sitt …
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Small fragment, with hardly any text left. It states that the husband of a woman related …
Two tiny fragments, the larger one has remnants of text on the recto and verso. Hebrew letters may be visible, with Tiberian vowels. The recto …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower right corner). Mentioning Abū ʿAlī coming to the sender's location and an ʿarḍī garment and something that sold. Regards to …
Account of the Qodesh: revenue from rent, probably ca. 1043. A fragment of the right part of a leaf, the top and bottom of which …
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Probably a state document (or documents). Text unclear, but contains a date: 432? Verso l. 1 refers to the amir Sayf al-Khilāfa.
Unidentified text in Hebrew referring to the late Yaʿaqov b. Elʿazar and the scribe's late father (אבא מרי נע).
Literary, Arabic.
Letter to Damsīs. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning the mother of someone... something to be purchased for the writer... three capitation tax payments... taking the receipts... someone …
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Fragment of a report apparently from an army officer to a superior. He describes how "we all went out to Wādī Buṭnān (near Aleppo) and …
Legal document, possibly a partnership. Dating: the paleography supports a dating estimate of 16th- or early 17th-century. The document details commercial arrangments between a certain …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Small fragment from the top. mentioning [Saʿa]dya ha-Kohen, [...] b. Saʿīd, and …
Formal letter from Yūsuf to someone he titles Sayyidnā al-Rayyis [...]. Mainly the address (in Arabic script) is preserved, along with a few words in …
Letter from Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq Sholal ha-Kohen to an unnamed benefactor. Dating: 16th century. (Information from CUDL; see also A. David's edition and description on …
Business accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rich and detailed. Headed with the name of Ibn al-Zūlāq(?). Mentions al-funduq al-sāḥil (apparently in Alexandria), and the hire of a …
63 minute fragments (paper), of which three are possibly parts of letters in Arabic (row 4, no. 1; row 6, no. 3; row 7, no. …
Legal fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Names: Hiba ha-Parnas; Yaḥyā; Shelomo ha-Kohen.
Legal document, concerning Abū ʿAlī b. [...], a debt of 100 dirhams, and possibly the appointing of an agent. At the bottom the names: Ḥalfon …
Document in Arabic on verso, possibly. Medieval-era. Only the ends of five lines are visible because multiple pieces of paper are stuck on top of …
Bill of divorce (geṭ). Draft. Dated: 7 Tammuz 1376 Seleucid, which is 1065 CE. Husband: ʿEli b. David. Wife; Milāḥ bt. Avram. Written and signed …
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Legal document in Arabic script, iqrār (acknowledgment) of a debt. "Aqarra Yūsuf b. Yaḥyā b. Yūsuf al-Yahūdī al-rabbān al-ṣāniʿ ʿurifa bi-l-Qudsī iqrāran sharʿīyan" Later in …
A (partial) manuscript of Prophets and Hagiographa. A dedicatory colophon in the first page dedicates it to the qaraite community of Egypt, "for reading in …
Writing exercises in which the instructor provided the atbash Hebrew alphabet in model handwriting for the student (first name) Būnān to repeat. This surname appears …
Legal document, probably. Needs examination.
Accounts for the months of Tishrei and Heshvan. Income is listed from individuals as well as from two synagogues: that of R. Hayyim [Capousi] and …
Recto: Arabic document; seems to be a list of materia medica with corresponding quantities. Verso: list, possibly accounts. (Information in part from CUDL)
Original use: Small fragment from the bottom of a Fatimid decree. Dating: No later than 1077 CE.
Ketubba fragment. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1462 Seleucid = 1150/51 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Groom: [...] b. Ṣadaqa. Bride: Turfa …
Mysterious fragment, probably in Judaeo-Arabic. Needs examination.
Legal document. In Hebrew and Aramaic. Dating: No later than 1034 CE ([4]7[.]4 AM). It is also possible that the 'ארבע' is 'ארבעין', in which …
Tiny fragment in Hebrew script.
Letter from Musa b. Abu al-Hayy from Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat. The writer mentions robbery by pirates on two ships carrying merchandise …
[כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי] אט[אל אללה בק]אך ואדאם סלאמתך [ועאפית]ך וצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה מן
[ ]יה לי בקין מן סיואן ען חאל סלאמה ונע…
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Letter from Ḥassūn b. Yiṣḥaq al-Safāqusī, probably in Būṣīr, to Abū l-Ḥayy Khalīla (the father of Mūsā), in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1048 CE. Deals …
תקדם כתאבי אליך יאכי ואלעזיז אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך
ונעמאף ואעלמתך פיה חאל בוציר וגמהא ותעבהא ואנה
בלד אן כתיר אלשגב ואלתעב ולו חלפת …
Letter addressed to a certain Abu Ibrahim Ishaq, dated in the month of Marheshvan (the rest of the date is missing), and mentioning equipment of …
Personal letter from the head of the Babylonian community in Jerusalem (Adath HaBablim) to Mr. Yiṣḥaq Mordechai [Gabbay] seeking an explanation for why he has …
Recto: Letter from a certain Yūsuf who is ill. In Judaeo-Arabic, with erratic handwriting and spelling, difficult to read. He explains why he couldn't come. …
Legal document in Hebrew, probably. Only the lower section with a partial witness signature (?___יעקב מ) is visible along with a note that may relate …
Fiscal accounting: "...al-muʿāmilīn bi-[...] wa-Dimyāṭ..."
Recto: Late account in Judaeo-Arabic, mostly foodstuffs. Verso: A note naming David Medina and specifying the month of Muharram.
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Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. From Yaḥyā Ibrāhīm to Mūsā Yaḥyā. Late. Probably Yemeni origin, based on the mention of Aden in verso, l. 3. Mentions …
Ketubba fragment. Dating: ca. 1130 CE(?). Grand total: 322 dinars. (Information from Goitein's index card.)
List in Hebrew, very brief, with outgoing payments to ʿOvadiah in an unidentified currency (or perhaps some commodity). This list in Hebrew is likely from …