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Letter fragment from Yeḥiel b. Elyaqim. In Hebrew.
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Recto: list of the first and last words contained in each of a number of pamphlets or quires. Verso: pen trials. (Information from CUDL)
Legal document: testimony that Ya[ḥ]yā b. [ ] (?) is a Jew from Khaybar, and thus exempt from the capitation tax. Dated: middle decade of …
In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate. Prayers of God and peace be upon our lord Muḥammad, his prophet, and upon his family.
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Two words in Arabic in a chancery-esque hand: المستمرين الغلات(؟)
Letter from Daniel b. Azarya. The letter was later covered in large writing excercises in Arabic script.
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Rental contract (هذا ما استاجر) on parchment, mentioning titles of high state officials (e.g. qāḍī al-quḍāt wa-dāʿī [al-duʿāt]) and with a long ʿalāma at the …
Verso (original use): Unidentified Arabic document, probably official. Mentions al-Faḍl b. ʿAlī and an agent (al-wakīl). Mostly crossed out. Needs further examination.
Receipt for a payment of 13 Kāmilī dirhams. The designation of the dirhams as Kāmilī dates the document to after 1225 CE, during the reign …
Accounts of a druggist. In Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Items include realgar (="red arsenic," zirnīkh aḥmar), red lead (sīlqūn), ground myrtle (marsīn maṭḥūn), and …
IB II, 50. Memorandum from Khalaf b. Isḥāq al-Yamanī. In Arabic script, with additional notes in Judaeo-Arabic. Ordering pharmaceuticals from Egypt. There is an entire …
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Recto: Accounts in Arabic script. Verso: Lists of household items in Judaeo-Arabic. No values given. There are separate lists for garments (... mukhmal; niṣfiyya jadīda; …
Bifolio with accounts in a disorderly scribal hand throughout the recto and verso. Dating: ca. 12th-14th century. Organized by parshiyot. Mentions silk and nuqra dirhams. …
Legal document. In Hebrew. Dating: 5[4]30 AM (1669/1670 CE). Location: Miṣrayim (in context = Cairo). The middle signature is from Moshe Shomer and the left …
Fragment from a bill of release. In the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Drawn up under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaon …
Minute fragment of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
Writing exercise in Hebrew. The instructor provided a phrase in model handwriting for the student to repeat. The student's surname appear in the heading of …
Letter from an unidentified writer to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer conveys condolences for a death in the family of Eliyyahu (r6–9). He …
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Account ledger from the 1730s CE. 14 folios. It is mostly or entirely in Judaeo-Arabic, Hebrew, and Arabic. Currencies: mainly fonducli and cinzirli. Well-preserved and …
Large fragment of a responsum in which an older brother is described as 'simple, not a firstborn' which qualifications made his apparent claims invalid. (Information …
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Medical prescription in Arabic script. On parchment. Reused on verso for Hebrew and Arabic pen trials.
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Dated: 1443 Seleucid = 1131/32 CE. Probably a summary/digest. Describing a settlement between …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic with Greek/Coptic alphanumerals. Dating: probably no earlier than 13th century. Mentions Salīm and a bukhnuq.
List of names and outstanding loans. There are small marks in the text resembling a '<' standing for the fraction 1/2. (Information from Goitein's index …
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Accounts listing expenses of אלזיתי. Mentions ‘the Christian’ al-Mubāshar and ‘the house of the judge’. Coptic numerals. (Information from CUDL)
A long letter from the communities of Poland and Lithuania to Shlumiel b. Shmuel.
Letter in Arabic script. Small fragment (upper right corner of recto). Consists mostly of formulaic phrases. In the margin, the sender may say that he …
Document in striking red ink. Appears to have the form of a letter (opens with "that which you desire to know:") but consists of a …
Recipe for a medicinal syrup (sharāb). (Information from CUDL.)
Verso: Minute fragment of accounts in Arabic script. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Fol. 1, recto: Legal document or letter concerning a legal case in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Mentioning somebody's property and whether certain items pertain to the …
Prayer. In Judaeo-Arabic. Probably late.
Recto: Poem in Hebrew by Shemuel ha-Nagid. Verso: Love poem in Arabic script.
Settlement of a marital dispute. Made after problems between [...] bt. Shabbetay and her husband Ṣedaqa. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, and also …
When there appeared before us, we the undersigned, [ son of ], (may he) r(est in) E(den), and [his] wif[e] wh[o ]
Is now married t…
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Letter in Hebrew. Signed by [...]HL b. Shelomo Gaon. The sons of the addressee, Shemarya and Moshe, are mentioned. (Information from Goitein’s index card)
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Query and responsum of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder, dated in the final line of recto to 1207 CE (Shevat 1518 Seleucid אתקיח).
Small fragment of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, Arabic, and Coptic numerals. Mentions cups (kīzān) and 16 of something.
Pen trials containing phrases from a Judaeo-Arabic letter: "may al-muʿallim Shemuʾel deliver the load. . . pepper. . . the amount. . . the price …
Document, probably a letter, which mentions the pre-marriage payment. (Information from CUDL)
Legal note. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? Concerning the merchant Abū l-Makārim Ṣadaqa ha-Kohen Ibn Qasāsa; loans; merchandise; and a partnership agreement whose …
Tax receipt, Fatimid.
Fragment of a legal document, potentially from a court ledger. The beginnings of 8 lines are preserved. Describing a property and its surroundings. On the …
Letter in very formal poetical Hebrew. An addressee is clearly specified "our rabbi [...] the son of [...]" but his name is torn away. Little …
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic in rudimentary handwriting.
Recto: Unidentified document in Arabic script. Fragment (thin vertical strip). Verso: List in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning garments (thawb, thawbayn).
Small fragment of a state document. The ends of two lines are preserved. Wide space between the lines. "... Dīwān al-Amlāk al-Hilāliyya... al-waqt..."
Letter fragment (lower right corner of recto). The subject matter is obscure. The writer writes, "I have witnesses for that, and before me. . . …
Business accounts in a common hand (previously misattributed to ʿArūs b. Yosef).
These two fragments are covered with sundry jottings in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, some of them phrases from legal documents and letters. One of them gives …
Tax receipt. Layout is that of the usual jizya (capitation tax) receipts, however this is for the ground rent (ḥikr) payment of a group of …