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Draft of the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with respectful greetings for the addressee named David, possibly David I b. Avraham Maimonides. At any …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Letter, probably. In Arabic script. Dating: Late, probably the 18th or 19th century. Probably originates from al-Maṭbakh al-Ḍamīrī in al-Marj. Needs examination.
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th or 13th century. Greetings to Abū l-Faraj and his son.
Maimonides autograph.
An IOU specifying a sum owed to al-Ḥājj al-Fawwāl.
Recto: Two lines of a Judaeo-Arabic letter perhaps to a community (al-jamāʿa al-sāda) with wide space between the lines. Verso: Literary work citing biblical verses.
Karaite bill of debt paid to Ḥilda bt. Shemuʾel Fayrūz. Dated Thursday 13 Tishrei 5459 AM (1698 CE). Ḥilda receives payment of 300 niṣf fiḍḍa …
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Lease of a ruin belonging to the Great Synagogue of Ramla, ca. 1038. The "people of the Great Synagogue," i.e. the representatives of the congregation …
(1-2) Record of the testimony given before us, we the Court and the witnesses, who have signed at the bottom of this deed. This happened to p…
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Khan, Qaṣr Ibrīm, doc. 46 (Document of Sale).
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Iqrār (acknowledgment) made by "al-majlis al-ʿālī Qāʾidbāy al-Muʾayyad." Dating: catalogued as 512 AH but more likely 12 Shawwāl 812 AH (or 912 AH?). Potentially linked …
The wife of Ṣedaqa b. ʿEzra gives to her husband reshut over a house (which was part of her ketubba from her father's inheritance) after …
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Verso: Fragment from the beginning of a rhymed letter in Hebrew addressed to a notable. Possibly a draft as several words are crossed out. The …
Business letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon. Addressed to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Addressed to someone in Fustat (whose name may …
Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: mentions Rabīʿ II 953 (גנץ) AH = June 1546 CE.
Verso (earlier side): Letter from Yaḥyā to a qāḍī. In Arabic script. Opens "aṣghar al-mamālīk [...] Yaḥyā yujaddidu khidmata sayyidinā l-qāḍī al-ajall al-awḥad al-qāʾim al-mutafakkir(?)...." …
Verso, and possibly also the Arabic script on recto: Elaborate medical prescription(s) in Arabic script.
Legal deed in Hebrew. Dating: probably 16th century (based on the handwriting of Eliyya b. David Ḥavriya). Ḥayyim b. Yiṣḥaq known as Ibn Ḥakīm and …
Letter in Arabic script to the writer's father, Abū Isḥaq Ibrāhīm b. Shubbāṭ al-Siqillī. Only the opening greetings and the address are preserved. The writer …
Account, potentially fiscal.
Legal document in the hand of Natan b. Shemuel. Dated Shevat 1450 Seleucid = January/February 1139 CE, under the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. (This is …
Receipt? - needs examination. Probably begins with "ṣaḥḥ ibn al-wazīr".
Mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The hand is that of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions tartar; Yaḥyā; Yosef; a purse
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Avraham Reuven, in Tripoli, to a business partner in Fustat.
Beginning formula of a legal document, dated 23 Ḥeshvan 1440 Seleucid (= 19 October 1128 CE) in Fusṭāṭ, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe …
Book of oneiromancy in Judaeo-Arabic attributed to Ibn Sirīn.
Two legal documents concerning the same case. The first is a Muslim legal query together with the ruling/fatwā, in Arabic script. The second is a …
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Nearly identical formulary to the neighboring document (T-S NS 224.14 + T-S NS …
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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Order of payment. In Arabic script. Bilāl al-[...] instructs Abū ʿAlī to pay the bearer 113(?) dirhams.
Document in Arabic script. State document? Wide space between lines, upslanting.
Two fragments of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic, 11th or 12th century. Unclear how much of the content is salvageable.
Letter fragment in Arabic script. Dating: Ayyubid or early Mamluk-era. The language is very reminiscent of a petition (yujaddid ʿahd khidmatihī lil-majlis al-sāmī....) however the …
Receipt of some kind.
Accounts and lists, probably from a notebook. On f. 1r there is a list of the parashot in Genesis; on f. 2v there are several …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. The writer may mention being imprisoned (ḥabsī fī hādhihi l-muda), but this is uncertain without all the surrounding context.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated in the upper left corner of the recto: Shaʿbān 958 AH (נח׳׳ץ), which is 1551 CE. At least three entries mention …
Damaged book list written by Yosef Rosh Haseder
Letter from the Jewish community of Palermo to the Jewish communities of Qayrawān and al-Mahdiyya, specifically addressing Elḥanan b. Ḥushiel and the Nagid Yaʿaqov b. …
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Bottom of a legal query, possibly with responsum underneath (but too faded to read).
Ownership note, written three times, in which Yosef b. Binyamin states that he purchased this copy of the Zohar.
Letter to a physician, with blessings for his sons Saʿadya and Abū Mansur Elʿazar, and mentioning the sender's longing for a third person. Also with …
Legal testimony, or perhaps a letter. Written in Judaeo-Arabic on a bifolium. The document contains a blow-by-blow account of what various messengers said about the …
Recto: Commercial document in Arabic, cut up and reused for communal register. Dated 14 Shawwal 1193 AH (October 1779 CE). Requires further examination.
Very damaged fragment of a ketubah. The bride's name is Husn. AA
Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Messier than usual (which is saying a lot). Dating: late 11th or early 12th century. Mentions Abū …