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Verso: a complete copy of a poem by the wife of Dunash Ibn Labrāṭ, followed by the first part of a second poem, a reply …
Letter draft in Hebrew, opening with the report of the writer that he had expedited the collection of the monies pledged for the poor on …
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Opening of a legal document, written in Fusṭāṭ in the year 4[...] of the Creation. It mentions David ha-Nasi ha-Gadol [b.] Daniel ha-Nasi ha-Gadol. (Information …
Letter from Yosef ha-Kohen b. Ḥalfon, al-Maḥalla, to Binyamin b. Yaʿaqov (who has a son named Yaʿaqov as well), Cairo. The writer reports that he …
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Late accounts, possibly charitable, as it seems to be organized by Shabbats and mentions the orphans.
Literary text. In Arabic script, calligraphic. Contains a narrative involving ʿAmr b. Umayya al-Ḍamrī (one of the companions of Muḥammad). It involves espionage (al-dukhūl ilā …
Legal deed. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Monday, 22 Adar II 5456 AM = 26 March1696 CE. Currency: muayyadi/medin. The first few lines are lost/damaged. …
Book list written by Yosef Rosh Haseder. Published by Aloni under shelfmark TS NS 94.126
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A letter to Musa Yahya from Yahya Ibrahim - needs examination. No image
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Seems to be stuck onto a second piece of paper. Mentions 10 of something (dirhams? dinars?) belonging to the addressee.
An autograph letter by Abraham b. Maimonides to the community of Bilbays. (Information from CUDL)
Accounts.
A protocol of a case heard at the court of Natan b. Avraham, head of the yeshiva in Palestine ca. 1040 (in rivalry with Shelomo …
A few words in Arabic script on a fragment containing Hebrew literary text.
Order addressed to Abū l-Bahāʾ asking him to send something with the bearer.
Legal document, in Arabic script. Mentions two names "al-Adab al-madhkura bt...." and "... b. Abī l-Ḥūsayn al-madhkūr". Contains a fragmentary date [X]25. Acknowledgement clause in …
Siddur Saadya Gaon
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in a highly-trained scribal hand on recto. Dated Rabīʿ al-Awwal [9]64 AH (January 1557 CE). The heading states that the accounts are …
State document, in Arabic script. Probably official correspondence. The document presumably describes a conflict resolution between two state officials, where both parties will respect each …
A confirmation of the Beit Din that there were no obstacles to the marriage between Sālim al-Ḥalabī al-Ṣabbāgh and Sitt al-Kuttāb b. Yefet. Location: Fustat. …
Tax receipt, or possibly credit instrument? Contains an ʿalāma at the upper right, maybe, and a jahbadh signature at the bottom. Also contains the glyph, …
Fragmentary court record concerning marital payments. In Judaeo-Arabic. On verso there is a literary text in Judaeo-Arabic, perhaps a tafsīr; cites Exodus 2:25 (line 4).
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Late accounts with copious notes in Judaeo-Arabic including for the years 1779–81 CE (1193–95 Hijri).
Hebrew poetry and sundry jottings. Maybe a join: T-S Ar.30.189 + T-S Ar.30.217.
Ketubba fragment. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1462 Seleucid = 1150/51 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Groom: [...] b. Ṣadaqa. Bride: Turfa …
Ketubba with no names preserved, dated 15 Ḥeshvan [...]. Mentioning a dowry of 90 dinars. Signatories are too fragmentary to be legible. (Information from CUDL.)
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Order. Abū l-Faraj is to give the bearer "one half" of fennel (shamār). (Information in part from CUDL)
Fragment of a late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to a certain David M[...].
Power of attorney from the court of Daniel b. Azarya (1051-1062) in Ramla, 1368/October 1056.
Catalogue of the Ginzburg collection, No image
Recto: fragment of a legal document, in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Refers to a deceased man; the town of Farsīs (near Minyat Zifta); …
Recto: Legal document concerning ʿArūs b. Yosef and Sibāʿ al-Lādhiqī (cf. L-G Misc. 113 + L-G Misc. 115 (PGPID 4037)). In the margin is a …
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Likely a tax receipt, maybe involving sugar. Very hastily written.
Letter from a woman, probably in Alexandria, to her paternal uncle. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1030 CE. The writer's family, a family of merchants that …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. "And you think it's alright to leave the girl perplexed? . . . she has taken someone who will protect/conceal her …
Letter of introduction, signed by Shemuel b. Avraham, in an unknown location, on behalf of Yosef b. Ḥelbo, addressed to a Jewish community (לכבודכם, although …
Possibly a page from a halakhic work on legal procedure. Needs further examination.
Minute fragment from a list mentioning al-Tilimsani, by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Dating: 1100-1138). AA
Legal document, in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Fragment of state document(s). There is one hand on recto, and two different hands (different documents) on verso. Recto mentions "hādhihi al-ruqʿa." Verso mentions a …
Right side of an informal note probably addressed to R. Aharon, informing him to do something to do with 'our colleagues' without delay.
Faded accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
Query about niddah submitted to Abraham Maimuni by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu-- see Goitein Nachlass material
Letter from Farah b. Yosef, in Alexandria, to Abū Saʿd Khalaf b. Sahl, in Fustat. Dating: October 1056 CE. The letter has another fragment (T-S …
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Mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The hand is probably known. Mentioning names such as Avraham b. Hilāl and Abū l-Faḍl; mentioning …