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Literary text in Arabic script.
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Recto: letter by the Palestinian Gaʾon Daniel b. ʿAzariah to the head of the Palestinian congregation in Fusṭāṭ , ʿEli b. ʿAmram, concerning ‘what was …
Book list in Judaeo-Arabic.
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Letter in Arabic script. Dating: Ottoman-era. Seal imprint and maybe a filing note on verso.
Poetry written and signed by Yedutun ha-Levi.
Accounts of expenditures and income, mentioning dancers, and names such as Abū l-Faḍl, Abū l-ʿAzz and Elijah, with Hebrew, Coptic (?) and Arabic numerals. (Information …
Minute fragment, an opening lines of a legal deed.
List of names and Hebrew alphanumerical values, extensive and well-preserved. Dating: 15th- or 16th-century based on the paleography. The list may be communal given that …
Receipt in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 18 Rajab 1238 AH which is 1823 CE. The name Yaʿaqov Yaʿabeṣ appears at the bottom. Dated 18 Rajab 1238 (1823 …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Recto: Small fragment from the top of a legal document, mentioning Abū l-Ḥasan and al-Maḡribī. On parchment. Verso: alphabet, jottings. (Information from CUDL)
Printed Haggada in Ladino and Hebrew. One side contains the Hallel with Ladino translation on the side. The other side contains remnants of lovely illuminations …
Legal query with Avraham Maimonides' autograph responsum and signature (r. 1205–1237 CE). Description from Penn Catalog: "The recto contains three related inquiries, in three separate …
Accounts in Ladino and Judaeo-Arabic that express figures in western Arabic numerals. Dated 19 Kislev [54]97 or less likely 55[97]– so 1736CE or 1836CE. Some …
Letter of appeal for charity from Abū l-Riḍā b. Faraj to the Nagid Mevorakh b. Saʿadya at an early point in his career. Beautifully written. …
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Recto: draft Karaite deed of release (ספר נקיון). Dated: Thursday, 13 Kislev 1342 Seleucid = 11 November 1030 CE. Yaʿīsh b. Mevorakh the attorney (פקיד) …
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Order of payment with a Hebrew 'emet' at the top. Abu l-Karam is to pay 1.5 dirhams to the bearer. See T-S AS 180.153 (PGPID …
Three legal queries to Yiṣḥaq b. Sason with his responsa. At least one of the cases concerns the maintenance of children
Note with instructions to draw up a draft of a marriage contract leaving out the names of the bride and groom. (Information from Goitein's index …
Letter from the cantor David b. ʿEli to the notable Ḥujayj (whose father's name is left blank). With a long Hebrew introduction followed by the …
Document in Arabic, possibly. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Recto: Petition in Arabic script. Draft. Dating: Probably Mamluk-era. The sender asks to be excused from having to go up to the dike. Reused for …
End of a short letter or note. (Information from CUDL)
Bifolium with copies of letters. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic.
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Menahem [...] to Nissim Meyuḥas.
Fragment of a marriage contract concerning the remarriage of Moshe b. Yiṣḥaq and his wife Sittat, containing details about the dowry. Dated 1378/ 1066-1067. (Information …
Verso: 8 persons donate each 1/4 dinar, presumably for the needy mentioned on recto (poor hand, but not that of ʿEli the parnas). (Information from …
Legal document. Fragment (upper right piece). Location: Damascus. Concerning the cantor [...] b. Meʾir and his qualifications for ritual slaughter. He undertakes not to slaughter …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Salonica and Constantinople. In the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi.
Formal letter in Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps 12th or 13th century based on handwriting. From ʿAbdallāh b. [...]. He reports that he has obeyed the …
List of three (out of 36) items made of silk (info from FGP)
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Bifolio from a court notebook. Probably a dowry evaluation (taqwīm): consists almost entirely of a list of valuable items and sums of money (in one …
Accounts in Arabic. Lists many names.
Recto: Ketubba fragment. Groom: Yefet b. Maṣliaḥ. Bride: Zahr bt. Yosef ha-Kohen. Verso: Document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe after the couple had …
Minute fragment. On parchment. Only a few words can be read. Seems like the opening of a letter or legal query to a notable, probably …
Legal document(s) or formulary.
Legal document dated Av (5)276, written ארע״ה (ie, 1+200+70+5), of Creation (= 1516 CE). The document concerns a trading partnership, and refers to trade in …
Ledger on ledger paper, with numbers expressed in Indo-Arabic numerals.
Fragment of a Hebrew literary source.
Legal document. Fragment (lower right corner). In the hand of Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen (active 1122–50). Someone makes an acknowledgment in favor of Sayyid al-Kull. …
Two responsa written by Yosef Hakohen b. Ya'aqov from Tyre (Date 1011-1037). AA
List of valuable goods. Possibly an enormous dowry list from a ketubba—the word הנזכר in the penultimate line indicates that this is part of a …
Legal testimony. Marriage permit. Location: Cairo. Dated: 1 Tevet 1500 Seleucid = 23 December 1188 CE, under the authority of the Gaʾon Sar Shalom ha-Levi. …
Possibly a fiscal account in Arabic script. Reused for Hebrew literary text.
Bill of sale for an enslaved woman (jāriya, l. 4). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). No details preserved. (Information …
"The chapter of knowing the unknown (taʿallum al-ghayb)." One takes a certain animal on Shabbat, breaks open its back, and eats its heart while still …
Legal document, in Arabic script, late. The document was folded and then cut in a hexagonal shape. The content of the document isn't immediately clear …
Magical spell in Aramaic
List of names with sums organized in two colums, the first is "the house of Joseph the transporter" and the second "the house of the …
Literary anecdote (khabar) in the name of Ḥammād al-Rāwiya, conveying an account he heard from ʿUmar b. Abī Rabīʿa in Mecca about an ʿUdhrī poet …