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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Abū Zikrī and [Abū l-]Faḍl b. Abū l-Najm. Dating: likely late 12th or early 13th century. On verso there is a …
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no image available. According to Mosseri Catalogue a memory list for the Palestinian and Babylonian Gaons. AA
Love poetry in Judaeo-Arabic, with at least one word written in Arabic script inside of the Judaeo-Arabic text. There are writing exercises in the margin …
Letter from a woman to her brother in Fustat expressing her loneliness. She gives advice regarding the recipient's relationship with their other brother. "You know …
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IB I, 34b. Betrothal contract between Sitt al-Ahl bt. Yosef Lebdī and Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya ha-Levi b. Binyamin/Binyām. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Letter from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the Ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya b. al-Faraj, in Jerusalem. Concerning yarn. (Information from CUDL)
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Original use: remnant of a state document (fiscal register?). Very little is preserved apart from a date: the end of Dhū l-Ḥijja 546(?) AH, which …
Letter to a distinguished person. In Hebrew. Formal, possibly a form letter or exemplar based on the layout.
Un-conserved and damaged, probably remains of a letter. AA
Tax receipt.
Leaf from an Arabic medical treatise.
Letter addressed to R. Peraḥya ha-Rav ha-Gadol. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Maybe Ayyubid or Mamluk-era based on the hand and formulae, but this should be …
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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Header: "The ginger(?) of Rabbenu Nahray." Includes conversion rates for murābiṭī dinars and "the weight of al-Andalus" (וזן לנדלוס).
Very damaged. Hardly readable
Genealogies of the family of Elʿazar, the physician and judge (20 names) and of one other family (11 names). Information from Goitein's index card.
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Likely a letter in Hebrew and/or Judaeo-Arabic. Moderately wide space between the lines. Extremely faded.
Literary fragment in Arabic script.
From a literary rabbinic work. A haggada?
Legal document or responsum. Fragment (lower right piece). Refers to Shemuʾel b. Yaʿaqov and his legal adversary (בעל דינו) and appeasement. Quotes Nedarim 20b (מאן …
T-S AS 207.191: Interior section from a larger legal document, very damaged. Ca. 16th-century or later based on the paleography. The document may relate to …
Marriage contract for the same couple as in Antonin 637r. Begins with a clause concerning the appointment of the bride's agent, concludes with the last …
Legal deed. Iqrār mentioning Aḥmad b. ʻAbdallāh, dated 500 H. (?) [1106]. Verso is blank. Needs examination.
State document, in Arabic script. Decree fragment, four very faded lines with visibly large line spacing. The first word probably reads as "wa l-yujaddid". Needs …
A ketubah. Image not availabe.
Recto: Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: First decade of Kislev 5439 AM = November 1678 CE. It has to do with property and …
Letter from Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy from Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1065. Details about goods that Nahray ordered in Alexandria, probably materials …
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Recto: Levirate case in which a widow appoints an attorney to sue her brother-in-law with the demand either to marry or to free her. Zayn …
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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic with Greek/Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval-era. One of the entries mentions a burniyya ceramic pot (ברניה). Colloquial features including many diminutives and איד for …
Recto: Bottom of a letter (official letter?) in Arabic script. Verso: Tax receipt issued by ʿArafāt(?) b. al-Naqīb the silk tax farmer (ḍāmin al-ḥarīr) to …
Distribution (or possibly donations) list. Headed, "the wheat named for the poor." Names include: al-Kohen [...] and his brother [...]: 1 irdabb; al-Shaykh al-Saʿīd al-Kohen …
Legal document. it seems to be a release. Signed are Yishaq b. Mevorakh, Avraham b. Yeshuʿa, Yisrael b. Yefet, and Hayyim b. Sasson b. Hayyim …
Petition (or simply a letter), late, in Arabic script. A lot is preserved but faded. The taqbīl clause and yunhī formula are readable. Needs examination.
Fragment of a ketubba, with menstrual purity conditions. The husband also accepts that he will not take a second wife. Dating: Probably late 12th or …
Prescription or recipe either for or by Abū l-Faḍl Ibn al-[...]. Ingredients include goat kidney fat, cow brain, chicken fat, and saffron. Quantities are specified …
Late letter in Hebrew. Needs further examination. Mentions the unbearable heat of the sun. The sender's signature is difficult, perhaps: Avraham Ben-Sor or Ben-Tor, אברהם …
Literary text in Arabic.
Late writing exercises and sums (compare 12369.21, 22, 37, 38, 39).
Most probably a Fatimid report, but written in a decree-like format, or could be a decree relating the contents of the report/petition, in Arabic script. …
الجزية الجارية اقطاعه لم يكن عليها
موظف جسور ولا حق ديواني[ مطلوب؟]
اهلها به من مدة سنين وان المستخدمين
الان قد طلبوهم بموظف الجسور وغريما
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Fragment from a late legal deed dealing with support for orphans. It was agreed that the shop belong to the deceased will be mortgaged for …
Fragment of a legal document, apparently a release. Date not preserved.
Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (upper left corner). Only the opening pleasantries are preserved.
Account in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Late. Mentions pearls (luʾluʾ) and gold (dhahab), and the names Isḥāq, Sulaymān, ʿAfīf, and Ibrāhīm.
Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (right side). Addressed to 'my father' (yā wālidī, l. 7). Unclear if any of the substance is preserved.
Verso: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning names such as Bū Naṣr Ṣedaqa; Abū l-Bishr Azhar; Abū Yaʿaqov; and al-Ḥakīm
Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār) in Arabic script. Bū l-Faraj b. Yūsuf the Rabbanite Jew makes a declaration for Bū Saʿd b. [...] the Jew, probably …
Unfinished legal deed. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli and dated Ḥeshvan 1411 Seleucid (= 1099 CE). Concerning the will of Makhlūf b. Ismaʿīl …
Accounts.