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Narrative text in Judaeo-Arabic. At least two stories are here, both involving legal matters. The second one involves a man with 10 sons and something …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
A long letter to Yosef b. Ishaq, from Mordechai b. Avraham, who also signed his name in cypher. Probably non-Geniza.
Letter requesting financial support for a poor member of the community. (Information from CUDL)
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Coptic numerals.
Perhaps a letter. Gotein's note reads in part, "Calligraphic (Torah script) to Yosef Rosh Kalla ve-Aluf (=Ibn ʿAwkal) [...] Thanks and שנתחדשה הצרה זאת. Scheiber, …
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Recto: technical instructions in Arabic script? Verso: Might be an astronomical table in Arabic script.
Letter in Hebrew. Late and non-Geniza. The names of the sender and addressee are not preserved. The sender is evidently a circuit judge, based on …
Order or receipt in Arabic script with Judaeo-Arabic annotations for 2 dinars for [...] Makkī(?) al-Khabbāz from Yehuda b. Yosef (presumably this is Abū Zikrī …
Non-Geniza. Letter to Avraham b. Aharon of Troki. 1680 CE. (Information from NLI.)
Legal query to the jurisconsult Shihāb al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd Abū l-Fatḥ (active in Egypt after 1183/84 CE) regarding liability for damaged property. The …
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Letter from Natan b. Avraham to Ḥalfon. Dating: ca. 1037 CE. The writer excuses himself for not seeing the recipient off. The writer was not …
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Small fragment of a letter. The upper left corner of recto is preserved, with blessings for the addressee's two sons. On verso there is a …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary hand. Mentions a ruqʿa and Barakāt and Bahram and Sulaymān
Legal deed in Judaeo-Arabic. Involving a divorcee named Miryam bt. Avraham. Little else remains. Dating: ca. 13th century, based on handwriting and the dating of …
Legal document dated 1220 CE (24 Sivan 1531) under the reshut of Avraham Maimonides. The handwriting is very rudimentary; needs further examination for content.
Ownership note on a page probably originally from a quire of piyyuṭ. "Purchased by Shelomo b. Nissim Beḥir ha-Parnasim."
Masora.
Page from a communal register of contributions. Dated Vayelech Parsha (=29 Elul) 5559 AM which is September 1799.
Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Fustat. Dated: 144[.] Seleucid, which is 1128–38 CE. Husband: Yosef [b. ʿEli]. Wife: [Sitt] al-Jamīʿ bt. Shelomo. (They may actually …
Literary work in Judaeo-Arabic. Perhaps al-Faraj baʿd al-Shidda of Rabbenu Nissim. This page discusses Naḥum of Gamzu and Rabbenu ha-Qodesh when he was afflicted by …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, in an elegant hand with tall, flamingo-like lameds. The sender appears to be a well-connected physician or medical student. Dating: Probably …
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Legal document (debt settlement) issued by a qāḍī court in the Musallamiyya madrasa of Damietta. In Arabic script, with a Judaeo-Arabic filing note. Dated: 10 …
Praise be to God.
In the law court referenced on the re…
Fiscal document, in Arabic script, bottom part of the fragment. Refers to a sum of 70 dinars. The document is dated Muḥarram 487 H and …
Order of payment, for Muḥammad al-Raīsī(?), which will be delivered (al-wāṣil) from the kitchen (maṭbakh?), by (ʿalā yadd)....... Needs examination.
Legal document. Dated: 14[..] Seleucid (1089–1188 CE). The day of the month was left blank, so this is presumably a draft. In the hand of …
Letter in the hand of Berakhot b. Shemuel. Possibly addressed to Avraham Maimonides. In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter is an extremely polite reminder to give the …
Letter fragment from Shelomo b. Yehuda (r. 1025–1051 CE), in the hand of Yosef Ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon.
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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.
Legal document. In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan (active 1150–81 CE). Seems to be an apprenticeship contract. The speaker (perhaps Abū Naṣr, l. 13) …
Letter in Hebrew. Probably a draft. Dating: probably late, ca. 14th–16th century. Addressed to a notable named Binyamin, with regards for his sons Yaʿaqov and …
Writing exercises.
Letter written by Mevorakh b. Natan (fl. 1150-1181) and signed in full by the Gaʾon Sar Shalom ha-Levi (r. 1170/71, 1173-95). Dating: c. 1170-1181 CE, …
Ownership note. "This pitaron (Interpretation of Dreams?) belongs to Nisan(?) ha-Ḥaver and his sons after him." Mentions Yehoshuaʿ ha-Haver (ZL).
Draft of the beginning of a court record. Location: Fustat. Dated: Middle decade of Iyyar 1689 Seleucid = May 1378 CE, under the authority of …
Small fragment probably from a draft of a late marriage agreement. The husband (perhaps Avraham) taking upon himself not to divorce her (Esther), but it …
State document, probably capitation tax receipt, in Arabic script. Contains two registration marks "الحمد لله وبه استعين" and "الحمد لله لما انعم". The first line …
Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter on parchment, quoting Nehemiah 9:33. Dating: likely 11th century. AA/ASE
Halakhic discussion. Very damaged, deals with monetary issues.
Legal fragment in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan (or possibly Natan b. Shemuel?). On parchment. Concerning the sale of a sixth of a compound …
Letter addressed to a Nagid. On verso there are accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
102 minute fragments (6 vellum; 96 paper), of which one is an unidentified text in Arabic (row 5, no. 9), and another is probably a …
Legal document dated 8 October 1801 CE (1 Heshvan 5562 AM), from Cairo involving the brothers Yiṣḥaq and Mordekhay Bialobos. The younger will receive 20% …
Document in Arabic script. Probably legal. Needs examination.
State document, probably Fatimid, in Arabic script. A fiscal document, mentioning several sums of money including 600 dirhams, and "min al-khidma al-saʿīda". On verso, there …
Pen trials in Latin- and Hebrew-script. The Latin-script words and abbreviations resemble Castilian Spanish but at times demonstrate Italianate linguistic influence. These words are honorific …
Commercial letter. In Arabic script. The sender mentions various things he has sent. He may refer to unrest in Ramla (al-ʿajjāj bi-l-Ramla). He has also …
State document, internal communication, fragment of a few lines. Mentions a dīwān. Reused for a rabbinic text in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic mentioning qumāsh (rubbish/goods/cloth). NB: …