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Fragment (bottom) of a legal document from Fusṭāṭ. Concerning a petition from a group of people ("al-mustaghīthīn"). The court validates a document and gives it …
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Two or three different documents stuck together. One of the larger pieces is a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 …
Medical (or magical?) prescription. Late. In Judaeo-Arabic. "To release the 'bound' (al-marbūṭ)."
Receipt or order of payment issued by the state administration for silk production in Alexandria. Dated 25 Ramadan/R[abīʿ] al-Akhr[?] 1235 AH which is 1819 CE. …
Fragment from the middle of a legal document in Arabic script. Involving a deceased father. Mentions the "majlis al-ḥukm" of "our master [...]." Needs further …
Verso: Fragment from the beginning of a petition in Arabic script. Contains a taqbīl clause, 'al-maqām al-ʿālī,' and the beginning of the report (wa-yunhī annahū …
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Recto: Deed of debt. In Hebrew. Location: Salonika. Dating: Ca. 1578 CE, as this belongs together with ENA NS 5.30. There is a long list …
Ketubba, the signatures section is torn away. Dated: Thursday, 1 Nisan 5583 AM = 13 March 1823 CE. Location: Cairo. Groom: Yosef b. Moshe Shtiwī. …
Fragment of a decree, part of one line of text barely visible on verso at right. 23 cm across, so it may have been split …
Small fragment of a letter addressed to Fustat.
Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Yosef Yerushalmi to Abu al-Mansur Elazar the scribe from whom the writer asks a favor. The letter opens with six lines …
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Document containing lines of poetry in the hand of the judge Natan b. Shemuel (fl. 1128–1164 CE) (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 2:235, 574) EMS
בכתב ידו של נתן בן שמואל החבר
List of recipients of charity, mentioning "in the synagogue of the Palestinians," which probably refers to a person who lived there. Also two women with …
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Recto: Legal document, possibly a court record. Regarding an engagement (shiddukhin). Fiance: Yefet b. Binyamin b. Refaʾel ha-Levi ha-Talmid. Fiancee: Fāḍila bt. Bū l-Khayr Binyamin …
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Verso: Contributors list? Abū Sahl: 2. Ibn al-Dimyāṭī: 3. Ibn al-Rav: 1. Ibn Kawjakh: 5. Ibn Shaʿya: 5. Ibn al-Qirqisānī: 12. This is followed by …
Recto: end of a Judaeo-Arabic legal document, signed by Eliyyahu b. Moshe, Nissim [..], Ismaʿīl b. Khal[af], Shemuʾel b. Neḥemya Kohen, [… b. She]lomo, Barukh …
Accounts or donation list in Hebrew. Late. The handwriting and the names are unusual, possibly pointing to an Iranian origin for this fragment. E.g., Samarqandi; …
Letter from Eliyyahu b. Seʿadya, in Fustat/Cairo, to the Ḥakham Avraham ha-Levi b. Moshe ha-Levi the Qaraite, in Jerusalem. Scribed by Yaʿaqov Ḥayna (? חיינה) …
Settlement of account concerning Fāṭimah, wife of Ṭūghān. [On the paper wrapper: "Tugan" ; on a separate small piece of paper : " Important" ; …
Accounts with Greek/Coptic numerals expressing quantities or prices of goods, such as: coal and salt. The dating is late medieval or perhaps as late as …
Tax receipt, Fatimid. Two registration marks; 'al-ḥamdu lil-lāhi l-muwaffiq li-ḥamdihi' and 'al-ḥamdu lil-lāh ḥamd al-shākirīn'. Blank verso. Perforated for binding.
Small fragment from an engagement deed, written under the authority of Netanel Halevi, based on the phrase נסיכנו ונשיא אלהים ב[תוכנו]. AA
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Dowry list, probably part of a ketubba, written by Mevorakh b. Nathan (active ca. 1150–81). Faded and damaged. Bride: Sitt al-Fakhr bt. [...]. Groom: [...] …
Settlement between the two brothers Muhadhdhab b. Shemuel (appears also in T-S 8.112 (PGPID 7086)) and Amīn al-Dawla after a long litigation. Muhadhdhab ultimately agrees …
Marriage contract from Damascus, 956 CE (10 Nisan 4716 AM), which records a marriage gift of 225 dinars (of which only 25 were advanced) and …
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Accounts, in Arabic script and Coptic numerals.
Letter dated ca. 1050, sent by Sedaqa b. Zakariyya from Alexandria to his partner Barhun b. Salih al-Tāhartī in Fustat. The letter mentions shipments of …
Letter to a brother. In Judaeo-Arabic, with phonetic orthography (Goitein: "very low class"). Dating: likely 11th century. Repeatedly reminding the addressee to send various items …
Formal letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Wide space between the lines. Dated Tuesday, 18 Ḥeshvan. Portions of 6 lines are preserved from near the beginning. Some of …
Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen to his banker, Abū l-Khayr Khiyyār, instructing him to pay the household of Abū l-Makārim 5 dinars. …
Recto: Official letter in Arabic script. Portions of 7 lines are preserved. On verso there is an inscription in enormous Hebrew letters (אלקדר יצ...) flanked …
List or table listing a bunch of names on both sides. Needs examination.
Letter from Avraham to his brother, Mordekhay Kohen. Dated: 17 Sivan [5]646 AM = 20 June 1886 CE. Either to or from Alexandria (סקנדרייה יעא). …
Bottom of a ketubba. Bride: Munā (מונא). Groom: Netanʾel b. Ṣedaqa. Witnessed by Avraham b. Natan b. Pinḥas he-Ḥaver (who also signed T-S 10J27.3, dated …
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Legal document. In Hebrew. If the two fragments belong to the same document, it is dated: Kislev 52[..] AM, which is 1440–1539 CE. No details …
Letter from Umm Dāʾūd to her nephew (brother's son) Abū Zikrī b. Eliyyahu. Dating: first half of the 13th century. Describing the wedding of her …
יפיפית מבני אדם
ברוך הגבר אשר
ברוך אתה בבואך
אלי חצ'רת אלמולא אלחכים אלגליל אלכביר אלי
אלשיך אבו…
In y(our name, Oh) Merc(iful). From Umm Da'u'd, your paternal aunt.
You are the fairest of the sons of man.
Blessed is the man who ( …
List of entries in Arabic script that possibly designate accounts. Based on the remnants of thread used in binding, this fragment is from a larger …
Letter from a father in Cairo to his son, Abū Manṣūr al-Rashīd, in the Fayyum. The name Jamāl al-Dīn also appears in the address. In …
Letter in Arabic script. Dating: Ottoman-era. Seal imprint and maybe a filing note on verso.
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Not much content is preserved. Mentions 7 months. Regards to Riḍwān (unless this word is just a blessing) …
Letter or petition from a group of people in Fustat. Headed by a biblical verse, then the rest is in Judaeo-Arabic. "We the undersigned of …
Beginnings of 5 lines of an official document or letter in Arabic script. On verso, liturgical text in Hebrew. (Information from CUDL)
Request for aid from Jerusalem to Cairo. Undated but likely late 19th or 20th-century based on the paleography and the findsite (the Bassatine Cemetery). The …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Little of the content remains.
Letter from Manṣūr b. Maḥfūẓ, in Alexandria, to Abū Saʿīd b. Berakhot al-Melammed, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1487 Seleucid, which is 1175/76 CE. The …
Letter from Gaʾon Shelomo b. Yehuda, probably in Jerusalem or Ramla, to Efrayim b. Shemarya, in Fustat. Dating: 13 Kislev [4803 AM] = 29 November …
Letter to Abū ʿAlī Yeḥezqel, the brother of Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel complaining in strong terms about Ibn Khulayf and Buraykh, but praying Bushayr. (Information from …
Note probably from one judge or court clerk to another. In Judaeo-Arabic. “I have checked everything with me, even the house of the rayyis. It …
Two court entries in the handwriting of Mevorakh b. Natan b. Shemuel ha-Ḥaver, unclear if they are related. Above, the court orders Abū l-Faraj Ibn …