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Part of a rhymed letter. In the top right-hand corner is a note of the name Shemarya the teacher. (Information from CUDL)
No Scholarship Records
Verso: Note in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to R. Yeshuʿa ("ha-talmid ha-mevin") instructing him to hand over a book (and possibly other items) belonging to the sender …
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Unknown writer, unknown addressee. Dating: Likely early 13th century. The writer asks for the copy of Seder Neziqim that has the gemara …
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic ca.1800 CE from Nissim Masīs (?) to Karo y Frances & Co.
Letter in calligraphic Arabic script. The sender's name probably appears at upper left. He is writing from Jerusalem (al-Quds al-Mubārak, 6 lines from the bottom). …
Letter from Benaya b. Mūsā to Abū Yiṣḥaq Abraham b. Sulaymān concerning the textile business, particularly an order for a Tustari robe or cloth (al-thawb …
List of the members of "House of Yehuda" and then "House of al-Umm?"
Legal document(s). In Arabic script. On parchment. The documents on both recto and verso concern Ismāʿīl b. Yūsuf al-ʿAṭṭār al-Sharīf(?). The document on recto may …
Letter fragment in the hand of Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi Nisaburi about his cost in an affair concerning Abu Sa‘id Makhlūf al-Nafusi. (Information from Goitein's index cards; …
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Medical treatise in Arabic script.
Table of contents of a responsa collection
Petition, probably from an actor of the state likely involved in the Majlis al-Ḥukm to a higher official or his subordinate. The petition is formatted …
…وشواجرها
عافية(؟) وانارها وبعض حيطانها وقصد المملوك ان
يبـني الطبقة على ما كانت املاء فمنعه من ذلك الجيران
ليس للطبقة المذكورة عالية عليهم و…
Informal note from Abū Naṣr to Menaḥem. In Arabic script. It seems that the sender is urgently ordering medicinal powder for dysentery (safūf al-zaḥīr) and …
Kashrut certification document in Hebrew. Dated 25 Tammuz 5524 AM (1765 CE). Location: issued in Carpentras, France (קארפינטראץ). The signatures of two kosher butchers appear …
Lists, grids, sums, writing exercises, jottings. All in Hebrew script and eastern Arabic numerals. Dating: Probably 18th or 19th century.
Small fragment from the bottom of a legal document. Mentioning Ḥasana bt. Shel[omo] and 1 1/3 dinars. (Information in part from CUDL)
Probably a fragment from a letter. (Information from CUDL)
Fragment of a legal document preserving one signature, Saadya b. Mevorakh (likely the son of the Nagid, Mevorakh b. Saadya, d. 1111), with the court's …
Genealogical list of the family of Avraham Maimonides' mother (the wife of Moshe Maimonides), a family in which nearly every member is described as "he-Ḥasid" …
Small, official-looking receipt. Beginning 'afrada....' For ʿImrān b. al-Riṣāfī(?). Same payer: T-S AS 176.438 and T-S AS 176.439.
Bottom of a legal document in Hebrew. Dating: late, probably 16th century or later. Signed by Yosef Qasṭīl (יוסף קסטיל).
Letter fragment in Arabic script. Related to ENA NS 83.300?
Receipt for ʿAbd al-Raḥmān.
Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his 'father.' In Judaeo-Arabic. He reports that he arrived in Qalyūb. He suffered a setback (izʿāj... qāsaytu shidda...) en …
Private account written by Nahray b. Nissim. Dating: ca. 1055. Details about business with Abū Sahl ha-Kohen (probably Menashshe ha-Kohen b. Avraham) as well as …
make his honored position permanent
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Partial Arabic words on verso - needs examination.
Letter from Hayyim b. 'Ammar (Gil) or Zakkar b. 'Ammar (Ben-Sasson), Palermo, to Yūsuf b. Mūsā Tāhartī in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1069 (Gil).The writer writes …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Unidentified document in Arabic script, mentioning sums of money and weights. Torn and reused for a different document on verso, also unidentified.
Unidentified literary text(s). The two fragments preserved here may be unrelated. The second one mentions the caliph (amīr al-muʾminīn).
Calendrical text and table for three months in the year 5594 AM (1833/34 CE) on the recto and verso. The recto provides an exceptional level …
State document, in Arabic script. Mentions "خلد الله" towards the end and "رسالة عالي" in the second line. Reused for an order of payment on …
Probably a fragment of a letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to Sayyidnā and contains blessings and prayers and some biblical verses. Reused on recto for a …
Legal document according to which Efrayim Abu Kathir b. Masliaḥ owes Yosef b. Shelomo 4 dinars, to be repaid 2 dinars per year. Signed by …
Verso: Note from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-ʿAlā'. In Judaeo-Arabic. He asks Abū l-ʿAla' him to come together with Abū l-Barakāt in order to …
Fragment of a legal document mentioning a divorce and Mawlāy al-Nezer.
Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. On verso there are Greek/Coptic letters in long sequences, perhaps comprising words rather than numerals.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on recto and verso. Dating is 16th-17th-century based on the paleography. A variety of names appear but only a few are complete …
Small fragment of a letter addressed to a mother (yā ummī). Requesting something from her. The context is unknown without a join.
Letter. In Hebrew. Appeal for help, possibly from Eliyyahu ha-Kohen, the Palestinian Gaon, to the community of Alexandria. It includes a description of a dire …
Letter from Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu ha-Kohen to the two brothers Avraham and Yiṣḥaq/Isḥāq Ibn al-Ḥakīm ("the physician"). Identification of the sender based on his distinctive …
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Ethical work discussing the world to come and evil inclinations. Late. (Information from CUDL.)
Letter written by [Joseph b.] Elʿazar in Palestine, mentioning various individuals including Abū l-Faraji, Elʿazar the doctor, Joseph the doctor, ʿAbd al-Karam, Sulayman b. ʿAbd …
Accounts in Arabic script.
Account of the Qodesh: building expenditures, ca. 1037. In the hand of Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya. A very damaged record, mentioning the supply of …
cut in the clay ....
and 20 dir. ....
.... in … and in ...
paid for oakum .. . . 23
2 1⁄4 dir. ... meal of the sawyers during . …
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Business accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The hand may be known.
Mysterious fragment containing a mixture of Arabic script, Judaeo-Arabic, and magical symbols. Dating: Perhaps 12th or 13th century. The Judaeo-Arabic is extremely cursive and reads …