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IB IV, 2 (ח4). Legal document detailing an agreement between Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi and his partner Abū l-Faraj b. Abū l-Khayr. During the upcoming …
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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic of communal funds regarding weeks of the Jewish liturgical calendar that differ in structure but are related to nearby shelfmarks such as …
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Medical treatise in Judaeo-Arabic.
Recto and margin of verso (secondary use): Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Listing mainly materia medica, including sal ammoniac, camphor, saffron (spelled סעפראן), bamboo chalk, tutty, and …
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Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. "What have you done with the fūṭa?... please try to send it to her..."
Arabic script (VMR)
Letter possibly in the hand of Abū Sahl Levi, possibly sent to Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. Containing an answer to inquiry whether a family had …
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Medico-philosophical riddle. "The proof that the pupil (thaqb al-ʿinabiyya) is filled with spirit (rūḥ): when a person dies, the e[y]es sink. This is the answer." …
Ketubba fragment (upper left corner). Location: Fustat. Dated: Ḥeshvan 13[..] Seleucid, which is 989–1088 CE. The bride's name appears in l. 3 but is difficult …
Recto: part of a text on dentistry and oral hygiene, discussing dental caries, dentifrice powder (sanūnāt) prepared from gigantic swallowwort and burnt snails. Perhaps Ibn …
Very blurred letter to the Nasi and the Head of the Diaspora (David b. Daniel?) asking for assistance for hungry people. The needy person is …
Poetic letter of congratulations, from the Ḥaver, thein-law of the 'head,' Abū Is[ḥāq] b. Saʿadya, to Yeshuʿa b. Yehuda, on the occasion of the circumcision …
Hebrew poetry.
Draft of the beginning of a Judaeo-Arabic letter to a judge. Dating: 12th or 13th century.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Fragment from the top part of a court record, from the year 1335 Era of documents = 1024. [...] Hakohen known as [Ghu]layb is declaring …
Letter from Shemuel Skandari. In Hebrew. Dating: No earlier than 14th century. Preceded by a decorated ב״ה. The writer addresses his older brother (אל אחי …
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Opening of a letter from the yeshiva, probably fall 1053.
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Letter/petition in Arabic script. Seems like a letter of appeal for charity and alludes to the door/gate of the synagogue. Written in a chancery-esque hand. …
Recto: Document in Arabic script, probably an account. Verso: Hebrew Halakhic work.
Legal fragment. Late. In Hebrew. Mentions Mardūk. There is an addendum in which Aharon agrees to all of the above.
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
Fragment of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Mentions sums related to specific documents (ḥujja, wathīqa); Saʿd al-Mulk; and a collateral …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The hand may be known (that of Nahray?). Mentions a shipment from Būṣīr to Fustat. Mentions sums …
Recipes in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably alchemical, but possibly medical. Magnesia (מגניסיא) is mentioned. This is not a legal document related to business, as it is listed …
Letter seeking to pawn a ring for a loan of three dirhams until after the holiday. (Information in part from CUDL)
Verso: Informal note, instructing the scribe of the court to write a promissory note on 96 dirhams—obviously the outcome of former litigation. Writtnen in Judaeo-Arabic …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Narrow paper with widened line spacing; ~10 lines from the middle section are preserved. The sender complains of someone who "took …
Letter from Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī, probably to Nahray b. Nissim. Probably in February 9, 1053. Mentions collecting debts from Kamel and b. Hajaj, which …
כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם [עזך…וצרף אלאסוא]
ענך ברחמ ליב בקין מן אדר [ראש]ון ואלחאל סל[אמה
ענכם מן יום וצלת סוא כתאב ואחד …
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Legal formulary of Saadya Gaon (Kitāb al-Shahāda wa-l-Wathā'iq). Information from FGP.
Accounts, probably
Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: Dhū l-Ḥijja 624 H. Involves Abū l-Faraj b. Fāḍil(?) b. Khalaf al-Tājir and Bū l-ʿIzz b. Bū ʿAlī b. …
Fragment of a court record. Location: Cairo. Dating: during the period of the Nagid David I Maimonides (ca. 1237–1300); less likely David II but also …
Partnership agreement. Location: Alexandria. Dated: 19 Tishrei 5575 AM, which is 3 October 1814 CE. Between Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi from Istanbul ["Costa"] who pitched in 10,000 …
Accounts of some sort in Arabic script. Several calendar dates are specified. There are discrete sections with headers written in larger script. Two of the …
Fragment of a letter, mentioning 160 dinars and the phrase אדאם אללה עלוה twice. Hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? (Information in part from CUDL)
Legal document in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Fragment (upper left corner). Regarding shares in a house which was given …
Legal document in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). On parchment. Bill of compromise. No names preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)
Late responsum, published שרידי תשובות מחכמי האימפריה העות'מאנית (עורכים: גליק, שמואל), עמ' 167-235 (data from FGP) Hebrew and Aramaic. AA
Unidentified text, in Arabic script. "واستحق الرعاة قبل فاستهـ...."
Recto: Letter probably addressed to Avraham Maimonides. Only flattering phrases in Hebrew are preserved.
Legal notes in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Quite faded. Mentions Netanʾel b. Saʿadya; [...] b. Shāhid(?); a ruqʿa; Barakāt Yosef(?); …
Copy of a deathbed will. Location: Fustat. Dated: Sunday, 20 Sivan 4845 AM = 15 June 1085 CE. Testator: Moshe b. Aharon ha-Kohen, a well-known …
Bifolio containing on two pages a draft or copy of a Judaeo-Arabic letter partially about legal matters, and on the other two pages an unidentified …
Possibly a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Damaged and faded. On the other side there is an unidentified text in Arabic script.