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Notes possibly in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mainly lists of names, numbers, and days of the week. Unclear significance.
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Recto: Two late letter drafts (or two versions of the same letter?), one in Arabic and one in Judaeo-Arabic. Needs further examination. Verso: Accounts. The …
Might be a communal letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded and damaged. Mentions 'al-Shāmiyyīn' and various numbers and Sayyidnā Moshe. Could also be literary or prognostications. Needs …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Recto: part of a letter in Arabic. Verso: unidentified text, possibly in Hebrew. (Information from CUDL)
Letter fragment in Ladino in a very cursive hand. The author mentions their "nephew / sobrino" and also "my cousin Avraham ha-Levi" (3 and 4 …
Notes from a lesson given by Maimonides. There is a fingerprint. See analysis and edition in Friedman, "Notes by a Disciple in Maimonides' Academy Pertaining …
Court record issued by a Qaraite beit din at the Dar Simḥa Synagogue in Cairo. Dated: Monday, 4 Shevaṭ 5321 AM = 21 January 1561 …
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Recto: The ends of 3 lines in Hebrew, possibly from a letter. Verso: The name صادوق/Ṣadoq written in Arabic and one other word.
Secondary use: A judge's inventory of possessions and money relating to Avraham b. Ḥasan and Abū l-Ṭāhir. Possibly the inventory of a coppersmith who possessed …
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The main text is liturgical. In the margin two strips from another document- a ketubba written by Mevorakh b. Natan (active 1150-1181 CE) - were …
Likely a promissory note stating that "I owe" a sum of money to "[...] al-Yahūdī."
Fragment from the bottom of a petition, or possibly a letter in response to a petition. Referring to a woman who "seeks the gate of …
Most of a legal query about Reuven who sold to Shimʿon a copy of the Halakhot of a certain Rav Yiṣḥaq but the book was …
Recto (secondary use): Letter draft mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer expresses grief over the death of his brother, Abū l-Faraj b. Yosef, who was perhaps …
Receipt issued by a waqf overseer (ناظر وقف) for "ground rent" (حكر) of properties in the "the Jewish quarter" of Cairo (حكر القاعات بحارت اليهود). …
Letter draft from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to a woman (al-sitt al-rayyisa al-ʿazīza). In Judaeo-Arabic. Written in his worst handwriting.
Recto: Order from Abū l-Barakāt (perhaps Shelomo b. Eliyyahu) to Abū l-Munā, asking him to give the bearer a list of items including sorrel and …
Debt contract. Fragment (upper left corner). In the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Dating: Probably 1100–27 CE, as there is no …
Two fragments, both literary.
Recto: Lower part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender heard that his brother Yosef died in India, and he asks the addressee to enquire …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic detailing income for the "Treasury of Silk Looms" in Alexandria, a branch of the state monopoly administration. Dated Shawwal 1239 AH which …
Letter from Shemuel ha-Levi b. Avraham, in Jerusalem, to ʿUzziel Fayrūz, presumably in Fustat/Cairo. The writer's son Avraham Levi b. Shemuel added his own signature …
Small fragment of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
Letter from Shelomo b. Netanʾel ha-Shulḥani (the moneychanger), in Fustat, to Ṣadoq b. Levi ha-Levi, president of the court. Dating: ca. 1030, according to Gil. …
Legal document concerning inheritance issues of the late Jamīla al-Musulmāniyya, mother of Avraham and Eliyyahu Levi, who had converted to Islam and married Ḥasan al-Sharqāwī …
Letter from one community (of Jerusalem?) to another (of Fustat?). In Hebrew. Dating: likely 11th century. There is a long introduction with biblical verses and …
Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen to Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon b. Moses, trustee of the Yeshiva. (Information from CUDL). Should be added to India Book V. …
Recto might be a letter in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning a wicked person (הדא אלרשע) and reward. Verso looks like Hebrew piyyuṭ. Might be in the hand …
Letter from Abu Nasr b. Ibrahim, Alexandria, to his partner Abu Ishaq the nāʾib (deputy). Dating: 11 May 1141. The first page of the letter …
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Tax receipt for the capitation tax of Maʿālī b. [...] in Fustat for the year 525 AH (=1130/31 CE).
Literary text, an allusion to the Quranic narrative of Prophet Yūsuf in a versified ornate prose (sajʿ) or poetry. [al-Quran, 12:13-18].
Recto: Unidentified text in Arabic script. Verso: Psalms and ʿAmida for the evening service at Sukkot. (Information from CUDL.)
Letter fragment from Shelomo b. Yehuda to an unidentified personality in Fustat, ca. 1025. This letter describes a difficult and very brief visit to Jerusalem …
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Geonic literature. In Hebrew.
Maimonides, Epistle to Yemen
Accounts in Ladino.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. There is mention of the Qaraites and Ben Me'ir, suggesting that it might have to do with the calendar controversy. There is …
Recto: bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, seems to be in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe. Verso: addendum by another family member, Abū l-Surūr, …
Recto: Acknowledgment of debt of seventy dinars Abū l-Thanāʾ al-Sukkarī (the sugar seller) b. Abū l-Barakāt the perfumer by Abū Isḥāq b. Aharon ha-Kohen the …
List of names. On parchment. Very discolored and faded. Mentions: Ṣafiyy al-Dawla; Hibatallāh; the cantor Yehuda b. Ḥasan; Sayyid al-Ahl al-ʿAṭṭār.
IB IV, 55 (ח60). Letter from Yeḥezqel b. Netanel ha-Levi, probably in Qalyūb, to his brother Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: …
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Fine, calligraphic ketubba. Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 20 Shevaṭ 1361 Seleucid = 16 January 1050 CE. Bride: Sitt al-Dār bt. Abū l-Ṭayyib Ḥananya ha-Levi ha-Parnas. …
Letter in Hebrew. Mainly complaining about the conduct of a group of wicked people. Needs further examination. Join: Alan Elbaum. On verso there is a …
IB II, 32. Letter from Maḍmūn b. Yefet, Aden, to his brother-in-law Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen settling the estate of Jewish traders who …
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Order for a quantity of raṭls of something.
Geʾonic responsa. (Information from CUDL)
Recipe or prescription in Arabic. Items include "half a cup" (nuṣf qadaḥ) of something; three ounces of sesame oil (sīraj); and chebulic myrobalan.
Letter from Tyre to David b. Daniel, Fustat, probably 1092.