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Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Little of the content remains; mentions [ar]bāb al-dawla.
No Scholarship Records
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Accounts, probably.
Verso: Record of the activities of the qodesh in the late 10th and early 11th century up until 1034 CE, written ca.1040 CE. Join was …
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Personal letter from a Jew residing in Jerusalem to Mr. David ʿAntabi in Cairo referencing his daughter's ketubbah – c. 1900 – Museum of Islamic …
Few preserved words in Hebrew script with a humanoid figure, presumably magical text. Needs examination.
Mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Large fragment. Hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentions the wool market (Sūq al-Ṣūf). Mentions various garments …
Legal document, concerning a house. In Arabic script. One of the parties is the daughter of Saʿīd b. ʿAllūn al-Ṣaydalānī ('the pharmacist') al-Yahūdī. Concerns a …
Tiqun Shetarot - instructions to write legal deeds.
Fragment containing copies of two different legal documents. The second involves a loan from Abūl-Maʿālī to a certain Yeshaʿya.
Five memorial lists. (1) ll. 1–16: geʾonim of the yeshiva of Jerusalem (and later in exile), from 1046 to about 1138, the dynasty from Shelomo …
IB IV, 78 (ח83). Letter from Abū Naṣr b. Avraham, in Alexandria, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter was written …
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Report to a Fatimid vizier. Dating: fifth/eleventh century. Khan published T-S K25.221 as the end of petition. Marina Rustow later found the join to the …
ولمولانا الوزير الأجل صفى أمير المؤمنين وخالصته ادام الله علاه وكبت اعداه
الراى العالي في ذلك ان شا الله
والحمد لله وصلواته على…
To my master, the mighty vizier, the sincere and intimate friend of the commander of the faithful, may God cause his exaltation to endure and crush…
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Two words in Arabic script.
Letter from Ḥushiel b. Elḥanan, in Qayrawān, to Shemarya b. Elḥanan, in Fusṭāṭ. In which Ḥushiel praises both the addressee and his son Elḥanan, and …
Lists of food items and calligraphic signature practice by a certain Yiṣḥaq Ashkenazi. 16th-century or later based on the paleography.
Letter with wide spacing. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Originally from a larger rotulus. This portion seems to contain mainly …
Recto: State document in Arabic script. Maybe a decree. Only a few words are preserved: ]لى للفراج(؟) للتقضي(؟) . . . . . صولها
Karaite betrothal deed. Dated Monday 27 Shevat 5481 (1721 CE). Bride: Farja bt. David b. Aharon ha-Kohen. Groom: Yosef b. Naḥūm (living) b. Yeshūʿa ha-Levi …
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Letter from a European Jew whose ship sank en route on his way to fulfill a vow to visit Jerusalem, and lost all his belongings …
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Letter from a man to his son Shelomo Skandari. In Hebrew. Dating: End of the 16th century, according to Avraham David. The addressee spent time …
Legal approval between Yehuda b. Nissim al-Tūnisī (cf. T-S NS 226.66 (PGPID 24392)) and Abū l-Ḥasan b. Khulayf al-Iskandarānī the ḍāmin of dyeing in Dam[...], …
Letter from Da'ud b. Ammar (Alexandria) to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat), ca. 1065. Deals mainly with the silk trade and the events happening in Sicily. …
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Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic in rudimentary handwriting (distinctive qofs) dealing with various financial matters. Refers to someone staying in a certain state for 5 months; …
Brief Arabic document or bottom of a larger document. Two lines and a shorter third line at bottom left are preserved. Difficult to read except …
Two legal documents (or two drafts of the same document?) regarding Masʿūda the widow of Maymūn Boṭon and her sons Shalom and David and Yaʿaqov. …
Legal document about an agreement to write a copy of a codex of the eight Prophets (nevi'im ahronim). Based on details worked out in the …
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Verso: Fragment of a legal deed, in the hand of Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver (fl. 1128–1164 CE). Probably an agreement between a husband and wife …
Letter to a certain Yiṣḥaq. In Judaeo-Arabic. Long and full of interesting details, but parts (especially verso) are faded beyond legibility. Dealing with personal issues …
Some Arabic words on the bottom of a piyyut - needs examination.
Legal record (#12) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 4r of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 11-13) Folio 4r
Legal document. Fragment (lower right corner). Dated: [..]99 AM, most likely 4799 AM (=1038/39 CE) or 4899 AM (=1138/39 CE). The document mentions Elʿazar ha-Zaqen …
Legal document. Fragmentary (lower left corner). Mentions a shop and a sum of 55[.] (dirhams? dinars?). Perhaps in the hand of [Shelomo] b. Eliyyahu whose …
Fragment of a late legal document, signed Yaʿaqov ha-Kohen, probably a ketubba for [...] b. Ḥayyim and [...] bt. Moshe. The bride was previously unmarried …
Two legal documents in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (active 1100–1138 CE). Verso: end of a court record regarding the marriage of Qaraite woman …
Letter in the handwriting of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). In Hebrew. Fragment (left side). This document is cited by Roni Shweka as an …
Recto: fragment of a spaciously written Arabic document, and address of the letter on verso addressed to Abū l-Ḥusayn Nissīm b. Ṣedaqa. Verso: letter, mentioning …
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Layout resembles T-S NS 305.41. Two of the entries have very dense lists of numerals underneath them.
Two lines of an unidentified document in Arabic script.
Legal record (#7) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 4r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 11 Tammuz 5320 …
A Hebrew note from a bookseller to a potential buyer, listing several books and giving final prices for them (in qurūsh). The books include "Zutah" …
Genealogical lists.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on recto and verso. Dating is 16th-century or later based on the paleography. A few names appear in the account entries on …
Much damaged legal deed. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Might join with T-S AS 155.411.
Mercantile account, small fragment.