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Letter to the Nagid by a woman who had taken steps to convert to Judaism requesting that he accept her conversion, which, she assures him, …
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List of commodities, all typical trousseau items, with Hebrew numerals, mentioning items such as a veil of white silk and headscarves. Jottings, especially on f. …
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Letter from a poor man to a patron, probably a request for charity. In Arabic script. The bottom few lines are faded and damaged. Needs …
Writing exercises
Official receipt for Abū l-Najm b. Ḥasan(?). Unclear for what (sugar?). Payment of 2 dinars? May be dated 520 AH. Needs examination.
Literary text in Judaeo-Arabic, but difficult to identify.
A Karaite engagement deed recorded in the home of Shemuʾel b. Yeshūʿa Melamed (probably the brother of one of the witnesses listed). Dated Wednesday, 15 …
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Receipt.
Recto: Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic, ca. 1050. Gil, Kingdom vol. 2, #161
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One side: Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic business letter to "my brother," mentioning [al-]Mahdiyya. Other side: Probably the original letter or the response in a different …
Fragment of a letter from a certain Mahfūẓ to a Ḥaver, relating to the trade in silk. (Information from CUDL)
Unidentified document in Arabic script. Mentions Abū l-Karam b. Ismāʿīl in the first line. Needs examination.
Record of the auction of the library of the late al-Shaykh al-Sadīd Abū Saʿd al-Ṭabīb. The proceeds are at least in part for the widow. …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Literary text, in Arabic script.
Recto: letter, in which the writer acknowledges the arrival of 80 dirhams from the addressee. Mentions a previous letter concerning the capitation tax of the …
Fragment from the middle section of a letter about business affairs. Mentions the name Nuṣayr and the figure 2,000. The sender seems upset. (Information in …
Recto: two alchemical recipes, the first on the use of a water derived from a preparation of tutty (an oxide of zinc), which is left …
Bill of release. Location: Damīra. The city is referred to as עיר דמירה הקטנה in Hebrew ("the city of little Damīra"). The release is granted …
Epistolarium fragment in Hebrew. (Information from Goitein's index cards) EMS Part of a letter, with widely-spaced lines, probably 11th century and from Iraq. It addresses …
Recto: Fragment of a recycled document in Arabic script, wide line-spacing. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Verso contains greetings and the name of the addressee, Neḥemya b. Perahya. Recto also contains the name of the addressee. The letter may have been …
Long deed of sale involving many members of the Karaite community in Cairo. Line 13 mentions the communal waqf (qodesh) and much of the document …
Outline of a marriage document and/or dowry evaluation (taqwīm). Groom: Levi b. אמר(?). Bride: Ittifāq, a freedwoman. Marriage payments: 1+ 10. The dowry follows; the …
Letter from Natan b. Nahray, from Alexandria, to Musa b. Abi al-Hayy. Around 1063. The writer informs the addressee about Nahray b. Nissim’s illness. Seems …
כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה
ונעמאה וכבת אעדאה מן אלמסתק[ר ל ] בקי מן אב יהפך
לשמחה כתמה אללה עלי מולאי באחסן כאתמ…
Letter from Shemuʾel b. Yaʿaqov b. Shemuʾel to his teacher Avraham b. Ḥaggay. In Hebrew. With greetings for the high holidays and a request for …
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Recto: part of a ketubba for [...] bat Yeshuʿa and [...] b. Shelomo. Date not preserved. Mentions Maṣliaḥ ha-Kohen b. ʿA[…]. Witnesses are [Ḥal]fon ha-Levi …
From a glossary (or table of contents?) for a treatise on a subject that remains obscure. The headings are various operations conducted on an ״עם״ …
Medical recipes in Ladino.
Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The same scribe left at least five other letters: see tag. In other letters, he writes to his father in …
Bifolium from a Judaeo-Persian commentary, including sections on Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, and Lamentations.
Receipt for the capitation tax in Fustat of Bū ʿAlī b. Faraj(?).
Letter to Yosef b. Yaʿaqov called 'zaqen ha-gola' and rosh kalla. The sender may be Mufarrij b. Ṣāliḥ al-Baghdādī the tax farmer for the capitation …
Official-looking document(s) in Arabic script. T-S NS 327.63 Recto contains two documents headed by the glyph and with similar formatting. The upper parts of documents …
Judaeo-Arabic poetry (qaṣīḍ). Late.
Letter or petition. In Arabic script. Fragment (lower part only). Probably a business letter (...al-taṣarruf fī l-mawḍiʿ...), but with quite a deferential tone (...fa-yatafaḍḍal ka-mā …
Recto: Poem. Long Hebrew poem, congratulating Shelomo on being elevated, like a second Yosef, from prison to the rank of the "Deputy of the king" …
Part of a letter. (Information from CUDL)
Letter apparently from a woman (based on what appear to be 2 feminine adjectives, כפיפה and ראציא = ראציה) to her father (yā wālidī). Fragment …
Recto: Probably the end of a literary text, signed by Menaḥem ha-Kohen Abū ʿAraqiyya(?). Late. Verso: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Possibly legal notes in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. The upper section is in a neater hand and the bottom section is written more …
Recto: Document in Arabic script. On verso there is literary text in Hebrew; the hand looks late.
Recto: Some sort of a commercial transaction. There is also faded Hebrew script at 180 degrees underneath. Verso contains pen trials. Needs examination.
Letter from Moshe b. Abidirham. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of the 16th century. Concerning philanthropic activities for the benefit of the rabbis of Egypt. …
Small fragment from the beginning of a commercial letter. 11th-century Maghribī hand. Might mention Ibn al-Yamānī. A few words from the address in Judaeo-Arabic and …
Original text: Literary, in Hebrew. Maybe an ethical will, telling someone to never cease praising God. Might also be a very elaborate letter. Spanish-influenced hand. …
Deed of gift. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: First decade of Kislev 1429 Seleucid, which is October–November 1117 CE. In which …
Small fragment of a letter, with address on verso. It seems like none of the substance is preserved.
Recto: Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen, advising the elder Munajjā to give out two ūqiyyas of lemon and one ūqiyya (of lemon) …