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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late.
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Literary: The Polemic of Nestor the Priest (Qiṣṣat Mujādalat al-Usquf), in Judaeo-Arabic. See the book of the same name by Lasker and Stroumsa.
Legal document. Draft, probably. In the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu? In Judaeo-Arabic. The wife of Yiftaḥ ha-Dayyan declares that she sold Abū l-Barakāt...
Letter, apparently written by ʿEli he-Ḥaver b. ʿAmram, introduced with two poems in honour of Elḥanan b. Shemarya, and mentioning Joseph b. Abraham. (Information from …
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Two different fragments. First fragment: An abridgement of some of the dietary and lifestyle advice from Chapter 4 of the Hebrew plague treatise "Moshiaʿ Ḥosim" …
Letter from Mawhūb b. Aharon the ḥazzan to Nahray b. Nissim. Containing mainly warm greetings and blessings, particularly for Nahray’s son. He notes that he …
הדרת אדוני החבר הנכבד כג"ק מו"ר נהוראי גדול הישיבה ש"צ, בן מ' נסים זצ"ל. אוהבו מַוְהוּב בן אהרון החזן נ"ע.
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Medical. Medical prescription (from CUDL).
Business accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. One entry refers to the revenue from the shop; customs (maks); brokerage (samsara): and 83 dirhams. The …
Account including list of names and jottings, some of which are crossed out - needs examination. (FGP)
Fiscal document/receipt in Arabic script Dated: 5 Muḥarram 735 AH = 5 September 1334 CE. For the capitation taxes of the Jews in Damascus(!?) (bi-l-Shām …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Persian, probably.
Legal document. Small fragment from a beginning of a legal document, probably bill of gift, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138), under the …
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Nissim M[...] to Karo y Frances & Company.
Four different documents in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Clockwise from upper left: (1) Thin vertical strip from the left side …
Verso and bottom of recto: Amulet(s) for Makārim b. Nujūm to give him charm and grace and to silence his enemies. (Information from CUDL.)
May God make eternal the reign of the exalted seat, the [mighty] lord, [(commander of) the armies, sword (of Islam),]
the defender (of mankind), …
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List of books that [...] al-Dawla Abū l-Barakāt inherited from the late Abū l-[...]. The first two items are difficult to read (except for maqāla …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Table of Greek/Coptic numerals.
Bill of sale for a slave. Location: Fustat. Dated: Last third of Tammuz 1505 Seleucid, which is June/July 1194 CE, under the reshut of Sar …
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Recto (secondary use): Note of gratitude to a notable. In Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee's father the ḥaver graciously met with the sender and said, "Open your …
Legal document, probably written by Shemuʾel b. Saʿadya, dated 1495 Seleucid = 1183/84 CE. A few words from the reshut formula can be read, probably …
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A long 19th century Karaite letter
Legal settlement in the hand of the addressee, written between the end of the letter and the address. The senior partner Khallūf b. Mūsā the …
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Legal document describing how a person took an oath upon the holy Torah. Abū l-Makārim is mentioned and a fine of 5 dinars to the …
Business letter from Nissim b. Yiṣḥaq to Abū Yiṣḥaq Avraham b. Dā'ūd. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentions people such as: Yūsuf al-Andalusī. Mentions …
Calendar in Judaeo-Arabic. Including the date 1429 Seleucid, which is 1117/18 CE.
Recto: piyyuṭ. Verso: part of a letter in Arabic. (Information from CUDL)
Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Opens with blessings for the addressee, then a request to al-Rashīd …
Letter in a crude hand to a woman (Sitt […]), describing the writer’s safe arrival in Fusṭāṭ. (Information from CUDL.) Also in his handwriting: T-S …
Letters (or letterbook?). In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter on verso is dated Heshvan 5548 AM and the letter on recto is dated 1 Tevet 5548 AM, …
Marriage contract. Location: Barqa (Libya). Dated: Thursday 5 Elul 4750 AM, which is 28 August 990 CE. The contract explicitly states that it follows the …
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Prayer in Hebrew, possibly an amulet.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Approximately 20 lines are preserved across two fragments. reused on verso for literary text (including the first Hebrew phrases from verses of …
Verso: Letter, apparently to the holy congregation in Shafrir Misrayim (Fustat), similar to 10J24f. 9 recto. In the scribal hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi, …
Recto: Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. A woman declares that she has no claims against Rabbenu Yiṣḥaq ha-Rav ha-Gadol nor against …
Official-looking receipt. Mentions arṭāl Miṣr, the quantity of half raṭl, and the occurrence of the transaction/event in the presence of a judge (bī-ḥuḍūr al-Qāḍī al-ʿazīz).
Marriage contract (ketubba). Large and almost completely preserved. Location: Tyre. Dated: Thursday, 12 Kislev 4784 AM, which is 28 November 1023 CE. The scribe is …
Bible fragment, with verses from the Book of Leviticus.
Mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Recto looks like the handwriting of Nahray b. Nissim. Mentions "al-Ḥākimiyya" (probably referring to Ḥākimī dinars), …
Petition or official correspondence, in Arabic script. Mentions the death of someone's mother and sending the brother of their servant Abū Muḥammad to take care …
Account of building operations ca. 1200. List of expenditures, recording the daily amount of construction work lasting two weeks, of which the details for six …
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Account in Hebrew of the Ben Meir controversy. Calendrical discussion Description from PGPID 12023: Letter in Hebrew narrating the trouble caused by Ben Meir including …
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The subject matter is tricky to figure out. Probably a request for help ("I have no face and no tongue, by God. …
Letter fragment to a distinguished person (ha-rav ha-gadol rosh ha-seder yeḥid ha-dor), perhaps the Nagid. In Hebrew. Wide line spacing. Mentions "the three synagogues." Reused …
Letter from Yeshu'a b. Ismāʿīl al-Mahmuri, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Mentions the safe arrival of (probably) relatives to Fustat; a female slave who …
בש רח
תקדמת כתבי לחצרה מולאי גדול החברים אטאל אללה
בק[א]ה ואדאם עזה ותאידה ונעמתה אעלמת מא וצל
אלי מן שדה אלוחשה אסל אללה קרב אלגמע עלי…
Letter from Zikri to R. Natan b. Shemuel 'The Nezer', containing only the address. Dating: ca. 1128-1164 CE, based on the years when the recipient …
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List of Greek/Coptic alphanumerals, perhaps calculations or a writing exercise. Medieval-era.
Small fragment of a letter addressed to a mother (yā ummī). Requesting something from her. The context is unknown without a join.
Document, probably a letter, which mentions the pre-marriage payment. (Information from CUDL)
Literary. Beginning of a Qaraite treatise on the aviv (observation of the barley crop) and intercalation. By Yehuda Meir Rofe. Explains the difference between the …