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Small fragment of a business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Makhlūf b. Mūsā (cf. T-S 8.69 (PGPID 9265)). Dating: 12th century. Mentions [...] …
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Unidentified narrative text in Judaeo-Arabic. Treasure hunting guide? The speaker says that they built "domes on the left and the right" and deposited 120 baskets, …
Literary work. Dealing with court procedure, including the court notebook (shimmush) and its halakhic implications. Probably from Adab al-Quḍāh by Hayya b. Sherira Gaon or …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on lined paper. Dated in multiple locations on the verso, with the clearest instance being Ṣafar [1]254 (1838 CE). Requires further examination.
Legal document, in Arabic script, late. The document was folded and then cut in a hexagonal shape. The content of the document isn't immediately clear …
Unidentified text in Arabic script, probably literary.
Recto: Informal note from Ibn al-Sukkarī to the physician Shemuel. In Arabic script. Urging him to investigate the truth of the report of the seller …
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List of accounts on recto and verso, most are crossed out. In the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions Abū l-Faraj.
Verso: Letter of condolence in partially rhymed Hebrew. Mentions a Shelomo. Full of interesting phrases ("he lay for many days, and on that day he …
A letter explaining what happened in the synagogue t the writer and Munajjā b. Ṭāhir and Barakāt Ibn al-ʿAṭṭār. He also sends regards to David …
Letter to Ḥana the wife of Yosef al-Boṭinī, in Cairo (מצרי׳), from one of her siblings asking her to convince their brother to pay what …
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Business accounts in a common hand (previously misattributed to ʿArūs b. Yosef).
Inquiry in Hebrew about the method of prostration practiced by three pious men in ʿAkkā (Acre): R. Yosef b. Matitya, R. Yehuda, and R. Shemuel. …
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Small fragment of an Arabic document. Only a few words preserved.
Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: [53]52 AM, which is 1591/92 CE. Concerning the division of an inheritance between a dead man's widow and …
Verso: Letter or official document in Arabic script. The ends of 4 lines are preserved. Reused on recto for Deuteronomy 16:9-12; 16:16-17. (Information from CUDL)
Letter from Moshe b. [Ghālib?]. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the fast (Yom Kippur?) in Fustat. Regards from Abū l-Ḥasan, Abū Saʿīd, and al-Kohen al-Ḥazzān.
Business letter addressed to Yiṣḥaq Sholal ha-Kohen. Dating: Before 1502 CE, because Yiṣḥaq Sholal was not yet the Nagid at the time this letter was …
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very damaged fragments of a legal deed
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Gigantic and calligraphically written account by Abū l-Bishr regarding the sale of merchandise in Ifrīqiyya from the beginning of the 11th century, probably for Yaʿaqov …
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Letter probably from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya, in Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Dating: …
Beginning of the book of Exodus, surrounded by jottings in Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew.
Legal document, fragment, in Arabic script. Needs examination.
One line from a petition in Arabic script (the raʾy clause from the end). Reused on verso for Hebrew liturgical text.
Letter, possibly a draft. In Arabic script. Fragment (bottom part only). The sender may be a merchant writing from Qūṣ (l. 3) or describing his …
Bifolio containing draft(s) of letter(s) in Judaeo-Arabic and some Arabic script. Late.
Recto: Possibly a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning an amir and someone saying "O dogs and sons of dogs!" (יאכלאב יאולאד אלכלאב). Reused on verso for …
Recto (original use): Copy of a legal document in Arabic script. Acknowledgment made by a woman, whose physical description is partially preserved in l. 1. …
IB III, 47. Letter from Moshe b. Yosef Yiju, in Alexandria, to his brother Perahya in Fustat. Sent to the shop of Abū l-Fakhr b. …
End of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Sayyidnā and (possibly in the address) [...] b. Moshe. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Small fragment of accounts in Arabic script, possibly official. Mentions names including Ḥasan b. Ḥusayn and Salār(?) b. al-Ṭunṭāsh (or al-Ṭanṭāsh) (this name appears on …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Dealing with business matters. Neither writer nor addressee appear to be named; the latter is addressed as 'my brother.'
Petition from the wife of Ṭayyib b. Musallam al-ʿIblānī, a Khaybarī Jew, to the caliph al-Mustanṣir (r. 1036–94), seeking the restitution of money taken from …
Much damaged fragment from a legal deed. On parchment. Mentions the number 34 (part of the year? a sum of money?). Refers to someone [...]ūb …
Account of the public bread distribution spread over two sheets. In the late style of the handwriting of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dating: 1100–40 CE, based …
Small fragment of a ketubba, probably. A copper item is mentioned, perhaps part of a dowry. Requires further examination.
Legal document, minute fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100-1138 CE).
Two fragments of a legal document, probably with another piece still missing in between. Testimony regarding an altercation between Shemuʾel b. Yaʿaqov and Mufaḍḍal al-Kohen …
Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Two fragments from the upper left side. Mentions: female dyers …
List of appointments/gatherings. Headed "to be organized, with the help of God the exalted" (מא ירתב בעון אללה תע). "New Cairo, Thursday, early: an appointment …
Recto: Instructions in Judaeo-Arabic for the preparation of drugs (appears to be from a booklet of recipes), mentioning pure rose water. (Information from FGP.) Verso: …
Bifolio containing accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. There are also Hebrew jottings at 180 degrees, probably a secondary use. Many names mentioned, e.g. …
Memorial lists for al-ʿAṣṣār and the judge (al-Dayyān) Shelomo. (Information from Goitein’s index card)
Recto: Magical instructions in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: A page of magical letters encompassed by an ouroboros. (Information in part from Goitein's index card)
Verso (original use): Account in Arabic script. Unclear if state or private. Mentions ʿAṭiyya b. Manṣūr, Ḥajjāj, and Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān.
Fiscal account in Arabic script. One section is headed "māl al-jawālī" (revenue from the capitation tax). Reused for Hebrew jottings.
List of accounts that on the verso are clearly related to debts "דיווני" and organized by successive days of the week. Two of the items …
Letter fragment (bottom half) from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. The entirety has to do with financial transactions and …