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IB V, 39d (previously V, 39c). Order of payment in which the merchant Abū Zikrī Kohen instructs Abū l-Khayr Ḵiyyār to pay the Rayyis half …
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dates of important biblical and historical events. AA
Legal query in the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning prayer/liturgy.
Record of testimony about a deposit of a modaʿ, with only fragmentary date surviving. Dated Elul 14[..] Seleucid = 1088–1188 CE.
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Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Mentions various names and the word 'Istanbuli.' A variety of names are mentioned: Avraham Ḥefeṣ, Yiṣḥaq Sargas or Saragos (סרגס?), and …
Circular letter from Maṣliaḥ Gaon to all the communities of the Rīf.
Letter from Hillel to Yaʿaqov, delivered by Mansur b. Furayj, concerning the buying of silk and a turban. VMR
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Legal document. Bill of divorce, Fusṭāṭ. Dated: 15 Iyyar 1491 (12 May 1180). This bill of divorce is one of forty under the T-S 10J2 …
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List of goods and prices. Likely a household inventory, but could also be business accounts or a dowry list. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ottoman-era. Curencies: gurush …
Legal document(s) in Arabic script. Dating: Probably late Mamluk or Ottoman. Narration of commercial trade accounts. The word 'qabaḍ' appears in prolific numbers associated usually …
List of Levites and Israelites.
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Narrow vertical strip of a text in Judaeo-Arabic, probably a business letter (ביע . . . כאן לא . . . תמן להא . . …
Accounts in Arabic script for the sale of cotton. Dated 9 R[amaḍan] [..]90 AH, omitting the first two digits. Given the mention of the ق …
Legal document. Partnership agreement. Unsigned. Dated: Middle third of Iyyar (year not preserved). Location: Fustat. Replacement document for a partnership agreement between Abū l-Ḥasan Menashshe …
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Damaged dowry list.
Legal document dated 20 October 1800 (1 Heshvan 5561 AM), Cairo, in which Me'ir ben Naʿim acknowledges an investment of 60 reales, each equivalent to …
Fragment of a communal letter in Judaeo-Arabic with wide line spacing. Discussing the qualifications of the son of Mevorakh as cantor and communal leader: ודלך …
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) …
Fragment (upper right corner) of a legal document from the first half of the 12th century, dealing with financial arrangements for the divorce of Yaʿaqov …
Literary fragments in Hebrew.
Accounts in Hebrew and Ladino on dated alphanumerically on 1v and 7v as 5600AM (התר) which is 1839/1840CE. There is a large title on 1r …
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Receipt for the capitation tax of Yehuda b. Sulaymān.
Letter addressed to Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli he-Ḥaver; Judaeo-Arabic in the margin; writing exercises in Arabic and Hebrew on verso. (Information from CUDL)
Minute fragment from a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (1100-1138 CE).
Draft of the opening of a petition to 'al-majlis al-sāmī al-ajallī al-mawlawī. . . al-malikī al-muʿaẓẓamī al-muʿizzī al-manṣūrī..." This is found among various other jottings …
Lower fragment: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Opens with a poem in Hebrew mourning separation and praising the addressee (אהה עלי אחים אשר היו אגודה והפרידם זמן …
Recto: possibly part of a commentary, referring to Ecclesiastes 2:14. Verso: possibly calendrical, referring to cycles of years. CUDL
Small fragment of accounts in Hebrew script. Late. Mentions the currency אספרוש (aspros).
A list of about 40 contributions. (Information from Goitein’s index card)
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to Karo Frances Co.
Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to al-Ḥedvat. Handwriting of Avraham Maimonides. Letter of recommendation for the poor man al-Shaykh al-Kohen al-Talmid Abū l-Riḍā.
Goitein: Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Asking for oil to be purchased for the …
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[ ]דכר [ ]
[ ] פאנא אן שא אללה ובעד
[ ]ס זית לדמוה [ ]
[ ] כנת מא אשתרית שי
[ אלזי]ת לדמוה קבל כל שי
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Ketubba fragment (right lower corner). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Groom: Yefet ha-Zaqen b. [...] ba-Ḥavura. Witnesses: Peraḥya b. Araḥ; Yefet b. Ṣadaqa. …
Fragment of an official-looking account. Verso may contain the glyph. Pinholes at the margin ~4mm apart. Needs examination for content.
Deathbed will of Turfa bt. Shemarya ha-Zaqen. Draft. Needs examination.
Literary. Catalogued as a 15th-century copy of Sefer Teshuva, the polemical work against the Rabbanites by Yefet al-Barqamānī (13th c.).
Letter from Yisrael ha-Kohen Gaon b. Shemuel b. Ḥofni to one of Shelomo ha-Kohen b. Se’adya’s sons in Fustat. January 1021, in the handwriting of …
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Legal testimony. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 15th or 16th century. Unfinished and unsigned. Esther bt. Elʿazar b. Pinḥas, the wife of …
Letter sent by Shabbetay b. Kaleb to the three welfare officials (parnasim) of Fustat, Avraham, Yaʿaqov and Abu Sa'id, informing them that he has arrived …
Fiscal document, in Arabic script. Refers to two iqṭāʿs (على الاقطاعين المذكورين). The last line bears a date that may be 403 AH or 430 …
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A letter to Shmuel b. Yosef
Recto: Court record dealing with inheritance. In the hand of the scribe Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: 1430 Seleucid = 1118/19 CE. Abū l-Barakāt b. …
Fragment of an unidentified document in Arabic script. Faded.
Document in Arabic script, five lines preserved, possibly a draft. Contains formulae from an Islamic marriage contract (hādhā mā aṣdaqa al-Shaykh Bayān... Samawʾal...). Needs examination. …
Verso (original use): Ketubba fragment. Bride: the widow Jawhara bt. Salmān. Groom: Yiṣḥaq b. Hosheaʿ. Dated: Thursday, 13 Ḥeshvan 1[3.]2 (ca. 11th century). Location: Fustat. …
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