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Fragment from the end of a legal document, mentioning Shela, his brother and a half qinṭār of mercury.
No Scholarship Records
In Judaeo-Arabic. Most of the entires are the biblical commentaries of Ibn Balʿam (d. ca. 1070).
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Verso: possibly more of the same, but harder to tell because the rhyming endings are cut off. On vellum. Needs further examination.
Verso (original use): State document in Arabic script. Portions of the ends of 8 lines are preserved. Mentions a large number of horses.
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Contains decorative elements at the end of the widely spaced lines. (Information from Goitein's index cards).
Enormous letter from Yoel ha-Melammed to Avraham the pious and to his brother Yosef, containing a request for help.
Deed regarding the endowment of two houses in Fusṭāṭ as a pious foundation: ‘the little house’ and ‘the cattle house’.
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. Praise be to God [alone … ]
This is what [ … ] bestowed and granted as a pious foundation …
Remnant of a letter or possibly state document in Arabic script. The ends of two lines are preserved: ...لعبك من الخاصة...
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Probably 11th century. Each entry is for a shuqqa (type of garment). Join: Alan Elbaum.
Most of the content is missing. Written at the end of Sivan. The sender's name seems to be [...] b.
The righthand page of verso consists of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, with several entries crossed out.
Small fragment from the end. Regards to the writer’s son Abraham and to someone named [Av]raham Sefaradī.
End of a legal deed from Fustat. Only the date and one signature are preserved.
In Hebrew. Seems to consist entirely of blessings and flattery, but it is very faded, so there might be more.
End of a legal document, under the authority of Nethanel (Halevi.
Recto (secondary use): Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning names such as Abū Naṣr. See ENA 2713.26 (PGPID 4532). (Information in part from CUDL)
Recto: Small fragment of a state document. The ends of four or five lines are preserved, very damaged.
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Ending with greetings, including to a dignitary ("ha-Sar ha-Gadol be-Yisraʾel").
A jarīda (as mentioned on verso). Many entries preserved, several of which mention terms related to iqṭāʿs.
Letter in Arabic script, ending with two words in Hebrew ([...] shalom). Refers to an illness (fī l-maraḍ) and an agent (al-wakīl).
Small fragment of a state document. The ends of two lines are preserved. Wide space between the lines. "...
Both sides are filled with various entries. See tag for the large cluster of related documents.
Recto (secondary use): Receipt or similar sort of document, dated Shaʿbān 5[.]3 AH, written on the back of a torn letter (see separate entry).
Bifolio in which two of the four pages have entries that sound like language from (state?) receipts, and a third page has a legal-sounding formula.
Verso is formatted in two columns with elongated words heading each entry.
Might be the hand of the clerk of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides. The ends of two lines are preserved: יעלמו לאן . . .
Dating is 16th-century or later based on the paleography. Only a few entries are legible relating to expenses and "copper" (נחאס).
Mentions quantities prices throughout the entries as well as the unit of weight ʿidl. Requires further examination.
On top of recto the name Moses ben Raḥamim is enclosed in decorative drawings
A magical recipe with a drawing, entitled מצדת שפטים. Judaeo-Arabic translation and commentary of Deuteronomy 3:21-24 on f. 1v.
Document in Arabic script. The ends of two lines are preserved. Wide space between the lines, possibly a state document.
Verso: End of a letter addressed to a congregation: וגדולם ושאר הקהל הקדוש . . .
The immersion clause is partily preserved, so we can date it accordingly to 1178 onwards, when Maimonides' enactment on this subject was published. AA
The beginnings of ~9 lines near the end are preserved. Concerning wheat and shipping arrangements.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The ends of several lines are preserved, mostly formulaic.
Accounts in beautiful Arabic script and eastern Arabic numerals. Three of the entries are dated with the years 1072-1073 AH which is 1661-1663 CE.
Engagement deed. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Persian. Groom: Yaʿaqov b.
Letter from Yosef. Ending only. The sender mentions not behaving appropriately with something or with a woman (or being accused of this).
This record refers to the lower fragment of the two in the enclosure. it was photographed upside-down; in this rotated photo, it appears to be the upper fragment.
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For a similar scribal hand compare with ENA 3914.6 (PGPID 11683).
Probably the same scribe as ENA 3924.7 (ID 10272). Needs further examination.
There is a seal imprint twice, and the scribe signs the second entry.
Little of the content remains. The entire remaining space of the fragment is filled with cryptic jottings in Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, and Arabic script.
Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Refers to "entering" (can refer to a marriage) on Passover.
List recording distribution or, equally if not more likely, contributions of wheat (as in T-S AS 145.21, 'thabat qamḥ al-[ʿaniyyim]'). See also ENA NS 77.94.
No details preserved. (Not a join with ENA NS 77.221.)
The hand is known from other similar fragments (e.g. ENA 3731.8 (PGPID 40518)).
The usage of Ottoman kurush makes it possible to estimate the dating as 18th- or 19th-century. The entries mention shops and items such as cheese.
This JRL folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.
The list contains 397 entries that comprise at least 449 individuals. MCD.