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shelfmark:"Bodl ms. Heb a 2/3"
Literary text in Hebrew.
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Collection of geʾonic responsa. The scribe is well known from other collections of geʾonic responsa, from the beginning of the 11th century. (Information from CUDL)
Verso: Accounts in Arabic with Greek/Coptic alphanumerals, mostly crossed out. Some accounts are also visible on the recto where the paper has been reused for …
Verso has traces of an original Arabic document. Recto might be a letter or a literary text. Some words: אלכשף סרעה . . . עיניך …
End of a letter written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (active 1100–38). Addressed to a higher authority and containing petition-like phrases.
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda, probably to Efrayim b. Shemarya, praising the addressee and complaining about a Fusṭaṭ man, probably Sahlan b. Abraham, particularly concerning …
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Verso (secondary use): Official-looking receipt of sale or rent concerning a warehouse/shop (ḥānūt), the location of the property is difficult to make out. In Arabic …
Recto: testimony within a legal document or a letter, concerning financial matters (power of attorney) and mentioning Abū l-Ba[rakāt?]. Verso: probably small fragment from a …
Letter, anonymous, saying that a certain Sefaradi (اندلسى) gave a sermon in synagogue and failed to mention the gaon. Gil speculatively dates it to 1038, …
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Muslim legal query with responsum (fatwā). The query concerns a young Jewish man who insulted a venerable Jewish rabbi (...ḥākhān ʿālim al-yahūdī...) by calling him …
List of commercial accounts, in Arabic script. "wuṣūl" can be read several times, and a name "Dāwūd b......". Needs examination.
Part of a memorial list (דוכרן טב). "The woman: [..] bt. ʿUlla. Her husband: Evyatar b. Elʿazar." Underneath, names mention include the well-known mid-12th-century judge …
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Neatly written note to Nahray requesting that he address the community for Shemuel he-Ḥazzan ha-Mevin, since he needs help for his family and travel after …
Appeal from the Jewish communal administration in Cairo to Egyptian Jews calling them to fast for a day in the month (Sivan) in remembrance of …
Legal agreement between spouses. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Location: Fustat. The husband of Sitt al-Bahāʾ takes her to court …
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Accounts on verso in an extensive table on the verso in which a wide array of individuals are mentioned, such as: Elʿazar Candiote, Elʿazar Cohen, …
Medical prescription in Judaeo-Arabic. Ingredients include: probably 2 oz. grainy concentrated lemon syrup (sharāb laymūn murammal), 1/2 oz. sugar candy (sukkar nabāt), something weighing 3 …
India Book (IB) IV,36 (ח35). Letter from Yehuda ha-Levi in Toledo to Ḥalfon b. Netanel concerning the ransom of a captive woman in al-Andalus. The …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Letter from Yosef b. Yeshu'a, Alexandria, to Yosef b. Awkal (1028 or 1029).
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Business letter from Natan b. Nahray, in Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dated: ca. 1063 CE. Natan's son, and his son's eldest daughter, …
פאעלמת[…אללה לא]
יעדמנא בקאה ווקף אל[…אללה]
יגמלנא בבקאה ויתב[קא] עליה [
[ ] ואני וכל ישראל [
וקד וצלו מרכבין אנדלסיי…
Legal document probably in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Refers to two parties and trustworthiness/neʾemanut. Little else is preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)
Distribution list. The names are written mainly in Arabic script along with weights (e.g., raṭl, raṭl wa-nuṣf). Names include Umm Zuhayr, R. Ṣadaqa (רֿ صָدָقة!), …
Quittance. On parchment. Mainly in Hebrew. Dating: ca. late 10th century. The releaser is named Yiṣḥaq b. ʿAmram. It looks like his name was later …
A few words from a state document (decree? fiscal register?). Specifically a number: 3[.]7, maybe 347. The text on recto is a mirror-image imprint from …
Letter of appeal for charity or assistance. Excerpts: ופקה אללה תעאלי ומן . . . . אלמופק רזקה . . . אנא פיה מן אל …
Unfinished legal deed. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli and dated Ḥeshvan 1411 Seleucid (= 1099 CE). Concerning the will of Makhlūf b. Ismaʿīl …
Letter from Toviyya to Eliyyahu the judge. Sent to Fustat, to the qāʿa of the faqīh Abū Manṣūr. Toviyya informs Eliyyahu that he found no …
I greet the dignity of the august patron, the great scholar, the honor and holiness of our master and teacher Elijah, the dear prince,
the …
Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a 'son.' Dating: Unknown; might be 11th century. There are some unusual phrases, such as "al-ʿāqiba li-barakāt" instead of …
Text in Hebrew. Dating: After the Spanish expulsion, per Avraham David. Describing how all the "maʿamad" that oversaw all the communities of Egypt did something …
Letter from Yosef b. Sahl al-Baradānī in Tripoli, Lebanon, to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat, ca. 1060.
טראבלס ליד
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Deathbed will. Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday, 15 [Kislev] 1500 Seleucid, which is December 1188 CE, under the authority of the Gaʾon Sar Shalom ha-Levi. Testator: …
Legal document (iqrār). Acknowledgment made by al-muʿallim Yaʿqūb b. Ismāʿīl. In Arabic script. Needs examination for content.
Poem in Judaeo-Arabic dramatizing the events of the book of Esther. Join: Alan Elbaum.
Mercantile accounts, probably. On parchment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Very faded, but some commodities such as myrobalan and sums of money are preserved.
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, …
Letter in Arabic script. Complete, filling all of recto and verso. The sender is Christian: he (or she) swears by the baptism in r15 (wa-ḥaqq …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.
Small fragment with a few words in Judaeo-Arabic (wa-mā yajūz an... wa-l-ʿudwān).
Small fragment from a legal deed, probably written by Hillel b. Eli (Date: 1066-1108)
8 pages of a Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic work on magic and medicine.
Medical prescriptions/recipes in a striking mix of Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic, sometimes alternating in the same sentence. Two of the recipes are taken from al-Malikī (of …
Arabic script (VMR). Small fragment containing the remnants of three lines of text. There are several other Arabic-script fragments in the series ENA 3399 that …
IB I, 24a-24b. Copy of three court proceedings involving the sale of a house. Nājiya, the wife of Yefet b. Avraham, 'the Pride of the …
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Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. Dating: likely 13th century. Verso: פי הדא אלאסבוע . . . . חתי יגי אכוה . . …
Letter (fragment) containing greetings and copious praises for Shemuʾel Rosh ha-Seder. (Information in part from CUDL.)