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Liturgical text (qiddush?) for Passover. Signed: Shelomo b. [...]. Dated: Friday, 7 Nisan 1606 Seleucid, which is 1295 CE.
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Two different letters of recommendation (one on recto, one on verso) for a scholar from a foreign land, who is apparently an eligible bachelor (ʿāzib) …
Fragment from a large legal document in Arabic script. Mentions Abū l-Riḍā b. Hilāl the Jew in the first line. Very damaged. Needs further examination.
Unidentified text(s) in Arabic script. One part of it (verso) looks literary, with pen trials and doodles underneath. There is also a string of titles …
Kabbalistic medallion containing the names of the sefirot.
Receipt for the capitation tax for Khalaf b. Yaʿqūb in Fustat. Dated: Looks like 551 AH, which would be 1156/57 CE if correct. See ENA …
Official letter or document in Arabic script. Maybe a petition asking the addressee to reprimand and threaten a group of people: والزجر لهم . . …
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A hybrid letter/account beginning, "My master, may God extend your life, you asked me for a 'noble' account (ḥisāb karīm) but I could not find …
Letter/announcement addressed to the entire Jewish community of Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Probably from the office of the Nagid. Bears an 'emet' motto at the top. …
Marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Cairo. Dated: Thursday, 23 Av 1394 Seleucid, which is 1083 CE. Bride: Kūfiyya bt. Ṭāhir. Groom: Benyamin b. Moshe. A very …
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Laws of ketubah from Cairo - needs examination. No image
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Unidentified text, in Hebrew script, late.
Letter from the grandfather of an orphaned girl who is about to marry, to her other grandfather, reminding him of his financial obligations (50 dinars) …
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Cryptic note in Judaeo-Arabic. Maybe the address of a letter (to Fustat/Cairo). Dating: 18th or 19th century.
Small official-looking receipt for [...] b. Maymūn. T-S AS 176.458–77 all seem to be for the same person from the same dossier.
Recto: fragment of a letter in a crude hand, mentioning a woman’s death, מתה וערסה על השלחן. Verso: letter of consolation in a different hand, …
Small fragment of a legal deed. Involves Abū l-Munā, a girl (ṣabiyya), and 20-some dinars.
Small letter fragment in Arabic. Excerpts: معهم واخرج جملة . . . ها الف و . . . . بذلك حتى كانه حاصل . . …
Accounts in Arabic, minute fragment. Possible reference to a majlis on the recto. Requires further examination.
Recto: probably a document or letter. Verso: possibly a document, mentioning Moses. (Information from CUDL)
Two lines from a ketubba of a bride, Malīḥa bt. Ṣed[aqa], divorced from a prior betrothal. AA
Small receipt or order for 2 raṭls of something. The quantity is written three times: with a Hebrew numeral and a Coptic numeral at the …
Accounts.
Legal document. Dated: Tuesday, 9 Tammuz 5422 AM = 30 June 1762 CE. Location: Cairo. Bill of authorization is given to Yaʿaqov al-Khallāf in connection …
Mysterious fragment, probably in Judaeo-Arabic. Needs examination.
State document in Arabic script, probably a petition. Six fragments are preserved. The addressee is referred to with the titles al-Malikī al-Nāṣirī, which in Geniza …
Small fragment in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning payment(?)
Order of payment addressed to Abū Saʿd b. [...].
Ruling in absentia against the blacksmith Jawhar Maḥmūd of al-Sakākīnī Street where he runs a blacksmith workshop without a permit and he is fined 50 …
Legal document. According to Ashtor, "an agreement concerning a levirate marriage, second half of the 15th century." However the basis for the dating is not …
Fol. 2v (lower section): Fragment of a mercantile letter in Arabic script. The sender refers to someone who was delayed in Rashīd (Rosetta). Also mentions …
Letter fragment from a group of Byzantine Jewish captives being held for ransom in Egypt (probably Alexandria), to the Nagid Yehuda b. Seʿadya. In Hebrew. …
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Letter to Maimonides with autograph response on verso. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on the years when Maimonides was active in Egypt. "T-S Arabic Box …
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Much damaged fragment from a ketubah.
Unidentified list in Arabic script. Very faded. On verso there is a note in Hebrew stating that a certain pamphlet (קטרס) belongs to the teacher …
Partnership/investment agreement. Location: Fustat. Dated: 13[.]4, probably 1384 Seleucid, which would be 1072/73 CE. (1334 and 1394 Seleucid are also technically possible; the decade word …
Letter of appeal for charity. In Arabic script. Written in two columns. Asking the addressee to exchange the writer's possessions for food. Mentions Abū ʿAlī …
Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic, with a long Hebrew introduction. Asking for assistance in the petitioner’s difficult times of poverty and illness, mentioning …
Pen trials in Judaeo-Arabic, labeled as such "תגרב(ה) ק[ל]ם". The dating is medieval-era based on the paleography.
Prognostications in Judaeo-Arabic, based on the Coptic calendar.
Trousseau list enumerating items of a dowry which amounts to 30 dinars and part of a house. Dated ca. 1090. Groom: Yosef b. Yaʿaqov. Bride: …
List of names, the context is unclear. On verso passage from Passover Haggadah. AA Dating: 13th century