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Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions the name ʿUthmān (among others).
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Responsum draft. On the question whether a dead man continues to acquire merit and reject evil. (This is less whimsical than it sounds, e.g., if …
Piyyut.
Arabic translation or paraphrase of Genesis 5:29 – 6:2. Oddly, the number 595 appears to have been rounded up to 600 in verse 5:30.
IB V, 30b. Account or list written by Abū Zikrī Kohen, mentioning names and amounts of money, probably debts or payments. On verso a list …
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions: "half of the jizya" and the desired arrival of [...] b. Natan;. (Information in part from CUDL)
A tale from Kalīla wa-Dimna in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder ha-Bavli (active late 12th and early 13th century). A …
Legal document from Fusṭāṭ in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyya, written under the authority of Avraham Maimonides and dated Tammuz 1531 Sel. (= 1220 …
Letter in Ladino regarding payment issues. Copious doodles in the white space. (Information from CUDL.)
Accounts. In Hebrew, possibly Ladino, and western Arabic numerals. Dated: Heshvan 5502 AM, which is 1742 CE.
Legal document in Hebrew. Dating: Late (c. 16th century?). Mentions a R. Yeshuʿa and the owner of a store (בעל חנות) among a broader legal …
State document, perhaps. In Arabic script. Fragment: Bottom only. Contains the end of a prayer for the amīr al-mu'minīn (wa-sallim taslīman) and a ḥasbala.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Letter fragment (lower right of recto, lower left of verso). The script appears late. The legible part of recto is mostly occupied with pious quotations. …
Sums in Greek/Coptic numerals.
Legal document mentioning a ketubba. (Information from CUDL)
Fragment (lower left corner) of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Looks Yemeni and late. Mentions the Levantine sirwāls and sends greetings to an aunt (khāla). The …
Unidentified text in brown ink with a vocabulary list from Isaiah 48:13-58:13 in black ink and marginal notes. FGP
Large bifolio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, difficult early modern scribal hand. Dating: 16th-century or later based on the paleography. The main heading on the recto …
Late account
Business accounts. Mentions mirwads.
Fragment from the bottom of a legal deed. Location: Alexandria. Dated: Middle third of Sivan 4895 AM, which is 1135 CE, under the authority of …
Letter from Yehuda b. Salāma, probably in Ṣahrajt, to a certain Abū Saʿīd, in Fustat. Dated: Elul 4808 AM (August 1048 CE). Gil identifies the …
כתאבי יאסידי וריסי אט[אל אללה בקא]ך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעארתך וציאנתך
וזאד מן אחסאנה אליך וגמל צנעך לך וענדך ברחמתה סבב תאכר כתאבי
ענך יאסידי …
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On recto there is the beginning of Fuṣūl Ibuqrāṭ (Hippocrates) in Arabic script. It is not clear whether verso is part of the same text, …
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Debt acknowledgment. Dated 4 Nisan 5408 AM (1648 CE). Location: presumably Cairo, based on the paleography and surnames mentioned. The partners Avraham Levi Qudsi b. …
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IB V, 33c. Order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen to Abū l-Khayr Khiyyār to pay to the leader (‘al-raʾīs’) 2 dinars. Circa 1141 CE. …
Document that is a continuation of Sassoon 1055A. Aharon al-Araki, who received a part of a house in Sana'a, sells his part to his brother …
26 pages from a book on divination based on biblical verses.
Register of ground rent (ḥikr) receipts for Manṣūr b. Muslim al-Zajjāj for his compound in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ with numerous tidy entries spanning a period of …
Legal document, fragment. In Hebrew. Mentions a payment of 3 muayyadis/medins per month. There is a Yaʿaqov. It looks like the document was abandoned at …
Copious jottings in various hands in both Arabic script and Hebrew script. Most of the text on these fragments is scribal practice of biblical verses …
Itemized accounts in Judaeo-Arabic for construction expenses, likely for the Qodesh. Written on 1.5 pages of a bifolio containing Hebrew piyyuṭ. (Information in part from …
Document in Arabic script. Quite damaged. Needs examination.
Letter. In Hebrew. Ṣedaqa Nes or Nīs (ניס) writes to Moshe b. Yehuda, in Alexandria. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century, based on the …
Legal document, probably a draft as it appears incomplete at the bottom. Consisting mainly of an inventory of goods and their values, likely for an …
Short note to Saʿadya ha-Dayyan in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Avraham Maimonides? Reporting that a certain affair was concluded successfully.
Order or receipt in Arabic script with Judaeo-Arabic annotations for 2 dinars for [...] Makkī(?) al-Khabbāz from Yehuda b. Yosef (presumably this is Abū Zikrī …
Letter sent from al-Mahdiyya (Gil)/ Sicily (Ben-Sasson) by Ismail b. Yaʿaqov al-Andalusi to his nephew, Yeshua b. Natan in Fustat, dealing with goods sent to …
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Accounts in Arabic script.
Legal document. Renewed ketubba after an incomplete divorce. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: Sunday, 5 Elul 1438 Seleucid = 14 August …
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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 13th century. Addressed to a certain Yeshuʿa. From a man who had ordered for a young boy (likely his son) …
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Letter in Hebrew or Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment containing the name Shelomo and blessings.
Damaged list, probably contribution to the poor. Late.
Recto: unidentified text, mentions miqra neviʾin. Verso: list of books. The hand of Yosef Rosh Haseder? AA
Accounts, probably. In Arabic script. Each entry is headed with a day of the week.
Letter from Yaʿaqov b. Aharon ha-Kohen to the parnas ʿEli b. Ḥayyim ha-Kohen (Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh). Opens with a verse of Arabic poetry …