Documents

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Letter or letters. There is the end of one letter, in Arabic script, immediately followed by the beginning of another, in Judaeo-Arabic with biblical quotations (or possibly this is a prolonged postscript).

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Tags

• bialphabetic

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This may be part of an obscure surname, however, given that the neighboring entries are full names. Requires further examination.

Tags

• list

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Document date

441 Hijrī (5 June 1049–25 May 1050 CE)

Perhaps written by a Tāhartī. See also ENA 3770.6. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

1 Discussion

Document date

441 Hijrī (5 June 1049–25 May 1050 CE)

Perhaps written by a Tāhartī. See also ENA 3770.5. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

1 Discussion

All are dated after the formula kutiba. ENA 3971.13–24, 31 and 34.

Tags

• arabic script
• dimme
• glyph
• tax
• tax receipt

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Primary language

Arabic

This fragment may have been cut from the same document that appears in the neighboring shelfmark ENA 4048.3. MCD.

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• arabic reused

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Maybe a part of the same letter in ENA NS 45.31 + T-S 20.90. (Information from Gil, Palestine, vol. 2, pp. 639-640, #350) VMR

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Tags

• communal

1 Transcription

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Moshe, the same scribe as ENA NS 77.354. Location: Probably Tyre. Dating: ca. 1028–54.

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Tags

• damin
• marital dispute

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This multifragment may be related to: ENA NS 76.615 (PGPID 13343). Requires further examination.

Tags

• print
• printed

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

On the back is an interesting note: לא יטלע עלי אלרקעה אחד - whose meaning is not entirely clear.

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

It may have been added to the fragment later on and its relationship to the accounts is unknown. Some of the entries mention almonds.

Tags

• early modern
• seal

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Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

T-S 8J12.1). Probably related to ENA NS 3.3, a replacement ketubba for Malīḥā bt.

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Inferred date

1500–1800 CE

Account calculations in Judaeo-Arabic in which the surname Ṣarfati is mentioned on the verso and eastern Arabic numerals are in use. In the entry below that there may be reference to some type of register with the word "סג׳ל / sijil".

Tags

• list

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions three months, a distinguished father, and coming to (New) Cairo. There is not enough left to make sense of it. Uses the abbreviation אלממ for אלממ[לוך], which typically suggests a dating of Ayyubid-era or later.

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Primary language

Hebrew

In Hebrew. Consisting entirely of blessings and flattery for the addressee and his son Saniyy al-Dawla (perhaps an effort to obtain private charity).

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Document date

Monday, 12 Iyyar 5337 Anno Mundi (29 April 1577 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

End of a legal document. Location: Fustat/Cairo.

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• dammuhi

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Khalaf to a man, evidently the head of the Jews in Fustat or Cairo, emphasizing that the community in his town enjoyed security and peace. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, pp. 349, 350, and from Goitein's index cards)

Tags

• communal

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Possibly a join: T-S 13J35.11 (PGPID 8085) and ENA NS 47.20 (PGPID 12153).

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Document date

21 Ramaḍān 544 Hijrī (22 January 1150 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Wuhayb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm Dated: 21 Ramaḍān 544 (22 January 1150). With endorsements/registrations at the top ("athbaṭū al-mablagh...").

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Primary language

Arabic

Addressed to al-majlis al-sāmī al-ajallī al-mawlawī and the petitionee is also addressed as "ʿumdat l-mulūk wa l-salāṭīn". The entire page is covered with Arabic jottings. On verso there is the qiddush for Passover.

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Primary language

Arabic

Brief official report in Arabic script. Ends, "anhā dhālika wa-l-raʾy aʿlāhu." Dating: Likely Ayyubid or early Mamluk-era, based on handwriting and format.

Tags

• arabic

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Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Legible phrases include: "Send to Alexand[ria]" and "he bought for him." The end of the Arabic address is preserved on verso ([...]īʿ b.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Avraham) to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef. Dating: end of 11th century. Only the opening and greetings are preserved.

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Tags

• ib-addenda
• ib6

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Mentions sending a power of attorney. Urges two people to "enter into the affair" (פאן דכלא פי אלמסלה פאן אלמסלה תנגח אללה אללה).

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Tags

• account

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

, Abū Manṣūr al-Tabib, Abū l-Ḥasan and the elder Jalāl al-Mulk (here not used as a title but as an actual name). On verso at the end the month Ramaḍān. AA

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

the shop of Makīn to the end of the month. (Information in part from Goitein's index card.)

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• oath

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Primary language

Hebrew

The end of a ketubba with a dowry list, referring to either Natan or Yonatan (or simply החתן).

Tags

• ketubba
• marriage

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Primary language

Arabic

Reporting that he is engaged in Hebrew studies and asking for material support.

Tags

• dimme

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary language

Arabic

There are four distinct entries, which have a large word in the right margin, maybe the name of a person: Najm(?)

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Tags

• account

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment from the end of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b.

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Tags

• halfon b. menashshe

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Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Engagement contract, draft. The scribe repeated a number of lines of the document as well as the names of the bride and groom several times.

Tags

• draft
• engagement

1 Transcription 1 Discussion

Primary languages

Arabic, Unidentified language and script

The unknown language/script may also appear in faint ink on the verso of the neighboring shelfmark ENA 2847.10.

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