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Amulet to make Yosef b. Amira (also known as Yosef b. Efrayim) return quickly to Fustat. The angels are called upon to not let him …
No Scholarship Records
End of a medical treatise regarding different kinds of food and drinks, their tastes and their influences on the body depending on the time and …
Fragment from the right side of an official-looking account.
Minute fragment from a legal deed, signed by [...] b. Hananya and written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100–1138 CE)
Letter to the teacher Ibn Yosef, informing the writer's mother about an agreement with his future wife and listing several persons on the verso, among …
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Recto: Order of payment. In Arabic script. The addressee Abū l-[...] is to a pay a dirham to the bearer [...].
Large bifolio of accounts, perhaps from the same scribe as T-S AS 185.158 (PGPID 39885). Dating is likely 16th-17th-century based on the paleography and, crucially, …
Either a letter describing a legal issue, or a legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions terms such as iʿtiqāl (arrest) and tarsīm (usually payment for house …
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Small fragment from the end of a ketubah. One of the witnesses is Yehezkel. AA
Several lines of accounting, giving somebody's name (a faqīh? Abū l-Ḥassan b. Ṣāliḥ Muḥammad al-Q[...]?), then several figures in Greek/Coptic numerals, with a grand total …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably Mamluk-era, based on handwriting, spelling, and vocabulary. Needs examination for content. Quite faded. Might mention a commodity called qiṭmīr. (Information …
List of donations, qa’imat al-nedava (Hebrew), recording around forty-five names and the sums of their contributions. The reverse side contains an account of collections made, …
קאימה אלנדבה
נדמ' סומך פצה
5
ג[[.]]אעתה קצטלן
פצה
.א.ון סכנדרי
6
נצר רייס
.יב' מסתהתר
½ 4
...]ד גריגי
3
אב לשאע
8
לוי בחרי
1
נסים כלח
15
אלח'…
Opening of a letter written by Daniel b. Azarya, Jerusalem, to Aviram ha-Kohen b. Yitzhak b. Furat. Daniel b. Azarya writes that he is sorry …
Letter, small fragment. Preserves part of the opening blessings in Hebrew for multiple addressees.
Miscellany containing halakhic text(s) in Judaeo-Arabic as well as a section with a date: 5010 AM = 1561 Seleucid = 1182 since the destruction of …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions Ibn al-Rayyis (spelled אבן אלרייץ).
Letter/petition from Yehuda(?), probably in Cairo, to an important person called Sayyidnā, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary orthography. Dating: Probably late 12th or early …
Recto: Copy of a letter of condolence for Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–39 CE) upon the death of a son. Verso: A dirge with ṣidduq ha-din …
Shopping list in Hebrew, the heading states "I want to go to the market and get." Late medieval or early modern, 15th-17th centuries. One of …
Tabular accounts in Arabic and either Coptic numerals or some form of shorthand (often crossing out an entry with a vertical line). Mentions names such …
Minute fragment of a letter, probably. Mentions ויהודה הזקן ומנשה in the margin. On verso there appear to be jottings in Arabic script.
Possibly a letter. In Arabic script. Extremely faded. (Information from CUDL)
Left fragment: small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138), under the authority of the Gaʾon Maṣliaḥ …
Fragment from the top part of a ketubba from Cairo ([al-Qāhira] al-Muʿizziyya). Invokes the authority of the Nagid titled [Mordekhay] ha-Zeman. The groom may be …
Brutal document. Probably to do with fiscality. Looks official and Mamluk-era based on paleographical grounds. Needs examination.
List of quantities of gold dinar and other currencies (perhaps "wariq" on verso). Medieval era.
Legal fragment (upper part). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100-1138 CE). Involves the glazier (zajjāj) Elʿazar/Manṣūr b. Meshullam/Muslim/Musallam. Also involves [Abū l-]Faḍl …
Letter fragment in Arabic script. Mentioning tutty (tūtiyā) and camphor (kāfūr) and spikenard (sunbul).
Letter in Hebrew. Dating: Late, perhaps 16th century. Conveying regulations for merchants (?תקנת סוחרים) in the name of the heads of the congregation. On verso, …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions numerous items of clothing and textiles. Written during an epidemic (wa-l-zamān zamān maraḍ, 3 lines from the bottom of recto). The …
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Bifolio of mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and in Arabic script. Large and well-preserved. Dating: 11th century. Merits further examination.
Fragment of a ketubba, with menstrual purity conditions. The husband also accepts that he will not take a second wife. Dating: Probably late 12th or …
Technical instructions in Hebrew. Magical?
Karaite betrothal deed. Dated Monday, 8th Adar I 5398 AM (1638 CE). Mordekhay b. El'azar b. Aharon betroths Esther bt. Ya'aqov b. Avraham. Unlike most …
Accounts in an orderly scribal hand on a bifolium whose folding and size is suggestive of the existence of a broader ledger (from which there …
Letter from an unidentified Torah scholar. Dating: Likely 11th century. The writer mentions the city of Fez and people who have become affluent and are …
Literary. In Hebrew, with calendrical diagrams.
Memorial list. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
Medical treatise in Hebrew, 8 pages, with magical/astrological/demonic elements.
Probably legal document. Tiny fragment. Mentions Yaḥyā ha-[...] and perhaps [ha]-Sar ha-A[dir]. (Information in part from CUDL)
The end of a will, mentioning the names Yehoshuaʿ b. Nathan, Abū l-Surūr, [Abū] Kaṯīr b. Ezra, Abū Sahl b. Azhar and Menashshe al-Maghribī. It …
Marriage document. Fragment from a ketubah, probably written by Hillel b. ʿEli (1066-1108), from Fustat. Only part of the date is preserved: Tuesday, 19th of …
Record of a collection containing 22 names with Coptic numerals. On verso 5 names are repeated with the same numerals, the beginning of a final …
Report from Tyre to the chancery of al-Malik al-Afḍal concerning military and administrative affairs on the coast of Palestine, dating probably to 1108 CE. Same …