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Fragment of a trousseau or inventory, listing mainly items of clothing, without prices on the first, but with prices on the second page. Probably related …
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Recto (secondary use): Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Yūsuf to his 'brother.' Some colloquial spellings (e.g. יתפע instead of ידפע). The writer reports that he obtained …
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Probably a letter. (Information from CUDL.) Only a few words are preserved.
The nature of this fragment is unknown. Could be literary text or part of a letter. AA
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Letter to a doctor of general clinic under the supervision of the Agudat Israel explaining that the treatment of the patient will be completed with …
List of names. Dating: 16th-century or later based on the paleography. Some of the names mentioned include: Mūsa Ashkenaz(i), Mikhail al-Shaykh, Yaʿ(īsh) Angino, [...] Ashkenazi, …
Probably a medical recipe or prescription in Arabic (yuʾkhadh. . . )
Verso: Drafts of at least half a dozen letters and other texts in Arabic script. One letter (written between the lines of another one) is …
Family letter in Arabic script. The writer mentions visiting Ḥamā (kunt batnazzal ilā Ḥamā); reports that he/she now has three daughters; sends regards to a …
Letter from Abū Sahl Levi (d. 1211), probably in Fustat, to his son Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212), probably in Qalyūb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Faded. …
Decree, probably. There is a single phrase in naskhī Arabic calligraphy (ʿabīd al-dawla wa-l-yaʿmal bihi....?). Reused for Hebrew liturgical text.
Private accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script listing amounts of money owed to and by various people (for items of clothing?). Barakāt owes 140 dirhams. …
Fragment of a letter from Daniel b. Azarya to Eli b. Amram, Fustat, mentioning the successful visit of Eli ha-Kohen ha-Ḥaver b. Yehezkel in Fustat …
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Legal record (#22). Loan contract. Dated: Monday, 14 Sivan 1467 Seleucid. People: Bū ʿAlī b. al-Ṣalṣalī owes 9 dinars to Maḥfūẓ the Qaraite. He will …
Business letter addressed to Yiṣḥaq Sholal ha-Kohen. Dating: Before 1502 CE, because Yiṣḥaq Sholal was not yet the Nagid at the time this letter was …
Order of payment from Muḥammad b. [...] b. [...] to Mufaḍḍal [b. al-Dayyān?], instructing him to pay the bearer, the qāḍī Naṣr al-Dīn, 1000 Kāmilī …
The end of a legal document, preserving only a number of signatures: Joseph b. Abraham b. Sa[ul], Shemuʾel b. [...], Ibrahim b. Moses, Sahl b. …
Note from Abū l-Faraj to Abū ʿAlī, urgently summoning him to the sender's home, it seems for a medical appointment ("to show me your eye"). …
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Written on parchment. Probably an 11th-century mercantile letter. (Information in part from CUDL)
A strongly worded letter by the head of a yeshiva to Yakhin ha-Levi b. Mevorakh demanding assistance for its cantor. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, …
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Booklet of divinations with introduction. These fragments come from at least two different booklets in the hand of the same scribe, as there is some …
Legal deed in Hebrew. Dating: probably 16th century (based on the handwriting of Eliyya b. David Ḥavriya). Ḥayyim b. Yiṣḥaq known as Ibn Ḥakīm and …
Receipt of a deposit to Kẖawaja Mūsa Anū Hārūn in the amount of 11,751 pounds – 15 October 1915CE – Museum of Islamic Art – …
A short incomplete note, probably written by Shelomo b. Elya, asking to give half a cup (קדח) to the bearer of the note and also …
Bifolium from an Arabic work, mostly consisting of prayers and verses from the Quran and names of God, but also including a line of probably-magical …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, including for medicinal items such as syrups (sharāb) and oxymel (sakanjabīn). In a common hand previously misattributed to ʿArūs.
Form of excommunication in Aramaic. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 599)
Letter from Musa b. Abu al-Hayy from Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat. The writer mentions robbery by pirates on two ships carrying merchandise …
[כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי] אט[אל אללה בק]אך ואדאם סלאמתך [ועאפית]ך וצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה מן
[ ]יה לי בקין מן סיואן ען חאל סלאמה ונע…
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Magical.
Letter in Judaeo-Persian. Needs examination.
IB VII, 2. Legal document. Dated: Monday, 2 Iyyar 1398 Seleucid, which is 1087 CE. Hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? Location: Fustat. Moshe b. Elḥanan …
Fol. 2: Legal document. Location: Damsīs. Little remains except for the date: Tevet 1424 Seleucid = 1112/13 CE. One of the witnesses is Aharon b. …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender complains about isolation (al-wiḥda wa-l-inqiṭāʿ) and is anxious for the addressee to give an update about something. The tone is …
Legal document in Arabic script. "min al-wariq" and "wa l-mablagh min l-wariq" can be readable. Needs examination.
On recto list of names and amount, probably contributors -- or mercantile. On verso items and prices.
Badly effaced legal document dealing with inheritance and a financial settlement - probably a deed of release. Mentions 40 dinars, Salāma bt. Mubārak, Khalfa b. …
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Account including list of names
Legal document. Dated: 14[..] Seleucid (1089–1188 CE). The day of the month was left blank, so this is presumably a draft. In the hand of …
Business letter. In Hebrew. Beginning only. Dating: Late, perhaps 16th century. Mentions someone named David Ibn al-Khayr as well as the goods אפלמור (lime or …
Letter from Ibrāhīm, in Sunbāṭ, addressed to a Nagid. In Judaeo-Arabic. Requesting assistance for his family in time of need. His family members are all …
Letter from Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat to Abu Ishaq Barhun b. Musa in Busir. Contains multiple references to jahbadh fees, as well as mention …
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Religious exegesis carrying the title "ha-Qaddima" or Muqaddima – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 163) – in Hebrew. (information …
IB VII, 70. Letter from ʿAllān b. Ḥassūn, Aden, after his return from a difficult voyage to the southern coast of India, to ʿArūs b. …
[Your servant took notice of... and your yearning] for him, a feeling shared by me. [May God ordain that]
prosperity and he…
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Accounts (including lists of names, numbers and other information)
Bifolio of mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, listing commodities and debts. Names include Abū Zikrī, Dāwūd, Benaya, al-ʿAfṣī. Commodities include pepper and lac. Dating: 11th or …