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Letter from Faraj, the emancipated slave of Barhun al-Taharti, Qayrawan, to Yosef b. Awkal and his two sons.
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Bilingual writing exercises in Judaeo-Arabic and Ladino. Dating is likely late 18th to 19th-century based on the paleography. There are many early modern writing exercises …
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Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Recto: Letter, right side fragment, in Arabic script. Mentions Khalaf b. I[shāq? Ibrāhīm?] and a parnas (firnās) and Abū Kathīr. Verso: Possibly remnants of a …
Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Recto: betrothal (erusin) deed. Groom: [...] b. ʿEli known as Ibn Ḥunayn. Bride: …
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Literary text, medical. Mentions common purslane, lavender oil and peaches. Verso indicates the beginning of a new chapter or section "al-bāb".
Marriage contract (ketubba). Written and signed by the cantor Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya. Groom: Menaḥem b. Hillel. Bride: Sutūt bt. Shelomo. Dated: Tuesday (date …
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Receipt or order of payment to al-shaykh Abū al-someone and al-shaykh Abū Naṣr, dated Friday night (laylat al-jumʿa) 19 Ramaḍān 509 (5 February 1116).
Calendar. Listing some of the months of the Hebrew calendar and some of the months of the Islamic calendar.
Illustration, possibly a landscape scene with a figure floating in the sky. Requires further examination.
Fragment from the Babylonian Jewish magical text Pišra de-Rabbi Hanina ben Dosa. (Information from CUDL.)
Business accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentions rose oil and pepper and sandarac resin (ṣandarūṣ). Mentions "that …
Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. Addressed to the Jewish community of Jabal Wānsharīs (גמאעה אלגבל ואנשריס, i.e., Ouarsenis in present-day Algeria). The sender's name includes …
Document concerning financial issues. Mentions a sum of money, and says that if the parties take an oath they will incur the guilt of violating …
Minute fragment of a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100–38). Involves payments in installments.
IB I, 4–5. Court proceedings dealing with the dispute between Yosef ha-Lebdi the India trader, and Yequtiʾel b. Moshe, 'the representative of merchants' in Fustat. …
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[Date, place, parties, and reference to the opening session.]
Mr. Joseph said: “Of the textiles give…
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Letter fragment from a group of people to an important person ("his majesty"). In Judaeo-Arabic. Formal, with wide space between the lines. Mentions a public …
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Bottom part of a clothing distribution list; several people receive a felt garment (libd). Names include "the acquaintance of Rabbenu(?)"; the wife of [...]; Umm …
Letter from Yosef b. Yaakov, probably from Tripoli (Libya) to Isma’il b. Barhun al-Tāhartī, Fustat. Around 1030. A complaint about a person Ibn Masis. Mentions …
[אטאל אללה יסידי] בקאך ואעזך ואכרמך ואידך ואסעדך ואתם נעמתה עליך כתאבי אליך ען סלאמה ונעמה
[ללה] אלשכר דלך בטול בקא אלקאיד סידנא וצל כתאבך …
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12 pages of an Arabic literary work, mentioning marriage and sex and childbirth. Merits further examination.
Recto is a phrase from a letter ויעוד וכתאבנא. Verso is an intriguing list of books or letters (?כתא) including one "to Alexand[r]ia," one called …
Verso (the earlier text): Fragment of a state-related document referring to "the victorious army" (al-ʿaskar al-manṣūr). The ends of three more lines are preserved. Recto …
Ketubba fragment. Opening only. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1[4]31 Seleucid = 1119/20 CE. Bride: Ḥusna/Ḥasana bt. Tiqva.
Recto: Bill of release of Avraham and his brother [...], sons of Yiṣḥaq, to [...]. Dating: 11th century. Witnessed by Menaḥem b. Natan, Abū l-Ḥayy …
Probably a list of recipients of funds from the 'mezonot' (אלעניים בתאע אלמזונות). At the top of the list are the cantor, Yedutun, and the …
Four lines in Arabic script, perhaps a recipe or prescription. The words nāfiʿ . . . inshāllah are legible, then wa-l-yudlak fī. . . . …
Two fragments from a ledger of accounts concerning ships arriving in Egypt. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 20 Ramaḍān 946 AH = 29 January 1540 CE. Oddly …
Recto: Letter from a son, in Qūṣ, to his mother, presumably in Fustat. Written in Judaeo-Arabic and a cipher (lines 7-12; noticed by OZ; probably …
Medical instructions in Arabic script for weakness of the vision (ḍuʿf al-baṣr).
Literary. "In this section, tractate Shabbat 84 chapters and Eruvin 10 chapters and Zevaḥim. And the explanation of the difficult words in Zerʿim and Shabbat …
Small fragment of a legal document. Probably containing marriage conditions: "...rather he will live there... unless she consents..."
Palimpsest, with the Palestinian Talmud, Pesaḥim 37c-d, written over an unidentified Syriac text. (Information from CUDL)
Biblical translation in Arabic, written in Arabic script. Exodus 2:3–9 and 2:12–17.
Letter in Arabic script. Tall and skinny. Damaged at the beginning. Dating: Perhaps 12th century. The sender is evidently a merchant en route to India: …
Draft of a letter from Nahray b. Nissim to a person in the Maghreb. Around 1046. Seems like the letter is addressed to the Tāhartī …
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Verso: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). The cantor (Abū l-Majd?) is to give Ṭāhir the beadle (al-khādim) 2.5 dirhams. …
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Letter of condolence on the death of a woman. Maybe a copy or formulary, based on the layout.
Account register, in Judaeo-Arabic. There are 9 bifolia, very well preserved. Currencies used include ashrafī and fils. Some people are titled khwaja. The European names …
Verso: Minute fragment of an Arabic document. Resembles the format of the Ikhshīdid fiscal documents but there is too little preserved to confirm. Reused for …
Account.
Literary text in Arabic script. Narrative of Alexander the Great.
Verso (original use): Fragment of a petition/letter of appeal for charity. In Arabic script. On recto, in a different hand, there is a slightly misquoted …
Letter from Salāma b. Mūsā Safāquṣī, probably from Mazara, Sicily, to Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sughmār (Alexandria), ca. 1055. Salāma b. Mūsā intends to buy …
באקי כתאב מולאי אלשיך אבו זכרי יהודה בן מוסי בן סגמאר וכאן לבן אל[ ]
אלחראס ואבו אלפצל בן בר[כא]ת ויעקב בן כלף חסד לאכיה וכאן גרם פי [ …
Letter, very faded. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably no earlier than 14th century, based on handwriting and abbreviations. The letter mentions various sums of money.