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Letter from Shelomo b. Netanʾel ha-Shulḥani (the moneychanger), in Fustat, to Ṣadoq b. Levi ha-Levi, president of the court. Dating: ca. 1030, according to Gil. …
תעתוק אחד
Recto: Possibly a letter fragment. There are three different sizes of writing, in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to a scholar ('ha-gadol ba-talmud') and the year …
אין רשומות קשורות
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Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. On verso there are also phrases from an earlier document in Arabic script: ما تسافر الى . . …
Verso: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Approximately 6 lines from the middle are preserved. Narrating a conflict between 'the Nasi' and 'the Rayyis' and …
Letter fragment apparently from Alexandria to a notable called Yesod ha-Yeshiva, reporting that a woman named ʿAdhbiyya bt. Avraham (or possibly ʿArabiyya) stood security for …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Business letter (small fragment) in a mix of languages and scripts. Probably addressed to ʿArūs b. Yosef al-Urjuwānī, in Darb al-Ṣafīn in Fustat. Part of …
DK 184a: Copy of a letter from Sharira b. Hananya, while he was a judge (Av Beit Din) in the yeshiva of Pumbedita, to the …
Letter of condolence, with extensive biblical quotations. The Judaeo-Arabic on verso, ‘from his servant...’, is either a postscript or address (seems to mention Malīj). (Information …
Letter by Sahlan b. Avraham to Menashshe b. Hayyim, congratulating him on his marriage. Dated ca. 1030. (Information from E. Bareket, Shafrir misrayim, pp. 181, …
2 תעתוקים דיון אחד
Letter in Arabic script. Only the beginnings of the first four lines are preserved. Reused on recto for Hebrew poetry or liturgical text.
Informal note addressed to Abū l-ʿAlāʾ. In Judaeo-Arabic. Andalusi hand. Asking him to "give the bearer everything that is mentioned in this letter." The sender …
Letter from Isma’il b. Ishaq al-Andalusi, Aleppo, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: mid-11th century. Details about sending letters. The writer is about to travel …
כתאבי יאמולאי חרס אלל[ה חיא]תך וטול עמרך ואדאם עזך
מן חלב ואן כאן יאמולאי ל[ם] תתקדם כלטה ולא מק<ר>ה ולא
צחבה חקיקה פענדי מן [ט]יב שימך …
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד
Letter from Efrayim b. Nissim, apparently in the Rīf, to Yiṣḥaq b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī, Fustat, ca. 1040. (Gil)
[אטאל אל]לה יאכי וסידי בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וכאן לך פי גמיע
אמורך וצל אלי יאסידי כתאבך מע [ ] גמיע מע דכרת
[תד]כר אן קד דפעת אל…
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew, likely an appeal for help.
Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely first half of the 12th century based on handwriting and the names mentioned, but this is tentative. Mentions dealings …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic concerned with the sale of ambergris. Dating: 12th century. Polite request to the addressee to sell 1.5 bayʿa of ambergris, sent to …
דיון אחד
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 …
Letter fragment? In Judaeo-Arabic. Reporting that some people say about someone "that he came to live among us to rule/preside over us" (וקאלו תקד . …
Letter from an unknown writer in Jerusalem addressed to R. Maʿūẓa and his sons Sālim and Yaḥyā. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 19th century, as …
Letters in Arabic script. Recto and verso are in two different letters in two different hands. Verso seems to be about a hunting dog which …
Petition / letter of recommendation. In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps ca. 13th century. From Ibn al-Miṭrān ('son of the bishop'). Seems to be recommending the …
Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Nagid (b. ca. 1310–d. 1355) to the community of Fustat asking them to arrange a charitable collection (Information from …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Small letter fragment, seems to be written by Efrayim b. Shemaryah. AA
A letter to Avraham b. Shmuel Halevi
Letter from Yosef b. Shemarya, the dayyan of Barqa, in Alexandria, to “his brother” Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Mentioning his pilgrimage to Jerusalem from …
3 תעתוקים תרגום אחד
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Avraham b. Sahlan (died ca. 1032 CE), Fustat, probably December 1028. Dating: 1025–1032 CE based on the years when …
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יכלאון
Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic between family members. Interesting orthography: אלשעאר for אלצגאר. Mentions "the water in the khalīj (canal)."
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, fragment containing right margin (angle parking) and right part of some lines. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentions clove (qurunful). Greetings to …
Letter from an unknown man. In Judaeo-Arabic, in a blocky hand and with אללה spelled אלי. He alludes to a terrible misfortune afflicting him. "If …
Fragment from a letter from Mūsā b. Yaḥyā Majjānī. On parchment. Dating: 11th century. Mentions the receipt of expressions of condolence (on the death of …
Letter in the hand of Nahray b. Nissim. In Judaeo-Arabic The writer had paid 60+ dinars to gentiles to save Yeshuʿa al-Fāsī. He had asked …
Letter, asking for a swift reply and mentioning a certain Ibrahim. Dating: probably 12th or 13th century. (Information in part from CUDL.) Excerpts: אללה תע …
Small fragment of an unidentified document in Arabic script, probably a letter. May mention the kharāj and a qāḍī.
Letter from Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy from Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1065. Details about goods that Nahray ordered in Alexandria, probably materials …
Letter from a Qaraite to his community. In Hebrew. Seeking to clear his name against the accusation of Abū l-Munā and Abū l-Munā's mother-in-law that …
בשם אל עולם
Letter from Peraḥya b. Sahlān (Alexandria), ca. 1055. Only the bottom part of the letter is preserved. Refers to a incident/misfortune (فجيعة) involving the wares …
אלפגיעה [ ] פכונא נכתב אלי [
וולדה נעלמהם בהדה אלנובה וכאן וצל מן טראבלס אלגרב צחֿבה [
אבו אלטרור צאחב שמעה אלחל[י]סי ק[ ] וימ[ ] מאלה ו…
Verso: Poetic letter in Hebrew wih slightly widened line spacing addressed to a dignitary. Consisting entirely of praises and blessings. The addressee is referred to …
Letter from [Hi]llel b. Yeshuʿa to Shela b. Bū l-Khayr ha-Kohen. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 14th century. The sender had left …
Probably a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, but too faded to read. Phrases: פי אלסבת . . . עלי הדה אלמדינה . . . פלמא . . …
Letter to Damietta concerning a teacher. NB: The shelfmark has since changed, and it will take some work to find the current shelfmark. Mentioned Med …
Letter from Yehosef b. Shemuel Bavli to the judge Anatoli b. Yosef. In Hebrew. He states that he will not hand over a security to …
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, torn vertically down the middle. It is difficult to extract any information from what remains. Ends אن شا الله …
Letter fragment (bottom half). In Hebrew. It is not entirely clear how this relates to the letter on verso. Both recto and verso are appeals …