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Judicial record of an inspection of the state of the two Rabbanite synagogues in Fustāt, in the Roman fortress (qaṣr al-shamʿ), and an authorized and …
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Recto: Letter from Futūḥ the cantor to Shemuel and Hayyim and Nasir and their cousins Sadaqa and Yiṣḥaq, congratulating them on their safe return and …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Acknowledgment of debt, unfinished. Debtor: Yeshuʿa b. Yehuda ha-Kohen. Creditor: Abu Naṣr Yehuda b. Yeshuʿa ha-Levi ha-Sar. Location: Banhā. Dated: Monday, 3 Tishrei 1556 Selucid …
Recto: Letter concerning an order for a cloak (mulāʾa) which the writer had sent but the addressee had not confirmed receiving. In Judaeo-Arabic. Deferential tone …
Reuse: Letter of appeal sent to Shelomo ha-Nasi. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender, who has been arrested, asks him for help on account of his illness, …
Report of the death of a Jewish woman. In Arabic script. The deceased is Saʿdiyya bt. Yūsuf al-Yahūdi. Her father, Yūsuf, is the heir. Dated: …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Letter expressing regret for having left the service of the recipient Shelomo, a government official. Possibly a draft. (Information from Goitein's index cards.) Probably the …
Letter (petition) addressed to a certain notable named Perhaya. AA
תעתוק אחד
Legal document. Partnership agreement. Dating: ca. 1090 CE. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). One ʿUlla and one Yaḥyā release one …
אן יסלם אליי מ[.. גמיע ]מא ענדה [...................................]
ביננא אלמעאמלה ודאך אננא נשתרך גמ[יענא........................מאיה]
Tax receipt issued to the ḍāmin of Dhāt al-Ṣafā against revenue delivered by Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb. Dated: (Khan reads 3 Ramaḍān 402). Written by …
[يثبت] نيابة عن ديوان الاشراف
ان شا الله
[اثبت و]المبلغ دينار واحد
[سوا]
والحمد لله على نعمه
[Let it be registered] on behalf of the Bureau of (Tax) Supervision,
if God wills.
[It has been registered, and] the amoun…
3 תעתוקים 3 תרגומים דיון אחד
Letter fragment from Avraham, son of the Gaon. In a mixture of Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, and Arabic in Arabic script.
Left upper corner, of list of persons receiving emoluments from the community, headed by judges and including 2 scholars, 3 parnasim, the beadles of the …
2 תעתוקים דיון אחד
Letter addressed to two judges. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100-1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer complains about people who are interfering with …
Report, or petition, in Arabic script. Probably Fatimid. About five lines are preserved along with some text in the margin. More diacritics and vowels than …
Betrothal agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Fiance: Yahaboy. Fiancee: Malīḥa. There is no payment of a first installment of the additional marriage …
3 תעתוקים תרגום אחד 2 דיונים
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Legal record (#15) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 4v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …
:(Documents 13-15) Folio 4v
An epistle from the community of Alexandria to that of Mastuara (in Byzantium). The letter deals with the ransoming of Byzantine Jews taken captive, and …
בשמ רחמנא
Fragment of a responsum in the hand of Shelomo b. Yehuda, regarding bread baked by Gentiles (pat shel goyim). Information from Gil and CUDL.
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לכנעני]
Verso: letter addressed to a Nagid, 'the holy Rav, the Great Nagid,' written in the third person, informing him about a certain event that occurred …
Small fragment of an official (state-related) letter of praise/recommendation for somebody. Two lines are preserved.
Letter to the Judge Eliyyahu from a woman, probably his mother or his former mother-in-law. Containing many details about a house in Alexandria. (Information from …
Letter from Ayash b. Ṣedaqa, Alexandria, to an unknown addressee. Dating: January 1051. Lists of goods that were bought or sold. Some details about the …
ואשתרית רבע ח שכאיר צוף לי פיהא אלרבע ואלרבע לנהראי בן נסים
ואלרבע לאבי אלכיר אלצירפי ואלרבע לאבי זכרי בן קיומה ואלרבע אלדי לי אנא
הו בי…
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד
P23: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Refers to a house, Avraham, and his mother.
..................................................] זקן ביר ......
] ממא יוסקט אלי אלדאר אלמדכורה ולא אדעא פיהא
]לאדה בעדה ו…
Letter in which Shelomo, who was appointed to a new post, complains that he found only opponents and asks advice of the Nagid. He also …
Letter sent by Mubarak b. Musa b. Ibrahim to Rabbi Nissim b. Shela, informing him that he was going to send to Tinnis the goods …
Letter sent from Alexandria by Hayyim b. Eli ha-Kohen to his father in Fustat, asking him to complete a number of errands, in particular in …
IB II, 8. Power of attorney to Perahya ha-Kohen to travel to India and sue Abū l-Faraj Nissim b. al-Raqqī for the recovery of goods--primarily …
תעתוק אחד 2 תרגומים דיון אחד
Court notebook with four distinct records. (I) See PGPID 40206 (II) See PGPID 40207 (III) See PGPID 40208 (IV) Entry enumerating what left (or what …
Legal document according to which Efrayim Abu Kathir b. Masliaḥ owes Yosef b. Shelomo 4 dinars, to be repaid 2 dinars per year. Signed by …
Legal document issued by Natan b. Avraham's court, in connection with trade between Egypt, North Africa and Sicily. Fustat, February-March 1040.
State document, two fragmentary lines in Arabic script. Not much is preserved but what remains reads as prayers and invocations.
Decorated Karaite ketubba from Cairo. Date: 12 Sivan 5570 AM (1810 CE). The groom is Shelomo b. Eliyyahu Ḥazan. The bride is Esther known as …
Upper fragment of a letter sent by a merchant from al-Mahdiyya to Abu Zikri Yahya b. al-Majjani. (Information from M. Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, p. …
לאדוני ורבי אבו אלסרור .... ייתן לו אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומו .... ; להביא (מכתב זה) אל אברהים בן האלכסנדרוני.
ממהדייה, כמה ימ…
Strip of parchment from the end of a deed of sale, preserving the date: Jumādā I 434 AH = December 1042 / January 1043 CE. …
ولا سبب يقبض فيه ولا وضيعة ولا [ ]
]الاقرار عليها به وقبل ذلك [ ]فيها ابو سهل منشا هذا[
]طوعا وعلى صحة معرفتها جميعا وذلك في جمدى ال…
Legal record (#119) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 39r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Location: Cairo. Dated: Av …
Legal document. Location: Damietta. Dated: Monday, 7 Nisan 1452 Seleucid = 17 March 1141 CE. In a matter of inheritance, ʿAmmār b. Makhlūf had been …
Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham, in Alexandria, to Shemuel b. Baḥur, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender intended to travel to Tūnis, but when …
Letter in the hand of Yehuda Ibn al-ʿAmmānī, likely sent to Abū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1216/17 CE (1528 Seleucid). …
List specifying the expenses for building the Jerusalem synagogue. Dated 1039-1040. (E. Bareket, Shafrir misrayim, 135)
Formal letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Wide space between the lines. Dated Tuesday, 18 Ḥeshvan. Portions of 6 lines are preserved from near the beginning. Some of …
Letter from Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy, in Alexandria, to Thābit b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṣabbāgh. Dating: ca. 1062. The writer mentions a shipment of goods and he …
על שמך
כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך וסעאדתך
מן אלאסכנדריה לה מצת מן מרחשון כתמה אללה עליה באחסן
כאתמה ען חאל סלאמה ו…
Legal document. Location: Cairo. Dated: middle decade of Ṭevet 145[5] Seleucid = December 1143 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. (This …
תעתוק אחד 2 דיונים
Recto: Deed of sale written by Natan b. Avraham Av. Location: Cairo. Dated: Tuesday, 5 Kislev 1420 Seleucid, which is 10 November 1108 CE. Sitt …
3 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Letter from Shemaʿya ha-Ḥaver, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1053. The writer informs that he is in Jerusalem and is praying for Nahray …
Legal document mentioning that a man in Fustat is prepared to pay 1000 dirhams for two and one-half out of twenty-four shares of a well-known …
Fragment of a betrothal agreement between Bayan and Sitt al-Nasab. Among the provisions included is the groom's assurance that he will not prevent the bride …
Legal document. Record of release. Dating: March 1097. Written in the hand of Hillel b. Eli. This fragment seems to be the continuation a document, …