Documents

Inferred date

1415–1600 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

The faint remant of signature is visible in the lower right corner, probably ending with the surname ha-Kohen.

תגים

• 15th or 16th c
• ketubba
• numismatic dating

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

Thursday, 6 Adar 4996 Anno Mundi (14 February 1236 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Aharon Ibn al-ʿAmmānī. One of the entries is dated: Thursday, 6 Adar [4800 +] 196 = 4996 AM = 14 February 1236 CE.

תגים

• register

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Document date

Thursday, 10 Sivan 1409 Seleucid (13 May 1098 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Contains four different entries, dated to Nissan and Sivan 1409 Sel. (Spring 1098 CE).

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תגים

• 11th c
• court

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

in ṭāba qalbuhu maʿa l-mashāyikh) and may encourage him to come together with Abū l-Makārim al-Kohen or with al-Dayyān Rabbenu [...].

תגים

• abu zikri al-rayyis

אין רשומות קשורות

Then his son Meshullam and then Netanel. The next entry is of much interest: Sa'adyahu who was martyred on God's Torah May God avenge his blood. next is Aharon ha-kohen who was snatched from this world in a youg age.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

At the bottom another responsum contonues on verso (the begining and end are missing) concerning the blessing on the wine before and after the meal (Otzar Hageonim, Berakhot, p. 96 no. 264).

תגים

• geonim
• responsa

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Consists entirely of poetic expressions of longing and honor.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Hebrew

The writer adds greetings to the head of the yeshiva, Shelomo Gaon. ENA 2806.5–7 are copies of letters to Shelomo Gaʾon and his son Maṣliaḥ.

תגים

• communal

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Arabic

Refers to the difficult situation of a woman (or a female entity) this year, and mentions administrative terms such as nawāḥī, dīwān, ḥukm al-majlis.

תגים

• dimme

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

The names of the planets in Arabic are transcribed as is in Judaeo-Arabic and not translated into Hebrew which could be because the entire scientific literature of that period was in Arabic.

תגים

• astrology
• dimme

תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

For confirmed usage of this term that approximates the Turkish spelling iskele, see: ENA NS 77.197 (PGPID 13526). Requires further examination.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Hebrew, Ladino

Legal. Engagement (shiddukhin) contract. Dating: No earlier than 1703 CE, based on the mention of the coin (zer-i) maḥbūb (which was first minted in this year under Sultan Ahmed III).

תגים

• engagement
• ladino
• numismatic dating
• shiddukhin

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Right half of the end of a letter by Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat.

תגים

• moshe b. levi

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

In Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Entires include: Jamāl Ṣāʾigh; Shemuʾel [...] Kohen; Najm(?)

תגים

• list

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

5539 Anno Mundi (22 September 1778–10 September 1779 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

as their shaliaḥ, and if he does not receive enough money to bring back, they will perish.

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תגים

• 18th c
• firman
• taqsit

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The writer has been endeavoring to sell the manuscript on behalf of Sayyidnā, but it is impossible to find a buyer.

תגים

• book trade
• glyph

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Hebrew

The page fragment was encapsulated with pieces of knotted string, possibly remnants of a book binding.

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תגים

• bible
• diet
• string

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Hebrew

"Book of letters. The ends of the letters are in written in graphic form, using inverted triangles; The bottom of two folios from a book of letters, apparently composed for literary value.

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

3 Sivan 5594 Anno Mundi (10 June 1834 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Dated 3 Sivan [55]94 AM which is 1834 CE. The entries below each heading on the recto and verso mention a variety of other individuals: (recto) Efrayim Ḥaqīm, Raḥamīm Levi, Nissīm Nājr (perhaps a mispelling of Najjār), Barūkh ʿAfīf, Yiṣḥaq Barakha, Musa Faron, Tadros/Tedros al-Bīta, (verso) Yosef Elīshʿa, Ḥayyīm Ṭābr.

תגים

• 19th c
• late prosopography

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The letter seems to be explaining that Shimʿon Frances is sick and tired of Bibas and has threatened to suspend their business relationship, however Merkado Karo ("and the entire company") have prevailed upon him to continue the relationship for now.

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אין רשומות קשורות

The 11th and 12th Hijrī centuries can be inferred because the Ottoman qurush was not minted until 1690 CE (a silver coin mentioned in many entries). The heading furthest down on the verso mentions an individual by the name of Selim Ağa in connection with the commodity saffron.

תגים

• 19th c
• ottoman
• state

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment from the end of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. "You have left me to die in this grief.

תעתוק אחד

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

instructions for the mail carriers?) which ends, "quickly, if God wills." The letter mentions Mūsā (or Nissi?)

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1

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Hebrew

On verso there are extensive accounts in Arabic script, some entries beginning with "al-dār."

תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

He writes that he received a letter delivered by a third person and also mentions his mother, ending the letter with greetings to the family members of a woman.

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Barhūn, reporting what Ṭahir and his partner, who were the proprietors of a boat called Ibn al-Iskandar, did for him. At the end the sender conveys his greetings to family members.

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2

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תגים

• 11th c

2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד

A booklet containing copies of eight letters by Rav Sherira Gaon and one letter by Rav Hayye Gaon. End of the 10th century. The letter by Rav Hayye Gaon is addressed to the sister of Yosef b.

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תגים

• 10th c
• babylonian geonim
• yemen

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Furat (mid 11th century) about the Christian governor Ibn Gorgas, who built a church next to a mosque, sparking a controversy that the writers say is endangering the Jews. Gil published the left side of the letter, T-S 13J22.6, in 1983 (Palestine, doc. 404), then published the right side of the letter, T-S 13J7.6, in 1991 (article containing corrections and additions to Palestine).

תגים

• arrest
• church
• communal
• complaints
• interconfessional conflict
• (+ 3 עוד)

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

(Information in part from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 37 and Goitein's index card.) See also ENA NS 83.107 (PGPID 14157).

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תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד 2 דיונים

A booklet containing copies of eight letters by Rav Sherira Gaon and one letter by Rav Hayye Gaon. End of the 10th century. The letter by Rav Hayye Gaon is addressed to the sister of Yosef b.

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תגים

• babylonian geonim
• yemen

תעתוק אחד

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Yoshiyyahu. Beginning and end are missing. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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תגים

• memorial list

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Yiftaḥ (possibly the same as in ENA NS 19.7 (PGPID 11579)). In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning a circumcision conducted by the sender, the cantor Elʿazar ha-Kohen, someone called Rosh ha-Qahal al-Zariz, ritual slaughtering, Sayyidnā, and Rabbenu ha-Rav ha-Gadol.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

On recto an order to impose excommunication on a person who took books from 'our house' and didn't return them. At the end a signature 'so wrote Shelomo'. On verso, after stating that the excommunication will be imposed in Cairo, Fustat and Damuh, signatures of the sages approve it, but it seems that all were copied by the same person who wrote the document- Shelomo b.

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תגים

• shelomo b. eliyyahu

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Probably a court register with multiple distinct legal entries. Many of them have to do with partnerships.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Recto (secondary use): Letter in Judaeo-Arabic written in the space around a large scribble. Mentions entering Alexandria; and how "all of our colleagues the Alexandrians, young and old, are distressed on account of his/your distress, in pain due to what afflicted him (a bereavement?)."

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment from the end of a legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: last decade of Adar 14[..]

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תעתוק אחד