Documents

Document date

Adar I 1337 Seleucid (22 January 1026–20 February 1026 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Recto: end of a betrothal deed (לארוסה זו), mentioning the name Shemuel.

תעתוק אחד 2 דיונים

Document date

Shevaṭ 1527 Seleucid (24 December 1215–22 January 1216 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Yeshuʿa ha-Levi gifts the entire contents of his late wife’s dowry, “consisting of gold, silver, copper, and other items worth 200 Egyptian dinars,” to his two minor daughters, Nasab and Kufūʾ (or Kufāʾ?).

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תגים

• avraham maimonides
• daughter
• dowry
• gift
• qus

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

On verso there are several entries recording monthly payments in Arabic script; one of them appears to mention the year 68[.]

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The recipient's ʿamma (in general paternal aunt, but Goitein interprets it as mother in this case) wants to see him before she dies. At the end of the letter, either the writer or the aunt/mother asks him to send two (ounces?

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תגים

• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: eye
• illness: threatening to die
• illness: treatment
• (+ 4 עוד)

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

However, it is more likely that everything here belongs to a single letter, and the part that was understood to be the 'address' is actually the end of the first line of the letter.

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תגים

• bialphabetic

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

He specifically asks for intercession with al-Shaykh al-Rashīd. He has enclosed the remainder of the rent. (Information in part from CUDL)

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תגים

• apology
• lor

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The intended meeting point was Bab al-Sidara, the entrance to Alexandria from the mainland. (Information from Frenkel.)

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תגים

• 12th c
• alexandria
• ib6
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• (+ 4 עוד)

3 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The sender also writes about an agreement that was reached with a tax-farmer about a payment made in installments and expresses regret about the fact that a female relative who was involved in a law-suit with her husband enjoyed 'no holiday and no Saturday.' Finally, the writer requests the recipient urgently to return a note from the tax-farmer.

תגים

• damin
• tax

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

No one thought I would live, but thank God that everything ended well, and I am doing well, thank God." There are also a couple lines of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

תגים

• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: gastrointestinal
• trade

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Document date

25 Tammuz 1418 Seleucid (18 July 1107 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Four diagonal lines run through the entire text; it is unclear whether this indicates that the partnership was terminated.

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תגים

• autograph
• clothing
• partnership
• shop

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

"It would be better to for her to be sold to the Franks (al-ifranj) or married to the blacks (al-sūdān) rather than to be known by his name. . . . this is something not even crazy people (al-majānīn) would do." At the end of the letter he turns to addressing Abū l-Riḍā (the addressee's husband?)

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תגים

• personal

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

T-S 12.257r is continued in T-S K25.209 and ends in T-S 12.257v. The letter is written in childish script, often omitting letters.

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תגים

• army
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: eye
• mosul cantor
• (+ 1 עוד)

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Document date

Middle Tammuz 1555 Seleucid (June 1244 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Labwa releases Aharon from her entire ketubba payment, including her delayed marriage gift.

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תגים

• capitation tax
• dowry
• ketubba
• silversmithing

2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The scribe uses ה and א interchangeably at the ends of words, so the first part of her name may be Qurra (solace), as in the set phrase "qurrat al-ʿayn"; the "lawn" (color) part remains mysterious.

תגים

• power of attorney

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Information from Ashur, “Engagement and Betrothal Contracts from the Cairo Geniza,” p. 302.

תגים

• prenuptial

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

"Stop occupying yourself with marriage plans and such idle things," writes a father, reminding his son, a fledgling physician, that he had not yet made enough money for such ventures. (wa-tukhalli ʿannak al-ishtighāl bil-jīza (=zija) wa-l-umūr al-hadhayāniyya.

תגים

• business
• marriage
• molasses
• physician
• wine

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

The letter describes the pillage (nahb), famine, and the persecution of the Jews it entailed and describing many other public and private issues.

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תגים

• famine
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: lifestyle
• illness: rich description
• (+ 2 עוד)

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Very faded. Recto is entirely in Hebrew and mentions Yeshuʿa ha-Levi and a certain Ṣedaqa.

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

They are issuing receipts without having them registered in the supervising dīwān (wa-lam yuthbithā fī l-dīwān), which enables them to extort a second payment—one for their own pockets, and one for the dīwān.

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Document date

28 Ramadan 635 Hijrī (14 May 1238 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Concerning a partnership in a "kitchen" (maṭbakh), likely a facility engaged in food preparation. The mention of a "division" (that is, of assets) and the statement that "only […] remains" suggests that this may be a partnership settlement and release, or at least this release was not accompanied by a final settlement of all accounts, though the document isn't sufficiently well-preserved for certainty.

תגים

• kitchen
• partnership

2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Document date

Thursday, 10 Tammuz 1343 Seleucid (22 June 1032 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Left page (see separate PGP record): there are two entries. In the first, the court gives Shelomo b.

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תגים

• ledger

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Document date

1095 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

IB VII, 64. Enthusiastic letter by Yaʿaqov b. Yeshaʿyahu ha-Kohen, a leader of the Jews of Yemen, to Mevorakh b.

תגים

• communal
• ib7
• india book

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Addressed to a dignitary whose genealogy ends with [...] b. Faraḥ b. Shalom(?) ha-Kohen. In Hebrew for the introduction and Judaeo-Arabic for the body.

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אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

21 Shevaṭ 1538 Seleucid (9 February 1227 CE)

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

The letter consists entirely of expressions of longing and regards, informing his friends and patrons in Fustat that he is now living in Jerusalem and that he is in good health.

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2 דיונים

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Prenuptial agreement. Dating: end of the 13th century. Fiancee: Shamsūn bt. Yaʿaqov b.

תגים

• prenuptial

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Inferred date

1007–1055 CE

B 1, dated 1020-1040) See ENA 2713.26 (PGPID 4532).

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תגים

• bread
• charity
• communal
• poverty
• recipients

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

What remains of recto is almost entirely formulaic but contains interesting phrases such as "may your star shine opposite you (wa-yuḍī' kawkabuhu ḥidhāhu)."

תגים

• book trade
• love

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Arabic

The reference to al-khizāna al-maʿmūra suggests a Fatimid fiscal context, though it is unusual for a fiscal document to use Coptic numerals. The remainder of the entry is very difficult to read. May refer to al-Ḥājj [...] b.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

The hand is skilled and the margins are large, and there is a taqbīl at the end. Dating: Maybe 12th–13th century, but this is a guess.

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תגים

• glyph

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Arabic

On the left page of verso, one entry begins, "that which was lost at se[a]..." (mimmā ʿudima fī l-baḥ[r]...).

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

Ḥeshvan 1556 Seleucid (5 October 1244–2 November 1244 CE)

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Including Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew titles, such as איוב נץ מחקק לרב סעדיה ולאבן גקטלה. Each entry gives the name of a person (ʿinda l-Rashīd Abū l-Faḍl...

תגים

• book trade
• booklist

תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד

Document date

4974 Anno Mundi (17 September 1213–5 September 1214 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

That the document is written in Hebrew and uses the anno mundi dating system is consistent with other documents from the court of Abraham Maimonides (e.g., TS 12.126, which also refers to the "old system" of dating and is entirely in Hebrew). The script of the two documents would seem to be different.

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תגים

• commenda
• hebrew
• partnership

2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Primary languages

Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic

Yosef, a well known purveyor of purple from the end of the 11th century, and discovered while packing it that it was discolored or unevenly dyed.

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אין רשומות קשורות

Inferred date

1066–1108 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

There is mention of ʿAlam al-Dawla Ibn Quraysh (or Qadish, see ENA 4020.30 (PGPID 2407)). It seems the son has "notes" (riqāʿ) totaling 200 dirhams (so perhaps promissory notes?)

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תגים

• trade

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

The addressee's name may end with דוד or רור; the latter could be compatible with Avraham b.

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תגים

• ib-addenda
• ib3

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

5 Ramaḍān 403 Hijrī (20 March 1013 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Verso (original inscription): see separate entry.

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תגים

• abu l-hasan b. wahb
• daman
• damin
• tax

2 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים דיון אחד

Inferred date

1517–1517 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Probably the same scribal hand as T-S AS 210.50 (PGPID 22816) and ENA 2903.8 (PGPID 12535). MCD.

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Hebrew

The beginning of this manuscript is damaged, but it tells of an encounter between R. Ishmael and the angel Ozhayah, who is describing the features of the name Tandrael, associated with a powerful master or rabbi in Babylonia.

תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Document date

Middle third of Adar II 5453 Anno Mundi (19 March 1693–28 March 1693 CE)

Primary language

Hebrew

Marḥaba had been married to her paternal uncle Ḥayyīm, based on the phrase following her initial patronymics: אלמנת אחיו המ[נו]ח כה׳׳ר חיים נ׳׳ע (the damaged word המנוח is confirmed in the subsequent court register entry). The language of origin for the surname (?)

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תעתוק אחד

Document date

1693 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

Undated, neighboring entries are circa 1693 CE. (Document #19) Upper lines of a marital/financial dispute involving Simḥa bt.

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תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Arabic

Apparently a fruit seller (al-fakkāh) named [...] Ibn ʿAtīq entered Samyūn's house at night when Samyūn was away and began insulting Samyūn and others (انه اتا في الليل الى دار سميون العبد متولي السيارة وهو على حاله وسميون غائب فشتمه وشتم غيره).

תגים

• dimme
• professions

תעתוק אחד

Document date

Pesaḥ 1529 Seleucid (12 April 1218 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Abū l-Majd is to give 10 dirhams to Yeshuʿa for teaching Ibn al-Ziftāwī through the end of Pesaḥ 1529 Seleucid (=1218 CE). T-S K25.240 consists of small written orders, partly in Hebrew and partly in Arabic script, for monthly payments, made out of the rent-revenue from the pious foundation (waqf) 'Compound of the Poor' or from the pious foundation made by the physician al-Muhadhdhab.

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תגים

• account
• capitation tax
• heqdesh
• jaliya
• jizya
• (+ 3 עוד)

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Furthermore, “the tax-gatherers (ḥushshār, “ralliers”) and the director of the jaliya (ṣāḥib al-jawālī) are not to be blamed; all this is entirely the work of the Jews.” (Information from S.

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תגים

• capitation tax
• jaliya
• jizya
• nahray b. nissim
• tax
• (+ 1 עוד)

2 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Joseph (dated documents 1088–1116), a traveling mer­chant with his seat in Alexandria orders one irdabb of sieved wheat every month; he clearly did not wish to receive the entire quantity of the yearly provision at once, because, as he mentions, the price was high (only four waybas for 1 dinar)."

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תעתוק אחד דיון אחד