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Ḥananya (נגיד] עם ייי צבאות). Mentions ten daftars. (Information in part from CUDL.)
אין רשומות קשורות
Letter fragment, dated 4th Iyyar 1553 of the Seleucid Era (= 6 April 1242 CE).
Verso (original use): Undeciphered document in Arabic script, likely state-related. Appears to be dated 427 AH = 1035/36 CE, which is consistent with the Hebrew reuse (see separate record).
Only the opening expressions of longing are preserved. Dating: likely late 12th or 13th century based on the hand and typical formulae.
In Hebrew rather than Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1 Av 48[24?] AM, which is (if correct) 1064 CE.
Fragment of a deed of sale. Dated: Adar II 1413 Seleucid, which is 1102 CE. for Abū(?)
Fragment from the bottom of a letter referring to dowry negotiations and the meʾuḥar payment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 13th or 14th century based on hand and typical abbreviations.
With a negative tone, talking about losses and how someone can ינקל אלף נקלה whatever that means, and how the addressee shouldn't pay anything to [...] al-Dawla.
Several fragments from a geographical or historical work, mentioning Syria, Ashqelon, Damascus, Tiberias, and possibly the Caspian Sea. Looks like the handwriting of Yedutun ha-Levi.
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dating: mentions 1438 Seleucid = 1126/27 CE. Possibly a debt acknowledgement mentioning a sum of 35 dinars and the month Elul.
תעתוק אחד
Order of payment in Arabic script. The judge (al-dayyān) is asked to pay 4 dinars to the bearer Bū l-Khayr.
Draft of a petition, in Arabic script. Dating: probably late due to the placement of "mamlūk" after the basmala.
Fragment from the bottom of a legal document. Dated: looks like 13 Jumādā I 913 AH which would be 20 September 1507 CE if read correctly.
Bifolio of accounts. Dated: Ramaḍān 639 AH = March/April 1242 CE. The columns are headed "al-mustakhraj" and "al-maṣrūf."
Manṣūr and a sum of 5 peraḥīm (Venetian gold ducats or a similar coinage type). Dating is 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography.
Bottom part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 18th or 19th century. Mentions a certain Mūsā.
List in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic with many names and numerical values. Dated Elul 1459 Seleucid. Mentions al-Ḥazan al-Maghribī, Bu-Saʿīd, and many others.
Written in a striking purple ink. Dating: Probably 19th century. Joins: Oded Zinger (the first five pieces) and Alan Elbaum (T-S AS 210.186).
On recto, from Menashshe ben Naʿim to [...] ben Naʿim. Dated: (5400 +) 182 = 5582 AM, which is 1821/22 CE.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on recto and verso. Dating is 16th-century or later based on the paleography.
, perhaps describing the contents of the account. Dated: Tuesday, 9 Iyyar 1540 Seleucid, which is 1229 CE.
In Judaeo-Arabic (introduction) and Hebrew (vision). Dated: 945, perhaps 4945 AM, which is 1184/85 CE.
Mūsā ha-Tāhartī, in Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: about 1045 (Gil). Business letter discussing trade in silk and linen, including with Byzantium.
2 תעתוקים
Addressed to a dignitary. Dating: probably ca. 12th century. ~8 lines are preserved as well as some of the marginal text.
A flattering letter from an unidentified community of Jews (קהילת היה[ודים]) to a dignitary named [...] b. Aharon. In Hebrew. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Verso is blank. It may be possible to find joins.
Menashshe ha-Levi. Minute fragment. Dating: 1100–38. Someone will not sue someone. There is a remaining debt of 2 dinars.
Might be a deed of a gift (דלא תיהוי מתנתא טמירתא...) from a woman named Maliḥa to her daughter.
One of the horoscopes predicts something about a dark woman with pimples (bathr) on her face and getting enchanted (wa-lā budd lahu an yusḥar bi-siḥr).
Probably a fiscal register (compare BL OR 5566B.3 and the other shelfmarks cited there). Mentions various dates and the name ʿAbd al-Ṣamad. Reused on the back for a Judaeo-Arabic prayer of praise for God.
Damaged legal draft in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE).
Small and damaged fragment from a prenuptial agreement. The delayed marriage payment is 100 dinars.
Aramaic/Hebrew: probably a commentary, quoting Ecclesiastes 4:12 (recto); Judaeo-Arabic/Aramaic: theological/philosophical text, discussing various degrees (darajat) of creatures. (Information from Niessen/Shivtiel.)
Letter addressed to a father. In Arabic script. Dating: late Mamluk or Ottoman-era. The sender asks if someone has sent money, because if not, he will not give him anything, not even a pound of cheese.
Fragment from the bottom of a deed of acknowledgment (iqrār), with part of a witness signature preserved. Dated: end of Dhū l-Qaʿda 610 AH = April 1214 CE.
Mentions a man's two daughters (وعن ابنتيه المذكورتين...). Might be a join with T-S Ar.38.133.
At the top, in Arabic script: ʿAbd al-[...] al-Ṣayrafī dāma ʿizzahū.
Communal ledger fragment, part of a much broader chain of joins discovered by Dotan Arad (See PGPID 9952). Dated in variety of entries, for example Shevat 5354 (January-February 1594 CE).
Concerning a man and his wife who was the daughter of the late Makīn, and a payment in installments.
Shemarya to the Nasi, mentioning the elder Abū Saʿīd. Dating: ca. 1007–1055 CE, based on the years when Efrayim b.
Bottom of a state document in Arabic script. 3 lines preserved, wide space between the lines. Gives the date of writing (12 Shaʿbān, no year), then a ḥamdala, ṣalwala, and ḥasbala.
On recto the two columns ʿalayhi (debits) and lahū (credits). Dated: Shawwāl 538 AH = April May 1144 CE. Needs further examination.
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: Middle third of Adar, 1430 Seleucid, which is 1119 CE.
Confirmation of transfer of funds to the Palestinian Yeshiva, 15 dinars + 75 dinars = 90 dinars total. Dated: Shevaṭ 1416 Seleucid = January/February 1105 CE.
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There is also the draft of the beginning of a legal document, in Fustat, dated 24 Nisan '54 Seleucid. Probably 1454 or 1554 Seleucid = 1143 or 1243 CE.
Private account written by Nahray b. Nissim. 1060. Daily account that was probably a draft. Might be the account of Maymun b.
2 תעתוקים דיון אחד
Fragment: only the right side is preserved. Dating: 1089–1188 CE. In Judaeo-Arabic. Involves [Yiṣḥaq] b.
Legal document. Upper right corner. Dated: Tammuz 15[..] Seleucid, which is 1189–1288 CE.
Marriage contract, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Sivan 5500 AM = 2051 Seleucid, which is 1740 CE.
Karaite ketubah from Cairo. Date: 26 Sivan 5580 AM (1820 CE). The groom is Shlomo b.
Legal document. Dating: Late. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Many names appear.
דיון אחד