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Document in Judaeo-Arabic. Detailing financial arrangements. Handwriting of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe?
אין רשומות קשורות
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Letter fragment mentioning the servants (ghilmān) of the amīr, going to Caesarea, a ḥaver, and a broker. Also mentions "I brought it/him to the Morning …
תעתוק אחד
Lists of names according to different households/families. In the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi (late 12th to early 13th century). Many different names. An intriguing entry …
Business letter. Small fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Mentions pepper and lac.
Literary
The address only of a late letter from Damietta to Cairo, addressed to Yehuda Gatenio.
Petition in Arabic script to somebody called "mawlānā al-Ṣāḥib." Conveying a story about a brawl at the Dār al-Wakāla and people getting arrested. The petitioner …
Long-form work, fragment of a page mentioning (on verso) enslaved people (jawārī). MR
Marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Valencia (ברנסיה). Dated: 48[..] AM, which is 1039–1140 CE. Groom: Avraham b. Yosef. Bride: פטבוניה bt. Yiṣḥaq. (Information from Goitein's index …
דיון אחד
Official correspondence in Arabic script. Opening of the letter, starting with an ʿalāma (al-ḥamdu lillāhi kathīra?) in a thick pen. In the position of the …
Informal note in Arabic script. Begins, "The slave reports (=I report) that the aforementioned shipment/bale (ḥaml) is still with me, and if you order me …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Fragment (lower left corner) of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Looks Yemeni and late. Mentions the Levantine sirwāls and sends greetings to an aunt (khāla). The …
Draft of a legal query addressed to a legal authority referred to as 'our lord and gaon' discussing the marriage of Abū l-ʿAlāʾ b. Abū …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (lower right corner). Location: Cairo. No details of the case preserved; might …
Fragment from a legal document, mentioning Abū l-Munā and perhaps a partnership. On verso refers to a sum collected by a gentile. (Information in part …
Letter, complete and poetic, written by same hand as ENA 2806.5, contains mostly blessings. ENA 2806.5–7 are copies of letters to Shelomo Gaʾon and his …
IB III, 53. Fragment of a letter from Peraḥyā Yijū to Abu ʾl-Fakhr Ibn al-Amshāṭī. Written in al-Maḥalla, ca. 1161-72. "Peraḥyā extends to him wishes …
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד
Letter from the office of the Nagid Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (b. 1310–d. 1355), bearing his motto and in the hand of his clerk. Regarding a certain …
Verso: a complete copy of a poem by the wife of Dunash Ibn Labrāṭ, followed by the first part of a second poem, a reply …
Verso: fragment from a legal manual or formulary discussing protocol for the writing of a receipt for payment of a debt.
Official document of some sort. May be headed "makhzūma." Above that, there is an ʿalāma (al-ḥamdu lil-lāhi rabbi al-ʿālamīn). Refers to money exchange (ṣarf) and …
Letter from Farah b. Yusuf sending condolences for the death of a relative of the addressee and also discussing business. (Information from Gil)
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Verso (original use): Letter fragment in Arabic script. Reports on the sale of wheat by Hilāl and good news ("abshirū!") concerning 'the thing which I/you …
Tiny fragment of an account in Judaeo-Arabic. Names an Abū l-Qāsim al-Jawharī.
Bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with greetings to Ibrāhīm and Hārūn b. Yaʿīsh among others. Written by ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Kohen. Dating: probably no earlier …
State document, fiscal. Maybe concerning two months of agricultural taxes. Dated: looks like 403 AH, but this should be checked. The main text after the …
Letter referring to a courtier, ‘the honoured Sar’. Neatly and closely written. Mentions Abū Khayr Efrayim b. Yeshaʿyahu. The letter is written both in the …
Recto: Legal document (warranty). in which al-Shaykh al-ʿAmīd declares that he guarantees something for his brother Avraham and his son Yosef and other people. The …
Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic addressed to Avraham Dayyan from Binyamin de Curiel and Avraham Crespin. These men are known from other fragments. Dating: probably 18th- …
Small strip from a letter. 16th-century or later based on the hand and spelling and colloquial forms. Mentions "the big box" (אלעולבא אלכבירא).
Large communal account in Hebrew for the 'collection of the ʿArikha' for the year 5483 AM = 1722/23 CE. The upper section lists nearly a …
Bottom left fragment of accounts.
Letter fragment in Arabic script. Mentions an estate (ḍayʿa); a sum of 300-something; a complaint about lack of letters (لا سيرت لا كتاب ولا جواب); …
Orders of payment, mentioning Abū ʿAlī. (Information from CUDL) The one on verso, in Arabic script, is written by a certain Isḥaq. (MR)
Letter of appeal for charity from Manṣūr b. Ibrāhīm Ibn Naḥum to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender opens by mentioning that …
The earliest document on this fragment is a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (dates: 1100–38). Only a few letters from the …