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Legal document of release in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). A certain Avraham b. Shelomo Tilimsānī, acting as a custodian (apotropos) …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Either a draft of a legal declaration or a letter about a legal dispute, containing a story about Hiba, 30 dirhams, Yehuda, and a release …
אין רשומות קשורות
State document, Ayyubid period. Petition to an Ayyubid ruler regarding the appointment of military personnel: ʿUmar b. Masʿūd, leader of the archers in Alexandria of …
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
المملوك عمر بن مسعود مقدم الرماة
القوسية ثغر الاسكندرية المحروسـ[ـة]
يقبل الارض وي…
In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
The slave ʿUmar ibn Masʿūd, the leader of the archers
in the frontier city of Alexandria…
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Verso: Letter or legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary (upper left corner). Possibly about business. Reports a dialogue and mentions "what he did with the daftar" …
Recto: Bill of sale for a female slave. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Av 1466 Seleucid, which is 1155 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel …
דיון אחד
Small fragment of a document in Arabic, maybe legal. Mentions a shop (dukkān).
Court record concerning financial matters between Munajjā and Abū l-Surūr. Dated 49[..] of the Era of Creation and [..]25 Era of documents, so it is …
Geṭ. Location: Egypt, somewhere on the Nile. Dated: probably Ṭevet [13]4[.] Seleucid = 1029–39 CE. The father of one of the parties is Ḥusayn. Signed …
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Literary text, in Arabic script.
Verso: Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. "O you whose slave I am: the servant came to the house in the end, seeking you on account of …
Maimonides autograph.
Recto: poetry in honor of an (anonymous?) Nagid the son of a Nagid. Looks like the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī (active ca. 1300). Verso: …
Legal record (#39). Engagement contract, outline. Extremely abbreviated. "The groom: Elʿazar b. Shemarya. The girl (bride): Khawātī. Early marriage payment: 3(?) dinars. Delayed marriage payment: …
תעתוק אחד
Letter to Abū Saʿd Ibn al-Khāzin. In Judaeo-Arabic. Probably from Spain and dating to the 12th century (based on layout, handwriting, style, and names—an Ibn …
One word from an Arabic state document (ṭāhir). Reused for Hebrew literary text.
State document, fragmentary, in Arabic script. Mentions a price, 90 pieces of gold, and "what we have observed is rightful". Reused on recto for Hebrew …
Karaite betrothal document. Date: 17 Tammuz 5519 AM (1759 CE). Location: Cairo. The previously married bride is Hana bt. Yeshūʿa b. Yosef and the groom …
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions many names, mostly Muslim.
Private letter almost entirely in Aramaic, with a few phrases in Hebrew. (It is rare for a letter to have this much Aramaic.) Dating: maybe …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. A settlement in connection with the dissolution of a partnership between Abū ʿAlī Yeḥezqel ha-Levi and …
Accounts. Mainly materia medica and foods: ʿirq; kathīrā; amlaj; sīlqūn; lawz; ʿunnāb; isfīdāj. MR/ASE
Letter addressed to R. Eliʿezer. In Judaeo-Arabic. Ordering him to send with the letter bearer the long-overdue hides (or leather goods) or their value in …
Accounts. Mentioning Sulaymān and saffron.
Bifolio of accounts (sums collected) in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Dating: probably no earlier than 13th century. Many names and numbers listed. Several freedmen appear …
Upper part of a letter by Berakhot b. Shemuel mentioning his being cut off from the recipent on account of his illnesses, including ophthalmia at …
Inventory of a wine merchant's wine cellar. (Information from Mediterranean Society, IV, p. 259)
Long and narrow strip from the right side of items belonging to Dalāl - probably a dowry list. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (Date: …
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
Letter from an unidentified writer in Rashīd to Shelomo Ḥalafta. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Same addressee as ENA 2855.21.
Literary text, with markings and annotations in red ink. Needs examination.
Deed of lease in Arabic. Almost completely preserved. The lessor may be al-Amir al-Muʾayyad (l. 2). The lease is for an empty shop (jamīʿ al-dukkān …
Legal document: ketubba for [...ba]t Mawhūb (bride). Witnessed by Yishaq b. Saʿ[adya], [... b.] Efrayim, Yeshuʿa ha-Levi b. Aharon, Yaaqov ha-Levi b. [...]she, Amram b. …
Capitation tax receipt for Mūsā b. Futūḥ al-Yahūdī in Alexandria. Same cluster: T-S AS 178.69 (PGPID 36898) T-S AS 180.22 (PGPID 37373) T-S AS 182.312 …
Ownership note for Yeḥezqel b. ʿEli he-Ḥaver ha-Kohen. At the bottom of the page there are also two lines in Arabic script.
Document in Arabic, maybe the bottom of a receipt.
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Efaryim b. Shemarya? The sender has sent 10 of something and urges the addressee to sell them. …
Left fragment: Letter from Shemaryahu b. Aharon ha-Kohen ha-Rav the descendant of Eliyyahu ha-Kohen to Abū Thābit Yakhin b. Nāshī (נשי/ناشي) ha-Kohen. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic, …
Letter (or petition or report) in Arabic script. Mainly the formulaic beginning is preserved with the sender's prayers for the addressee's longevity.
Receipt or legal document in Arabic script. Faded. Late. Concerning the rent of a shop in Ḥārat al-Yahūd, possibly for the month of Shaʿbān– unless …
State document, in Arabic script. Probably a petition from an unemployed person, "baṭṭāl bilā ʿamal"or a report asking for a new deployment. Mentions the amīr …