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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Large fragment. Mentions: receipt of the addressee's letter; news of a terrible thing (akhbār al-ʿaẓīma); something from the recipients student in his …
אין רשומות קשורות
Recto: Letter of condolence from [...] b. [...] ha-Dayyan (ZL) to Shemuel the physician (peʾer ha-rofʾim). In Hebrew. Dating: Early 13th century, per Cohen. (Information …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Legal document. Location: Ṣanʿāʾ, Yemen. In which David b. Saʿīd and Sulaymān b. Yosef promise not to curse each other. Dated: Monday, 8 Adar 1946 …
תעתוק אחד
Minute fragment from a business letter or legal document.
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Tax receipt(s)?
Legal fragment in the hand of Yosef b. Shemuel b. Saʿadya, mentioning Ḥananel ‘the youth’ and someone else "[ha-nadiv] ve-ha-shavaʿ R. A[...]." (Information in part …
Fragment of a ketubah, containing the dowry. On recto few words in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Petition draft. From Manṣūr b. Salāma (Khan) or b. Ṣadaqa (Elbaum and Rustow independently of one another) to the Fatimid caliph al-Āmir bi-Aḥkām Allāh (1101–30 …
العبد المملوك
منصور بن سلامة من اهل سنديون
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته وافضل سلامه وتحياته على مولانا وس…
The servant and slave
Manṣūr ibn Salāma from among the people of Sindiyūn.
In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
The b…
2 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים
Letter mentioning Abū Saʿīd, the writer’s nephew (sister's son) Abū l-Ḥasan and Abū l-Surūr. (Information from CUDL)
Mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.
Legal document probably relating to the sale detailed on recto (PGPID 8226), which is a deed of sale for 1/3 of a house dating to …
דיון אחד
באלכסנדריה הייתה נהוגה קופת צדקה שחולקו ממנה כיכרות לחם לנזקקים. כותב מכתב זה היה 'מֻפרק אלקופה', כלומר המנהל האחראי על חלוקת הכיכרות. המכתב מופנה א…
2 תעתוקים דיון אחד
Five notes on tiny pieces of vellum, ordering the addressee to hand over small sums or certain quantities of oil, soap, wood, vegetables, lemon, or …
Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Yeḥiel. Dated: Friday, 23 Ḥeshvan 5310 AM, which is 1549 CE. In Hebrew, with phrases in Yiddish and many words in …
Two leaves from a book of interesting medical remedies, in Judaeo-Arabic. The remedies preserved here are topicals, e.g., for skin lesions and ulcers, cosmetics for …
Recto: Hebrew letter addressed to the judge Ḥananʾel, prefaced with Habakkuk 3:18. Verso: unidentified; the Arabic phrase al-ḥamdu lillāh appears, crossed out, and there is …
Verso, fol. 2: Fragment of a decree or petition, probably provisional because of the semi-professional hand. Requires further examination.
Unidentified text in Arabic script. Prognostications? As of July 2025 this fragment is not conserved and can be seen only in Cambridge.
List (calligraphic) of male persons, intended recipients of charity. With one exception ('he paid 1/4 dinar') no amounts are indicated. (Information from Mediterranean Society II, …
Business letter sent from Alexandria by Yiṣḥaq b. Simḥa ha-Levi, a wholesale silk-dealer, to Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Nissim ha-Levi in Fustat, dealing with goods …
Early legal document, in Hebrew rather than Arabic, in which the widow of Zekharya b. Othniel and his daughter Farha, acting for the still-minor boys, …
Letter of condolence in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew to a certain Abū l-Ḥasan al-Mubārak b. [ʿIyad?]. On the death of a woman in his family (אלאשה …
Small fragment from a legal deed (bill of release?) written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). One of the parties has the rare …
Legal record (#5) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f.1v of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Dated 12 Shevat …
:(Documents 3-5) Folio 1v
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Sahlan b. Avraham, end of 1042. Detailing "the peace" and the settlement between the Shelomo and Natan b. Avraham …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Probably a bill of gift of property in Qaṣr al-Rūm granted to …
Accounts in Arabic and Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval era. The identifier "Yahūdīya" appears in line two and the name Muḥammad Rikā__ī[?] in line 4. (VMR)
Fol. 1: Halakhic discussion regarding the proper time for prayer.
Small fragment of a huge state document in Arabic. The phrase preserved is وازهر هدى الامامة ("He caused to flourish / may He cause to …
Legal document(s) in a court ledger. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Involves Sitt al-Kull bt. Ḥalfon. Mentions a sum of …
Communal list mostly in Ladino with many Hebrew spelling errors. Possibly a record of synagogue honors and congregants' corresponding donations. For an early modern document …
Letter/petition from two men addressed to a dignitary. Refers to Sunday the 8th of Ṭevet. Dating: Probably 12th century. On recto there is a vocalized …
State petition regarding a Maghribī Jewish trader caught drinking with a Muslim woman and imprisoned. Cuts off right before the request: there arrived from the …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Accounts in Ladino and western Arabic numerals. Dated: 14 Tishrei 556[.], which is the first decade of the 19th century. Small fragment. Mentions a consul.
Betrothal document, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Sunday, 20 Sivan 5448 AM, which is 1688 CE. Groom: Yeshuʿa b. Avraham ha-Ḥakham ha-Rofe b. Aharon ha-Rofe ha-Ḥakham. …
Recto is a draft of a poem in praise of Moses Maimonides by Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi.
Small fragment from the beginning of a petition or a letter to a dignitary (... khāliṣat amīr al-muʾminīn adāma allāh ẓillahū wa-ayyada niʿmatahū...).