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Bill of divorce (geṭ). Husband: Ṣedaqa b. Ḥalfon. Wife: Sumr bt. Yosef. Location: Fustat. Signed by Mevorakh b. Natan he-Ḥaver and Levi ha-Levi b. Abraham. …
אין רשומות קשורות
Letter by the son of the judge (dayyan) of Minyat Zifta to a certain Peraḥya, requesting his intercession with a certain sayyidnā David. Dating: If …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Letter from Berakhot b. Shemuel in which he suggests to the recipient that he buy from him a book and defer the payment of 12 …
Letter from Yedutun ha-Levi to somebody he calls 'brother.' In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The letter consists mainly of poetical greetings and blessings for the upcoming …
חזק ואמץ אל תערץ ואל תחת כי
עמך ייי אלהיך בכל אשר תלך
קחה שירים מיופים מתוקים מדבש ונופת צופים
מעם אח ואב בחבה אוהבם נדבה
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2 תעתוקים
List of names and houses with numerals, most of them 100 or 200, possibly for tax purposes. Names include Naṣrallāh Qūṣī, Mūsā Nuwās and many …
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Letter from a certain Aharon to Eliyyahu the Judge about a lack of success of a collection made for himself. (Information from Goitein's index card.)
דיון אחד
IB V, 37, folio 5v. Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 ounce …
Leaf 1 has a Judaeo-Arabic text discussing black populations, war and slavery. Leaf 2 contains a medical text in Arabic script, dealing with the anatomy …
Letter from Abū l-Majd to his cousin Eliyyahu the Judge. It deals with questions of travel; mentions someone in Damascus; mentions al-Maḥalla, Bilbays, Fusṭāṭ, and …
Medical treatise in Arabic script. Lovely handwriting. Including prescriptions for hair loss and instructions for a recipe based on almond oil.
Goralot (Lots)
Decorated Karaite ketubba from Cairo. Dated: 18 Shevat 5557 AM (February 1797 CE). The groom is Nissim b. Avraham and the bride is Esther d. …
Jottings in Arabic script. Probably a letter draft, mentions a doctor, mutaṭabbib.
Recto: legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Verso: drawings of a spear-armed man hunting on horseback, with what …
Ketubba fragment. Part of the trousseau is preserved. Total value: 281. (See Goitein's index card for further information.)
List of names followed by Coptic numerals, might be list of contributors or debts. Mentions "the children of Ismāʿīl; Rashīd; my master." Organized by parsha …
Letter from Shemuel b. Moshe to Abū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf (Yehosef), in Malīj. The addressee is the tax farmer of the local market and the judge …
Bifolio. Three of the four pages: mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand might be known. One page lists an expense of at least 1 1/4 …
Letter fragment in Arabic script. Dating: Ayyubid or early Mamluk-era. The language is very reminiscent of a petition (yujaddid ʿahd khidmatihī lil-majlis al-sāmī....) however the …
Ephemeris from 983 CE, the earliest known datable ephemeris in the geniza and one of the earliest in Arabic. Currently being published by Johannes Thomann …
Letter from Yosef b. Musa al-Tāhartī, probably from Mahdiyya, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1057. Deals with selling goods and their prices, especially pepper …
ענדי תערפני אן כאן וצל אליך דלך או נעידה אליך ותסקט עני הדה אלדי דכרתה לך וכלית ענדך
רטל חריר לאסין וגיזי כלטה אבי אלפרג אלאספאקצי ורטל לא…
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד
Order of payment issued by the state monopoly administration for silk production/weaving. Location: Alexandria. Dated: 10 Jumada II 1237 AH (1822 CE). ʿAlī al-Kulī receives …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). On parchment. Involving the rent of an apartment (ṭabaqa). Parties are [...] b. …
Inventory of the items from a dead man's estate that are in Alexandria, mainly books (two pages) and various household items (last page). In Judaeo-Arabic …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Ordering items such as silk, pine resin (ʿilk ṣanawbar), and olive oil. Verso: List of goods in Judaeo-Arabic. Also …
Part of a letter in Arabic script. (Information from CUDL) Reused on recto for piyyuṭ in Hebrew in the hand of a familiar scribe (see …
Letter in Arabic script. Some sort of ʿalāma at the top. Needs examination.
Bifolium from a larger book, probably a majlis. The text is full of prayers, blessings and invocations in a very beautiful calligraphic hand.
Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: 426 AH = 1034/35 CE. The year 424 is also mentioned in the body of the document (l. 1). …
Investment partnership in which Shemuʾel Leon receives 4,000 medin from Mercada (מרקאדה) bt. Yaʿaqov Arubaṣ (ארובץ) to invest in his business. Dated Tammuz 5561 (= …
תעתוק אחד
Fragment from an undated but quite early copy (possibly 8th/14th century) of the third book of the Qānūn of Ibn Sīnā. Portion of the first …
Receipt for the ground rent (ḥikr) in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ for the year 4[..] AH (~11th century CE).
Legal document in Arabic on verso, the lower right corner and a partial witness signature are preserved. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
On recto beginning of a letter to Avraham Maimuni from Abu Sa'id (identification according to BL 5542.14. He also wrote T-S 8 j 21.12). On …