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Marriage contract, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: 7 Shevat 5480 AM, which is 1720 CE. Groom: Nissim b. ʿAmram b. Shemuel. Bride: ʿAzīza bt. Yeshuʿa b. …
אין רשומות קשורות
Beginning of the ketubah of Avraham b. Yosef and Husn. Some of the dowry list is preserved. AA
Legal document concerning the debt owed by Abū Saʿd b. Manṣūr to Maʿālī b. Natan ha-Levi. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe and signed …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
List of donations received arranged according to parshiyot and possibly some commercial accounts (given the mention of shops). Dating: late 18th- or early 19th-century based …
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Unidentified document(s) or text(s) in Arabic script. Wide line spacing on verso.
Part of an official document in Arabic script. The ends of ~6 lines are preserved. Mentions a canal (khalīj). Also mentions the kiswa twice. The …
Verso (original use): Fragment of a letter in Arabic script to Abū l-Wafāʾ Tamīm al-Kohen. Dating: likely late 12th or early 13th century, based on …
דיון אחד
Letter/report in Judaeo-Arabic. Written in a formal layout, with slightly widened space between the lines. This is the lower left corner of what must have …
Order of payment. Maḥfūẓ is to give the bearer 16 dirhams(?).
Likely a Fatimid fiscal account. Difficult to read. As of July 2025 this fragment is not conserved and can be seen only in Cambridge.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Raʾs al-Seder. One word in Arabic script on verso (خط).
Responsum regarding qiyyum of legal documents
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, written in wide spacing. Torn and damaged. Legible phrases: ואנהא לדאת אללה תע ואלאחד . . . . ענהם . . …
IB I, 31a. Legal document: testimony about the will of Yosef Lebdi. This fragment, written in the hand of Hillel b. Eli (fl. 1066-1108 CE), …
Testimony given before us, the undersigned [. . . that]
Joseph Lebdi—may God be pleased with him!—son of R. David [before he set out on the voy…
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Small piece of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE).. (Information from CUDL)
List of commodities and their prices. Mentions six loads of pepper, and silk.
Legal document, late. Begins with "عند وروده بخطي المطالعة حضرة شهادة ولي النعم" followed by the name of two witnesses. Needs examination.
Letter in Ladino to Shelomo Almanas or Almatango[?] on verso from Aharon ha-Kohen. Dated below signature Jumada I 1_78AH [?]. The most likely reading based …
Fragment of a legal document in Arabic script. Probably a will (refers to the testator, hādhā l-mūṣī). The sums, probably of will distribution, are half …
Recto: ʿAmida for the additional service on Rosh ha-Shana. Verso: Possibly an ownership note for Netanʾel b. Ṣedaqa. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Legal deed, not completed. In the hand of Natan b. Shemuel. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1455 Seleucid, which is 1143/44 CE, under the authority of Yehoshua …
A few poetical phrases after בשמ רחמ. Probably from the opening of a letter, but cannot be ascertained. AA
Address, accompanying a letter or a shipment, from Fusṭāṭ to Jerusalem into the hands of Naṣrullah Bashshāʿ (?). Dating: Late, probably Mamluk-era. (Information in part …
Letter from a certain Abū l-Khayr, probably in Minyat Zifta, to a certain Shemuel. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary (only the upper margin of recto and the …
Fragment of a legal document (likely a contract of sale for a property) dated 411 AH. Incomplete at the beginning. Interestingly, the year is mentioned …
Fragment from near the beginning of a letter in Arabic script, chancery-esque hand.
Letter of appeal from an unknown man, in Bilbays, to Eliyyahu the Judge, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. The writer had lived with Eliyyahu's …
Legal fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Involves Abū l-Fakhr Ibn al-Amshāṭī (here spelled אלאמשטי). Mentions large sums of money ("200" and "80 dinars") and the children of …
Small fragment from the lower left corner of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Dated: Friday 21 [...] …
Deed of sale for a house. In Arabic script. Dating: 11th–12th century CE. Ḥusayn b. Ḥāzim al-Bayyāʿ (the food vendor) purchased a house from Ḥasan …
In the name of God, the merciful [and compassionate].
This is what Ḥusayn ibn Ḥāzim, the (food-)vendor, bought from Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, the groc…
Arabic poetry, including by Abū Tammām.
One of four fragments from the court ledger of the Babylonian congregation of Damascus (T-S 16.181, T-S AS 146.66, T-S NS 320.108, and T-S 12.592). …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a 'son.' Dating: Unknown; might be 11th century. There are some unusual phrases, such as "al-ʿāqiba li-barakāt" instead of …
Business accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. The hand may be known. Dating: likely 11th century. Itemized list of expenses, mentioning things such as the city …
Two memorial lists, for the שמלאץ family of kohanim and the Nuʿmān family. On the other side there is a list of parshiyot in Judaeo-Arabic. …
Minute fragment with text in Hebrew script on the recto and verso, some Tiberian vowels are visible (verso).
Two fragments from the bottom part of a late bill of appointment. Dated: Monday, 25 Ṭevet (year missing). One of the parties is Ḥayyim.
Letter written by [Joseph b.] Elʿazar in Palestine, mentioning various individuals including Abū l-Faraji, Elʿazar the doctor, Joseph the doctor, ʿAbd al-Karam, Sulayman b. ʿAbd …
Small and very faded fragment from a letter, probably written by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi.