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Legal document (zikhron ʿedut). Dated: Thursday, 13 Elul 1528 Seleucid, which is 18 August 1217 CE. Settlement of the payment of a mu'akhkhar in installments. …
דיון אחד
Fragment of a ketubba, mentioning different quantities of dinars and mandīl ‘cloth’. (Information in part from CUDL)
אין רשומות קשורות
Recto: Legal document in the hand of Ḥananʾel b. Samuel concerning a debt of ten ounces of Dūqī (= ducal) gold "in the weight of …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
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Part of a letter or document in Arabic script (might mention al-Ramla and a date). Reused for writing exercises in Hebrew and for piyyuṭ on …
Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: approximately 1030 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on the years when Shelomo …
2 תעתוקים דיון אחד
Accounts.
Small fragment of a legal deed. Involves Abū l-Munā, a girl (ṣabiyya), and 20-some dinars.
Legal testimony. Dating; 13th century. Involves Faḍā'il the cantor, R. Ye[ḥi]el, Bū Naṣr b. al-[...], and Makhlūf. There is a dispute over the kosher butchering …
Legal document. Partnership agreement. Unsigned. Dated: Middle third of Iyyar (year not preserved). Location: Fustat. Replacement document for a partnership agreement between Abū l-Ḥasan Menashshe …
3 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is called 'my brother.' The content is not clear; mentions someone fearing death and mentions the capitation tax (jizya).
Letter fragment. Not much is preserved. The sender says "I make you take an oath" (anā astaḥlifuka).
Letter in Arabic script. Almost nothing of the letter itself is preserved, but most of the address is preserved: to be delivered to (New) Cairo, …
Letter addressed to ʿEli ha-Kohen ha-Parnas. What remains of the letter is the introduction consisting entirely of biblical verses.
Short letter or note, mentioning quantities of money. Bottom of a letter concerning a legal case between Saʿadya and his brother-in-law ʿAlī concerning 30 dinars …
Halakhic monograph written by Yosef Rosh ha-Seder. See joins in FGP.
Minute fragment. The name Mordekhay is visible, possibly part of a full signature that is missing.
Copy of the beginning of a letter addressed to a religious authority. In Arabic, written in ornate prose. The layout is literary; it may have …
תעתוק אחד
Legal document in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Settlement of a dispute over a husband's support for his wife during …
Verso (original use): Fragment of a state document, a decree. Only the ends of three lines are preserved. One of the few legible words is …
Maybe a communal proclamation related to a complaint or problem (shakwā, l. 1). Hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya? Needs examination.
Business letter. In Arabic script. Dating: Ottoman-era, based on overall appearance and use of the honorific "effendi." The dated accounts on the verso may be …
Legal document. Small fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE).
Very unusual account, written in large letters, likely fiscal. Perhaps wages for soldiers/mercenaries? Recto, upper section: -people's names such Masʿūd b. Manṣūr b. Sabʿ(?) and …
Literary, probably. Contains several terms in Ladino, with Hebrew discussion about measurements.
Letter from the office of the Nagid David II b. Yehoshuaʿ II Maimonides (in office ca. 1355–1410) addressed to the congregation of Fustat. The Nagid's …
Poem of praise for Mevorakh ha-Nagid, according to Scheiber, PAAJR 3, 29 (1966). (Information from Goitein's index card.)
An account from Sicily listing 63 ox hides from Syracuse and 76 buck skins. The sums are mentioned in rubaiyat (quarters of dinars). Dated to …
אלחאצל פי אלכלטה
ואלכאצה ד אלאף
תש[ ] ואיצא כה רבאעי רבח דמנש
אשתרא מן דלך סג נטע סרקוסה [
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3 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים דיון אחד
Bottom of a deed of release written and signed by [Mevor]akh b. Natan he-Ḥaver (1150–81). Also signed by Shela b. Shemuel ha-Levi. Unclear if any …
Accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic and in Arabic script. Calligraphic. Dated: Rabīʿ al-Awwal 417 AH, which is April/May 1026 CE. Many intricate details about transactions. The main …
Letter fragment, probably. In Hebrew. Dating: late, probably Ottoman-era. Only the first few words of 12 lines are preserved. Seems to contain praises for somebody …
Recto: Letter in the handwriting of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, probably from Qalyub to his father in Fustat, consisting almost in its entirely of good …
Verso: Amorous poetry in Arabic script and accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning "white" and "red" commodities weighed in ounces, a kind of stone, mercury, and the …
Recto: letter or note, possibly in the hand of Abraham Maimonides. Verso: Arabic jottings mentioning words such as حلقة and سكر.. (Information from CUDL)
Medical recipe, including list of spices, including sesame and pepper.
Legal document. Bū l-Majd b. Thābit, known as Meir b. Yakhin, appoints his brother Hilāl/Hillel as his attorney for all his claims and in particular …
Prenuptial agreement in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (dates: 1100–38 CE). Abū l-Faraj Natan b. Shelomo the beadle is marrying the daughter of …
2 דיונים
Court record written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100–38 CE). Fragment (upper left piece). Regarding 20 dinars and involving Peraḥya the elder, Avraham b. …
State document in Arabic script. Petition or report? Fragments of 6 lines are preserved, wide space between them. Refers to al-Shaykh al-Muʾayyad fī l-Dīn (maybe …
Legal document. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe; also signed by the teacher Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥayyim Nafūsī. Location: Fustat. Dated: Monday, 4 Kislev 1437 …
Two bifolios of a very cryptic register in Arabic script. Some entries contain partial dates. Needs examination.