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Recto: Release written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe in Fustat. Using the standard formulae, a woman named Mawlāt releases her husband, Abū l-ʿAlā, from all accusations …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Recto: Draft of a letter. In the hand of Makhlūf b. Mūsā. Probably addressed to Yeḥezqel b. Netanʾel ha-Levi, and related to T-S 8J40.1 (PGPID …
אין רשומות קשורות
Fragment of a letter from Natan b. Nahray. Regarding trades, especially of silk, and complains about the situation in Mahdiyya, that he has heard about …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Letter from Barhun b. Yishaq al-Tāhartī, from Mahdiyya, to Nahray b. Nissim, Alexandria. Around 1050. Information about shipments of goods and about the account of …
כתאב[י יאכי ו]אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה
לט (?) כלת מן מרחשון ען סלאמה ונעמה ושוק אליך קרב אללה…
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Top: Prayer in Hebrew about being liberated from enemies. Bottom: Rhymed (poetic?) lines in Judaeo-Arabic containing both references to beauty and to how someone should …
Notebook of a merchant, containing mainly letter drafts or copies interspersed with poems, anecdotes, accounts, and the opening formulary of a petition to a vizier. …
Arabic, literary.
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Legal document concerning an inheritance(?) dispute. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). The case is complicated. Hillel conducts a family partnership …
2 תעתוקים 2 דיונים
Letter from Najm [...] al-Muʿallim the brother-in-law of Kamāl b. Yūsuf, in Fustat, to his 'brother' the cantor Musāfir ha-Bavli, in Alexandria. Spellings are eccentric. …
Fragment from a legal document, maybe a draft or copy. Recto refers to a sum of good dinars; garments (ḥulla, thawb, miʿjar) of different colors …
Ketubba. Fragment (first few lines only). Dated: 27 Shevat 1282 Seleucid, which is January 971 CE. (Information from Moshe Yagur.)
תעתוק אחד
Receipt for the capitation tax of Mūsā b. Lāwī (Moshe b. Levi) the Jew in Fustat. ʿAlāma at upper left: al-ḥamdu lil-lāh al-wāḥid al-ḥaqq. Dated: …
Letter from a man, in an unknown location, to his son Abū l-[Rabīʿ?] Sulaymān, in Fustat. To be delivered to the shop of Abū Naṣr …
Recto: Probably original usage. State document, specifically the ending lines of a petition in Arabic script. The raʾy clause is preserved: "al-ʾārā al-sulṭāniyya". Reused for …
Document in Arabic, perhaps a receipt. Requires further examination.
Right fragment: Letter/petition in Hebrew from the widow of the well-known judge Hiyya b. Yishaq (active in Fustat 1129–60s) to the Jewish congregation of Fustat. …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Consisting almost entirely of business accounts. The sender acknowledges receipt of a letter discussing a foreigner (? gharīb) and possibly a deposit. …
Unidentified list, in Arabic script. Minute fragment.
Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning Qayrawān and al-Mahdiyya, written prior to 1057 CE. Mentions people such as Abū Naṣr [Dāvid?] b. Naḥum. Mentions saffron and …
Upper left piece of a legal document in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Small fragment of an Arabic legal deed, probably a Muslim marriage contract (...الصداق المذكور...).
Recto: part of a large, effaced ketubba for Ghāliya bt. Avraham ha-Levi and an unnamed groom, dated 28th [month] in Fusṭāṭ (year and month not …
דיון אחד
Earlier document: Accounts in Arabic script. State document? Needs examination.
Alchemical recipes describing methods of preparation of metals (copper, sulphur), how to burn them, wash them, dry them and grind them. Mentions a crucible, a …
Accounts and other jottings in a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Right side of recto: calculations in Greek/Coptic numerals. Upper left of recto: list …
IB VII, 33. Legal query to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE) about a trader who travelled to India (Bilād al-Hind), remained there for fifteen years, …
Witness clause from the bottom of an iqrār. The witness is Aḥmad b. ʿAbdallāh.
Legal document in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Settlement of a dispute over a husband's support for his wife during his …
Fragment from a legal document, mentioning Abū l-Munā and perhaps a partnership. On verso refers to a sum collected by a gentile. (Information in part …
Accounts listing goods, weights, prices, and various names. Distinctive hand. Dating: Medieval era. A quantity of pepper is listed on the verso. Mentions nutmeg; litharge; …
Muslim marriage contract. In Arabic script. Dating: Unknown. Written in a calligraphic hand, in pairs of two lines separated by moderately wide spaces. For other …
Karaite betrothal deed. Bride: Yamān bat David b. Isaiah, of Egypt. Groom: Shela b. ʿAmram al-Qirqisānī, of Tyre. Both the bride and groom are represented …
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד
Possibly a legal note or account. Looks late. Mentions Yosef, al-Kohen, and Abū Saʿīd.
Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: A Monday in the last decade of Tammuz 1[4]34 Seleucid, which is 1123 CE. In …