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Saʿīd b. Ibrahīm pays ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd. Dated 14(?) Dhū l-Qaʿda 700(?). Needs examination.
אין רשומות קשורות
Printed page from the beginning of "Introduzione alla grammatica del Puoti" (1865). With inky fingerprints and writing exercises in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script written over it.
Dating: Possibly 11th century. The word ʿalā is abbreviated as an ʿayin with a dot over it (ע̇ אחסן חאל).
This portion contains mainly the closing greetings and a reference to "Moshe Rabbenu the father/ancestor of all the prophets."
Amount: ½ dīnār (the lowest rate). Jahbadh: Hibat Allāh. Merits conservation and digitization.
תעתוק אחד
Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the Ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya b. al-Faraj, in Jerusalem. Concerning yarn. (Information from CUDL)
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Fiscal document referring to the amīr Sayf al-Dawla and mentioning the date 27 Jumādā II 527 AH = 2 May 1133 CE.
Bottom part of a begging letter asking for financial support, it seems reminding the collector (al-jābī) to collect the sums promised in a pesiqa.
Ibrāhīm; Ibn Nufayʿ; Muḥammad b. al-Asʿad;
Nafusi. Mentions Yaʿaqov al-Andalusi, the recipient's brother Avraham, and Abu Mansur and his father.
Yiṣḥaq b. Sabri to Abu al-Faraj Nissim complaining about a business issue and urging a prompt response to his letter.
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Mentions amounts 'with' (or owed by) various people such as Furayj the boy of al-Muhadhdhab b. Saʿīd and a certain fuqqāʿī.
Groom: Ḥesed (presumably Abū Naṣr al-Tustarī). (Information from Goitein's index card.)
Document of release concerning the estate of Berakhot ha-Levi’s deceased wife Ghāliya, mentioning Farjiyya the mother of Gh[āliya] and the daughter of her sister specifically.
Part of one page contains some accounts (naming ʿAmmī Avraham, R.Moshe, Sasson, Mordekhai, al-Yahūdi).
Recto: astrology, mentioning ṣāḥib al-ṭāliʿ several times. Verso: a continuation of recto, transitioning into a formulary for a spell of some kind that involves burying something.
A partial Hijrī date is visible in the upper left corner of the recto but the year is missing along the paper tear: Jumada I [...].
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, Hebrew, and possibly another language. Late. The name Yosef al-Rumi appears at upper left. Currencies include גרושוש, פצה, and ראייל.
(Information from Khan, ALAD, p. 163). AA
דיון אחד
Involves [...] b. Yehuda al-Rāb and Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm, both Jews. Needs examination for content.
Fragment of a business letter in Arabic script (wa-innamā katabtu... al-ḥisāb...). Might mention "from Aswān" on verso (l. 3).
Some of the lines are copied a second time underneath. Mentions the word "al-silwān." On verso there is piyyuṭ. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Mentions a community or group (al-jamāʿa) and the middle of Shawwāl. Reused on recto for piyyuṭ.
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 recto.
Lower right corner. Mentions Sitt al-Ahl bt. [...] and a husband (Abū) l-Faraj Hibatallāh.
Text in Arabic, continued on verso, mentioning ʿUmar b. Saʿīd and ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmar. Verso: names of months, in Hebrew.
Verso: letter referring to a letter for ʿAmmār al-Sharābī and requesting a liturgical poem (rahaṭ).
Mentions the arrival in Damsīs of the representative (nā[ʾib]) of the amīr Muẓaffar(?) al-Dawla. (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter to Efrayim (b. Shemarya?) al-Ḥaver, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script on verso.
Yosef), mentioning names such as Abū ʿImrān, al-Rūmī and Abū Saʿd. (Information in part from CUDL).
Mentions pepper; wool and robes; al-Sijilmāsī; fūṭas and other garment types; saqaṭ; marjoram (mardaqūsh); cinnamon.
Unidentified Hebrew; Arabic jottings in the margin, including one document draft mentioning Ibrāhīm b. Abū ʿAbdallāh al-Yahūdī. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Mūsā and a woman [...] known as Sitt al-Ḥusn. Maybe notes for a marriage document. (Information in part from CUDL)
Mentioning the death of someone's son Abū l-ʿAlā; the late Nagid; and an orphan, Saʿadya b. Saʿadya.
Recto: calendar; the ‘Head of the Yešiva’ (raʾs al-metīvā) is mentioned at the top. Verso refers to the ritual lighting of candles, במא מדליקין ובמא אין מדליקין.
Verso: small fragment of an Arabic state document in large script. There is an ʿalāma in the margin. Recto: possibly a maqāma, praising a ruler (or God).
Mentions Ismāʿīl b. Jabbār, al-Mahdiyya, and a barqalū (a mid-size bale).
Order of payment in Arabic script. The judge (al-dayyān) is asked to pay a sum to the bearer.
See T-S AS 177.85 (PGPID 37036) for all the related documents.
List in Arabic on verso with a column of Greek/Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval-era. There is a second unrelated text in Arabic on the recto - unidentified, may be literary.
Might list names, e.g. [...] b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and [...] wāliduhū. Needs examination.
Official document of some kind. Abū Naṣr al-[...] may owe 6.25 dinars. There is a date (Dhū l-Ḥijja something), but the year seems to be written as a cipher.
Beginning with a basmala followed by the name Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Mughaṭṭī(?). Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Original use: Document in Arabic mentioning al-Maghrib, maybe a letter. Reused for Judaeo-Arabic accounts mentioning thawbs, in the hand of the scribe previously misidentified as ʿArūs.
On verso there is a list of items in Arabic with Coptic numerals, one is Socotran aloe (صبر سقطري). Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Items include three garments; twenty of something "with (or owed to) al-Saqqāq"; dates; hazelnut; shoes; and something new.
Dating: No earlier than 1425 CE because the ashrafi was minted first under Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay in this year.
Damaged fragment from a memorial list 'The house of Umm al-Damyati' followed by the house of Rashid, and his two sons Hilal and Shilo, and the latter son Tahor.
Petition to an Ayyubid sultan, possibly Al-ʿĀdil I (13th century), opening only. On verso there is a piyyuṭ, possibly for Yom Kippur.
[ ا]لهمام ناصر الاسلام غياث الانام سيف المومنين سلطان جيوش المسلمين
خليل امير المومنين وادام قدرته واعلى ابدا كلمته وانفذ احكامه
…..
[ ] the heroic, the helper of Islam, the succour of mankind, sword of the believers, sultan of the armies of the Muslims,
the friend o…
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Only the basmala and the opening line (ṣalawāt allāh wa-barakātuhū wa-nawāmī zakawātihī wa-afḍal taḥiyyatihī) are preserved.