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Letter from one community (of Jerusalem?) to another (of Fustat?). In Hebrew. Dating: likely 11th century. There is a long introduction with biblical verses and …
אין רשומות קשורות
Calendrical text and table for three months in the year 5594 AM (1833/34 CE) on the recto and verso. The recto provides an exceptional level …
Business letter to the Parnas Mordechai ביאלובוס (Bialobos/Vialobos) in Cairo from הצעיר יאודה יוסף נסים מניני and הצעיר יששכר כניסי, including accounts with Arabic numerals. …
An amulet for Ṣadoq b. Hodaya, with the name Atniq Jalīl (אתניק גליל). Possibly also refers to Mevorakh and Abū ʿAlī as the person's enemies. …
IB II, 38. One of two (now three) copies of a poem by Avraham ben Yiju, praising Maḍmūn and cursing his enemies. Written in Aden. …
ולה איצא ימדח סידנא מצמון נגיד עם יי
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Legal document. Barhun confirms in court that he holds or gives over merchandise including a bale of pepper and an amount of sugar. Names mentioned: …
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beginning of a proclamation of the Exilarch Daniel, mentioning the so-called Gaon Samuel b. Eli; written, according to Scheiber, by Joseph Rosh Ha-Seder (data from …
Recto: Marriage document (ketubba) in Palestinian style. Dated: [47]40 AM = 979/80 CE. Groom: Efrayim b. [...]. Bride: Khuzayr bt. Ḥusayn. (Information from Friedman, Jewish …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning the late Ḥārith; 'our master'; going into the synagogue; 'in the place of his father'; sadness about something; …
תעתוק אחד
Letter fragment from the Yeshiva directed to 'all the communities of Israel in Palestine and in its fortresses, its town and villages...which have remained in …
Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic, in which the sender gives an excuse for something.
Small fragment of a legal document containing only formulaic phrases. Might be related to the neighboring fragments (similar state of discoloration).
Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: Last decade of Kislev 1529 Seleucid, which is November 1217 CE, under the authority of Avraham Maimonides. The virgin Sitt …
Literary text with ownership note: Shelomo b. Avraham ha-Shofeṭ Segulat ha-Yeshiva.
Ketubba fragment (left side). Dated: 1374 Seleucid, which is 1062/63 CE. Groom: Hiba b. Moshe. Bride: Riḍā bt. Neḥemya ha-Kohen. The early marriage gift (muqdam) …
דיון אחד
State or legal document in Arabic script. 6 lines are preserved, with moderately wide space in between. Mentions "wa-khaṭṭ al-shaykh Abū l-Faraj" and "[...] al-madhkūr." …
IB II, 63. Letter in rhymed Hebrew prose from Ḥalfon b. Madmun to Saadya b. Avraham, an Egyptian teacher. Aden, 1154.
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד
Letter or letters in Ladino. The first is from Livorno, addressed to Shabbetay Palas (aka Alpalas) and Yosef Levi. Dated: 41st of the Omer (Iyyar …
Title verso and first page of an astronomical treatise entitled "Risāla kura dhāt l-kursī mukhtaṣara" in a beautiful book hand. Needs examination for identifying the …
Declaration in court by Abū l-Ṭāhir b. Elʿazar regarding a business of timber for building belonging to Abū l-Bahāʾ b. Moshe. Dated: Heshvan 1543 Seleucid …
Bottom of a petition in Arabic script, referring to the addressee as 'the father' (al-wālid) and ending with a raʾy clause (ورايه اعلا واسنى ان …
Recto (original use): Bottom of a formal petition, or most likely a report due to state related affairs discussed, in Arabic script, mentioning "al-thaghr" (=Alexandria?) …
Fragment from the bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded. The addressee is a notable and has a son named Moshe (ושלום רבינו משה …
Bifolio of accounts. Dated: in the middle third of Rabiʿ I 545 (July 1150 CE) on the verso. Concerning the sale of cheese, wax, wine, …
State document, probably late Fatimid or Ayyubid. ʿAlī b. Aḥmad the miller reports to a wazir (name unattested) about the dilapidated condition of the masjid …
عبده احمد بن علي بن احمد الدقاق
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
عدل سيدنا الوزير الاجل اطال الله بقاه وادام نعماه وكبت اعداه قد شمل سائر
عبيده ورعاه(…
Business letter. Small fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Mentions pepper and lac.
Part of a ketubba. Bride: Sitt al-Maʿālī bt. Ḥesed, a divorcee. Groom:Daniel b. Ṭahōr. Date not preserved, but probably early 12th century. Rich trousseau. The …
Small fragment from the end of a ketubba in which the groom (ʿEli b. David) undertakes to support the two daughters of his bride (Ḥusn …
Verso: Note in Arabic script, possibly the beginning of a literary text or some kind of pious exhortation: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الرحمن الرحيم اما …
IB V, 37, folio 7v. Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan is to give the bearer 1/2 raṭl of …
2 תעתוקים
Fragment of a ketubba for the remarriage of a divorced couple (מחזיר גרושתו). Groom: Shelomo b. [...]. Bride: Ghāliya bt. Peraḥya. Written by Yefet b. …
Letter from Elʿazar b. Yaʾir the cantor to his teacher Aharon b. [...]. In Hebrew. Consisting almost entirely of blessings; possibly requesting charity or assistance. …
Letter addressed to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Dating: Likely 11th century. Mentions a caravan; meeting with Ibn al-Ghardīs (there was a judge by this …
Fatimid fiscal report or account for the fiscal (kharājī) year 417, from the period of the Fatimid caliph al-Ẓāhir. Dated: 417 kharājī/419 AH. Document is …
عبد مولانا وسيدنا الامام الظاهر لاعزاز دين الله امير المومنين
صلوات الله عليه وعلى ابائه الطاهرين وابنائه الاكرمين
ومملوكه حسي…
The servant of our master and lord, the imām al-Zāḥir li-Iʿzāz Dīn Allāh, commander of the faithful,
the blessings of God be upon him and upon h…
Karaite betrothal deed from the 1 Sivan 5347 AM. The groom Yisrael Hakohen b. Shemuel. The bride Esther d. Shemuel Ibn Yahya. The groom is …
Verso (original use): Official correspondence in Arabic script. The ends of 5 lines are preserved. (The text in between lines 1 and 2 is the …
Literary text (halakhic?) mentioning incense and sheqels, with marginalia in a hand resembling that of Ibn Yijū but probably not his.
Court record concerning a divorce. Location: Aleppo. Dated: 18 Adar 4949 AM (1189 CE). The husband, from Fustat but now in Aleppo, divorced his wife …
Recto: Beginning of a letter or sermon in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a group of people: "yā aṣḥābnā!" Exhorting them that (false?) accusations are bad and …
A manuscript which contains the end of Deutronomy, and the haftarot (weekly readings from the Prophets) according to the old Palestinian rite. A dedication colophon …