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Letter from Abū l-Faḍl b. Sahl to his relative Ibrāhīm b. Ṣalḥūn, in which he describes a difficult journey that cost three times as much …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Damaged, Hebrew rhymed text written in wide space, might be from an opening of a communal letter, but the context is unclear. There is very …
אין רשומות קשורות
Minute fragment. Few words in Arabic - needs examination.
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Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely an 11th-century family and/or mercantile letter. There are congratulations for a bride (al-ʿarūsa).
minute fragment with Hebrew literary text
Might be a fiscal account. Relatively small fragment from the middle of the document.
Verso: Draft of a deathbed will in which a man gives two houses to two distant relatives, forestalls the possible claims of two other female …
תעתוק אחד
Receipt of payment or tax receipt, in Arabic script. There is a registration mark "الحمد] لله وبه استعين]". Name of the payee is not readable …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, one of which mentions Rashid on the recto (perhaps the port city). Dating is 16th-century or later based on the paleography. The …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 13th century. Headed by the motto הנה אל ישועתי. Fragment (upper part only). The occasion of the letter is to …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Dating: Probably ca. 14th–16th century. Mentions money to be given to the recipient; Alexandria; an amir; …
Verso: Fragment of an Arabic state document. Reused on recto for Hebrew literary text.
Accounts in Latin script.
List of names with numbers. Very faded.
Autograph letter from Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (b. 1310–d. 1355 CE), in Cairo, to a physician known as al-Muhadhdhab, unknown location. Dated: Heshvan 1646 Seleucid = October …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Legal documents in Arabic script. Verso is dated: 705 H. There is an elaborate signature at the foot of recto. Needs examination.
Fragment from a top of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is called 'the diadem (nezer) of the [...].' Reporting that the order of the …
Booklet consisting mostly of a text that seems to be in Ottoman Turkish. Needs examination.
Colophon of a Karaite Bible from Jerusalem
Extremely faded letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub, to a family member in Fustat. The overall tone is distressed. When the content starts to …
Letter addressed to Elʿazar he-Ḥasid. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 13th century. The substance of the letter begins in l. 15 (wa-siwā dhālika...) after a long …
Official receipt for Dāʾūd b. Yaʿqūb. Unclear for what. Dated: 524(?) AH. Needs further examination.
Verso (original use): The end of one line in calligraphic Arabic script from a state document, perhaps a decree. . ال الديوان عرضا فدل على …
Legal testimony, in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Accounts in Arabic script, unclear if state/fiscal or private. Needs examination.
Legal document. In Hebrew. Location not specified. Dated: Tuesday, 4 days into ḥol ha-moʿed Sukkot 5325 AM, which is 1564 CE. Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham Medina …
Letter. Small fragment. Telling that the addressee that he/she shouldn't come or shouldn't have come. (Information in part from CUDL)
Letter from Mūsā b. Yiṣḥaq in Sfax to Yehuda b. Moshe Ibn Sughmar in Fustat. Contains details about shipments of coins, oil and soap from …
3 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים דיון אחד
Legal document or documents. Very faded. Dated: 4[..]4 AM, which only narrows it down to 1234 CE at the latest (likely 11th or 12th century). …
Business letter in Arabic script to Nahray b. Nissim, possibly to Nissim b. Ḥalfon (Aodeh), in Arabic script. On verso, Nahray's notes.
2 תעתוקים דיון אחד
State document, probably a report. The sender ('the slave of my master the vizier') states that he received a 'noble letter' (probably from the vizier) …
Letter fragment, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212 CE). On recto there is Leviticus 4:12, 14 (Hebrew). These …
Upper part of a rental contract. The lessee is a Jewish man named Bū l-Faraj b. Ḥayyūn.
List of appointments/gatherings. Headed "to be organized, with the help of God the exalted" (מא ירתב בעון אללה תע). "New Cairo, Thursday, early: an appointment …
Accounts in Arabic script. Containing information on the dirham/dinar exchange rate. The name Abū l-ʿAlā appears a few times. (Information in part from Baker/Polliack catalog.)
A manuscript which contains part of Yefet b. 'Eli's commentary on Numbers. A colophon details its dedication to the "courtyard of Yosef b. Bakhtawayh ha-Melamed", …
Recto (secondary use): Fragment of a dowry list? Looks like the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Listing various items of jewelry and clothing and their …
Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen to his banker, Abū l-Khayr Khiyyār, instructing him to pay the bearer one and a quarter dinars …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic (and eastern Arabic numerals). Dated: 5582 AM = 1821/22 CE. Headed: "The expenses (maṣrūf) of the Sephardic [congregation] מצות in Fustat/Cairo for …
Court record possibly in the hand of Ghalib ha-Kohen b. Moshe, August 1, 1038. In the court of the Jerusalem community in Fustat. Community members …