Documents

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter fragment in Hebrew. Very faded. Probably addressed to a notable; everything legible seems to be blessings and praises, widened space between the lines.

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Primary language

Arabic

Recto: Unidentified document in Arabic script. Very faded. Verso: Legal document in Arabic script. Mentions names such as Muḥammad b.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

ʿUlla owes 6 2/3 dinars to Abū l-Faḍāʾil Ṣedaqa and agrees to a schedule of repayments.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Letter in Arabic script. Faded and damaged. Needs examination for content.

אין רשומות קשורות

Faded note of some kind in Hebrew. The scribe writes in the first-person and signs their name: אמר שלא הוא ל.ן כתבתי ע.[...]

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter with wide space between the lines, probably too faded to read. The names or titles of the addressee may appear in the bottom line (the word ראש is visible).

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

1407 Seleucid (3 September 1095–19 September 1096 CE)

The verso contains illegible faded writing in a different hand.

תגים

• power of attorney

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Unidentified text(s) in Hebrew (recto) and Judaeo-Arabic (verso, very faded). According to catalogue it is a halakhic text, which is possible, though it looks more documentary on the basis of format.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded/damaged. Mentions a lamp (manāra) and perhaps luxury items such as emerald (zumurrud) and brocade (dībāj) (recto, left column, ll. 12-13).

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

The lower part is very faded. Unclear if the multiple text blocks on the verso are related; some of them sound more legalistic or testimonies.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded; not much is legible without special imaging.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter or legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning Abū l-Faḍl and [Abū] l-Barakāt, and garments such as a thawb and ʿamāma (turban), "wrapped" (malfūfīn).

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Much faded mercantile list of items (e.g. nushādir, sal ammoniac), names (e.g.

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1

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Karīma and prevent him from thinking evil thoughts of Faḍlān b. Baghdād, and to make him return 15 dinars.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Decree fragment, four very faded lines with visibly large line spacing. The first word probably reads as "wa l-yujaddid".

אין רשומות קשורות

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Hebrew

This portion seems to contain mainly blessings but is very faded.

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1

אין רשומות קשורות

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Very faded and damaged. One of the only clear words is "her delayed (marriage) payment."

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1

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Recto: Informal note addressed to Abū l-Faḍl asking him for a favor of some sort. On verso additional notes in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Verso is a faded receipt of some sort, maybe fiscal. Recto: من السوح(؟؟) للنصر(؟) الواصل من ثغر الاسكندرية حماه الله تعالى . . . .

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter mentioning a judge and Faraḥ b. Faḍāʾil. Seems to be addressed to Yaʿaqov, in Bilbays, though the address is in a different hand.

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1

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary and faded. Some food commodities are mentioned, such as oil, ṭaḥīna, and molasses (quṭāra).

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

The fragment is minute and extremely faded. NB: the Arabic text on the verso is only legible with the contrast set at the highest values in FGP.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

On verso there is an unidentified note in extremely faded/difficult Hebrew script.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Unidentified language and script

Remnant of an extremely faded text on recto, perhaps documentary. The script does not appear to be Hebrew or Arabic.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Menashshe ha-Levi. 8 partial lines are preserved. Rubbed and faded. Mentions a Sar Shalom who is dead. Appeals to the manliness (muruwwa) of the addressee.

תגים

• yefet b. menashshe

אין רשומות קשורות

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Very damaged and faded letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon f.

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2

תגים

• halfon b. menashshe
• yefet b. menashshe

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Yosef, probably in Alexandria, since he is asked about prices in Alexandria in line 21. […] He writes that Abū Khiḍr Shardāna (a name of Persian origin that also appears in T-S 13J20.18) will soon be in ʿArūs's location. […] Saʿāda, and ʿArūs is to convey it to the writer's nephew. Verso is much more faded. People mentioned include a certain Abū Naṣr al-Baghdādī; the writer's brother-in-law Abū Isḥaq, who seems to have done something that requires forgiveness (al-bārī yarḥamahu): Khalaf b.

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2

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1

תגים

• aodeh
• arabic script

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Document date

17th Shevat 1411 Seleucid (30 January 1100 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

A certain (Abū l-)Ḥasan b. Yaʿaqov al-Āmidī is asked to hand over various Bible codices to Yehuda b. […] The parties are Shalem, Tiqva, Ṣedaqa al-Dimashqī, Ḥusayn, and Ibn Masʿūd. Signed by Yiṣḥaq b. […] Appointment of an agent in a commercial matter. Mentions Abū l-Faḍl, Ṣāliḥ b. Meshullam, and 6 dinars. This one is dated 17th of Shevat 1411 Sel.

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2

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3

תגים

• ib7
• india book
• register

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

He had not protested earlier because he was still a minor then. Abū l-Faḍl b. ʿUmayr was one of the customers. Naḥman, whose share in assets in the partnership was half, demanded his legitimate rights, and in the litigation pursued he asked for half of everything, i.e., capital (aṣl), income (nāqī), and goods such as a lamp made of copper. […] A freed female slave is also mentioned, whom he manumitted after "he received her price from her."

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2

תגים

• freedwoman
• halfon b. menashshe

תעתוק אחד 2 דיונים

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Upper document: Letter from Faḍḍāl b. ʿAmrūn (Goitein incorrectly reads ʿAmrūṣ) to Nahray b.

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2

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1

תגים

• nahray b. nissim
• trade

3 תעתוקים תרגום אחד

Primary language

Hebrew

Letter in Hebrew. Late. Very faded. Dealing with business matters. Currency: gurush.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Hebrew

Shel[omo] and a sale of something. Faded, and hard to discern any details.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Could be an inventory or accounts. Verso: Faded remnants of Hebrew script. Needs examination.

תגים

• dimme

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

1559 Seleucid (2 September 1247–18 September 1248 CE)

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

There are distinct but probably related documents on recto and verso. Damaged and faded.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Saʿadya is mentioned, as are greetings to family members such as Abū l-Wafā, Abū l-Faḍl, Makārim, and Barakāt. (Information from CUDL.)

תגים

• to edit

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Arabic

On verso there are a few very faded words in Judaeo-Arabicز

תגים

• account
• dimme
• fiscal
• fishy accounting

תעתוק אחד

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Bifolio of business accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Faded. Dating: likely Ayyubid-era, as the format resembles that of T-S Ar.39.428 + T-S AS 183.83.

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Draft of the beginning of a letter or note written by Abū l-Surūr to Isaac, Abū l-Faḍl and the writer’s maternal aunt. Margin reads ‘Peraḥya b.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

The Arabic on verso is likely part of the address—to Abū l-Faḍl. (Information in part from CUDL)

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Hebrew

In Hebrew. One side is very faded. The other side mentions: Maṣliaḥ; Moshe b.

אין רשומות קשורות

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Involves Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā; other details are too faded to read.

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1

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

One of the parties is named Yehuda. Quite faded.

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1

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

In Arabic script. Large, but faded/damaged. mentions Damietta. Needs examination.

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1

אין רשומות קשורות