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Letter from Jalāl al-Dawla, in Cairo, to Shelomo b. Yishai the Mosul Nasi, in Bilbays. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 1240 CE. The writer had sent …
2 תעתוקים דיון אחד
Note from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi probably to his brother Yedutun, in which he repeats five times that the recipient is urgently invited to a …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Accounts- needs examination. Image not available.
אין רשומות קשורות
List of names. Most entries have little circles over them. E.g., Menaḥem, [Yo]sef, Eliyya, ʿaskarī (a soldier?), al-Fakhr, Khalaf, Kāfūr (means camphor, but can be …
Verso: Mercantile account, different from recto, and seems to be in a different hand. There are two sections at 180 degrees to each other. Itemizing …
State document, a decree from the chancery of al-Ḥāfiẓ. Probably a copy of a decree, than an original decree as it is less elegant and …
תעתוק אחד
Three related court records. In the hand of Yehuda b. Aharon Ibn al-ʿAmmānī (active ca. 1201–43). Location: Alexandria. Dated: Monday, 29 Iyyar 4800 + 167 …
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Accounts in Arabic script, written on a reused piece from an earlier state document.
Verso: Legal document in Arabic script. Regarding the sale of an enslaved woman. Nāṣir b. ʿAlī b. Salmān is the buyer. Fragment (upper right corner). …
Beautiful copy of the Mishneh written in columns on parchment. On verso there is a note by the owner or scribe Faraj b. Shelomo ha-Levi.
Letter fragment from the brothers Yosef and Nissim the sons of Berekhya, Qayrawan, to Yosef b. 'Awkal, Fustat (sent in 1007-1013). (pp)
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Letter fragment in Arabic script, could also be a state document given that there are large line spacing and the script is chancery-esque. Parts of …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Narrow paper with widened line spacing; ~10 lines from the middle section are preserved. The sender complains of someone who "took …
Letter. Dating: Probably late 11th or early 12th century. The sender congratulates the addressee(s) on the holidays and reminds them of a promise they had …
Small fragment of an (official?) letter in calligraphic Arabic script, wide space between the lines: [ادام الله] سلامته ونعمته ان يكون في . . . …
Report from the Grand Rabbinate of Cairo naming the butchers intended for the slaughter of poultry in the 5714AM, and an announcement of the schedule …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions lāsīn silk and Fustat and someone who has spent 2 years somewhere. Hand of Yefet b. Menashshe?
Annotations in Ladino in the margin of a printed work. Significance unclear.
Account, unclear if private or official. Written on a tall, very narrow sheet of paper, which became standard practice around the Ayyubid period. May mention …
The beginning of a letter to David b. Shekhanya (beginning of 11th century), sent from Fusṭāṭ (מן מצר) and mentioning the wife of Abū Naṣr. …
Letter from Abūn b. Ṣadaqa, Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Abūn conveys a detailed tale of a serious falling-out with another merchant and urges …
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Letter from a man from the land of the Persians, who, after the loss of his fortune, had come to Egypt to seek a post …
תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Sermon in Judaeo-Arabic based on a narrative of real events. Dated: shortly after Kislev 1460 Seleucid, which is 1148 CE. The writer may be Mevorakh …
Bill of sale for property. Dated: Jumādā al-Ūlā 394 [Feb.-March 1004]. Parchment ; 16 lines ; 250 x 300 mm. Upper edges mutilated and several …
Legal document. Location: al-Maḥalla. Settlement agreement between Abū l-Ḥasan and Manṣūr, his brother-in-law. A document establishing some detail was made out for the sister with …
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; …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Sulfur is mentioned on the recto among the entries.
Magical
Numerous drafts of the opening of a petition or an otherwise formal letter to the Fatimid Caliph al-ʾĀmir. In Arabic script. It is not clear …
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته وافضل
تحياته وسلامه على مولانا وسيدنا الامام
بسم الل…
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
Literary text with ownership note: Yaʿaqov b. Binyamin. The name above this is crossed out.
Recto: Official letter in Arabic script. The beginnings of four lines are preserved. Refers to the beginning of the ebbing of the Nile. The rest …
Letter from Marduk b. Musa, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, ca. 1045–96. Contains personal, business and communal news.
3 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים
Bottom part of a legal query written by Hillel b. Eli (fl. 1066-1108 CE). Concerning a court record written by a scribe, agreement between two …
Small fragment of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mamluk-era? Mentions ḥummus.
Commercial list/account. Probably 11th century. Mentions names such as Nissim and Barhūn.
Private accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. For the days Thurday the 8th of Rajab and Friday the 9th of Rajab. Possibly for different …