Documents

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Ibrāhīm, in Sunbāṭ, addressed to a Nagid. In Judaeo-Arabic. Requesting assistance for his family in time of need. His family members are all …

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תגים

• appeal
• communal
• illness
• illness letter 969-1517
• illness: poverty
• (+ 3 עוד)

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Hebrew

None

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts, mentioning quantities in raṭl of commodities such as pepper. (Information from CUDL)

תגים

• account
• pepper

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen, advising the elder Munajjā to give out three ūqiyyas of lemon drink. (Information from CUDL)

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תגים

• 12th c
• ib-addenda
• ib5
• lemon

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Arabic

Letter fragment in Arabic script. Containing detailed information about medical matters. Maybe a report from a patient to a doctor (begins استعملت). Reused on recto …

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Primary language

Arabic

Account in Arabic script, unclear if private or official. Pinholes at the margin ~4mm apart.

תגים

• pinholes

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Document date

Jumada I 1054 Hijrī (6 July 1644–4 August 1644 CE)

Primary language

Arabic

Records/receipts of rent payments for months Jumada I to Shaʿaban 1054 AH = 1644/45 CE. There is a seal imprint twice, and the scribe signs …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Accounts listing names and amounts of money. Names include: Sayyidnā al-Nasi; Abū Saʿd; Abū l-Faraj; Abū l-Najm Munajjā; Abū l-Faraj al-Munaqqī Dating: likely 12th or …

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from the judge Avraham b. Shabbetay of Minyat Zifta (active ca. 1091–1135 CE) to an unidentified addressee. In Hebrew. Fragment (left side of recto). …

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Two legal documents (or letters dealing with legal issues) each written in a different hand, probably 13th century. On verso seems to be a bill …

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תגים

• dowry

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions wheat, blessings for somebody, a request to purchase something, and having sent something to Rabbenu Elʿaz[ar].

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

תגים

• duwaydar

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Hebrew

Fragmentary legal testimony in Hebrew. In which Yeshuʿa b. Manṣūr ha-Kohen declares that his wife owes no debts to him.

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תגים

• marriage
• testimony

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Arabic

Bifolio of lists in Arabic with extensive Greek/Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval-era.

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Primary language

Arabic

Receipt(s) for Abū Naṣr for the rent of his dwelling. In Arabic script. Very elaborate, with multiple sections on both recto and verso -- resembles …

אין רשומות קשורות

Minute blank fragment

תגים

• arabic

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Hebrew numerals, Judaeo-Arabic

Late accounts with Hebrew numerals. Mentions names such as Sirāj al-Dīn (שראג אלדין); ʿUbayd b. Abū ʿUbayd; Masʿūd; ʿAbd al-Qādir. (Information in part from CUDL)

תגים

• account

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Coptic

Magical recipe in Coptic (information from FGP). Applied curse to bind the tongue of Ḫarip, son of Sit el-Khoul for Thējir, daughter of N. See …

תגים

• coptic
• magic

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Account in Judaeo-Arabic. Sums of quantities of grain (waybāt) given as a loan, partially against security. Muslim names. One tailor (khayyāṭ), one carpenter (najjār). 26 …

דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to something gilded (mudhahhaba) weighing a certain amount; later again refers to gold; concludes with expressions of deference and possibly …

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Mercantile letter reporting that everyone at home is well and giving the prices of different goods. Wheat: 1 dinar per 9 waybas. Honey: 5 dinars …

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תגים

• bialphabetic
• flax
• honey
• war
• wax

2 תעתוקים דיון אחד

Document date

17 Adar I, no year Anno Mundi

Short letter from Nahray b. Nissim to Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī, Busir. Dating: February 8, 1053 (Gil). Nahray asks Barhun, who is in Busir and …

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תגים

• flax
• nahray b. nissim
• trade

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Arabic

End of a document, probably legal. Dating: Mamluk-era, based on paleography. Needs examination. (Info from FGP)

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

תעתוק אחד

Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew

Recto: part of a letter in Arabic.Verso: unidentified text in Hebrew. (Information from CUDL)

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Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Verso: Medical prescription or recipe in Arabic script. Quantities of the ingredients are written out both in words and in Greek/Coptic numerals. (Information from FGP …

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תגים

• prescription

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from ʿEli b. Natan ha-Rofeʾ (the physician), probably in Ṣahrajt, to a Nasi (אלנשי), in Fustat, possibly Shelomo b. Yishay. In Judaeo-Arabic. He complains …

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תגים

• mosul nasis

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Hebrew

End of a letter from Tiberias with signatures. Dated: 8 Kislev 5[...] AM. The signatures include: A__(?) Ben-Azūz, Yehuda Arbūḥ(?) (?ארבוח) or Garbūḥ(?), Yiṣḥaq Geverim …

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אין רשומות קשורות

None

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

None

תגים

• appeal

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Verso: Small fragment of an Arabic document, likely state-related as recto was reused by a prolific scribe who reused many other state documents.

אין רשומות קשורות

None

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Decree, possibly of al-Malik al-Ashraf. Partially transcribed by S. M. Stern (NLI ARC. 4°1656, File 507).

תעתוק אחד

None

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Aramaic

None

תגים

• ketubba
• marriage

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yūsuf b. Ismāʿīl in Alexandria to Abū l-Faraj b. Ṣedaqa al-Ramlī, announcing to him that five boats had arrived from Suwaydiyya, the port …

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תגים

• trade

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Small fragment from a list of goods, maybe from a dowry list.

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

List of materia medica with quantities, in a crude hand. May in fact be a prescription/recipe or instructions: בעד דאלך תאכד . . .

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal query concerning the inheritance of a woman. Beautiful handwriting. Refers to someone (her son?) who lacks "religion and faith." The woman leaves to a …

תעתוק אחד

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Recto: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (Date: 1100-1138). Fragment (upper left corner). Probably an acknowledgment of a debt. Abū l-Khayr b. …

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• halfon b. menashshe

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Garshuni (Serto)

None

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals

Small fragment of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mamluk-era? Mentions ḥummus.

אין רשומות קשורות

None

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

A list of names and expenses (cloths, food). On the verso also list of income. Mentions Efrayim; Abū Saʿd; Abū Naṣr; Abū l-Surūr; the landlady; …

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Hebrew, Nomina barbara

Magical spells and prayers to angels in Hebrew.

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