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Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter mentioning Gaza and appealing for money for the redemption of captives, citing various biblical and rabbinic dicta, and how virtuous …
אין רשומות קשורות
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Booklist? The hand of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder.
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Late text in Hebrew beginning "I further heard from the perfect sage [...] ...." May not be documentary.
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Medical recipes in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, including one powder (dharūr) for children and several ophthalmics (ashyāfāt).
Receipt for the capitation tax of Bū l-Khayr b. Ibrāhīm in Fustat for the year 537 AH = 1142/43 CE.
Legal document relating to a release, mentioning Abū l-Ḥasan Nānū the trader and Avraham ha-Sar. Signed by Natan b. Shemuel (fl. 1128–1164 CE). (Information from …
תעתוק אחד
Panygeric prasing the leaders (negidim) of the Jewish community. Mentioned are Elʿazar, Yefet, and ʿUziel and later also ʿOvadya. There is also a single line …
Recto: Two drafts of the opening of an Arabic petition from Abū ʿAlī b. Abū l-ʿIzz al-Yahūdī to the sulṭān (possibly al-Malik al-Kāmil). Dating: ca. …
State receipt/order of payment issued by the "khazīnat anwāl al-ḥarīr", a branch of the state-run silk monopoly under Meḥmed ʿĀlī Pasha's administration. Date: 6 Rabīʿ …
Legal deed involving R. Yiṣḥaq Luria Ashkenazi and Rafa'el Kalonymos. Location: Egypt. Dated: Tevet 5319 AM, which is 1559 CE. The deed details the terms …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer describes how he became so sick he despaired of life, but God sent health. Also mentions Abū l-Ḥasan b. …
Letter from Abū l-Bahāʾ, in Ashmūm, to his father al-Mashmiaʿ al-Melamed (the crier/herald, the teacher), in Minyat Zifta. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that his …
Letter from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the Ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya b. al-Faraj, in Jerusalem. (Information from CUDL)
Mysterious document in Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic. Listing numbers of "asbāb" and "abdān" and giving an explanation of some sort. The verso mentions "al-ḥālat al-wusṭā", …
Detailed letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Simḥa Naysābūrī, Alexandria, to Abū l-ʿAlā Sā'id (i.e. ʿŪllā) b. Yosef ha-Levi the Trustee of the rabbinical court of Fustat …
[ ע]ל שמך רח
[ חצ]רה מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל
[ ] ונעמאה ותאידה ותמכינה
[ ] אלכתב אלואצלה מן חצרתה
[ ] כתאבנא מציבה עלי א…
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Refers to a woman [...] bt. Natan and a man who has been …
Commentary or discussion in Judaeo-Arabic on the difference between men and animals, with citations from Ecclesiastes 3:17 and Psalms 49:21. (Information from CUDL.)
דיון אחד
Multifragment of at least two different texts that are fused together. The lower fragment on the verso retains an inverted Arabic-script text that is probably …
IB III, 33. Letter from Yeshua ha-Kohen b. Yaʿaqov, in Dhu Jibla, Yemen, to Avraham Ibn Yiju regarding the renting of a house. Around 1150-51.
Small fragment of a state document in Arabic script. Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ in the hand of a prolific scribe. Join: Shulamit Elizur.
Letter from the Qaraite community of Damascus to the Qaraite community of Cairo. Dated: Wednesday, 10 Tammuz 5512 AM (ואתה על), which is 1752 CE. …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38). Fragment (upper right corner). Acknowledgment made by [...] al-Lebdī. Cf. T-S 6J2.11 (PGPID 5359) …
Recto: letter in Judaeo-Arabic to "our master" (sayyidnā/adonenu). Probably a letter of appeal for charity or help. Verso: Arabic jottings. (Information in part from CUDL)
Printed commercial booklist in Ladino, perhaps an insert from the front pages or the end of a bound book. The title reads: "Nota de los …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded and damaged. Dating: likely no earlier than ca. 14th century. Dealing with business transactions.
Letter in Arabic script with some Hebrew mixed in (בהיכלו). Faded and damaged. A portion of the address is preserved; the sender's name may be …
Ornamented Colophon of Bible. AA
Ottoman-era rental receipt, in Arabic script written on a bifolio. The object of rent might be a mill (Ṭāḥūn) in the Ḥārat al-Yahūd, the payer …
Verso (original use): account (table form) in a fiscal hand, transverse to Arabic text. The first entry refers to a white Dimyāṭī garment that is …
Sīrat ʿAntar. In Judaeo-Arabic. There are at least another 300 pages from the same book preserved in the Geniza. The largest chunks are in T-S …
Recto: Official document in Arabic script concerning administration of a district. Phrases include "al-[...] al-marfūʿa min al-aʿmāl.... fī dhālik alladhī uqṭiʿa... min al-jiha al-madhkūra.... in …
Ketubba fragment. Dated: 14[..] Seleucid = 1088–1188 CE. Bride: Mubāraka bt. [...].
Letter in Arabic script. There are also a few words in Judaeo-Arabic on verso (li-dukkān...). The letter mentions people such as Abū l-Ḥasan and al-Rayyis …
Responsum. In Hebrew: Dating: ca. 16th century. Concerning two partners who sue a third ex-partner. Currency: Mentions 1700 grossos (silver coins).
Letter in Arabic script. Fragment. There is one name in Hebrew script (אלמהראני); the addressee is called "my son" (yā waladī); and the writer mentions …
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Dealing with mercantile affairs. Mentions Yosef b. Iyov / Yūsuf b. Ayyūb, al-Maḥalla, …