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Letter written on behalf of and signed by the Gaʾon Sar Shalom b. Moshe ha-Levi ("Head of the Yeshiva of Ereṣ ha-Ṣevi"). In Hebrew. Dating: …
דיון אחד
Large cluster of writing exercises, probably from a student's notebook. 7 folios. Dating is probably 18th or 19th-century based on the paleography of the model …
אין רשומות קשורות
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Love spell for Dalāl bt. Ḍiyāʾ and ʿAshīr b. Waṣṣāf.
Ketubba, Qaraite. The date and location are not preserved but the town is next to a ‘salty sea’ (possibly the Mediterranean or the Dead Sea). …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Late account, names and numbers. The heading of each side of the bifolio is dated sequentially 6-7 Ṣafar s[ene] __38 AH. Based on the paleography …
Fragment from the top of a Qaraite ketubba. Apparently uncited in the literature. The bride is referred to as Amat al-Qādir. Location: Egypt.
Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. On verso there are jottings of Arabic ḥamdalas.
Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Abū Isḥāq b. Yaḥyā and silk. (Information in part from CUDL)
Witness statement. Dated 25 Tevet 1438 Seleucid (1127 CE). Concerning a young man named Sedaqa the Meshorer b. Semah, an agent in a business venture …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Legal document mentioning a certain Nadīv and Menashshe b. ʿOvadya. Signed by [Eliyyahu] b. ʿEli ha-Meʿulle, whose name is surrounded by little characters spelling יגדל …
A document that has been folded twice. The outer face (pages 1 and 4) contains legal documents relating to business partnerships; a Moshe and a …
Accounts.
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Legal query in the hand of Berakhot b. Shemuel with the responsum of Menahem b. Yiṣḥaq. The question deals with a woman who had permitted …
Unidentified document(s) in Arabic script. Maybe a legal document on recto and records of payments on verso. But needs examination.
Document or text in Arabic script. Resembles a letter because of the diagonal text going three different ways, but it is very difficult to make …
Small fragment of an Ikhshīdid fiscal account. See tag for similar documents. This one mentions the year 329 AH = 940/41 CE. Reused for unidentified …
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, maybe mercantile. Mentions Sar ha-Sarim; a burniyya (a kind of vessel); 'our master' (adonenu); a paste (maʿjūn); Ibrāhīm al-[...]; …
Large fragment of a business letter referring primarily to business conducted at Busir.
Letter from Alexandria from the 21st of October 1219, a short time before the crusaders' assault on Damietta. A man who had to flee Cairo …
2 תעתוקים דיון אחד
Legal document(s) in Arabic script. Dating: No earlier than 1425 CE, based on the mention of the ashrafī was which first minted under Sultan al-Ashraf …
Small fragment (upper right corner) from a court record. In Hebrew. Dating: Probably 16th century. Involves [...] Pordonil/Fordonil (the family is sometimes called Perwho owes …
Letter addressed to a dignitary named Aharon. It opens with a panegyric in Hebrew in which the addressee is called "the Rav" and "the Nagid …
Recto: Text in Arabic script mentioning diseases of the joints. Or most probably a letter, as it mentions "ilā l-dīwān" in l-4. Needs examination. Verso: …
Small fragment from the bottom of a legal document in Arabic script. Witness signatures partially preserved (including ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdallāh).
Letter from a Jewish notable who had previously been minister of finance in Egypt, subsequently disgraced and imprisoned, who now seeks assistance from the Jewish …
2 תעתוקים
Legal testimony. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Wednesday, 12 Shevat 5321 AM = 29 January 1561 CE. Yosef ארוייויץ b. Yaʿaqov Toledano acknowledges that he owes his …
List of entries in Arabic script that include names, locations, and possibly goods such as "ʿaṭr/عطر" or "perfume" which appears throughout the recto and verso. …
Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.
Legal document, Qaraite. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tuesday, 16 Tevet 5525 AM, which is 1765 CE. Venue: House of Shelomo Kohen nin Aharon Kohen known as …
תעתוק אחד
Recto: Bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. With several expressions of deference and petition-like language. Might be a request for a loan of 2 dinars …
Small fragment mentioning Yosef ha-Shofeṭ
Late letter in Hebrew to Yeḥezqel Ḥefeẓ from Shabbetay ʿAdda, discussing a business partnership, 400 reals, Jerusalem, and people including Pini Lavan (?), Yosef ha-Levi, …
Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Fustat. Dated: Tuesday, 29 Tammuz 1590 Seleucid = 11 July 1279 CE. Written and signed by ʿImmanuel b. Yeḥiel (active …
Ketubba. Groom: Meʾir b. Yakhin (a well-known cantor and communal official). Bride: Muʿazzaza bt. Mevorakh, a divorcee. Location: Fustat. Dating: the 4th of a month, …
Recto (reuse): Official receipt for [...] b. ʿAlī, mentioning the kharāj and a waterwheel (sāqiya). The payment was 1 dinar. The entire date is difficult …
Scribal exercises in Ladino following a common format whereby the instructor provided a student a practice phrase in model handwriting. The dating is 16th-century or …
Legal document in which an old woman, appointed by the court as guardian of her grandchildren, receives cash and items left by her son for …
Tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm Dated: 17 Dhū l-Qaʿda 405 (Khan reads 402). Written …
2 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים דיון אחד
Marriage contract (ketubba). Written on parchment. Location: Alexandria. Dating: 1140–59 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Groom: Abū Karam b. [...] …
Power of attorney granted to ʿEli b. Yaʿīsh ha-Kohen, and referring to the woman Mulk bt. Moshe. Dating: late 11th or early 12th century. Three …