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Letter from Abū l-Maḥāsin Yefet b. Shela, probably in Alexandria, to Yosef ha-Kohen "the pride of the traders" (peʾer ha-soḥarim), in Fustat. Dating: mid-12th century; …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Memorandum by Nahray b. Nissim. Dating: ca. 1045 CE. The addressee in unknown; it might be Barhūn b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī. Contains instructions about payment deduction …
This is a memorandum from your close associate Nahray ben Nissim: A letter arrived from the amir saying: ‘Send someone …
3 תעתוקים תרגום אחד
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אין רשומות קשורות
Recto: List of people (mostly women) and numbers in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Alms distribution list? "The wife of [...] and her family... the …
Fragment of a ketubba. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? The groom (or his father?) is named Yaḥyā/Yosef.
Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat. Appointment of a judge, listing all of his prerogatives. The handwriting is very familiar; late 12th or early 13th …
Letter/petition to a notable in Judaeo-Arabic. Begins with a taqbīl clause in the name of a woman (al-mamlūka tuqabbil al-arḍ) but the inhāʾ is masculine …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Mention of Ḥajj Budeyr and Se[nyor] Yosef on the recto. A date is likely listed on the verso "שנת צא" which …
Letter sent by the Adath Sefardim congregation of Safed to Avraham b.(?) David Naḥmias in Alexandria. Dated 22 Elul 5685 AM (1925 CE). At first …
Receipt. In Judaeo-Arabic. A teacher, Abū l-Ḥasan b. Abū l-Riḍā al-ʿAṭṭār confirms that he has received 12 dirhams for teaching 3 children for the duration …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Fragment of a communal letter, maybe a circular sent by the Gaʾon ("Rosh ha-Yeshiva" is all that is legible on the front side). Part of …
Medical prescription in Arabic script. For a topical remedy. Written in an unusually beautiful hand and formatting, with the ingredients arranged in a list rather …
Small fragment from a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably a letter of recommendation for charity in the hand of the clerk of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides.
Fragments of responsum by a Gaon, dealing with children of female slaves.
תעתוק אחד
Legal document (Baker and Polliack call it an 'Ottoman mustarad'). Location: Cairo. Dated 12 Rajab 1023 AH, which is 1614 CE. 4 witness signatures. May …
Recto (original use): mercantile accounts in Arabic script. On parchment. Dating: probably 11th century. The format is unusual: approximately five distinct Arabic text blocks clustered …
Recto: Short note about a court settlement from Fustat. An uncle allows his nephew to pay him back a sum of 10 dinars in 20 …
formulary of legal documents, containing parts of: Bill of emancipation of slave, bill of divorce, ketubah .
Recto: accounts, mentioning different quantities of weight. (Information from CUDL)
List of accounts on a bifolium that may have once comprised a broader financial ledger. The method of bookkeeping is terse but relies on a …
Mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions garments (fūṭa, thawb, shuqqa). Mentions Bū Zikrī.
IB III, 27. Three sundry accounts written by Avraham Ibn Yiju in Yemen. Dating: 1140–44, 1149–1152.
2 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים
Deed of gift of part of a house. In the hand of Natan b. Shemuel he-Ḥaver (active ca. 1128–1164 CE). Location: Fusṭāṭ. The gift is …
דיון אחד
Receipt of some kind. In Arabic script. Dating: late. Mentions ʿAbd al-Raʾūf(?) and Isḥāq the Jew.
Letter from Ibn al-Naj[era] to [Ḥalfon b.] Netanʾel ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1138 CE, as it seems to belong with documents 32ח to 34ח …
Note signed by Ḥananʾel b. Shemuel stating that he owes al-Shaykh al-Makīn 80 dirhams for books.
Account probably concerning an inheritance or a dowry. (Information from Goitein's index cards
Business letter from Farah b. Yosef in Alexandria to Yehuda b. Menashshe in Fustat concerning the delivery of goods, namely items of silver, olive oil, …
3 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Minute fragment. Few words in Arabic - needs examination.
4 pages contains four legal queries and their responsa all by the RIF. Published in Wertheimer, קהלת שלמה, p. 92-94 [Ginzei Yerushalyim, p. 68-71. The …
Probably literary.
Letter from Yaʿaqov to his father. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer had not received a letter from the addressee for some time (arjū shughl khayr). It …
Karaite halakhic discussion regarding different types of legal deeds and their use
A religious slaughterer, Khalaf b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥallāl, who was careless in the exercise of his duties is flogged and forced to make a public confession. …
Legal notes. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? Three distinct entries, probably. (1) Mentions accounting of various sums; someone collected 2; 1 remains; someone …
Small fragment of unidentified text in Hebrew, the penultimate line mentions לשנים רבות. Requires further examination.
Likely a prayer in Judaeo-Arabic: כלמא אצאבנא מן דנבנא. . . יא ראוף ארחם לי . . . יא תרא דא . . .
Fragment from the bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a qāḍī and camel drivers. The sender is preparing for the winter. They ask ʿAbd …
Bottom of a legal document in Arabic script. One witness statement preserved (Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid). The date is only partially preserved on recto, but …
Fragment of a will (upper left corner). Testator: Abū l-Faraj Wahb al-Muʿallim (aka the teacher and ḥaver Natan b. Avraham). No details preserved. (Information from …
Official letter in Arabic script. The sender received a letter from ʿAlī b. Aḥmad Ibn al-Aysar delivered by the ghulām of one of the Baghdādī …
Bifolio of Hebrew legal formularies, including the cover page with the title מעשה בית דין and an ownership note for Ṣadoq b. Aharon ha-Rofeʾ ha-Yerushalmi …