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Small fragment of an official letter in Arabic: "aṣdara al-mamlūk khid[matahu]...." Reused on recto for piyyuṭ. (Information in part from CUDL)
אין רשומות קשורות
Family and/or business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a woman (e.g., lā tadhkurīh lī wa-lā tasʾalīnī [ʿanhu]...). Mentions prayer; "al-Shāmiyyīn" (probably referring to the synagogue); …
Geṭ (bill of divorce). Location: Fustat. Dated: Thursday, 20 Av 1473 Seleucid = 2 August 1162 CE. Husband: Thābit b. Abū l-Faraj. Wife: Sitt al-Nās …
דיון אחד
On the top margins of a piyyut few words in Arabic script mentioning the names Ibn al-ʿArabī and Abū Saʿd. The rest should be decipherable.
Fragment of a power of attorney in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). (Information in part from CUDL)
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The first page of a volume of Hippocrates's aphorisms (افورسمو) in Arabic, with what is probably an ownership note in Hebrew -- Shemuel the Qaraite(?).
See PGPID 18645
Vertical strip from a legal document, maybe a ketubba. Might involve a woman named Sitt al-Nās.
Literary text, in Arabic script. Mentions ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib and the Prophet Muḥammad. Probably a fragment of a larger Shīʿī text recounting attributes of …
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to 'mawlāy al-dayyān Abū [...].' Mentions Fustat and selling something.
Verso: Letter or legal document in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragmentary (upper left corner). Possibly about business. Reports a dialogue and mentions "what he did with the daftar" …
Accounts in Arabic script. Unclear if private or state. One entry in the right column of T-S 12.109v refers to the ḥikr (ground rent) in …
Stern letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides (b. 1310–d. 1355 CE), requesting the addressee’s quick appearance together with money he owes. An Arabic basmala …
תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Fragment of a letter regarding someone in need.
תעתוק אחד
Letter in Arabic script. Addressed to a high dignitary. Sent from Alexandria to Fustat/Cairo. The sender reports that he arrived safely in Alexandria on Thursday …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Middle part of a long letter concerning the rent of one-fourth of a house belonging to a woman. The sender explains that …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 16th century, as the largest portion concerns the expenses of Moshe לחמית traveling to Jerusalem (taraqqi al-quds); the same man appears …
Legal query concerning payments between a husband and wife, the issuance of a bill of divorce, and exchanges of goods. Involves Damīra and someone whose …
Order of payment. In Arabic, with a Hebrew 'emet' at the top. Abū l-Faraj is asked to pay 5.75 dirhams to the bearer by way …
Letter in Arabic script. Ḥaḍara baʿd ijtimāʿī bi-haḍrat mawlāy al-Shaykh al-ajall.... Needs examination. On verso there is Hebrew literary text in a rudimentary hand.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, in a cursive Maghrebi hand. Damaged. Deals with sums of money. Yosef is mentioned. There are also references to the Sicilian cities …
………… מא …………………..
........אלמדינה . . יב(?) ג וזאיד(?) אכרי ללמדינה לא
למאזר ואקל מא פיה מן אלפסאד אן אלאעדאל
..…
Verso and bottom of recto: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso is headed: "inventory of that which I brought with me to Būṣīr." Mentions names such as …
The Rosh ha-Seder of the Yeshiva invites Saadya b. Khalaf to attend his sermon in the synagogue. (Information from Goitein's index cards)
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Two lines in Judaeo-Persian, probably poetry. On verso there may be remnants of an earlier document in Arabic script. Needs examination.
Possibly a literary narrative in Judaeo-Arabic. "He said, 'Did his wife recover?' She said, 'No, she died, and he married me after her death. And …
Recto is a fragment from the bottom of a legal document in Arabic script. Verso is unidentified; unclear whether it relates to Avraham Maimonides like …
A register copy containing accounts of three arrests. The first detainee is Faẓāʾil (Naẓāʾir?) b. Ismaʿīl who was arrested by Sayyid al-Ahl, Riḍwān, and al-Muẓaffar …
Marriage contract, small fragment, signed by Shemuel b. Ishaq and Avraham ha-Levi b. Yiṣḥaq (Information from Mediterranean Society, III, p. 117, and from Goitein's index …
Letter fragment (middle third, missing both right and left sides). A lot of text remains, but it is frustratingly vague. The name(s) on verso may …
Two fragments from the top of a court record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Mentions Abū ʿAlī, Aharon, Meshullam a.k.a. …
Prayer in Judaeo-Arabic with philosophical allusions. ASE.
List of appointments/gatherings. Headed "to be organized, with the help of God the exalted" (מא ירתב בעון אללה תע). "New Cairo, Thursday, early: an appointment …
Letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon, from Tinnis, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1056. The writer just arrived in Tinnis and he is astonished to …
כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם עזה ותאידה וסלאמתה
ונעמתה מן תניס ען סלאמה פי אלנפס ושגל סר לא יעלם עלמה
גיר אללה עז וגל וקד ערפתך…
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Letter with biblical citations such as Isaiah 26:20. (Information from CUDL)
Enigmatic list or glossary, in which each Arabic phrase is paired with an apparently nonsensical translation or code word. Speculation: possibly a trade argot of …
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Business letter stating that Umm Bayān, who is dragged to court every day by her creditors, opened her husband’s storage crate …
Fragment of a private letter, sending regards to a certain man and his son Yosef.
Draft of the opening sentence of a legal document, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe or possibly Hillel b. ʿEli. Stating that Yehuda ha-Kohen …
Calendar
Legal document dated 1819 CE (Shevat 5579) in which Yosef Yuʿbaṣ makes a declaration about 400 gurush that had been invested with him. The day …
Fragment of a deed of sale for one half of a sugar factory (al-Dār al-Sukkariyya) in Minyat Zifta. Dating: probably ca. 12th century. One of …
. . . it will be upon him as a [legal contract] and a proof from this day onwards that I [attest…
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד