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Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic text. Possibly a letter, but everything preserved consists of ethical exhortations, so might also be from a literary text.
אין רשומות קשורות
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Likely an official report. Mentions al-Amīr ʿAfīf al-Dawla Mutawallī al-Bāb (=Ṣāḥib al-Bāb = al-Wazīr al-Ṣaghīr = 'head chamberlain'). The document is written in a very …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions sal ammoniac (nushādir, here spelled nushaḍir / נשאצ̇ר).
Letter from Natan b. Nahray from Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat.
3 תעתוקים תרגום אחד
Dowry list. Dating: Early 12th century. The marriage is between a widow and a widower, both promising to educate the children of the other party …
דיון אחד
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Entries include: Manṣūr b. Ḥunayn(?)... ḥammām al-shaykh... sayyid al-dār... Ismāʿīl al-Ḥabbās(?)...
A few names: Shabbat, Ben Naʿīm, and Surūr b. Shalom.
Fol. 4: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning travel to Baghdad, Mordekhay Hāno(?) (האנו), Moshe ʿAbsayyid(?) (עבסייד), and at least one fragment of another name. Fol. …
Probably a letter or letters. Verso and recto appear to be in different hands, in which case there might be more than one letter. - …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Very neat hand. The writer complains about something (having to wander abroad?) because he writes that he counts whatever it is …
Small fragment mostly in Hebrew, describing numerical calculations.
Verso: Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 11th century. Faded but nearly fully preserved. Needs examination for content. Recto: Hebrew text, with citations such as …
List of alphanumerical quantities, the heading opens with "מביעה" (sold). Some of the entries may include the unit qirat, but the word קירט in question …
Letter from the head of the Spanish community in Egypt to the Rosh ha-Ḥakhamim, discussing schisms between the Tripolitan (אלטראבלסיין), Tunisian (התונסיין) and Maghrebi (מערביים) …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
On verso small fragment from the bottom of a letter by Peraḥyā ha-Kohen. On recto a dirge, might also be from a letter of condolence.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. The addressee's name appears on verso, perhaps something like Yiṣḥaq b. Maṣliaḥ b. Bahlūl. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The …
Legal document(s) in a court ledger. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Involves Sitt al-Kull bt. Ḥalfon. Mentions a sum of …
Long list of names, with various sums of money (mostly dinars, some entries in dirhams). Likely a contributors list. Names include: Abū l-Faraj; Ibn al-Shammāʿ; …
Recto: Legal document. Dated: Adar 1448 Seleucid, which is 1137 CE. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, and signed by himself and Natan b. …
Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Mentions Sunday, 15 Tammuz 1428 Seleucid = 17 June 1117 CE. Concerning Avraham b. Yakhin …
Release document in which three partners release their fourth partner, Abū l-Waḥsh b. Saʿadya, (Information from Goitein's index cards) It appears to be Ḥalfon's hand. …
Fragmentary letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi to his brother Halfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138) informing on various business transactions including one to Dammuh. Cairo …
Receipt or order of payment issued by the state administration for silk production in Alexandria. Dated 25 Ramadan[?] 1235 AH which is 1819 CE. A …
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: end of Shevat 5312 AM (1552 CE). The main heading on the recto states that the accounts are in the name …
First page of a commentary on Pslams, introduction of the author. On verso a note in a different hand: "Commentary of our Rabbi, Ḥiyya the …
תעתוק אחד
A ḥamdala and ṣalwala written in a chancery hand, presumably once part of a larger document. Reused for Hebrew literary text.
Recto (original use): List of names accompanied by numbers, e.g. Manṣūr Ibn al-Zaʿīm; Abū ʿAbdallāh; ʿAnnān(?) b. ʿAbd al-Muḥsin; Futūḥ al-Ḥājj; Manṣūr the aquaintance of …
Possibly part of a letter or jotted note - needs examination.
Legal fragment. In Hebrew. Dating: Late; the date in the document is torn away, all that can be read is Wednesday [...]9 AM. Location: Cairo. …
Capitation tax receipt for Musāfir b. Yūsuf, a Jewish man whose profession is "dīwānī."
Autograph letter by Isaac Luria, sent either from Egypt or Safed (probably the latter), concerning various matters, but principally the payment of monies. Dated only …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Legal testimony. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: Wednesday 15 Tevet 5385 AM, which is 1624 CE. Witnesses: Masʿūd ʿAmram and Shelomo ʿAravit/ ʿAravib(?). They attest …
Letter addressed to a Nagid. On verso there are accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
Legal document listing funds from the estate of a deceased man. Dated 9 Av 5523 AM (1763 CE). The estate is connected to the income …
Fragment from the lower right corner of an agreement between a husband, Abū ʿAlī Yefet b. Yeshuʿa ha-Kohen, and wife, Sitt al-Ḍiyāʾ. The text is …
Bifolio of a halakhic discussion about capital punishment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi.