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State document in Arabic, from the bureau of silk looms (dīwān anwāl al-ḥarīr) in Alexandria, a branch of the state silk monopoly. Dated 5 Dhu …
אין רשומות קשורות
Verso: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). Abū l-Majd is to give the bearer, R. Yiftaḥ, the 12.5 dirhams due …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
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Draft of the opening of a petition to 'al-majlis al-sāmī al-ajallī al-mawlawī. . . al-malikī al-muʿaẓẓamī al-muʿizzī al-manṣūrī..." This is found among various other jottings …
Letter in Hebrew. Very faded. Scattered phrases: גבולו ולהרבול שלום . . . מצרים . . . בבנינו . . . היום קרוב לשנתים ואפילו …
Ownership or authorship note: Ḥalfon b. Sheʾerit b. Yaʿaqov.
Letter from al-Shaykh Manṣūr(?) to his son. In Arabic script. Fragment (upper half only). Contains expressions of longing and various pieces of advice (in the …
Receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: 13 Jumādā II 403 AH (December 1012 CE). Written …
Registration mark on right
2 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים דיון אחד
Letter from Musa b. Abu al-Hayy from Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat. The writer mentions robbery by pirates on two ships carrying merchandise …
[כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי] אט[אל אללה בק]אך ואדאם סלאמתך [ועאפית]ך וצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה מן
[ ]יה לי בקין מן סיואן ען חאל סלאמה ונ…
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Recto: recipes for a woman who loses a lot of blood and to make a husband love his wife (she washes her breasts and has …
accounts
Folios from the Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ (Epistles of the Brethren of Purity) on parchment. The folios are from the epistle on magic and talismans (Risāla …
Legal query addressed to Avraham Maimonides. Concerning a certain Kohen who is seeking a restraining order against his divorcee and to prohibit her from entering …
Iqrār (deed of acknowledgment). In Arabic script. Dating: late, probably Ottoman-era. In which al-Muʿallim Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdallāh acknowledges having received a sum of …
דיון אחד
Letter fragment in Arabic script. Dating: maybe Mamluk-era. State-related? Mentions "jarā ka-mā jarā" and the phrase "ayyuhā al-sayyid al-malik al-jalīl."
Court notebook from the year 1467 Seleucid = 1156 CE. 29 folios, ~66 documents. Also contains non-legal items. See individual PGPIDS for individual documents. "The …
Commentary on the Mishna. Maimonides autograph.
Recto contains the title page for a book of dirges for the dead by Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. It's not clear that this title itself …
Fragment of a letter from Ismāʿīl b. Yūsuf b. Benaya. Sent to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Dating: No later than …
Memorials for Avraham ha-rav ha-muvhaq (recto) and ʿOvadya (verso).
Bifolio from a mysterious ledger. Contains some accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, but also contains two entries that begin اصفح(?), and one may …
Letter to Mar Shabbetai Ravilon from his brother, Mar Yaqub, dealing with the trade of hides, including a shipment to Crete (l. 9) and business …
Printed page from the beginning of "Introduzione alla grammatica del Puoti" (1865). With inky fingerprints and writing exercises in Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script written over …
Marriage document. Long a narrow fragment from the left side of a ketubba, with only a few words surviving. The hand is by Mevorakh b. …
Letter to the community of Jerusalem from Elhanan b. Shemarya, 1013 CE.
תעתוק אחד
Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th or 13th century. Mentions people such as al-Shaykh al-Makīn, Maḥāsin, and Amīn al-Dawla. Inquires about the price of saffron …
Verso: Note addressed to ʿEli ha-Kohen. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Written in a crude hand. The main text in Hebrew is entirely blessings. The marginal …
State document, in Arabic script. Most of the original page is preserved, but the text is damaged and faded. Petition addressed to a Fatimid caliph …
Testimony of woman, Sittuna bt. Hayyim, about her husband, Faraḥ b. Bānūqa, who left her "a widow in his lifetime" (ʿaguna). She is indigent because …
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Karaite Ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Nahum Halevi b. Aharon. The deflowered bride is Esther Dona d. Elya Halevi.
Bottom of a legal document on parchment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Signed by Araḥ b. Kawkab (or Kokhav), who is also known …
Verso: List of thirty-two names with Coptic numerals (recipients of loaves of bread), for example, “the son of little Sesame.” A Maghribi scribe is recorded …
Accounts.
Capitation tax receipt for Mūsā b. Futūḥ al-Yahūdī in Alexandria. Same cluster: T-S AS 178.69 (PGPID 36898) T-S AS 180.22 (PGPID 37373) T-S AS 182.312 …
Letter from one of the followers of Natan b. Avraham. Dating: probably 1042 CE (GIl). The sender is seeking an appointment from the yeshiva and …
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Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Unclear if any of the substance is preserved.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Expenses for food, oil, wax, paper. Dating: late, probably no earlier than 15th century.
Legal document. In Aramaic. Location: Fustat. Dating: Looks old, maybe 11th century, but that is a guess. Needs examination.
Geomancy castings. At the top there may be a guide, with each configuration named. Underneath there is prose in Arabic script with a specific configuration. …
Note signed by Ḥananʾel b. Shemuel stating that he owes al-Shaykh al-Makīn 80 dirhams for books.
Business letter from Nissim b. Yiṣḥaq to Abū Yiṣḥaq Avraham b. Dā'ūd. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentions people such as: Yūsuf al-Andalusī. Mentions …