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Letter addressed to Bū l-F[aḍl] Shela b. Maṣliaḥ. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Mentions receiving the addressee's letter sent with 'the teacher' (al-melammed); "dogs" and people who …
דיון אחד
Petition from Avraham al-Qushāshī to Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon. He says that he used to work and earn a living like everyone else [but now he is …
אין רשומות קשורות
Prayer in Judaeo-Arabic.
Letter by the Palestinian cantor, Yefet b. ʿAmram Ibn al-Jāzfīnī/Ghāzfīnī, praising his host Hillel, the elder son of prince Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Ibn ʿAwkal, and …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
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Legal document in which a paternal cousin (al-shaykh al-mukram al-Kohen Pinḥas) of a man’s wife (bint al-Muṣinn) renounces his inheritance rights on one-fourth of a …
Small fragment of a letter in Arabic. Stating that a basket arrived.
Will, probably. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). In which Sayyid al-Kull disposes of his possessions (including a drug store, dukkān …
IB II, 40. Three poems by Avraham Ibn Yiju in honor of Madmun b. Ḥasan, Aden, ca. 1140, who was expecting his third son.
[ל]ה קול איצא תאני ימרח פיה אלשיך מצמון בן חסן נע[ג]
Power of attorney appointing Yeshuʿa b. Ḥananya as agent. Dating: Probably ca. 11th century, but no date is legible. (Information in part from CUDL)
Fragment from the bottom of a letter referring to dowry negotiations and the meʾuḥar payment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 13th or 14th century based on …
Unidentified text, in Arabic script, fragmentary. Probably literary.
Four leaves of examples of begging letters from Jerusalem, collected by Avraham ha-Kohen b. Yosef ("the head of the Yeshivot of Palestine"). Not yet completely …
Private accounts in Arabic script. Dating: Possibly Mamluk or early Ottoman-era. Mentions several names: Mūsa al-Karakī (كرك in modern-day Jordan), someone with the military title …
Fragment of an official-looking (fiscal?) account in Arabic script. Needs further examination.
Karaite prenuptial agreement. Dated Sunday 21st Heshvan 5511 AM (1750 CE). Location: probably Cairo, "on the property" of the prospective groom Shalom Levi. The prenuptial …
תעתוק אחד
Accounts in an orderly scribal hand on a bifolium whose folding and size is suggestive of the existence of a broader ledger (from which there …
Original use: Fiscal document in Arabic script (al-mudda al-madhkūra... ʿammā yaṣil min al-nawāḥī al-baḥriyya... al-[...] al-sulṭānī...). Large, with multiple distinct entries. Needs examination. Secondary uses: …
Minute fragment, possibly documentary. The ends of a few lines are preserved inlcuding the phrase אין האשה. Responsum?
Bifolio possibly from an account book of a druggist (ʿaṭṭār) or possibly the liquidation of a druggist's estate. Looks like the hand of Shemuʾel b. …
Accounts, mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Difficult to read.
Sums in western Arabic numerals.
List without numbers of communal officials and needy persons, mostly women and foreigners, ending with 'the strangers/foreigners in the synagogue'. Recto: sums owed to or …
Legal document in Arabic script. Almost complete. There are two witness attestations at the bottom. There is a short note on the verso.
Deed of quittance stating that Yaʿaqov b. Faraj Būṣīrī (בוצירי from Būṣīr in Egypt) received what was owed him by his sister’s son, Yiṣḥaq b. …
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Communal? Mentions Dammūh and "in the hand of the foreign teacher."
Legal document. In Hebrew: Location: Damietta (קפוטקייא). Dated: Beginning of Sivan 5488 AM, which is May 1728 CE. Concerning the inheritance arrangements upon the death …
Beginning of a letter from a certain Abū l-Faraj to "the judge" (perhaps Eliyyahu the Judge). Dating: ca. early 13th century. Opening with blessings and …
Original use: Official letter or decree in Arabic script. Written in large letters wide space between the lines. The ends of 8 lines are preserved. …
Letter from an unknown person to his or her father. In Judaeo-Arabic, with rudimentary handwriting and orthography. To be sent to the Muṣāṣa quarter of …
Marriage contract. Location: Fustat. Dated: Sunday, 20 Sivan 1609 Seleucid, which is 1298 CE. The bride agrees to live wherever (in Egypt) her husband chooses, …
Draft of a late family letter in Judaeo-Arabic.
Probably accounts, in Arabic script.
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Portions of 10 lines are preserved. Quite damaged.
Accounts in Arabic script. Mentions various weights in raṭls, the name Jaʿfar, and the phrase "that which is in the hand of the Jews."
Petition. In Arabic script. From Yaḥyā al-Tājir. The nature of the request is not clear, nor is it clear how much is missing from the …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Marriage contract (ketubba). Fragment (upper right corner). In the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan. Dated: Thursday, 5 Nisan 146[9] Seleucid, which is 6 March 1158 …
Letter written and signed by Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. Dated: 1517 Seleucid = 1205/06 CE. It opens with a Hebrew poem congratulating the recipient on …
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Recto is headed "ḥawwāla Ismāʿīl [...]." Verso is formatted in two columns with elongated words heading each entry.