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Magical fragment in Arabic script. It seems "throbbing of the joints" (ḍarabān al-mafāṣil).
אין רשומות קשורות
Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic text. Possibly a letter, but everything preserved consists of ethical exhortations, so might also be from a literary text.
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Bifolio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, rudimentary hand and spellings. Building expenses: mentions a house; clay; tiles; palm fronds (jarīd); food; nāshūsh; a wakāla; plaster; the …
Letter from Mevasser b. David (Tinnis) to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat), ca. 1052. Mevasser b. David appears to have recently arrived from the Maghreb (al-Mahdiya). …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Literary, citing the story of the yellow cow from the Quran.
Legal document, probably a waqf or a will. Big ʿalāma beginning with a ḥamdala in the upper left corner, and probably three testimonies at the …
Part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Only flattery and blessings for the addressee are preserved. (Information from CUDL)
Lower, small fragment: Letter from Natan b. Mevorakh ha-Kohen (aka Wahb b. Barakāt). Small fragment (upper right corner of recto). Concerning the leadership of the …
תעתוק אחד
Poetry, mostly in Judaeo-Arabic, with some Hebrew.
Last page of a literary work in Judaeo-Arabic. At the bottom there is a line stating that "this notebook belongs to (or: is by) Yiṣḥaq …
Large bifolio of accounts, perhaps from the same scribe as T-S AS 185.158 (PGPID 39885). Dating is likely 16th-17th-century based on the paleography and, crucially, …
Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions departure (khurūjī) and preoccupation (shughl sirrī).
List of garments and textiles, probably unrelated to recto, also in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu who signs his name at the bottom. The …
Marriage contract (ketubba). Location: Cairo. Dating: ca. 1080 CE. Groom: Yosef b. Yeshuʿa b. ʿAllūn. The bride is not a virgin. Marriage payments: 3 + …
דיון אחד
Story in Judaeo-Arabic, partially rhymed. A first-person narrative attributed to Maḥrūz b. Nājiya al-Ruṣāfī set during the reign of the Abbasid caliph al-Wāthiq (r. 842–47). …
Court record in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (active 1100–38 CE). Ḥasana bt. Yehuda demands the possessions of her brother Shemarya/Maḥfūẓ from his …
Fragment from a ketubba. Bride: ʿAzīza bt. Faraj. Signed by Efrayim b. Ṣadoq (active late 10th century) and Yosef b. Yaʿaqov. AA
Part of a state or legal document in Arabic script. Mentions a community or group (al-jamāʿa) and the middle of Shawwāl. Reused on recto for …
Original use: Bottom of a Jewish legal document. Nothing is preserved apart from five signatures: -Ṣedaqa b. Avraham -Yoshiyyahu b. Efrayim he-Ḥaver -Shemuel b. Yehuda …
Recto contains the opening of (or a description of) Tadhkirat al-Kaḥḥālīn by ʿĪsā b. ʿAlī.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. This portion preserves the formulaic ending only. The addressee's in-laws send their regards.
Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). Fragment (upper part only). In the hand of Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen (compare, e.g., T-S 10J21.14 + T-S 8J32.9). Avraham b. …
Betrothal contract between Avraham ha-Kohen and Sitt al-Ḥusn bt. Arye b. Yehuda. Her father Arye was the ex-husband of Karima al-Wuḥsha, and Sitt al-Ḥusn may …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
On verso and spilling over onto the margins of recto: account and a list of at least 82 indigent people, including at least 14 Europeans, …
Letter in Hebrew. Late. The writer is asking advice about payment of a debt.
Letter addressed to a qāḍī. In Arabic script. The top ~10 lines are preserved. The first four lines are mostly blessings and standard formulae. The …
[بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم]
[كتا]بي اطال الله بقا القاضي وادام عزه وتاييده وسعادته وكفايته وحراسته وتقربه يوم الثلثا لخمس [بقين/خلون
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Recto: Upper part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic written in a scribal hand to ha-Nasi ha-Gadol, reporting on the writer's troubles while traveling with Rabbi …
Recto: Possibly a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning an amir and someone saying "O dogs and sons of dogs!" (יאכלאב יאולאד אלכלאב). Reused on verso for …
Book list. Published by Allony, The Jewsih Library, p. 141-142
Ketubba fragment. Bride: Sitt al-Majd. Decorated with thin red geometric designs/frames. On verso there is a related legal document dated Sivan 1556 Seleucid, which is …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Dating: probably 11th century Addressed to a group of people (אלפצלא אלאגלא . . . אעצם אללה כראמתכם . . …
Letter draft from Efrayim b. Shemarya to Aharon and Shelomo the sons of Ṭoviyya ha-Shelishi, mentioning condolences on the death of Ṭoviyya, a letter which …
Legal document or receipt or a similarly formal document. In Arabic script. Dated: 17 Rabīʿ al-Thānī 1013 AH, which is September 1604 CE. Signed: Ibrāhīm …
Commercial account in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Dating: late 11th or early 12th century. Itemizing expenses including for the rent of …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
In the upper margin, draft of the beginning of a legal document in Arabic script. "On Monday, in Ramaḍān '35. . . ." The century …