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Letter, in Arabic script. Written by a Muslim, as he begins and ends with prayers for Muḥammad. He refers to himself as "the slave" (al-mamlūk), …
תעתוק אחד
Printed. Fragment from I Promessi Sposi by Manzoni.
אין רשומות קשורות
List of names followed by Greek/Coptic numerals. Probably a contributors list from the early 13th century. Names include: Sayyidnā Shelomo; Sayyidnā Shemuʾel; Sayyidnā Avraham; al-Ṣafiyy …
Letter to (Eli ha-Kohen) b. Hayyim, a parnas in Fustat, 2nd half of 11th century.
Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi to his brother the court clerk Ḥalfon, who was active ca. 1100–1138 CE. (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 5:422, …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Letter from Labrāṭ b. Moshe b. Sughmār, in al-Mahdiyya, to his brother Yehuda b. Moshe b. Sughmār, in Fustat. Dating: July 30 (26 Av), 1057, …
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Legal document, probably a transfer of property, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Sitt al-Dār has appointed her husband Ṣedaqa as …
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Legal document dated Av 1446 of the Seleucid Era (= 1135 CE) (though the digit "6" is not perfectly clear) in the town [..]דמ (possibly …
Court record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Perhaps a settlement between an abusive husband (...lahā bi-ḍarb wa-qaṣd...) and a …
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely early 13th century. Mentions a shop and grapes.
Letter from the influential Karaite scholar R. Simḥah Yiṣḥaq Luzki (b.1716-d.1760/1766 CE) to the Karaite community of Cairo or perhaps the Karaite Jews of Egypt …
Letter fragment from Shelomo b. Yehuda to an unidentified personality in Fustat, ca. 1025. This letter describes a difficult and very brief visit to Jerusalem …
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Commercial letter, probably sent from Alexandria to Fustat. The addressee is Abū ʿImrān Mūsā, possibly Moshe b. Abū l-Ḥayy Khalīla. Dating: ca. 1100 CE. The …
Letter from Natan b. Nahray (Alexandria), probably to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat). Ca. 1062. Talks about business links with Spain. Mentions a number of commodities: …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Letter of appeal for charity. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer explains that the family has no money for the coming holiday and no wood or oil; …
Mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Recto looks like the handwriting of Nahray b. Nissim. Mentions "al-Ḥākimiyya" (probably referring to Ḥākimī dinars), …
Fragment of a marriage contract of the groom Elʿazar and the bride Sitt al-Dar, in which the bride undertakes to bring up the groom's children. …
Legal document in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (ca. 1066–1108 CE). Location: Fustat. Dated: Adar I 1383 Seleucid = January/February 1072 CE. Power of …
Letter from a woman complaining of abuse by her co-wife (or co-wives?). Dating: ca. 16th century.
Account in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Headed by the name "al-Ḥājj Dāʾūd(?)." Dating: maybe ca. 13th century or later.
Medical, literary.
Letter from Yosef Pidonil (? פידוניל) to his father. Dating: Late, perhaps 15th century or later. In Judaeo-Arabic. Note that many of the emphatic and …
דיון אחד
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer describes how he became so sick he despaired of life, but God sent health. Also mentions Abū l-Ḥasan b. …
Letter in Arabic script. Almost nothing of the letter itself is preserved, but most of the address is preserved: to be delivered to (New) Cairo, …
Fragment of state document(s). There is one hand on recto, and two different hands (different documents) on verso. Recto mentions "hādhihi al-ruqʿa." Verso mentions a …
Account of the Qodesh: building expenditures and revenues from rent, ca. 1037 (specifies expenditures for the years 426–30 AH = 1034–39 CE). The expenditures listed …
(1-2) .... From … Dār al- ....
Masons, the wages ....
(4-5) 12 helpers for . . . . , 3 dir. Water, 7 dir.
(6-7) Paid for black c…
Probably a draft of a deed of sale. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? The document contains a very long description of a house. …
Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated Monday 2 Adar 5497 AM, which is 1737 CE. ʿEzra b. Eliyyahu Rofe Fayrūz acknowledges a debt of 31 golden …
Letter from a family member to a son or brother. In Arabic script. Dating: Probably late Mamluk or early Ottoman-era (based on handwriting, format, linguistic …
Poem on the occasion of a marriage, followed by a letter from Shelah b. Nahoum, probably from Tyre, to Abu al-Khair Efrayim ca. 1085, which …
Letter fragment probably. In Arabic script. Mentions Abū l-Barakāt and paying something on behalf of other people. There are also a couple Greek/Coptic numerals. Needs …
Letter from Moshe Bibas. In Judaeo-Arabic. The port city Rashid is mentioned at the opening of line 20. Dating: Late 18th or early 19th century. …
Letter fragment from Avraham(?) to Abū Saʿīd, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. In a rudimentary hand. The sender describes his sorry state and probably asks for …
Fol. 2v, right page, 90 degrees: Fiscal document. Confirming the disbursement of funds related to the "lofty rescripts" in a certain year (504 AH?): واطلق …