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Letter fragment addressed to a certain ḥaver in al-Maḥalla. The surviving piece of the letter itself is in elegant Hebrew, and the address is in …
Account, possibly dated. Requires further examination.
Verso: Formulaic phrases and blessings in Judaeo-Arabic from a letter for a dignitary.
Recto: Letter by Sherira Gaon to a correspondent in Fustat, complaining about Egypt and the West's neglect of the Yeshiva. Beginning and end are missing, …
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2 תעתוקים
Letter fragment to the writer’s mother, possibly from Hiba b. Abū […]. Mentions a ship and travel. In Judaeo-Arabic, with unusual spellings. (Information in part …
Legal document. Commenda. Following the Talmudic isqa method whereby the agents have some responsibility for losses, the active partner or partners (Abū Sa‘d and his …
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Letter from the ḥaver Yehoshuaʿ b. ʿEli al-Lādhiqī(?), in Jerusalem, to Abū l-ʿIzz(?) b. ʿEli Abū Manṣūr, in New Cairo. The letter consists of a …
Legal document(s). Probably a draft. Small and damaged fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Includes part of a partnership …
Likely a receipt or order. Small scrap with two lines preserved. Needs examination.
Legal queries and responsa of Shelomo ibn Aderet. All having to do with marriage laws. Late.
A faded letter in a late, cursive Spanish hand
Ledger of accounts and letter drafts/copies. Perhaps some writing exercises, too. In Judaeo-Arabic with at least one Spanish word thrown in (אלסלאם עלה גמיע אלפאמילייה). …
Legal document. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe; also signed by the teacher Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥayyim Nafūsī. Location: Fustat. Dated: Monday, 4 Kislev 1437 …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Accounts of a druggist. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions rose preserves and cherries
Receipt for the capitation tax of [...] b. Ibrāhīm the Jewish garment mender (al-raffāʾ) in Fustat for the year 567 AH = 1171/72 CE (if …
Writing exercises in Latin-script cursive. The letter "X" is repeated on the recto and "I". The ink and prelined paper help to estimate the dating …
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic dealing with the book trade. In a slightly crude hand with some orthographic features more usual for later Classical Judaeo-Arabic letter writing, …
תעתוק אחד
Very faded list of books, e.g., a commentary on (Bava) Batra. In the left column the entries are numbered 74 through 82, which may help …
Legal document. Location: Bilbays. Dated: First decade of Sivan, 1564 Seleucid, which is 1253 CE. Under the reshut of David I Maimonides. Concerning a settlement …
Late literary work.
Letter from Daniel ha-Levi, in Damascus, to someone important named Natan. Late. In Hebrew. The letter has to do with a man named Binyamin Fā'ina …
Small fragment from the top part of a legal deed, with a prolonged introduction with praises for Mevorakh b. Saʿadya and his son Moshe (ca. …
Verso: Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions [...] b. Ṣāʿid; 370 dirhams; and "the balance" (al-bāqī). Dating: ca. 1200 based on recto.
דיון אחד
Fragment of a late document in Judaeo-Arabic, probably a letter. Mentions sesame and the price of 110 gurush per ardab. The mention of the Ottoman …
Responsa partially intact about divorce and fornication (Information from Friedman, "Divorce").
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Recto is a small fragment of a letter in Arabic script, possibly complaining about someone's obstinacy (taʿannut). Torn and reused for an unrelated document on …
Verso: Letter in the hand of Avraham Maimonides, r. 1205–1237 CE, mentioning Yosef. (Information from CUDL.) See also Goitein's index cards. Joins by Mordechai Akiva …
Fragment of a betrothal agreement between Bayan and Sitt al-Nasab. Among the provisions included is the groom's assurance that he will not prevent the bride …
Secondary use: Court record in Judaeo-Arabic. An inventory of something (a trousseau? a dead person's estate?). Many valuable goods are listed along with their values, …
Small fragment including the beginning of a deferential Judaeo-Arabic letter. Dating: ca. 13th century or later (paleographic dating). May mention "the Qaraites" (...ואלקראין אלזאהרה(?)...)
Recto: Letter of appeal for assistance in Hebrew. Related to the lepers of Tiberias? Describing grief and weeping and distress in vivid phrases.
Curse in Judaeo-Arabic, involving calling down fire on two people: "... send down upon you two a burning flame of fire and bronze..." (yursil ʿalaykumā …
Letter from the office of Yehoshuaʿ Nagid (d. 1355) (in Cairo) to the community of Fustat about a conflict between two butchers who had caused …
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד
Autobiographical maqāma by Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, ed. Schirmann. Discussed by Amir Ashur here: https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/taylor-schechter-genizah-research-unit/fragment-month/fragment-month-8#_ftn2.
Letter fragment from Ṭoviya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. The carrier of the note is an in-law. The writer's handwriting is …