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Engagement (shiddukhin) agreeement between Eliyyahu b. Moshe Riman/Diman/DeMan (?) of Manṣūra and Raḥel known as Kuḥla bt. Ḥassūn. The bride's father is no longer living, …
תעתוק אחד
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew alphanumerical figures. At least one currency is listed as "בנדוק / bunduq", which is the Venetian gold ducat, and based …
אין רשומות קשורות
Small fragment from a legal document in Arabic script, likely Mamluk or early Ottoman-era. Mentions ʿAbd al-Qādir.
List of twenty-six names and contributors of wheat. (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 2:479.) Dating: Probably early or mid-12th century, since Abū l-Naṣr Ibn Zubbaybāt …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Receipt of payment or tax receipt, in Arabic script. There is a registration mark "الحمد] لله وبه استعين]". Name of the payee is not readable …
Order of payment in Arabic script. Mentions a name, 5 dinars, and a date. Additional jottings on verso. Probably belongs with T-S AS 151.132, T-S …
One piece of paper stuck on to another piece of paper, containing a message in Hebrew referring to 'this Jew who brings my letter all …
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Fiscal register, in Arabic script. The right folio on recto contains large script with large line spacings, and the left and entire of verso has …
Fragment of Ḥovot ha-Levavot in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Likely belongs with T-S Misc.28.24 (which consists of another 6 …
Payroll [similar to T-S K15.9] in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu, for the seventh and eighth weeks of the liturgical calendar. Mostly same names …
End of a petition in Arabic script. Asking for permission to enter Egypt on behalf of a group of people. In a different hand, there …
דיון אחד
Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon (ca. 1100–38). Very damaged and faded.
Letter from ʿAwaḍ b. Hanan'el in Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat, in which the writer complains of hardships he has endured, and asks …
3 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Literary text, medical. Mentions common purslane, lavender oil and peaches. Verso indicates the beginning of a new chapter or section "al-bāb".
Draft of Fatimid state correspondence. Addressed to the vizier ("ḥaḍrat al-wizāra") concerning either the appointment of an amir in Yemen, or written by an amir …
[ سيد]ي الاجل
ولما [[تحقق]] عرف المملوك حسن النية وجميل الراي وشريف الاصطناع
رغب الى مكارمة حضرته السامية زاد الله في جلال…
[ ] my most glorious lord
When the slave [[established]] learnt of the good intention, the kind view and the noble patronage,
he desired to sh…
3 תעתוקים 2 תרגומים
Letter from Yoel to Efrayim. Fragment (upper left corner). The sender is likely identical with Yoel ha-Melammed (see e.g. T-S 20.148), since it is a …
Account draft of the Qodesh, written in Arabic characters apparently by Yefet b. David b. Shekhanya on the verso, probably after the recto had been …
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
List of Greek/Coptic alphanumerals, perhaps calculations or a writing exercise. Medieval-era.
Accounts.
Legal query, addressed to Moses Maimonides. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based on the years when he was active in Egypt. (Information from CUDL)
Recto (secondary use): Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Very damaged. Needs examination.
Bill of sale in Arabic script, beginning only, probably Mamluk period. "Instead of the opening formula hādhā mā ishtarā X min Y ishtarā minhu ... …
List of names and monetary contributions received by the Rambam Synagogue congregation in Cairo (ק׳׳ק הרמבם). Dated 5603 AM which is 1842/1843 CE. The heading …
Copious jottings in Arabic script, including medical recipes and a Hippocratic aphorism (vita brevis ars longa), and pen trials in Hebrew script.
minute fragments
Document(s) in Arabic, well-preserved on verso with some text visible on recto. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). Mainly in Arabic script with some Hebrew script. Al-Ḥazzan al-Makīn (=Abū l-Majd?) is to …
Draft of a petition, possibly. In Arabic script. Addressed to al-majlis al-sāmī al-ajallī al-mawlawī and the petitionee is also addressed as "ʿumdat l-mulūk wa l-salāṭīn". …
Letter to the cantor Shemuel from a friend who expresses his affection.
Document in Arabic script. Looks legal and Mamluk-era. There is an ʿalāma or witness statement in the upper corner. Needs examination.
Very damaged fragment from the top part of a legal deed, the name [Yehu]da b. Yefet is mentioned. Probably continues on verso.
Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 15th century (no earlier thah 1415 CE), as it mentions the currency niṣṣ/nuṣṣ/half (i.e., the muʾayyadī). Also mentions the …
Small fragment of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. Refers to someone who is in good health and staying with the sender's maternal …
Small fragment from a legal deed. On parchment. Dating: 11th century? Refers to a woman who is to write a "deed of cleansing" (=release?): שתכתב …
2 תעתוקים
Accounts
Brief note in Judaeo-Arabic probably from M[eʾir b. Yakhin] (cf. T-S 8J23.12 (PGPID 3682)) to an unknown addressee. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably late 12th or …
Recto: beginning of a letter (or report), followed by a poem in Arabic script, mentioning Baghdad, which may be part of the letter. Verso: rhymed …
Part of a treatise, possibly on inheritance. Arabic (CUDL)
Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Urgently asking the addressee to send the volume of Bereshit that the writer had purchased from him in al-Maḥalla in the shop …
Small letter fragment. Only formulaic phrases are preserved.
Recto: Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Five lines, well preserved. Written in an elevated register. May begin with a reference to the Torah …
Medical prescription in Arabic script. On recto there is Hebrew literary text.
Minute fragment of text, the language and script are unclear.
An addendum to a letter, informing a man that his son was arrested in Bijaya (Bougie in present-day Algeria) and his belongings were confiscated because …