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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 silver coin, minted post-1690, supports a dating estimate of 18th- or 19th-century.
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Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to the Square of the [Perfumers?][…] Mainly notable for including the rare word "al-hirjās" (אלהרגאס), which apparently means either jasīm (corpulent) or jirhās (lion).
Account of some sort in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning valuable textile goods including a brocade (dībāj), Sitt al-Ahl, and the house of al-Qāḍī al-Muwaffaq. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE).
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Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic to ha-Dayyan ha-Meẓuyan, Me'ir ben Naʿim, dated Aug/Sept 1824 CE (Elul 5584).
Very small fragment probably from a state document: الدولة النبوية . . . الارادة وكمال البيعة. Reused for Hebrew jottings.
Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, quite faded. Reports that someone went up from Alexandria and reported that the ship of Ibn [ʿA]mmār(?) capsized and the casualties included 5 Muslims and the brother-in-law of Ibn al-ʿIrāqī "one of the boys of Fustat." Also mentions Abū l-Barakāt. On the back describes how the sender left Fusṭāṭ preoccupied on behalf of something to do with his maternal aunt's house in New Cairo, and a divorce or release. Mentions [...] b. Hiba.
Fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE).
State document, two fragmentary lines in Arabic script. Not much is preserved but what remains reads as prayers and invocations.
Verso: Possibly accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning Isḥāq al-Yahūdī.
"The three fragments known as JRL SERIES A 1053, JRL SERIES B 2699, and JRL SERIES B 2977 are from three copies of another invitation, printed in French, to the wedding of Mr.
Legal document from Cairo dated 24 April 1798 (8 Iyar 5558), stating that Me'ir ben Naʿim has invested 5500 muayyadis with the Karaites ("bnei miqra") Moshe Kagicha (?)
Late account of sorts, using western Arabic numerals: "What was collected from the mother: first, ashrafiyya coins: 3; second. . . . " The mention of ashrafi coinage makes it possible to estimate the dating of this fragment as 1425 CE or later– the year in which it was first minted by Sultan al-Ashraf Barsbay.
Late fragment with scattered recipes in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, mostly medical, but one is also titled "for banishing mice."
Fragment of a legal document in Judaeo-Arabic involving Mūsā b.
Fragment of a letter addressed to Sayyid al-Kull, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Thin strip from the middle. Mentions a ḥaver, and perhaps a wedding on a shabbat. Also mentions Mubārak and washing something.
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions an illness (maraḍ) and aṣḥābunā.
Letter or legal query addressed to Ḥananel b. Shemuel, probably identical with the well-known judge of the early 13th century (and son-in-law of Moses Maimonides).
Also signed by Yeshuʿa b. Shemuel ha-Melammed. The attestation on verso that she received the get is signed by Yosef b.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Looks like the same document as JRL SERIES B 7663 (PGPID 40386) and JRL SERIES B 7274 (PGPID 40458).
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Abū l-Ḥusayn b.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender complains about isolation (al-wiḥda wa-l-inqiṭāʿ) and is anxious for the addressee to give an update about something.
Legal fragment, probably, in the hand of Ḥalfon b.
Fragment of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions "pipes" (qawādīs) and "a gutter for the wall of the house" (mizrab li-ḥāʾiṭ al-b[ayt]).
Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl 1100–1138 CE).
Legal document. Partnership agreement. The partnership is to last one year and the parties include a woman named Sirwa -- who is to receive a third of all profits -- and a man named Tamīm al-Kohen al-Zayyāt(?). […] The most substantial is a list of accounts, mentioning items such as a mandīl dabīqī and an ibrīq with sums of dinars. At 90 degrees and partially crossed out there is the name of Shemuʾel b. Saʿadya(?) ha-Levi.
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic dated as [Dhu] al-Qa'da 1013 AH which is 1605 CE: "אל קעדה ס[נת] יג ואלפ", further down the recto the year [5]364 AM is also mentioned (1603/1604 CE). The accounting format is complex and bears multiple layers of figures being crossed out and adjusted.
Dated 16 Dhu l-Qaʿda __45 AH, which could be 1145 or 1245 given the mention of Ottoman kurush coinage throughout the accounts (1733 or 1830 CE).
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Wide space between the lines.
Letter from Yiṣḥaq ben Naʿim to his brother Meir ben Naʿim. […] Yiṣḥaq is anxious to receive confirmation that Meir received a pair of legal documents that he sent him with Sheḥada Ḥamawī, who did not actually deliver them but mailed them from Damietta.
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Hebrew document(s) of some kind, dated Adar 5579 AM = 1819 CE. Probably epistolary writing exercises.
Legal document, small fragment. Probably from a ketubba.
Following his death, the tomb of Rabbi Yaʿaqov Abuhatzeira (1806-1880CE) became a yearly pilgrimage site on the 19th of Tevet. MCD.
Personal letter to Kẖawaja David al-Jalālī from a person named Elli Ġozlān in it asking for him to fetch some of books and discussing commercial matters and family salutations – July 2 1944CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 260) – in Arabic.
Letter written in Tel-Aviv to a person named Marko inviting him into the agreement with the contractor Albert Ḥanān Lilbet[?] in the restoration and repairs of the synagogue – August 22 1943CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 261) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 71).
– 16 April 1933CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 262) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 75).
Acknowledgement of the receipt of an amount for a period of use – January 31 1944CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 263) in Arabic and the signature in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 72).
Religious commentary – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 265) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 44).
Invitation for attending the ceremony of Hanukkah hosted by the Tāj Torah society at its center in the Jewish quarter – December 24 1935CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 266) – in Arabic and Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 36).
Permit from the Egyptian Jewish community for building a tomb 2.2 x 1.75 meters in size – November 14 1953CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 266) – in Arabic.