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Letter from Ṭoviya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen to his cousin the Judge Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen regarding alleged arrears in a compound of the Qodesh, ca. …
In Thy Name, oh Merciful!
The purpose of these lines is to inform Your Honor,
our Master may he Live for ever, that I received a lette…
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
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אין רשומות קשורות
Accounts of a slaughterer. In Judaeo-Arabic. He receives 1 dirham for 2 heads (probably of sheep). First week of Elul: 43 heads, 22 dirhams. Second …
דיון אחד
Letter from [...] b. Labrat, to Ezra (?) b. Isḥāq, al-Mahdiyya. Around 1040. The writer and the addressee are dealing with importing flax and exporting …
בש כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך מן מצר יום אלגמעה
לכמס כלון מן כסליו ען סלאמה וקד [ ] אלפרג תקדם
כתאבי אליך [מע] אלמוסם א…
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Long strip, only one word preserved from each line, in wide spacing. Probably a poetic Hebrew letter. AA
Verso: Fragment of an Arabic state document. Reused on recto for Hebrew literary text.
Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dealing with business in brazilwood and two containers of kohl. Mentions Banīn the boy of al-Maḥālī (probably = al-Maḥallī). Greetings to …
ENA 2592.7: List, continuation of ENA 2952.6 mentioning some of the prominent members of the Babylonian community in Fustat in the 11th century, concluding with …
Receipt.
Legal record (#47) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on ff. 16v-17r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Location: Cairo, based on …
תעתוק אחד
Late account in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the "citadel" (qalʿa) several times and the Ottoman-era title שויש (çavuş). Also mentions Yiṣḥaq Arokh and Yosef Arokh (cf. T-S …
Recto: Fragments of two lines of a grand state document, perhaps a decree. The word ملاحظتك is discernible.
Accounts in Arabic script. Late.
List of prices. Mentions the rent of a camel (כרא גמל).
Part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender refers to being captured or imprisoned twice and then to ransom (קד אסתפכית פדיון). Might be a …
Informal note from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Waliyy al-Dawla. The addressee is to give the masṭara (ruling board) to the bearer to bring back to …
Verso: State document. In Arabic script. Large script, chancery hand, wide space between the lines. Only the first 4 lines and a tiny piece of …
الزم[
بسم الله الرحمن الـ[ـرحيم
وكان من [ ]ومجلسه
]الشريف
ادام الله تاييده ان يخدم بكل عناية
]مرضية من كل صناع
Capitation tax receipt for Bū l-Ḥasan Ḥusayn b. Hibatallāh al-Ṣayrafī in Fustat. Dated: 4 Muḥarram 541 AH, which is 16 June 1146 CE.
Query to Avraham Maimonides (ha-Nagid) on the issue of a man who married a second wife while traveling outside the city in which he resides …
Fragment of a letter of appeal for assistance. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38).
Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined
Letter addressed to ʿEli the Parnas. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender petitions on behalf of a divorcee who came to him "complaining and crying" that her …
2 תעתוקים דיון אחד
Recto and verso: Begging letter from Baqāʾ the cantor to the Nagid David Maimonides (who served intermittently between 1237–1300 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Touching on various …
Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Probably a private list of expenses. Dating: maybe ca. 13th or 14th century. Mentions people such as Manā[..] …
Late account in Hebrew script.
IB V, 20. Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Abu Zikri ha-Kohen, reperesentative of the merchants in Fustat, ca. 1135. Mentions wheat; the government; being unable to …
Draft of a deed of compensation in the hand of the court reporter Yefet b. David Shekhanya, around 1030 CE. It was given to Efrayim …
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Recto: Jottings in Arabic script, apparently drafts of phrases from a letter. Verso: A few numbers in Hebrew script (calculations of some kind? calendrical?); a …
Recto: Legal document in Hebrew. Location: Alexandria. Involves Shemuʾel b. Moshe ha-Levi, who may be deceased; Yiṣḥaq b. [...]; two packages; transporting a deposit from …
Legal document in Arabic script. Fragment (upper left corner). Involving Bū l-Faḍl b. Hiba b. Faḍāʾil the Jewish banker (ṣayrafī).
Letter to Mar Shabbetai Ravilon from his brother, Mar Yaqub, dealing with the trade of hides, including a shipment to Crete (l. 9) and business …
Legal document. Record of release. Dating: April 1076. Location: Fustat. Ṣedaqa b. Muvḥar and Shemuel b. Aharon ha-Kohen al-Ṣayrafī ("the money-changer") are released from a …
Accounts.
Fragment of a letter from Yosef b. Berekhya from Qayrawan (Ifrīqiya) to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, #147) …
Court record. Tiqva b. ʿAmram is representing his sister Sitt al-Kull bt. ʿAmram in her engagement (she is titled al-mukhatiba = the engaged (?)) to …
Legal document. Loan terms. Dated: September 1239. Location: Bilbays. Between Amram b. Ḥalfon and Avraham b. Efrayim. Initially described as commenda (qirāḍ) but re-negotiated into …
2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד
Note in Arabic script resembling an order of payment (yunʿim mawlāy al-shaykh al-ajall Abū [...] li-muwaṣṣilhā...."). All surrounding it there are jottings and pen trials …
Letter concerning business affairs in which the writer describes ships that are about to leave port and references ‘al-ṭārma,’ a small cabin on Nile boats, …
Fragment of badly damaged accounts. Medieval-era. Requires further examination.
Medical recipes in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, including one powder (dharūr) for children and several ophthalmics (ashyāfāt).
Lawsuit concerning a consignment of oil, which upon its arrival in Alexandria was left in the ship instead of being forwarded immediately to Fustat because …
Verso: Letter fragment in Arabic script. It seems the sender is rebuking the addressee about neglecting a business matter (involving rose water?). Mentions 20 dirhams.