Documents

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Lower fragment: Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE), whose partial name is visible in the address. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). Yefet brings up the fūṭa which he had previously written about.

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Arabic

Letter(s) or official document(s) in Arabic script. Narrow space between the lines on one side (this part mentions a fortress/qalʿa), wide space between the lines on the other (this part addresses somebody as "al-jināb al-ʿāl" and mentions his iḥsān and ṣadaqāt). The document on verso is most likely a decree, probably 12-13th c based on paleographic grounds and the document on verso is a letter or petition. Needs further examination.

תגים

• to edit

אין רשומות קשורות

Document date

5 August 1084 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Musa b. Abi al-Hayy, from Busir, to Abu al-Afraḥ Avraham (ʿArūs) b. Yosef, Fustat. The letter contains details about the purchase of flax and mentions that a Christian from the delta is sending money to his wife in Fustat with Musa. In addition, mentions some goods such as rose extract, as well as money transfers.

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• flax
• trade

2 תעתוקים תרגום אחד דיון אחד

Document date

1127–1139 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document. Small fragment from a beginning of a legal document, probably bill of gift, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (fl. 1100-1138), under the authority of Masliah Gaon (r. 1127-1139), whose name is not mentioned but his father and grandfathers are (b.

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תגים

• halfon b. menashshe
• masliah gaon

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from "Sāsī" to R. D[...]. In Judaeo-Arabic. […] Mentions Avraham Castro; Ibrāhīm al-Kalaḥ; Mūsā Ḥaqqān. Mentions taxes incumbent on "all who arrive from Hind and Sind and the lands of the Arabs," more than the tithe (ʿushr).

תגים

• avraham castro

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). […] For other Ḥalfon documents mentioning Cretans, see T-S NS 323.27 (PGPID 25606) and CUL Or.1081 J35 (PGPID 8954).

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• crete
• halfon b. menashshe

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

Mercantileletter from Nissim b. Ismāʿīl, unknown location, to an unknown addressee, in Jerusalem. […] which ends, "quickly, if God wills." The lettermentions Mūsā (or Nissi?) b. Qūqū al-Bahnasī (or rather al-Nafūsī).

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Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Binyām (druggist of Rashīd), probably in Alexandria, to Abū Saʿīd b. […] He has sent 20 pounds of סארנאן(?), white lead (isfīdāj), and mercury (zaybaq), and orders crushed saffron and 4 bags of large needles (אבר). Also mentions money owed to him by Abū l-Munā b. Daʾūd.

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דיון אחד

Inferred date

1127–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Two fragments from a legal document. Location: Fustat. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138) and mentioning Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–1139), yielding a date range of 1127–38 CE.

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions numerous items of clothing and textiles. […] The sender’s brother is in Maḥalla, and he is rumored to be sick. The sender mentions greetings from and to Abū l-Ḥasan, Natan and Shemuel al-Baghdādī, and asks for things to be sent either with the carrier of the letter or with ‘the rayyis’, whoever travels first.

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• epidemic
• illness letter 969-1517

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter concerning various business issues and the new agent Abū […]. Mentions a qāḍī, a widow, and a girl. Also mentions the Sar ha-Sarim and Abū l-Faḍl.

תעתוק אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter requesting to buy through “Ibrahim, the slave merchant” a female slave for the Nezer (Diadem [an honorifc]). (S. D. Goitein, Mediterranean Society, 1:452; and Goiten’s index cards) EMS

תגים

• business
• slave

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Short letter on vellum from Palermo by a Baghdadi, mentioning a trip to Sicily and referring to merchandise sent to Damascus by one Harun b. al-Saruji.

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תגים

• trade

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Avraham to the sender's brother mentioning a bill and conveying greetings to the recipient from all his family members who are with the sender. 15th-16th century.

תגים

• 15th or 16th c

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Legal document written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE) dealing with an oath. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 601, and from Goitein's index cards)

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תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). […] The title "peʾer ha-qehilot" and the name yaʿaqov are mentioned. (Information from CUDL)

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary languages

Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document, probably a bill of release from a woman. Written by Mevorakh b, Nathan (Date: 1150-1181) and signed by [...] b. Ḥalfon ha-Melammed. Verso: Arabic jottings. AA

תגים

• mevorakh b. natan

אין רשומות קשורות

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Possibly the settlement of a dispute between two men, one of whom is Yaʿaqov. (Information in part from CUDL)

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Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal fragment (upper right corner). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Concerning inheritance and mentioning Yeshuʿa (possibly the deceased).

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions, presumably sarcastically, that "I am grateful to him for how he insults me...

אין רשומות קשורות

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary languages

Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Trousseau list from a ketubba, mentioning quantities of (Egyptian) dinars and trousseau items. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). (Information in part from CUDL)

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אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Lettermentioning a judge and Faraḥ b. Faḍāʾil. Seems to be addressed to Yaʿaqov, in Bilbays, though the address is in a different hand. The sender is a dyer and mentions his work. (Information in part from CUDL)

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אין רשומות קשורות

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mentions 5 dinars and alludes to a conflict between two people.

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• halfon b. menashshe

אין רשומות קשורות

Inferred date

1100–1138 CE

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Fragment a bill of compromise (פשרה) written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Mentions two people and their brother; a house called Dār al-Jazīra; and a woman.

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• halfon b. menashshe
• island

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Yehuda (b. Ṭuviyyahu) Kohen, in Jūjar, to Rabbenu [Menaḥem?][…] The sender reports that he arrived in Jūjar at midday and found the messenger about to depart. He asks the addressee to send(?)

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Primary language

Hebrew

Letter from MeirMessina to his employer or business partner in Gaza.

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• gaza
• late heb

אין רשומות קשורות

Primary language

Judaeo-Arabic

Letter from Salāma b. Yosef to his son Abū l-Makārim b. […] Dating: probably 12th century. Mentions goods such as costus (קסט) and gum senegal (קאקיא), saffron; giving various business instructions; mentioning small sums of dinars; mentions the addressee's mother.

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Marriage contract written by the court clerk Mevorakh b. Natan (dated documents ca. 1150-1180) mentioning a brocade sadr with two 'sidepieces,' and preserving the groom's name, Yahya ha-Levi, and the bride was probably Sitt al-Baha. (Information from Mediterranean Society, IV, pp. 120, 382, and from Goitein's index cards)

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• ketubba
• marriage

תעתוק אחד דיון אחד

Primary language

Arabic

Letter fragment. Mainly in Arabic script, with one word in Hebrew script. May mention Bilbays. Refers to "the knowledge of medicine" and perhaps a youth who is both physician and astrologer (shābb ṭabīb munajjim). The sender orders acacia (aqāqiya) and mentions condensed walnut juice (rubb al-jawz) and the pressing of something.

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• physicians

תעתוק אחד

Primary languages

Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

Mercantile accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. The scribe often mixes up emphatic and non-emphatic consonants and omits the lamed of the definite article before sun letters. […] The hand is likely known. Mentions Barsime(o) Robaldo al-Janawī (=the Genoese). Sal ammoniac (nushādir) is mentioned a few times.

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• account
• genoese

אין רשומות קשורות