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In Arabic script. 1 mithqāl of hiera picra; the same of anise; fennel (rāziyānaj); and the rest is more difficult to decipher. Ends with "and let it be used. Beneficial if God wills."
אין רשומות קשורות
The number ۹۳۴ appears in the lower entry on the verso, which would be a feasible Hijrī year based on the paleography (1527/28 CE) but this should be checked.
(This Sulaymān Kohen may be the son of Abū Zikrī Kohen; cf. Sassoon 713 and ENA NS 33.16.)
Certificate of assessment by the rabbinate in Jerusalem for religious instructors – undated – (number 96) – in Hebrew and in English. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa. ed.
They are barred from entering and using it and ask that a decree for the same be issued from the al-majlis al-karīm.
المماليك يقبلو الارض {وهو} ينهوا ان لهم بالمحلة كنيسة خرابة وهي تجمع شملهم
بالصلاة فيها والمماليك [[يمنعون]] //خائفين// من الدخول اليها لكونها…
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד
Also mentions 'sayyidnā' twice and, at the end, Alexandria. This was likely written before the Judaeo-Arabic re-use.
Yiṣḥaq, appealing for his help. The letter ends with extensive prayers to God to protect the recipient and his family.
תעתוק אחד דיון אחד
Ḥananʾel to Nahray b. Nissim (see separate entry).
Hiyya b. Yiṣḥaq and his entourage to Alexandria (Information from Frenkel).
תעתוק אחד תרגום אחד דיון אחד
Recto: end of a legal document concerning an inheritance and the sum of four dirhams, signed by Joseph ha-Kohen b.
David's edition on FGP.) Cf. ENA 3307.12 (PGPID 11974).
תעתוק אחד
Three columns of a literary text in Arabic script retelling the conquests of Joshua b. Nun. This narrative ends with a second-person address, perhaps directed at the person for whom the account was written: "wa-ʿlam dhālik wa-ʿmal bi-ḥasabihi. . ."
Dated: Elul 1550 Seleucid, which is 1239 CE. The entries are arranged according to the Coptic calendar.
Minute fragment from a ketubah, which can be dated to 1178 onwards thanks to the remains of the immersion clause which started to appear in Egypt following Maimonides' enactment issued at that year. Also part from the domicile clause is visible.
Legal document, probably a prenuptial or engagement document. Groom: Maymūn b. Yosef. Bride: Sitt al-Dalāl.
Letter from Abū Isḥāq b. Ṭayyib (same as in ENA NS 77.397 (PGPID 13697)?) to Abū [...]. Interestingly begins with the verse/motto הנה אל ישועתי.
Includes a white head scarf, black and white cloth, embroidered sleeves, pillows, etc. Verso: end of a note, mentioning 34 dirhams. (Information in part from CUDL.)
Acknowledgment made by Yeshuʿa ha-Kohen (perhaps the same trader as in ENA 1822A.75 and T-S 10J14.2). Concerning a business venture in Yemen (penultimate line).
Petition fragment (upper left corner). The ends of 5 lines are preserved. The addressee is called 'nuṣrat al-mujāhidīn' among other titles.
It seems to be Turkish (several لر endings, كلدي = geldi) and probably pre-Ottoman-era based on the hand both of recto and of verso.
Addressing Bū Saʿd (الشيخ بو سعد ابقاه الله . . . ) and apparently conveying urgent instructions for him regarding delivering something to someone else (وتوصل له). Ends in the upper margin with the word surʿa ("haste").
Mentions the sky-blue girdle (al-zunnār al-samanjūnī), and a request to send red and blue silk with somebody. Recto consistst entirely of Greek/Coptic numerals.
Yeshuʿa (penultimate line). Ends with a ḥasbala.
Medieval-era. One of the entries on the recto lists the weight of a specific good.
Some of the phrases are similar to those of ENA NS 18.38 (e.g., בכל יכלו ובכל מאודו). Mentions Manṣūr b.
Accounts in Arabic script. Each entry is headed with a basmala. Abū l-ʿAlā' al-Dajājī owes 1 1/8 dinar; Ibn al-Muṭarriz(?)
Some of the same language appears in the entries on both recto and verso. Reused for Hebrew piyyut.
Official correspondence, probably. The ends of 6 lines are preserved. Difficult to make out much of the content Mentions "al-Dawla" (likely part of someone's laqab) and maybe al-nāẓir.
Folio from a fiscal accounting ledger. Four different entries, each with its own set of ʿalāʾim. The one on verso is dated [13 Dhū l-Ḥijja?]
End of an unidentified (legal?) Arabic document on verso.
Avraham; Asyūṭ and its environs; the number 27 and "2 1/4 every month"
This document is the final copy of the record of which the preceding document (ENA 3824.1) is an earlier draft. (Information from Gil, Documents, pp. 431, #129).
Nothing of substance is preserved, only the end of the introductory praises and the very beginning of the content.
Moshe (?) appears at the end. Addressed in Arabic script to Abu Kathir Efrayim (possibly Efrayim b.
The name Ibn Shamārī (בן שמארי) is preserved. Cf. ENA NS 77.220 (PGPID 13544).
Verso: Cover page of a book entitled: [...]תקון סדר[...] השכמת הקריה בלי. The work features an authorship inscription by Yiṣḥaq Beirab (b.?)
Fragment of a Fatimid fiscal account, probably. Two entries are preserved. The phrase "ʿan al-mamʿūl fīhā" is preserved in both.
Note that the FGP image has more text visible than the ENA image.
One of the Hebrew sections contains a name: "I wrote this for myself, the talmid (student/scholar) Avraham b. Menashshe may his end be good (סופיה טב) b. [...] b. Meshullam."
Written on a reused petition (see separate entry).
Verso: Fragment from the end of a state document, probably a decree. In a very large chancery hand: على آله الطاهرين وسلم تسليما.
IB V, 34d. ENA 4011.16b (lower fragment): A cheque of Abū Zikrī Kohen.
Perhaps the same scribe and defter fragment as ENA NS 53.15 (PGPID 39644). Ottoman-era with the currency jadid/cedid mentioned.
Probably from the same ledger as ENA NS 35.22 (PGPID 12611). Dating: 16th-century based on the paleography and Ottoman coinage mentioned in the related fragment.
Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). See ENA NS 77.33 (PGPID 4553).
The dating is likely 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography. The entries on the recto mentions Yosef al-Levi(?), Maḥmūd al-Laṭīf, and other individuals.
Mentions "goods" (ḥawāʾij). Might join with ENA NS 85.1296 (PGPID 14628).
Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Ending only. Some names appear at the bottom: [...] b.
The tone is that of a rebuke: "Now, O [...] you are not the first who... what entered in your heart... and if this is true..."
Bill from the naval armed forces – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 148) – in English. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 71).