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Letter in Judaeo-Persian. Fragmentary and only partly legible. The fragment is labeled "L20" in Shaul Shaked's (unpublished) classification of Early Judeo-Persian texts. OH
Small fragment, probably from the opening of a ketubah (but can also be from top of a letter).
Recto: late document from Fustat involving the conditions of a purchase, between Ya[...] Provencal and al-Amir Muhammad [... ...]. Also mentions Shemuel b. Moshe Arditi who currently lives in Constantinople. Needs further examination.
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions collaterals (ruhūnāt) left with somebody; Abū ʿAlī; the addressee's wife; payments in installments. The addressee is asked to respond because "your mother has gone mad over you (? אגננת עילך) and does not [stop crying?] day and night." (Information in part from CUDL)
Recto: probably a Hebrew letter. Verso: qiddush for Passover. (Information from CUDL)
Small fragment, probably from a letter, but too little text remains. AA
Recto: betrothal document relating to marriage. The bride is Sitt al-Ḥusn bat Moses. Different quantities of dinars of bridal gifts (for example 70, 40 and 50 dinars) etc are mentioned. Verso: jottings in Arabic script. (Information from CUDL)
Probably accounts or possibly jottings. Includes names such as Muḥammad and Abū Naṣr. (Information from CUDL)
Literary - recommend suppress
Accounts for the synagogue, mentioning the women’s entrance of the synagogue, dates such as Shabbat Pinḥas and a number of names, such as Ibrāhīm, Abū l-Riḍā and Manṣūr b. Futūḥ. (Information from CUDL)
Letter from a Byzantine woman named Irini and her sister Kali. In Hebrew. Written in a crude hand. "Come before... and if there is no intention to... come... and we will see... I adjure you by the Creator of All that you write with the [...].... From me, Irini, and my sister Kali." On verso: "...and your reward will be from heaven." Information in part from Outhwaite, "Byzantium and Byzantines in the Cairo Genizah." Dating: Perhaps early 11th century (AA).
Legal document written for a woman and signed by Hillel b. Ṣadoq Av Bet Din and Mevorakh b. Nathan he-Ḥaver, both known from other documents from the middle of the 12th century. (Information from CUDL)
Accounts. (Information from CUDL)
Document in Arabic script. Small fragment. Needs examination.
Arabic Document
Lists of numerals such as 1702, 360, and quantities of dinars, such as 30 dinars and 10 dinars. (Information from CUDL)
Recto: lists of prices. Verso: list mentioning Sitt Ḡanāʾim (lady of the sheep) and the leader Abū Manṣūr. (Information from CUDL)
Small and much damaged fragment, probably from the top of a letter. AA
Legal document with witness signature, [...] b. Shemuʾel. (Information from CUDL)
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. Handwriting of Avraham Maimonides? About communal affairs, specifically a site of pilgrimage (ziyāra) that has fallen into disrepair (kharāb), in part because people have been building houses to live there. (Information in part from CUDL)