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Fragment from the beginning of a kettuba. The bride's father's name is Munaja and the groom is Yeshu'a Halevi
Small piece of a marriage contract (ketubba) containing the diaspora custom.
F. 1: text and translation of Genesis 27:31-34. F. 2: notes.
Court record in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Monday, 18th [...]. Location: Fusṭāṭ. Names: Abū l-[...] Netanʾel; Tamīm ha-Zaqen ha-Nikhbad ha-Rofe (ZL); ʿOvadya b. [...]; [...]āʿ b. Baqāʾ b. Zekharya(?); Abū l-Faḍāʾil; Abū ʿUmar; and Abū l-ʿAlāʾ. Involves stalks of bamboo (khayzurān). Repeatedly mentions business in al-Mahdiyya. (Information in part from CUDL)
Minute fragment from a ketubah.
Fragment of a ketubba in the Palestinian style. Dating: Perhaps 10th century. Groom: Avraham b. ʿEli/ʿIli/ʿIlay (עילי). See M. A. Friedman's edition for further information.
calendrical calculations?
Draft of a letter, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Looks like the handwriting of the judge Shemuel b. Saadya. Alludes to a verse of poetry and to the words of King Solomon and to "responding to the likes of you."
A fragment from what seems to be a letter of appeal(?) in very nice, square Hebrew characters addressed to the dear elder (הזקן היקר). The text is fragmentary. Discusses delivery of wheat to Egypt. The carrier of the letter is regarded as 'one of those who give, not take (והיה מן הנותנים לא מן הלוקחים)- usually found in letters of appeal for community assistance. Also a reference to the Christians - ערלים, but the text is missing here.
Too little text remains to identify.
Minute fragment probably from a book list
Recto: probably the end of a letter (or literary lament) mentioning the date Nisan 5362 AM, which is 1602 CE. Verso: legal deed with release formulae, left incomplete.
Too small to be identified. Could be from a legal responsa or halakhic discussion
See PGP 22976
Minute fragment, two words from the end of a legal deed.
Minute fragment from sefer mitzvot
Business letter from Alexandria to Fustat. Only the top right preserved. Late. (FGP)
Fragment from a book of legal formulas
Minute fragment, probably from a legal deed.
Letter in Hebrew. Small fragment. Late. Currency mentioned: medin (מאידיש). Mentions receipt of a sum of money.