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list of commodities and prices, written by Shelomo b. Elya or his father Elya b. Zekharya. AA
Fragment from a private letter, mostly contains regards to family member and to the addressee and his son.
Documentary; letter concerning communal affairs; mentions עבדאללה בן דוד הנגיד and Shmuel Minir. (Data from FGP)
Halakhic commentary. On recto commercial (or astronomical) note in Arabic.
Ketubba formulary written by the cantor Seʿadya b. Ṣedaqa ha-Ḥazzan. This man is known to have served as cantor, judge and scribe in the Egyptian town of Minyat Zifta. He probably was a descendant or other relative of the different Seʿadya b. Ṣedaqa ha-Ḥazzan, who signed a document in Damascus in 1031 CE (ENA 17.22). This Seʿadya had a characteristically Palestinian handwriting. Documents preserved in his hand include a marriage contract which he wrote at Minyat Zifta in 1110 (TS 12.494). The bride name is ʿAzūz (bt. Isḥāq, as in TS NS 313.4 [MAF, JMP, II. no. 9). Probably the two forms were written at Minyat Zifta, in 1093/94 (See M. A. Friedman, Jewish Marriage in Palestine, II, p. 108).
Halakhic discussion on 'get haliza' גט חליצה from ספר המעשים לבני ארץ ישראל. Published by Friedman, Tarbiz, 51(2), p. 202-205
Bi-folio that contains both literary text and a draft of a letter addressed to Sar Hasarim- the minister of all ministers- a title held by Mevorakh b. Saadya (1094-1125) and Sar Shalom Halevi (active 1170-1193). Few lines in Arabic needs further examination.
Probably a late business letter
Letter from R. Sherira to R. Yaʿaqov b. Nissim from Qayrawan.
recto: letter of Yeshuah b. Judah to Eli Ha-Kohen Rosh Kallah b. Yeshuah; verso: address of above, and poetic praises. (data from FGP)
Fragment of two responsa of a Babylonian Gaon.
Codification of Jewish law, by the hand of Joseph Rosh Ha-Seder, mentioned by Scheiber and Abramson.
Also a responsum by Maimonides to Efraim from Tyre (See Blau, Responsa, III, p. 156)
letter to a R. Shabbetai, from R. Abraham from Narbona.
beginning of a proclamation of the Exilarch Daniel, mentioning the so-called Gaon Samuel b. Eli; written, according to Scheiber, by Joseph Rosh Ha-Seder (data from FGP)
See PGP 23765
Too little remains for identification (Judaeo-Arabic; responsum according to Brody); fol. 2v: chancery correspondence (addressed to a caliph)- Needs further examination.
See PGP 23765
Petition addressed to a Jewish dignitary. Dating unknown. The document is mainly in Arabic script but interspersed with biblical quotations and phrases in Hebrew. The petitioner seems to have maintained himself by selling goods 'in a corner,' but he was driven out, perhaps by 'the brokers.' The addressee previously tried to help him, but his rivals (especially Abū l-Alāʾ Binyamin(?) and Abū l-Majd) continued to prevent him from exercising his trade. The request is similar to the request in BL Or. 5566B.19. Needs further examination. ASE
Monograph; formulary of legal documents, including the heading י״א שטר שכירות(?) דבאתי. (Deed of slae of a house) (info from FGP)
Arabic late account - needs examination.