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Type: Letter
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Two fragments of a letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon.
Letter. a letter referring to a tax matter involving this place גנדאריה; it is therefore probably a place of settlement (Golb, Topography, 131). Mahalla is crossed out and Sunbat is written above. The letter was sent to נתן בן שמואל as evident from the address.
Small fragment of a letter written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (100–38 CE) on behalf of a woman. Mentions rent and possibly not wanting to evict someone.
Fragment of a letter. There is reference to the son of Moses, may the holy be blessed- so it might be Maimonides, and Avraham Maimuni is intended. Also Hibbat Allah is mentioned. AA
Letter from Meir b. Hillel b. Ṣadoq, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Fakhr b. Ibrāhīm, presumably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Meir signs only his first name on verso. He received Abū l-Fakhr's letter reporting that Abū Manṣūr's wife was still owed 7.5 dinars and that Abū l-Fakhr had sent the money with [...]. The continuation of the letter is damaged (and partially lost), so it is not clear what happened next. AA. ASE.
Fragment of a letter, in a familiar hand from Avraham Maimuni's circle (who might be sayyidna mentioned in the margins). Mostly sending regards to Abu al-Faraj, al-Kohen Ya'aqub and his brother, al-Rasuy, R. Hananel (probably b. Shemuel) and syyidna. AA
A private letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi.
Very damaged and faded letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon
Fragmentary letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi to his brother Halfon informing on various business transactions including one to Damuh. AA
Faded and damaged letter written by Yefet b, Menashshe
Letter recording commodity transactions, including the purchase of wheat.
Very damaged small fragment of a letter probably written by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi. Hardly readable.
Barely legible, damaged fragment of a letter
Long strip of paper containing a business letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi, dealing with a partnership. Ibn al-Sabagh and b. al-Tankarani(?) are mentioned. AA
Letter fragment (lower right corner). In Judaeo-Arabic. Probably from Yefet b. Menashshe to Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (it looks like Yefet's handwriting, and he greets Sitt Naʿīm). May also mention someone named Ibn ʿUmayr. There are references to sundry small business transactions.
Letter of a woman, regarding her marital problems. Written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138). The join was created by Oded Zinger.
Might be connected to T-S NS 226.113.
Letter from Iṣḥaq b. Eli al-Majānī (al-Mahdiya?) to his son Wāfī (Fustat?), probably spring 1059. Badly preserved. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, p. 114.)
Draft of a letter from Wāfī b. Iṣḥaq b. Eli al-Majānī, 16 July 1059, written at the back of an earlier letter from his father Iṣḥaq b. Eli al-Majānī. Badly preserved. Mentions flax, myrtle and sandalwood and suggests that the recipient opens a shop. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 4, p. 114.)
Letter from Mūsā b. Abī al-Ḥay (Tinnīs) to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat), ca. 1062. Mūsā reached Tinnīs by land because he was scared to travel by ship while carrying money. The letter contains a detailed account of wares that he sold or bought, especially pellitory (Anacyclus Pyrethrum) and flax. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 3, p. 509 and Goitein notes linked below.)
Probably a letter. In Arabic script. Large, but faded/damaged. Needs examination. On verso there are drafts of Hebrew poetry, perhaps a panegyric for a certain Pineḥas ha-Zaqen.
