Order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen to Abū l-Ḵayr Ḵiyyār to pay the bearer of the note one dinar and a carat. Dated Adar 14[.]1 Seleucid era, probably 1451 (= 1140 CE).Condition: torn, holesLayout: 5 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen, asking Abū l-Ḵayr Ḵiyyār to pay two dinars to the carrier of the note on the account of (?) the wife of Abū l-Makārim, dated Adar II, 1451 of the Seleucid Era (= 1140 CE); Coptic numerals.Condition: holes, faded, badly stainedLayout: 6 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Order of payment written by Abū Zikrī Kohen, instructing Abū l-Ḵayr to pay money to the bearer of the note. Dated Tammuz 1451 Seleucid era (= 1140 CE). Verso: Arabic document.Condition: torn, holes, rubbed, stainedLayout: 5 lines
Fragment from a deed of sale for one half of a sugar factory in Minyat Zifta which was held in partnership by a Jew (‘the son of the Rav’) and a Muslim judge (the Qadi ʿAlī b. Qasām). The document also notes that the surrounding properties are partly Jewish-owned and partly Muslim-owned. Written by Nathan b. Samuel, ca. 1140 CE. On the verso the names Ḥusayn b. Ibrahim al-Maʿarī and Sālim Ibn al-Ašqar are listed.Condition: Badly tornLayout: 17 lines (recto); 5 lines (verso)
Fragment from a settlement for a widow. The widow acknowledges that she has already received the immediate instalments from the marriage gift, as well as copper and other items. The total still due to the widow is one third, and this has now been received by her. Her brother releases the heirs in her name from any future claims. Dated ca. 1140 CE. In the hand of Samuel b. Nathan and signed by [Nathan b.] Solomon ha-Kohen, under the jurisdiction of Samuel ha-Nagid (Samuel b. Ḥananya).Condition: Badly tornLayout: 19 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Legal document, in which Sitt al-Bahā bat [...] receives from Abū Kaṯīr b. Yaḥyā a sum of money on her betrothal with Abū l-Ḥasan ʿEli ha-Kohen b. Yešuʿa, followed by a release. Dated Elul 1451 of the Seleucid Era (= 1140 CE), and signed by Nathan ha-Kohen b. Solomon, Nathan b. Samuel he-Ḥaver and Yešuʿa b. Josiah, descendant of Šemaʿya Gaʾon.Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 20 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Legal document concerning Abū Jacob Joseph al-Kohen al-Siqillī b. Moses who has a first wife in Damascus and is not allowed to marry a second wife in Cairo before depositing what is due to the first wife with the court; dated Ṭevet 1451 of the Seleucid Era (= 1140 CE). Signed by Yešuʿa b. Josiah, descendant of Šemaʿya Gaʾon and Nathan b. Samuel he-Ḥaver.Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 24 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Ketubba for Miḵal bat Sason b. Yefet and Saʿadya b. Nathan, in the hand of Nathan ha-Kohen b. Solomon ha-Kohen. Verso: part of another document relating to the same couple, dated 1451 of the Seleucid Era (= 1140 CE) in Fusṭāṭ, witnessed by Nathan ha-Kohen b. Solomon ha-Kohen and Joseph b. Ayyūb ha-Levi. The bride’s father, Sason b. Yefet, is known from T-S 13J2.17 (dated 1116 CE), T-S 13J6.21, and T-S 8J4.23 (dated 1110 CE).Condition: Badly torn, badly faded, rubbedLayout: 7 lines
Recto: partnership agreement, dated ca. 1140 CE, between Abū l-Faraj and Abū l-Barakāt. Signed by Abū Nathan ha-Kohen b. Solomon ha-Kohen, Yešuʿa b. Josiah (descendant of Šemaʿya Gaʾon), Nathan b. [Sam]uel he-Ḥaver, and Elʿazar b. Joseph. At the foot of recto is a liturgical text in a different hand with isolated Tiberian vocalisation. Verso: list of titles of piyyuṭim in the same hand as the text at the bottom of recto.Condition: Badly torn, holes, fadedLayout: 37 lines (recto); 30 lines (verso)
Letter from Alexandria, mentioning a ship from Genoa and the name Abū Mūsā Hārūn (c. 1140 CE).Condition: holes, rubbed, fadedLayout: 22 lines + marginalia (recto); 2 lines (verso)
Letter from Ḵalaf b. Isaac in Aden to Ḥalfon b. Nathaniel, dated 1452 of the Seleucid era (= 1140 CE).Condition: torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 26 lines (recto); 3 lines (verso)
Letter by Aaron b. Yešuʿa the doctor to Abū Saʿīd the perfumer, concerning a consigment of books. Mentions people including Abū l-Surūr and Abū l-Ḥasan ʿEli, maternal nephew of Nuʿmān, works by authors such as Dioscurides, and an Ezekiel commentary (c. 1140 CE).Condition: holes, rubbedLayout: 12 lines + marginalia (recto); 3 lines (verso)