Title page of the ‘Egyptian scroll’, a historical poem composed by Samuel the Third b. Hošaʿana in Egypt during the rule of the Fatimid caliph al-Ḥākim (996–1021 CE). The title is followed by a Judaeo-Arabic poem, rhyming in -nī, written in red ink and vocalised with Arabic vowel signs. In the right margin the first line of the poem is repeated in black ink.Condition: Torn, holes, slightly rubbedLayout: 12 lines + marginalia (recto; verso is blank)
Ketubba for the marriage of Ḥay Dayyan b. David Dayyan and Mazzal Ṭov bat Judah Dayyan, dated Monday 14th Nisan 5581 (= 16th April 1821 CE). The couple are likely paternal cousins. The document is cut in the shape of a dome, with a heading depicting birds, trees, and a building structure overseen by a sun and an eye. The bride and groom sit in one room, holding hands. The border of the document is decorated with the twelve signs of the zodiac.Condition: HolesLayout: 13 lines (recto); 14 lines (verso)
Court record describing a case in which a Jewish woman was accused by two Muslims of being intimate with a Christian doctor. They reported seeing her loitering by his apothecary practice, and spied on her for 40 days before taking their suspicions to a judge. Although the document is written in Hebrew characters, the three Jewish witnesses sign their names in Arabic script.Condition: TornLayout: 15 lines (recto); 9 lines (verso)
Legal document concerning the rent for a property in Qaṣr al-Šamʿ on the Nile bank (25 dirhams per month over the course of seven years). Mentions names such as Ibn Nahbān the day labourer (al-Mustaʾjar). Ca. 1230-1231 CE.Condition: torn, rubbedLayout: 12 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Document of sale between Solomon b. Moses and a woman (Sitt al-H[…]). Possibly in the hand of Emmanuel b. Yeḥiʾel.Condition: TornLayout: 14 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Court record from Egypt, dated 13[..] of the Seleucid Era (ca. 11th century), mentioning Yešuʿa b. Abraham and Joseph b. David, and referring to mithqals of gold (מתאקיל דהב).Condition: torn, holes, slightly rubbedLayout: 15 lines + marginalia (recto; verso is blank)
Deed of release. The parties appear to be Abū Isḥāq Josiah b. Ḡālib and Muʿammar. Signed by Abraham b. Šemaʿya, Isaac b. Samuel and Yefet b. Nathaniel. Dated end of Av 1404 of the Seleucid era (= August 1093 CE).Condition: torn, holesLayout: 22 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Lease of a orchard owned by the Heqdeš, ca. 1150 CE. It is leased for periods of 8 years for the sum of 11 dinars, and a requirement to send 1000 palm branches via the Nile to the Heqdeš (probably for use during Sukkot). The tenant agrees to run the ox-driven irrigation water wheel continuously, and will not cut down any plants aside from necessary pruning.Condition: Badly tornLayout: 9 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Recto: note certifying that a promissory note by Manasseh b. David Ṣayrafī to Judah b. Joseph known as Ibn Janūnī (גגוני) had been correctly copied in order to be sent to Egypt. Verso: note in Judaeo-Arabic saying ‘Please forward to Nahray b. Nissim’. These three men are well-known figures from mid-11th century Egypt. In T-S 24.18 and 12.634 (dated 1055 CE) it is explained that both Judah and Manasseh died and Ibn Janūnī’s heirs instructed Nahray to sue Manasseh’s heirs for the amount owed. This document may have been sent to Nahray as supporting evidence for the claim.Condition: Badly torn, stainedLayout: 6 lines (recto); 2 lines (verso)
Deed for the appointment of Yefet b. ʿEli as a cantor and a slaughterer for the Palestinian congregation. Dated Iyyar 133[.] (= 1019-29 CE) in Egypt. Mentions Ephraim ha-Šofeṭ, Solomon b. Ḥakīm, Muḥsin b. Ḥusayn, David ha-Levi b. Aaron, Abraham ha-Parnas b. Mevasser, and Josiah Gaʾon. Signed by Ḥusayn b. David and Solomon b. Ḥakīm.Condition: Torn, holes, rubbedLayout: 41 lines (recto; verso is blank)
Deed of sale of a female Christian slave and her son. The Christian clerk in the Dār al-Dībāj (‘residence of the viziers’), Ḥanūn b. ʿAlūn, declares that he has sold a female Christian slave and her son Qiwām to ʿArūs b. Yūsuf from Fusṭāṭ for 21 dinars. Dated 438 AH (= 1090 CE). ʿArūs b. Joseph was a wealthy cloth merchant and many of his accounts and letters to him are preserved in the Genizah.Condition: Torn, holes, slightly stainedLayout: 8 lines (recto); 1 line (verso)
Drafts of two court records in Judaeo-Arabic from the court of the Nagid Mevoraḵ b. Saʿadya (in office 1079-1082 and 1094-1111). Recto: court record concerning a public brawl between Solomon b. Abraham and Sason b. Nathan at the gate of the Dār al-Ṣarf, in which the parnas had to intervene, using a whip. Sason b. Nathan is known from other documents in the late 11th and early 12th century, and some record his other misdeeds (T-S 12.1 describes his attempt at fraud using counterfeit currency). Verso: deed of gift from a father to his infant daughter, Sitt al-Ḡarb, of the house in which he currently lives. Her older brothers are excluded from the ownership of the property. Written between the lines of a widely spaced document in Arabic script, written inverted in relation to the Judaeo-Arabic legal document.Condition: Torn, holes, stained, badly rubbedLayout: 17 lines with 4 lines inverted (recto), 21 lines (verso)