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P.Heid.inv. 60 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Account
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 22 x 28 cm
Dating: 101 - 300 AH

Land tax register from Dārūṭ (13 lines)
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P.Berl.inv. 8505 recto and verso

Publication:
Loth 1880: 687-691
Diem 1997: 257-263

Images:
Loth 1880: pl. 2
Diem 1997: pl. 48-49

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 27 x 20 cm
Dating: 101 - 200 AH

"Brief von zwei arabischen Frauen in oder in der Nähe von Altkairo (al-Fusṭāṭ) an drei andere in einem Dorfe des al-Fayyūm", "Brief zweier Frauen an ihre Freundinnen" (Private letter written by two women to their friends)

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Jemand musste Josef K. verleumdet haben, denn ohne dass er etwas Böses getan hätte, wurde er eines Morgens verhaftet. »Wie ein Hund!« sagte er, es war, als sollte die Scham ihn überleben. Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt.

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Project entry
T-S Ar.40.142 fol. 1 recto

Publication:
Khan 1993: 512-513

Document type: Receipt
Language(s):
Material: Paper
Size: 8 x 13 cm
Dating: 402 AH
Associated persons:
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Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. Ch. 08517 recto and verso

Publication:
Diem 1995: 302-321

Images:
Diem 1995: pl. 54

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 13 x 53 cm
Dating: 401 - 500 AH

"Brief eines Kaufmanns aus Damaskus nach Ägypten an den Handelsherrn ʿImādalʾislām" (Mercantile business letter from Damascus to Egypt, addressing the business magnate ʿImād al-Islām)

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Project entry
P.Jer.Haram.inv. 816 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Account
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 28 x 19 cm
Dating: 768 - 770 AH

Notation concerning a delivery of clothes and silk to Cairo worth 28.790 Dirham
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Project entry
P.Cam.Wren.inv. Ar 38 a recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 3 x 5 cm
Dating: 101 - 300 AH

Opening of a letter
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Project entry
P.Cair.IslArt.inv. Quseir 82.1010 a recto and verso

Publication:
Guo 2004: 175

Document type: Letter
Language(s):
Material: Paper
Size: 8 x 4 cm
Dating: 621 - 629 AH

"Letter to Abū Isḥāq concerning the shipping of ropes"

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Project entry
P.Cair.IslArt.inv. Quseir 82.983 a recto

Publication:
Guo 2004: 247-248
Kaplony 2014: 79-82

Images:
Kaplony 2014: pl. 10

Document type: Note
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 6 x 8 cm
Dating: 501 - 700 AH

"A shipping note", "Geleitschreiben zu einer Lieferung von Mehl an den šayḫ Ibrāhīm b. Mufarriǧ" (A note concerning the shipment of flour to Shaykh Ibrāhīm b. Mufarrij)

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Project entry
P.Cair.IslArt.inv. Quseir 82.988 a recto + b recto

Publication:
Guo 2001: 99-101
Guo 2004: 238-240

Images:
Guo 2001: pl. 3a + 3b

Document type: Note
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 8 x 13 cm
Dating: 633 AH

"Note concerning the delivery of wheat, lighting oil, and hawsers, "A dated shipping note"

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Project entry
P.Cair.IslArt.inv. Quseir 82.964 a recto

Publication:
Guo 2004: 307-309

Document type: Literary Text
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 14 x 8 cm
Dating: 501 - 700 AH

"A prayer with the scribe's motto, in a woman's name"

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Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. Perg. 00110 flesh side

Publication:
Diem 2006: 155-160

Images:
Diem 2006: pl. 2

Document type: Legal Text
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Parchment
Size: 7 x 16 cm
Dating: 285 AH

"Anrechtsschein über Weizen von ca. 285 / 897-898" (Certificate of claim for wheat, dated approx. 285 / 897-8)

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Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. Ch. 12172 recto

Publication:
Karabaček 1887: 160

Document type: Order for Payment/Delivery
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 16 x 7 cm
Dating: 338 AH

"Billet" (Order for payment)

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Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. Ch. 12145 recto

Publication:
Schaefer 2006: 140-142

Images:
Schaefer 2006: pl. 30
Hanebutt et al 2002: pl. 58

Document type: Amulet
Language(s): Arabic, Coptic
Material: Paper
Size: 5 x 7 cm
Dating: 301 - 400 AH

"Amulett, neben dem arabischen Text auch ein koptischer Buchstabenschnitt in einer als Bordüre herumlaufenden koptischen Translitterierung des arabischen Gebetstextes" (Amulet with an Arabic prayer, surrounded by a Coptic transliteration of the Arabic text)

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Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A.P. 10139 front side

Publication: Pending

Document type: Literary Text
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paste Board
Size: 6 x 6 cm
Dating: 201 - 300 AH

Fragment of a Papyrus coated with chalk

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Project entry
P.Philad.Univ.Mus.inv. E 16311

Publication:
Levi della Vida 1981: 174-175

Images:
Levi della Vida 1981: pl. 19

Document type: Prayer
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Parchment
Dating: 201 - 300 AH

"Prayer"

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Project entry
P.Cair.EgLib.inv. 396 recto

Publication:
Khoury 1993: 152

Images:
Grohmann 1952: pl. 10 a

Document type: Deed of Gifts
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Ostracon
Dating: 201 - 300 AH

"Formulaire d'un document de donation charitable [ṣadaqa]" (Charitable donation document form [ṣadaqa])

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Project entry
P.Berl.inv. 10504 back side

Publication: Pending

Document type: Writing Exercise
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Blackboard
Size: 36 x 20 cm
Dating: 1 - 400 AH

Pen-trial in Arabic in two lines
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Project entry
P.Oxon.Ashmol.inv. 1950 249 inner side

Publication:
Dietrich 1952: 261

Document type: Account
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Bone
Size: 13 x 17 cm
Dating: 201 - 500 AH

"Aufstellung über Tageseinnahmen [taḏkira]" (List of daily Income [tadhkira])

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Project entry
P.Oxon.Ashmol.inv. 1950 248 inner side

Publication:
Dietrich 1952: 262-263

Document type: Account
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Bone
Size: 14 x 18 cm
Dating: 201 - 500 AH

"Aufstellung über Tageseinnahmen [taḏkira]" (List of daily Income [tadhkira])

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Project entry
P.Chic.inv. 10552 verso

Publication:
Abbott 1941: 77-80

Images:
Mudarris 2008: pl. 41

Document type: Marriage Contract
Language(s): Arabic, Coptic
Material: Leather
Size: 11 x 30 cm
Dating: 378 AH

"Acquittement du reste repoussé du douaire" / "Empfangsschein für die Brautgabe" (Receipt for the Bridal Gift)

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Project entry
P.Hamb.arab. 1 top

Publication: Pending

Document type: Marriage Contract
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Textile
Size: 10 x 5 cm
Dating: 604 AH

"Eine arabische Eheurkunde aus der Aiyūbidenzeit I" (An Arabic Marriage Certificate from the Ayyubid Period)

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Project entry
P.Cair.IslArt.inv. 5980

Publication: Pending

Document type: Amulet
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Glass
Dating: 701 - 800 AH

Magic Text
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Project entry
P.Ism.inv. Quseir 78.634

Publication: Pending

Document type: Amulet
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Eggshell
Dating: 890 - 899 AH

"Ost.Quseir 2"

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Project entry
P.Cair.IslArt.inv. 11711

Publication: Pending

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Woodtable
Size: 206 x 34 cm
Dating: 918 AH

"Un nouveau titre de propriété daté" (A new dated deed)

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Project entry
T-S Ar.42.174 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 20 x 16 cm
Dating: 483 AH
Terms: yaqūlu, Dār al-Dībāj (residence of the viziers)

Associated persons:
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Project entry
P.Mosk.Push.inv. 5410

Publication: Pending

Document type: List
Language(s): Arabic, Greek
Material: Papyrus
Size: 13 x 24 cm
Dating: 101 - 200 AH

"Personen- und Ortsliste" (Bilingual List of Villages)

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Project entry
T-S Ar.42.177 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Literary Text
Language(s): Hebrew
Material: Paper
Size: 19 x 22 cm
Dating: 501 - 600 AH

Hebrew liturgical Poetry

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Project entry
P.Lond.inv. 1352 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Official Letter
Language(s): Arabic, Greek
Material: Papyrus
Size: 37 x 5 cm
Dating: 91 AH

"A Requisition of Money for Naval Purposes", dated on 3 Phamenoth Indiction 8

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Project entry
P.Louvre.inv. E 7024 A

Publication:
Rāġib 1982: 5

Images:
Rāġib 1982: pl. I A

Document type: Testimony
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 30 x 12 cm
Dating: 250 AH
Tags:
  • fabric
  • sale
  • attestation → shahida al-shuhūd
  • partnership → mufāwaḍa
  • money → dīnār
  • weight → mithqāl
Associated persons:
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Project entry
P.Louvre.inv. E 6980 C top recto

Publication:
Rāġib 1982: 13

Images:
Rāġib 1982: pl. II

Document type: Written Obligation
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 19 x 15 cm
Dating: 250 AH
Tags:
  • fabric → linen
  • testimony
Associated persons:
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Project entry
P.Louvre.inv. E 6980 C bottom recto

Publication:
Rāġib 1982: 14
Mughawiri 2002: 107

Images:
Rāġib 1982: pl. II
Mughawiri 2002: pl. 41

Document type: Written Obligation
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 15 x 19 cm
Dating: 250 AH
Tags:
  • fabric → linen
  • commitment note → dhikr ḥaqq
  • quantity → dhirāʿ
Associated persons:
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Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. Ch. 08127 a recto and verso

Publication:
Diem 1995: 12-16

Images:
Diem 1995: pl. 3

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 15 x 13 cm
Dating: 201 - 300 AH
Tags:
  • fabric → linen
  • business letter
  • oil
  • punishment
  • grain tax collector
Terms: khaysh qūṣiyya

Associated persons:
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Project entry
P.Berl.inv. 6608 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Business Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 25 x 16 cm
Dating: 158 - 210 AH
Terms: dirham, dīnār

Associated persons:
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P.Hamb.arab. 67 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Testimony
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 302 AH
Terms: nakhl, ṭāḥūna, irdabb, waṣiyya, ḥabs, tamr, ṣakk, wayba, qīrāṭ

Associated persons:
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Project entry
P.Heid.inv. Arab. 191 recto + 190 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: no information available
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 1 - 400 AH
Associated persons:
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Project entry
P.Heid.inv. Arab. 482 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Private Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 14 x 18 cm
Dating: 201 - 1000 AH

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Project entry
P.Heid.inv. Arab. 517 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Private Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 15 x 20 cm
Dating: 201 - 300 AH

"Geschäftliche Nachrichten. Übersendung von zwei Widdern." (Letter mentioning outstanding transactions of the sender and two rams which have been sent to the addressees).
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Project entry
P.Heid.inv. Arab. 912 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Business Letter
Language(s): Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 13 x 25 cm
Dating: 301 - 500 AH

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Project entry
P.Heid.inv. Arab. 916 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Account
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 9 x 12 cm
Dating: 301 - 500 AH

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Project entry
P.Heid.inv. Arab. 995 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Pending
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 10 x 5 cm
Dating: 201 - 1000 AH

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Project entry
P.Heid.inv. Arab. 996 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Account
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 14 x 8 cm
Dating: 201 - 1000 AH

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Project entry
P.Heid.inv. Arab. 998 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: no information available
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Dating: 201 - 1000 AH

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Project entry
P.Heid.inv. Arab. 1225 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Pending
Language(s): Coptic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 14 x 18 cm
Dating: 178 AH

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Project entry
P.Heid.inv. Arab. 1309 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Literary Text
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Dating: 201 - 1000 AH
Associated persons:
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Project entry
P.Heid.inv. Arab. 2152 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Acknowledgement
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Dating: 372 AH

Fragment of an acknowledgement, dated on the beginning of Rabīʿ I 372 AH.
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Project entry
P.Heid.inv. Arab. 2251 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Private Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Dating: 201 - 1000 AH
Associated persons:
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Project entry
P.Heid.inv. Arab. 2268 verso

Publication:
Diem 2008: 41-43

Images:
Diem 2008: pl. 8

Document type: Receipt
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 7 x 6 cm
Dating: 333 AH
Terms: ʾaddā

Associated persons:
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Project entry
P.Heid.inv. Arab. 2883 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Pending
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Dating: 201 - 1000 AH
Associated persons:
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Project entry
P.Michaelides.inv. A64 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Private Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 24 x 21 cm
Dating: 201 - 300 AH

Private Letter addressing a mother, requesting her to write.

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Project entry
P.Michaelides.inv. A115 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Private Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 21 x 15 cm
Dating: 201 - 300 AH
Terms: ʾakrama-ka llāh



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Project entry
P.Michaelides.inv. A149 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Business Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 12 x 24 cm
Dating: 201 - 300 AH
Tags:
  • fabric → flax
Terms: ʾabqā-ka llāh, kuttān, Newroz



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Project entry
P.Michaelides.inv. A266 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 12 x 26 cm
Dating: 201 - 300 AH
Terms: coast of Damietta



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Project entry
P.Michaelides.inv. A520 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 21 x 6 cm
Dating: 101 - 200 AH


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Project entry
P.Michaelides.inv. A688 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 8 x 18 cm
Dating: 201 - 300 AH
Terms: salāsil



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Project entry
P.Michaelides.inv. A1334 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Business Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 24 x 32 cm
Dating: 201 - 300 AH
Tags:
  • grain → wheat
Terms: qamḥ



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Project entry
P.Michaelides.inv. A1371 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Business Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 25 x 29 cm
Dating: 201 - 300 AH
Tags:
  • fabric → flax
  • spice → saffron
Terms: kuttān, zaʿfrān



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Project entry
P.Michaelides.inv. B937 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 24 x 17 cm
Dating: 201 - 300 AH
Tags:
  • purchase
Terms: hādhā mā shtarā


Purchase of a house in al-Fusṭāṭ

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Project entry
P.Michaelides.inv. C1009 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: List
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 12 x 32 cm
Dating: 201 - 300 AH
Tags:
  • fabric → silk
Terms: Dībāj, qamīṣ, sirwāl



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Project entry
P.Michaelides.inv. C1020 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Account
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 18 x 32 cm
Dating: 201 - 300 AH


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Project entry
P.Michaelides.inv. Fabric 1 Piece 1

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Textile
Size: 18 x 21 cm
Dating: 101 - 300 AH

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Approved user entry
P.Michaelides.inv. Q6 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Legal Text
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 12 x 17 cm
Dating: 201 - 300 AH
Associated persons:
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Project entry
P.Michaelides.inv. X103 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Business Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 24 x 55 cm
Dating: 201 - 300 AH
Tags:
  • fabric → cotton

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Project entry
Mosseri VII.15.3 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Legal Text
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 16 x 7 cm
Dating: 501 - 600 AH
Tags:
  • fabric → flax


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Project entry
Mosseri IV.18 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Business Letter
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 17 x 19 cm
Dating: 456 - 457 AH
Associated persons:
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Project entry
T-S 13J18.3 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic, Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 17 x 26 cm
Dating: 201 - 1300 AH
Tags:
  • clothing
Terms: linen headcover



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Project entry
T-S 20.116 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Legal Text
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic, Aramaic
Material: Paper
Size: 17 x 43 cm
Dating: 480 - 481 AH

Debt settlement after the purchase of flax

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Project entry
T-S 24.34 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Divorce Settlement
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic, Hebrew
Material: Paper
Size: 13 x 60 cm
Dating: 609 - 610 AH

Copy of a divorce settlement, dated 11th Adar 4973

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Project entry
T-S AS 147.34 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: List
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew
Material: Parchment
Size: 10 x 21 cm
Dating: 1 - 1300 AH
Tags:
  • fabric → linen
  • fabric → silk
Terms: dabbīqī linen


Trousseau list

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Project entry
T-S AS 150.20 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Business Letter
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic
Material: Parchment
Size: 11 x 15 cm
Dating: 441 - 442 AH
Tags:
  • fabric → flax
  • trade
Terms: Mahdia



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Project entry
T-S AS 151.3 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: List
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic
Material: Paper
Size: 10 x 12 cm
Dating: 201 - 1300 AH
Tags:
  • fabric → linen
  • household commodities
Terms: dabbīqī linen, Basin, cushions, ewer, silver rings, sofa


Trousseau list

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Project entry
T-S AS 152.145 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: List
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 7 x 13 cm
Dating: 201 - 1300 AH
Tags:
  • fabric → linen
  • fabric → wool
  • clothing
Terms: dabbīqī linen, dyed wool, menora, oil amphora, tinnīsī clothes


Trousseau list

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Project entry
T-S AS 152.195 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 5 x 10 cm
Dating: 201 - 1300 AH
Tags:
  • fabric → linen
  • fabric → silk


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Project entry
T-S AS 156.301 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Legal Text
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic, Hebrew
Material: Paper
Size: 7 x 8 cm
Dating: 201 - 1300 AH
Tags:
  • fabric → linen
  • fabric → wool


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Project entry
T-S AS 183.106 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Medical Text
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 11 x 10 cm
Dating: 201 - 1300 AH
Tags:
  • fabric → dodder (Cuscuta)
  • fabric → flax
  • spice → cinnamon
Terms: Chinese cinnamon, myrtle leaves, stoneless raisins


Medical recipe

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T-S Misc. 8.65 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Account
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 28 x 19 cm
Dating: 449 - 450 AH
Tags:
  • fabric → flax
Terms: būṣīrī flax



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Project entry
T-S NS J63a recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Marriage Contract
Language(s): Aramaic, Judaeo-Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 28 x 21 cm
Dating: 458 - 502 AH
Tags:
  • fabric → linen
Terms: dabbīqī linen



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P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0004 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 1 - 400 AH


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Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0009 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Pending
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 1 - 400 AH


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Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0022 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 10 x 22 cm
Dating: 1 - 400 AH


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Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0027 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 1 - 400 AH


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Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0034 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Acknowledgement
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 1 - 400 AH


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Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0035 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Pending
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 1 - 400 AH


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Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0038 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Pending
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 1 - 400 AH


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Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0058 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Writing Exercise
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 1 - 400 AH

The address of a letter is repeatedly written

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Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0060 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 25 x 16 cm
Dating: 272 AH
Terms: hādhā mā shtarā


"Acte de vente d’une esclave noire" (Sale of a Nubian slave, dated on the month of Rabīʿ I)

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Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0065 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Pending
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 1 - 400 AH


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X
Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0066 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Pending
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 19 x 16 cm
Dating: 1 - 400 AH


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X
Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0070 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 1 - 400 AH


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X
Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0072 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 1 - 400 AH


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X
Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0073 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 1 - 400 AH
Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Heid.inv. Arab. ? [old no. PSR 186] recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Marriage Contract
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 1 - 400 AH
Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Utah.inv. 0426 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Pending
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 251 AH
Tags:
  • inheritance
Terms: Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), manzil, dār, khizāna

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Colt.inv. 77 verso top

Publication:
Hoyland 2015: 57-63
Hoyland 2021:

Images:
Hoyland 2015: pl. 2.2

Document type: Official Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 33 x 50 cm
Dating: 60 - 70 AH
Terms: Nasṭān (Nessana)

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Colt.inv. 77 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Account
Language(s): Greek
Material: Papyrus
Size: 33 x 50 cm
Dating: 65 - 70 AH
Terms: Nasṭān (Nessana)


Account of Tax Receipts

Text (Papyri.info)
External information (Trismegistos)

X
Project entry
P.Colt.inv. 77 verso bottom

Publication:
Hoyland 2015: 58-64
Hoyland 2021:

Images:
Hoyland 2015: pl. 2.1

Document type: Official Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 33 x 50 cm
Dating: 60 - 70 AH
Terms: Nasṭān (Nessana)

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
(no collection known).inv. P1242

Publication:
Hoyland 2021:

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 40 - 80 AH
Terms: Nasṭān (Nessana)


"Letter concerning a consignment of cloth (or a well? bazz/bi’r) in Nessana"
X
Project entry
(no collection known).inv. P1243

Publication:
Hoyland 2021:

Document type: Official Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 40 - 80 AH
Terms: Nasṭān (Nessana)

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Colt.inv. 350497 Fragment 1

Publication:
Hoyland (forthcoming):

Document type: Demand Note
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 60 - 110 AH
Terms: Nasṭān (Nessana)


"Fragmentary; possibly a demand-note like P. Nessana 60-67"
X
Project entry
P.Colt.inv. 350497 Fragment 2

Publication:
Hoyland (forthcoming):

Document type: Account
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 81 - 110 AH
Terms: Nasṭān (Nessana)


"Fragmentary; possibly a private account"
X
Project entry
P.Rockefeller.inv. 37987

Publication:
Hoyland (forthcoming):

Document type: Private Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Marble
Dating: 101 - 200 AH
Terms: Nasṭān (Nessana)


"Private letter asking for news of addressee, possibly a draft text"
X
Project entry
(no collection known).inv. 13361

Publication: Pending

Document type: no information available
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 1 - 400 AH
Terms: Nasṭān (Nessana)


"Two-line fragment"
X
Project entry
(no collection known).inv. 13372

Publication: Pending

Document type: no information available
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 1 - 400 AH
Terms: Nasṭān (Nessana)


"Two-line fragment"
X
Project entry
P.Colt.inv. 56

Publication:
Kraemer 1958: 158-160

Images:
Crisci 1996: pl. 69

Document type: Manumission
Language(s): Arabic, Greek
Material: Papyrus
Size: 36 x 35 cm
Dating: 67 AH
Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Heid.inv. 44 verso

Publication:
Diem 2013: 100-102

Images:
Diem 2013: pl. 21

Document type: Official Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 14 x 12 cm
Dating: 401 - 500 AH
Terms: dīnār, Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), ḍāmin, kharāj

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Cair.IslArt.inv. 18493

Publication:
Fahmi 1972: 32-35

Images:
Fahmi 1972: pl. 5

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Vellum
Size: 22 x 70 cm
Dating: 272 AH
Tags:
  • sale → hādhā mā shtarā
  • inheritance
Terms: dīnār, Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), manzil, dār, wirth, bayʿ al-ʾislām, nakhl, ṣaḥrāʾ, ʿaqār, dābba, māshiya, thawb, ḥamīr, nuḥās, baqar, naʿam, kabsh, ghanam, nawraj ḥadīd, miḥrāth, sabanīya ṣūf, quṭn, sirāj, kanaba, firāsh, wisāda kattān, nuḥās ṭasht, būr

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Cair.IslArt.inv. 17496

Publication:
Fahmi 1972: 26-28

Images:
Fahmi 1972: pl. 3

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Vellum
Size: 25 x 33 cm
Dating: 265 AH
Tags:
  • sale → hādhā mā shtarā
Terms: Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), Abū Mūsā al-kanīsa, birkat Abū Mūsā al-kanīsa, bayʿ al-ʾislām, nakhl, ṭarīq al-māra, sullam

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Cair.IslArt.inv. 15649

Publication:
Fahmi 1972: 29-31

Images:
Fahmi 1972: pl. 4

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Vellum
Size: 26 x 50 cm
Dating: 268 AH
Tags:
  • sale → hādhā mā shtarā
Terms: dīnār, Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), manzil, dār, birkat Abū Mūsā al-kanīsa, nakhl, sanṭ, jummayz, maṣʿad, ṣaḥrāʾ

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Cair.IslArt.inv. 17494

Publication:
Fahmi 1972: 36-38

Images:
Fahmi 1972: pl. 6

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Vellum
Size: 38 x 29 cm
Dating: 293 AH
Tags:
  • sale → hādhā mā shtarā
Terms: dīnār, Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), manzil, khizāna, bayʿ al-ʾislām, mushāʿ, ghurfa

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Cair.EgLib.inv. Taʾrīkh 1903 flesh side

Publication:
Grohmann 1934: 174-179

Images:
Grohmann 1934: pl. 12

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Vellum
Size: 26 x 34 cm
Dating: 341 AH
Tags:
  • sale → hādhā mā shtarā
Terms: dīnār, hādhā mā shtarā, Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), manzil, bayʿ al-ʾislām, ṭarīq al-māra, mushāʿ, ʿarṣa

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Cair.IslArt.inv. 17495

Publication:
Fahmi 1972: 39-40

Images:
Fahmi 1972: pl. 7

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Vellum
Size: 26 x 37 cm
Dating: 293 AH
Tags:
  • sale → hādhā mā shtarā
Terms: dīnār, hādhā mā shtarā, Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), bayʿ al-ʾislām, nakhl, baqʿa, Tahrūḥ, ʾaṣfar

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Cair.IslArt.inv. 12327

Publication:
Fahmi 1972: 43-44

Images:
Fahmi 1972: pl. 9

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Vellum
Size: 20 x 20 cm
Dating: 353 AH
Tags:
  • sale → hādhā mā shtarā
Terms: dīnār, hādhā mā shtarā, Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), dār, bayʿ al-ʾislām, ṭarīq al-māra, sullam, mushāʿ, ghurfa, al-bannāʾ

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Mich.inv. 5634 hair side

Publication:
Frantz-Murphy 1981: 207-212

Images:
Frantz-Murphy 1981: pl. 1

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Vellum
Size: 24 x 36 cm
Dating: 350 AH
Tags:
  • sale → hādhā mā shtarā
Terms: dīnār, hādhā mā shtarā, Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), manzil, bayʿ al-ʾislām, dhahab

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Mich.inv. 5635 flesh side

Publication:
Frantz-Murphy 1981: 213-218

Images:
Frantz-Murphy 1981: pl. 3

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Vellum
Size: 27 x 69 cm
Dating: 352 AH
Tags:
  • sale → hādhā mā shtarā
Terms: dīnār, hādhā mā shtarā, Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), manzil, dār, bayʿ al-ʾislām

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Cair.EgLib.inv. Taʾrīkh 1900 flesh side

Publication:
Grohmann 1934: 61-64
Grohmann 1952: 189-191
Khoury 1993: 48-49

Images:
Grohmann 1934: pl. 2

Document type: Manumission
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Vellum
Size: 15 x 39 cm
Dating: 393 AH
Tags:
  • manumission → yaqūlu
Terms: yaqūlu, jāriya

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Cair.EgLib.inv. Taʾrīkh 1899 recto

Publication:
Grohmann 1934: 168-173

Images:
Grohmann 1934: pl. 9

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 15 x 24 cm
Dating: 341 AH
Tags:
  • sale → hādhā mā shtarā
Terms: dīnār, hādhā mā shtarā, Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), manzil, bayʿ al-ʾislām, ṭarīq al-māra, mushāʿ, ʿarṣa

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Cair.EgLib.inv. Taʾrīkh 1901 flesh side

Publication:
Grohmann 1934: 180-185

Images:
Grohmann 1934: pl. 11

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Vellum
Size: 35 x 26 cm
Dating: 341 AH
Tags:
  • sale → hādhā mā shtarā
Terms: dīnār, hādhā mā shtarā, Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), manzil, khizāna, bayʿ al-ʾislām, ṭarīq al-māra, mushāʿ

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Cair.EgLib.inv. Taʾrīkh 1902 hair side

Publication:
Grohmann 1936: 157-160

Images:
Grohmann 1936: pl. 19

Document type: Attestation
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Vellum
Size: 24 x 42 cm
Dating: 348 AH
Tags:
  • deed of gift → shahida al-shuhūd
Terms: Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), ṣabīya

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Berl.inv. 9159 flesh side and hair side

Publication: Pending

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Vellum
Dating: 346 AH
Tags:
  • sale
Terms: hādhā mā shtarā, Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis)

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Lond.inv. Or. 4684/IV flesh side

Publication:
Khoury 1993: 94-96
Rāġib 2002: 24-26

Images:
Rāġib 2002: pl. 9

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Vellum
Size: 23 x 28 cm
Dating: 372 AH
Tags:
  • sale → hādhā mā shtarā
Terms: dīnār, bayʿ al-ʾislām, waṣīfa sawdāʾ nūbīya

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Berl.inv. 8211 flesh side

Publication:
Khoury 1993: 106-109

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Vellum
Size: 15 x 30 cm
Dating: 395 AH
Tags:
  • sale → hādhā mā starā
Terms: dīnār, bayʿ al-ʾislām, ṭāḥūna

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Heid.inv. 44 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s):
Material: Paper
Size: 14 x 12 cm
Dating: 401 - 500 AH
Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Grohmann.inv. 92

Publication:
Khoury 1993: 75-77

Document type: Acknowledgement
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 14 x 19 cm
Dating: 456 AH
Terms: dīnār

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Berl.inv. 8010 recto

Publication:
Khoury 1995: 68-73

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 18 x 28 cm
Dating: 456 AH
Terms: dīnār, Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), khalīj Shadd Sawāf, ghayẓ

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Berl.inv. 9165

Publication: Pending

Document type: Legal Text
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Dating: 440 - 459 AH
Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. Ch. 10254 recto

Publication:
Thung 2006: 65-71

Images:
Thung 2006: pl. 10

Document type: Attestation
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 18 x 27 cm
Dating: 451 AH
Tags:
  • attestation → shahida al-shuhūd
Terms: dīnār, Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), manzil, ṭarīq al-māra

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Michael.inv. Charta B 72 recto

Publication:
Tillier/Vanthieghem 2018: 425-430

Images:
Tillier/Vanthieghem 2018: pl. 1

Document type: Acknowledgement
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 18 x 21 cm
Dating: 447 AH
Terms: dīnār

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Ryl.Copt. 660 recto

Publication:
Tillier / Vanthieghem 2016: 55-58

Images:
Tillier / Vanthieghem 2016: pl. 1

Document type: Legal Text
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 18 x 22 cm
Dating: 404 AH
Terms: dīnār muʿizzī

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Berl.inv. 8050 recto

Publication:
Khoury 1993: 78-80

Images:
Khoury 1993: pl. 12

Document type: Receipt for payment/delivery
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 16 x 20 cm
Dating: 403 AH
Terms: dirham, samak

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Berl.inv. 8011 recto

Publication:
Abel 1896-1900: 26
Khoury 1993: 87-89
Rāġib 2002: 82-85

Images:
Rāġib 2002: pl. 29

Document type: Declaration
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 14 x 22 cm
Dating: 382 AH
Terms: dīnār, ḥiṣān

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Lond.inv. Or. 4684/IX [XIV] flesh side

Publication:
Khoury 1995: 55-59
Rāġib 2002: 26-30

Images:
Khoury 1995: pl. 16
Rāġib 2002: pl. 10

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 21 x 30 cm
Dating: 383 AH
Tags:
  • sale → hādhā mā shtarā
  • money → dīnār (ʿazīzī)
Terms: jāriya, ṣabī

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Lond.inv. Or. 4684/VIII recto

Publication:
Rāġib 2002: 30-33

Images:
Rāġib 2002: pl. 11

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 30 x 19 cm
Dating: 384 AH
Tags:
  • sale → hādhā mā shtarā
  • money → dīnār (ʿazīzī)
Terms: jāriya, ṣabī

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. Ch. 12630 recto and verso

Publication:
Diem 1995: 127-133

Images:
Diem 1995: pl. 30

Document type: Business Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 17 x 9 cm
Dating: 201 - 400 AH
Tags:
  • business letter → kitābī ʾilayka
Terms: ḥisāb, bizr, banāt, shubbāk, ṭibāq, dawāt, ḥaṣīr, mīzān, qirṭās al-ḥisāb, zayt

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Heid.inv. 2025 verso

Publication:
Diem 2008: 53-55

Images:
Diem 2008: pl. 12

Document type: Receipt for payment/delivery
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 6 x 7 cm
Dating: 391 AH
Terms: dīnār, kharāj, ʾabīb, jazīrat ʾabū [...], mithqāl, najm, jisr

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Berl.inv. 8166 recto

Publication:
Khoury 1993: 86

Document type: Written Obligation
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 9 x 16 cm
Dating: 454 AH
Terms: dīnār, qamḥ, man ʾaḥḍara, irdabb

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Berl.inv. 8009 recto

Publication:
Khoury 1993: 96-101
Rāġib 2002: 64-70

Images:
Rāġib 2002: pl. 25

Document type: Contract of Sale
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 17 x 26 cm
Dating: 445 AH
Tags:
  • sale → hādhā mā shtarā
Terms: dīnār, Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), ḍāmin, fars, ʿAmaq Bajūsh, Qumnā Bajūsh

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Berl.inv. 8007 recto

Publication:
Abel 1896-1900: 29-32

Document type: Written Obligation
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 19 x 29 cm
Dating: 404 AH
Tags:
  • attestation → shahida al-shuhūd
Terms: dīnār, Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), fars

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Berl.inv. 8008 recto

Publication:
Abel 1896-1900: 63-64

Document type: Written Obligation
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 19 x 29 cm
Dating: 407 AH
Tags:
  • attestation → shahida al-shuhūd
Terms: dīnār

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Berl.inv. 8179 recto

Publication:
Frantz-Murphy 2012: 426-428

Images:
Frantz-Murphy 2012: pl. 1

Document type: Receipt for payment/delivery
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 14 x 9 cm
Dating: 455 AH
Terms: Ṭuṭūn (Tebtynis), kharāj, zarʿa

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Berl.inv. 8219 hair side

Publication:
Khoury 1995: 17-21

Images:
Khoury 1995: pl. 3

Document type: Testimony
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Parchment
Size: 16 x 20 cm
Dating: 456 AH
Tags:
  • attestation → shahida al-shuhūd
Terms: nakhl

Associated persons:
X
Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. P. 1267 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Magical text
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 29 x 26 cm
Dating: 201 - 300 AH

Magical text, maybe against epilepsy. Qur'anic verses 1 and 114-112, and days of the week are mentioned. Sequence of letters.
X
Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. P. 10002 recto and verso

Publication:
Bsees 2018: 195-222

Images:
Bsees 2018: pl. 6.2-6.3

Document type: Magical text
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 9 x 8 cm
Dating: 22 - 300 AH

Two pages from a recipe book. Love charm directed towards a woman, contains names of angels and description of a ritual with animal blood and glass.

Image (ÖNB)

X
Project entry
P.Vind.inv. K 11088 recto

Publication:
Hevesi 2015: 55-83

Images:
Hevesi 2015: pl. 1-2

Document type: Magical text
Language(s): Coptic, Arabic
Material: Paper
Size: 15 x 12 cm
Dating: 401 - 500 AH

"The Coptic Medico-Magical Text K 11088 from the Papyrus Collection of the Austrian National Library". Separate (biblical?) Arabic letters.

Image (ÖNB)

X
Project entry
P.Vind.inv. 7719 recto

Publication: Pending

Images:
Bsees 2019: pl. 121-122

Document type: Magical text
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 8 x 13 cm
Dating: 201 - 300 AH

Magical text in Kufi script

Image (ÖNB)

X
Project entry
T-S Ar.43.116 recto

Publication:
Bohak 2022: 15-46

Images:
Bohak 2022: pl. 1.2

Document type: Magical text
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic, Arabic
Material: Paper

Magical text from the Cairo Genizah
X
Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. P. 4728 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Legal document
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Dating: 276 AH

End of a legal document, witness clauses. Elaborate statements, several mention the date. One of the witnesses is a muezzin. Verso has an address: To monks - my God preserve them - in Nawāya (?), and a basmala for a second (lost) text.
X
Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. P. 4622 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Account
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus

Three fragments of an account
X
Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. P. 10969 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter; Account
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus

Fragment of a document combining a letter and an account
X
Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. P. 10968 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus

Fragment of a letter with greetings and wishes mentioning a third person with an eulogy
X
Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. P. 10991 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus

Official letter within the proceedings of a petition (?)
X
Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 283 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Literary text
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 11 x 34 cm

Literary text with the header "The Praise of Yaʿqūb, may Allāh bless him and grant him peace", collection of prayers. Circular unit markers and some diacritical dots.

Image

X
Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. P. 2348 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus
Size: 21 x 11 cm

Letter written from prison: "we have been imprisoned for five days, no food has come to us..." uses heavy coding like repeated swearing (by God). Some dots. Verso has ink traces. Fragmentary state.

Image

X
Project entry
P.Hamb.arab. 32 front and back

Publication: Pending

Document type: Literary text
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper

Front: Contemplation on love in difficult circumstances and the hope to be united by God, in some kind of rhymed prose, followed by another short paragraph. Back: Beginning of an unhappy love poem (precious but demanding, lying lover or object). Diacritical dots, isolated hāʾ as unit marker
X
Project entry
P.Hamb.arab. 31 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Administrative document
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus

Provenance: Ushmūn, mentioned in lower text header. Top: Administrative letter mentioning previous orders and travels. Bottom: List of land sold around the city of Ushmūn listed by names of owners and sums of money in dinars. Itemization of persons and payments, starting with alladhī ʾubīʿa (= “what was sold”) after the Basmala.
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Project entry
P.Hamb.arab. 18 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus

Recto: Letter mentioning flax (kattān) and people (Abū Isḥāq, Apollo). The address on verso says: To Abū Yaʿqūb. Verso: Letter. Next to the basmala, a note says: To Abū Ḥamīd and Abū ʿAlī many greetings. Private letter with various news, asking for something to be sent promptly and reporting to have been on the brink of death.
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Project entry
P.Hamb.arab. 10 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Literary Text
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus

Rest of a booklet, List of payments/allotments/purchases for Prophet Muhammad’s companions, wares and sums of money in dīnārs and qīrāṭs, above the basmala “from Muḥammad, the prophet, on him bl[essings and peace]”
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Project entry
P.Hamb.arab. 51 Recto and Verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter, Literary Text
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus

Recto: letter mentioning having reached al-Fusṭāṭ safely and beginning of another text. Verso: unidentifiable literary fragment continued from Recto text
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Project entry
P.Hamb.arab.inv. 52 Recto and Verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Papyrus

Front: Letter from someone identifying as “your brother” to the addresse, mentioning a Shaykh Abū l-Qāsim who wants to be involved in some matter. Back: Fragmentary letter mentioning a sale.
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Approved user entry
P.Hamb.Arab.inv. 93 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Petition, Letter
Language(s):
Material: Paper

Recto: Letter/Petition to judge Balīgh al-Dīn Rashīd ad-Dīn ʿAlī Nūr al-Dīn b. Jamāl al-Dīn. Confusion about a trust property (rizqa), its rent, and for how long it was rented out. Further mention of Shaykh Sharq al-Dīn al-Būshī, al-Faqīh ʿAbd al-Jalīl. Full diacritical dots. Verso: Fragment of a letter, distribution of land plots and their owners
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Approval pending
P.Utah inv. 341 Recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s):
Material: Papyrus

Letter reporting about violence against a woman in her house and other transgressions, mentioning the perpetrators by name. An amīr and his slave-boys (ghilmān) are also mentioned.
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Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A.P. 6452 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s):
Material: Papyrus
Size: 27 x 18 cm
Dating: 200 - 300 AH

Recto: Polite excuse, Verso: Threats
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Approval pending
P.Vind.inv. A.P. 3077 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s):
Material: Papyrus
Size: 9 x 23 cm
Dating: 100 - 200 AH

Fragment of a letter mentioning financial matters. Both sides written against the fibres. Mentioned by Grohmann, P.Cair.Arab. III p. 213
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Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. P. 3078 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s):
Material: Papyrus
Size: 7 x 10 cm

Fragment of an official letter mentioning a ṭabl (tax instalment). Dots in many places.
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Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. P. 3110 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Tax account
Language(s):
Material: Papyrus
Size: 19 x 30 cm
Dating: 200 - 300 AH

Large sheet from a tax account
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Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. P. 3117 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s):
Material: Papyrus
Size: 17 x 16 cm
Dating: 200 - 300 AH

Account with personal names and sums in artabas (100 artabas/person). Afterwards a short note ordering the addressee to examine the rest, then mentioning some more sums in artabas and waybas. Two hands? Some dots, dotted maġribī.
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Project entry
P.Vind.inv. A. P. 3137 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Account
Language(s):
Material: Papyrus
Size: 17 x 14 cm
Dating: 200 - 300 AH

Fragment of an account of expenses. Recto has a list of names with the header: "it has been taken out of the dawāwīn to the dīwān of the kūra what was spent on...," then the names of the persons involved in the expenses. Verso mentions further expenses, some object belonging to a carpenter was broken and mended.
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Project entry
P.Heid.inv. Kopt. 682 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Testimony
Language(s): Arabic
Material: Paper
Associated persons:
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Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0856 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Literary text
Language(s):
Material: Paper

Poetry, fully dotted
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Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0856 verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Letter
Language(s):
Material: Paper

Letter and account with fractions and sums of money
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Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0867 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Literary text
Language(s):
Material: Paper

Treatise on righteous witnesses and testifying in legal proceedings
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Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0963 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Literary text
Language(s):
Material: Paper

Three love poems. The second one ends verses with -ān, the third with -iyya.
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Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0964 recto and verso

Publication: Pending

Document type: Literary text
Language(s):
Material: Paper

Poetry in two different hands, recto ends verses with -īb(u)
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Project entry
P.Utah.inv. Arabic Papyrus 0965 recto

Publication: Pending

Document type: Literary text
Language(s):
Material: Paper

Love poetry, describes the beloved with fragrant smells, fruits, and precious items.


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