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  1. 1LetterT-S AS 148.184

    Letter to the sender’s mother, in Cairo (yaṣil ilā maḥrūsat al-qāhira). In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Not a great deal of the …

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  2. 2Unknown typeENA NS 85.1443

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  3. 3Legal documentT-S 24.15

    The verso of the ketubba of Sitt al-Ahl bt. Yefet, from 1125 (PGPID 7560). Contains two legal records that were added later, also in the …

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  4. 4Legal documentT-S Ar.4.1

    Recto: Legal document, probably, or a letter due to some loose formula. In Arabic script. Mentions "Abū l-Surūr al-madhkūr." Needs examination. Verso: Legal document in …

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  5. 5LetterENA 2727.27

    Letter addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge concerning business matters. Dating: possibly early 13th century. The writer was ill for 40 days, recovered, then relapsed. The …

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    1. בש רח
    2. יברבך ייי מציון עשה שמים וארץ
    3. יענך ייי ביום צרה ישגבך שם אלהי יעקב
    4. עקב ענוה יראת ייי עושר וכבוד וחיים
    5. פרי צדיק עץ חיים ולוקח נפשות חכם

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  6. 6State documentT-S NS 305.98

    Makhzūma (official ledger of accounts). In Arabic script. Maybe dated 658 AH, which would be 1259/60 CE if correct. On verso there are two validation …

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  7. 7LetterF 1908.44B

    Letter from Shabbetay b. Avraham, the judge of Minyat Zifta, to Yehuda b. Elazar ha-Kohen, the judge of Bilbays. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1169–78 CE, based …

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  8. 8LetterAIU VII.E.94

    Letter from Meʾir Ben-Naʿim, in Cairo, to his mother, in Damietta. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 12 Adar I 5562 AM, which is 1802 CE. He is …

    1. בע׳׳ה היום ٢٠ אדר א (הת)קס׳׳ב
    2. אשה חכמת לב מרגניתא דלית בה טימי ה׳׳ה היקרה וצנועה מב׳׳ת היא אדונתי אמי
    3. רחל ת׳׳ם
    4. אחדש׳׳ו עם פו׳׳ק נערפך יא אמי אננ…

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  9. 9Paraliterary textNLI 577.1/33

    Document in Arabic script. Possibly a medical prescription: the word sharāb (syrup) appears in the first line, and words for weights (dirham and ūqiyya) appear …

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  10. 10List or tableT-S NS 292.77

    Account

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  11. 11LetterT-S Ar.39.322

    Possibly Arabic letter or a document . Barely visible

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  12. 12Legal documentT-S Ar.41.11

    Verso (original use): Bottom of a legal document (iqrār) in Arabic script. Dated: first decade of Jumādā II. The year is difficult to read, maybe …

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  13. 13List or tableENA NS 32.25

    Accounts in Hebrew script. Very faded.

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  14. 14Legal documentCUL Or.1080 9.20

    Ketubba, illuminated, from Rashid. Date: 14 Nisan 5542 AM (1782 CE). Bride: Simḥa bt. ___m[?] Fes. Groom: Moshe b. Yiṣḥaq Fes. The total ketubba value …

    1. ומזלא מעלייא ובסייעתא דשמיא מצ[א איש]ה מצא טוב וי[..]ן [...]ן מ[..]
    2. בעה׳׳ה
    3. בששי בשבת בארבע[ת עש]ר לחדש ניסן [משנ]ת
    4. חמשת אלפים וחמש [מ]אות שנים וארבע…

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  15. 15List or tableMoss. VIII,83.2

    Recto (probably original use): Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Pertaining to the qodesh? Listing some construction expenses (e.g., nails).

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  16. 16LetterNLI 4°9463.9

    Letter from Ḥasan b. Isḥāq, in ʿAsqalān, to Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn b. Yaʿīsh al-Parnas, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and …

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  17. 17Legal documentT-S 12.480

    Marriage contract (ketubba) from Ramla, mid-eleventh century, that describes the appointment of the bride's agent. (Friedman, Jewish Marriage, vol. 2, 361-4) EMS

    1. הדא כל[תא...]
    2. בר משה אפוטרופ[וס דילה בשהדותא דתרן שהדי]ן [דאינון]
    3. מבורך הכהן בר יוסף [ועלי הלוי בר] אהרן [ועל הדא דעתא]
    4. [אתר]עיאו תרן אפייא ואמרו לכ…

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  18. 18Legal documentT-S 8J9.17

    Bifolio from a court ledger in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan (compare Yevr.-Arab. I 1700). Dated: Tishrei-Ḥeshvan 1472 Seleucid = 1160 CE. Fol. 1r: …

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  19. 19Legal documentT-S NS 202.80

    Recto: List of names. Verso: Draft of the opening of a court record from al-Maḥalla dated Tuesday 11 Nisan 14[..] Seleucid. Above there is a …

    1. הבה בן נאצר חסאן בן אלשעאב
    2. ואבו נצר אלמטרז מעאלי בן . . . .
    3. וסאלם אלמטרז סאלם בן אלמסך
    4. ואבו אלחסן אלבלקיני ביאן בן חגי
    5. ונאצר בן אברהים אלחלבי הבה
    6. אל…

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  20. 20Unknown typeJRL B 7585

    Fragment in Latin script. Needs examination.

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  21. 21LetterENA 2808.41

    Upper fragment: Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, in Qalyūb, to a family member, in Fustat. He reports that their letter and the chebulic myrobalan …

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    1. וצל כתאבכם ואלכאבלי ואלאפיון
    2. לא עדמת בקאכם אבדא וגעלה
    3. עליכם חדש טוב וסימן טוב למען
    4. שמו וסוא דלך אני אערף אני קד
    5. תקלת עליכם כתיר פאללה תע
    6. ירוחכ…

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  22. 22State documentPUL Garrett Additional 20.12

    Tax guarantor contract (kafāla wājiba "binding guarantee" or "obligatory surety," line 6). Dated: Dhū l-Ḥijja 431 AH (1040 CE). Two individuals, ʿĪsā ibn Ḥajjāj and …

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    1. اعترفنا عندي المقرين بذلك وكتب مسلم بن الحسين بن محمد الـ…ـي

    2.   والحمد لله وحده

    3. بسم اللـه الرحمن الرحيم

    4. ضمن لمولانا وسيدنا الامام ا…

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  23. 23Literary textJRL B 8088

    Prayers in Hebrew.

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  24. 24LetterT-S 13J13.27

    Letter sent by a man from Sicily who had immigrated to Tyre, describing a civil war in Sicily and the bad economic conditions under which …

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    1. כתאבי יאכי וסידי וריסי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאידך 
    2. וסעאדתך מן צור ז מצ'א מן כסלאב(!) ען סלאמה ועאפיה ושוק אן 
    3. שדיד גדא אסל מן אללה קרב אל…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אחי ואדוני ומנהיגי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את כבודך ואת חסותו לך
    2. ואת אושרך, מצור, בז' בכסלו. שלומי טוב ואני בריא, אך א…

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  25. 25State documentT-S NS 297.226

    Bottom two lines of an Arabic document. Might be a state document. The last line is a ḥamdala and ṣalwala, then "Allāhu ḥasbī wa-tawakkaltu ʿalayhi." …

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  26. 26LetterT-S AS 154.443

    Address of a letter from [...] b. Meshullam the [...] to a certain [...] b. Elʿazar. The word after Meshullam might be al-ʿAṭṭar, or it …

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  27. 27Unknown typeT-S AS 179.326

    Unidentified document in Arabic script. Likely Ottoman-era based on the hand.

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  28. 28Legal documentT-S AS 170.290

    Likely a fragment of an old (ca. 11th century) ketubba. Mentions Yaʿqūb and a bride.

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  29. 29LetterBL OR 5563C.17

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender asks the recipient to represent him in kissing the ground before the Nagid (Sayyidnā Rayyis al-Zaman wa-Qudwat al-Inas). He asks …

    1. אלשריפה כתרה אלשוק אל[יה . . . . .
    2. ואלארתי/א/ח אלי מבשרתה ומחאדת[תה
    3. פאללה יגמע שמלנא בה עלא מא
    4. יחב וירצאה וס/ו/אל אלממלוך מן
    5. אלאך אלעזיז חפצה אללה ו…

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  30. 30LetterT-S NS 321.29

    Verso: Fragment from a letter written by Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE), probably connected to recto.

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  31. 31LetterENA 3962.4

    Business letter in Arabic script. The sender requests the copper jars and in exchange he will send the qinṭār of sugar cane molasses (quṭāra). Mentions …

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  32. 32LetterT-S 8J9.7

    Letter probably in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu (d. 1230s) addressed to someone he calls "the great rabbi." In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter consists entirely …

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    1. . . .הר]ב הג המעוז המגדול ישמ יוצ ויהיה
    2. ב]עזרו ויכניע כל אויביו וצורריו וכן יהי רצון אללה
    3. אלעאלם מא ענד אלממלוך מן שדה אלשוק ואלתאסף
    4. עלי מא י…

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  33. 33LetterT-S Ar.52.248

    Verso (original use): ḥikr (ground-rent) receipt in Arabic script for the Jewish community's properties (املاك) in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ (the Fortress of the Lamps) in Fustat. …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. صح لمولاي يحيى اليهودي الرباني
    3. عن حكر املاكهم بقصر الشمع بمصر
    4. سنة ست وخمسمىة
    5. من الورق خمسين درهما
    6. نصف ثمن
    7. يهودا بن اب…

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  34. 34List or tableJRL B 5626

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Looks like the same document as JRL SERIES B 7663 (PGPID 40386) and JRL SERIES B 7274 (PGPID 40458).

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  35. 35Literary textT-S AS 167.65 + T-S NS 164.26 + T-S NS 298.57

    T-S AS 167.65 is a Judaeo-Arabic version of Judas's betrayal of Jesus and Jesus's humiliation (e.g., אלהואן אלצאיל) and his imprisonment, mentioning "those who were …

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  36. 36Legal documentT-S NS 225.25e

    Minute fragment with few words from a legal deed written by Halfon b. Menhashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

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  37. 37LetterENA 4010.18

    Letter from Daniel b. Azarya. On verso some names and jottings in Arabic

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    1. ] קלבי ומן אלאכטאר אלתי
    2. ]הא מא גאבת ענד אלשעור בה עני אלדניא
    3. ] מע תקל גמצה תם אנני תעזית
    4. ע]למי איאה מן סלאמה מהגתה אלגלילה אלנפיסה
    5. ] וראת ושכ…

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  38. 38LetterT-S AS 174.81

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly. Medieval-era. A beit din is mentioned in line 2 and a sum of dirhams in line 3. Requires further examination.

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  39. 39LetterT-S Ar.49.16

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. This is the end of the letter. The writer invokes the 'covenant of salt' (brit melaḥ) between him and addressee.

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    1. אלדי א . . . [
    2. ואלא פתוצלהא לולד כרימתי יאכד לי בהא
    3. חאגה מן כל בד ולא תוכרהא פאנה יריד יאכד
    4. בהא חאגה וירסלהא לי מע מוצל כתאבי האדא
    5. ומא תחתאג מ…

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  40. 40LetterJRL A 340

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Nice handwriting. Dating: probably 12th or 13th century. What remains is mostly formulaic. Quite deferential. In the margin mentions Ashmūn and Sayyidnā …

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  41. 41LetterT-S 10J9.26

    Letter by Avraham b. Natan ('ata) concerning the disorder in Tunis and concerning the burial of his father in Jerusalem, 1st quarter of the 11th …

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    1. אטאל אללה יאכי וסידי בקאך ואדאם ציאנתך וסעאדתך וכלאיתך וכפאיתך וכאן לך
    2. ול[יא] פי כל אלאמור         כתאבי אליך ה' איאם קבל ראס אלסנה אלמְבָאר[כ…

    ע׳׳א:

    1. ייתן לך אלוהים, אחי ואדוני, אריכות ימים, ויתמיד את הגנתו ואת תמיכתו ואת שמרתו לך ואת סיפוקך ויהיה לך
    2. קרוב בכל הדברים. הריני כותב לך ה׳ ימים ל…

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  42. 42Unknown typeJRL Genizah Ar. 12

    Verso: unidentified document type, in Arabic script. Mentions a name and few sums. Recto is mainly pen trials.

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  43. 43LetterMoss. IXa,2.2

    Very small note, faded and difficult to read. Might be related to illness judging by the words مريض and سرعة. Verso blank.

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  44. 44LetterYevr. II A 1750

    A letter to Moshe b. Ya'aqov from Ya'aqov Shalom b. Yosef.

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  45. 45LetterT-S AS 178.25

    Small fragment of a mercantile letter in Arabic script.

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  46. 46LetterT-S AS 147.109 + T-S AS 147.105

    Letter fragment, mercantile (lower part of recto, upper part of verso). Legible phrases on recto include: "the price was 34, and until now. . . …

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  47. 47LetterENA 3124.4

    Letter (FGP). May actually be literary. Very faded

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  48. 48Unknown typeENA NS 83.65

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  49. 49LetterENA 4100.21a

    Letter from the daughter of the head of the Yeshiva to Nahray b. Nissim. Ca. 1060.

    ENA 4100, f. 21 A ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 3, pp. 183-186 (Doc. #486) Letter from the daughter of the head of the Yeshiva to Nahray b. Nissim. Ca. 106…

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  50. 50Unknown typeENA 3973.26

    Arabic script (VMR)

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