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  1. 1LetterBL OR 10794.16

    Letter of appeal for charity. There are 10 lines of flowery Hebrew praises for the recipient followed by a space and then six lines of …

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  2. 2LetterENA NS 72.19

    Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer urges the addressee to help him again with money for rent for the qāʿa where he lives, because his …

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  3. 3List or tableAIU VII.F.77

    Accounts of money collected on different days of the week. There is also writing in Arabic.

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  4. 4State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 807

    Receipt of payment or tax receipt, in Arabic script. There is a registration mark "الحمد] لله وبه استعين]". Name of the payee is not readable …

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  5. 5Literary textJRL G 79

    Text in Spanish and Hebrew. There are numerous tiny pieces from the same text or even the same page in the span of shelfmarks JRL …

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  6. 6Legal documentT-S 8J4.15

    Fol. 1r: Legal record. Dated: Monday, 18 Av 1490 Seleucid = 19 July 1098 CE. Recording that the silk dealer Yaʿaqub al-Rūmī b. Yosef deposited …

    1. בתרין בשבה דהוא תמניסר יומין בירח
    2. אב דשנת אתט למנינא דרגיליננא ביה
    3. בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא
    4. מותבה חצר לבית דין מ יעקב אלרומי
    5. אלקזאז בר מ יוסף וזו…

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  7. 7Unknown typeENA NS 77.176

    Fragment, 4 lines, very faded, only a few letters legible.

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  8. 8List or tableT-S AS 149.83

    Accounts with many names, such as Ibn Masʿūd and Abū Saʿd, and Hebrew numerals. (Information from CUDL) See PGPID 20645

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  9. 9LetterENA NS 58.7

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Full of glimpses of interesting subjects. The writer complains about the heavy rain this winter; he mentions the customs tax (maks); the …

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  10. 10List or tableCUL Or.1080 J274

    Accounts similar to CUL Or.1080 J250 (PGPID 8931) and CUL Or.1080 J261 (PGPID 8934). ʿArūs b. Yūsuf is referred to (in another hand). (Information from …

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  11. 11Legal query or responsumT-S AS 91.190 + T-S G2.137

    Fragments of responsum by a Gaon, dealing with children of female slaves.

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  12. 12LetterMoss. Xa,2.50

    Documentary per FGP - needs examination. Apparently a letter in Ladino, per FGP.

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  13. 13Unknown typeENA NS 85.1048

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  14. 14LetterT-S AS 183.204

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Twelfth-century Spanish hand, similar to several documents from India Book IV (e.g., ח44 and ח45). Only a few phrases …

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  15. 15Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 167.16

    Recto: Order of payment in Arabic script in which Barakāt b. al-Dayyān (=Shelomo b. Eliyyahu) asks Bū l-Faḍl to give the bearer a quarter-pound of …

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  16. 16Legal documentT-S Ar.38.86

    Legal document in Arabic script. Record of a donation. Faraḥ b. Natan b. ʿAllūn donates a newly erected olive oil press with a mill wheel …

    1. In the name of God, [the merciful and compassionate.]  

    2. This is what Faraḥ ibn Nāthān ibn ʿAlūn the Jew bestowed [ ...]  

    3. the press that has be…

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  17. 17Legal documentT-S Ar.50.7

    Legal document; marriage document. Three unrelated texts: Two contracts (ketubah and deed of sale) and a commentary on Genesis 12. Fol. 1: commentary on Genesis …

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  18. 18Legal documentT-S NS 224.85

    Damaged fragment from a legal deed regarding both the delivery and the loss of a bill of divorce. One of the parties is Ibn Ḍarīr …

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  19. 19LetterT-S 13J25.7 + T-S 28.18

    Letter from Yoshiyyahu Gaon. Dating: probably 1024 CE. Describing the imposition by the Muslim authorities of a special, heavy tax on the Jews of Jerusalem. …

    T-S 13J25.7

    1. ירחמם [
    2. תפלתם ויתדיר טובתם ויראם קיבוץ במרבץ טוב
    3. אל נווה טוב ונין מראהו טוב ובינין זהב הטוב בכל טוב
    4. שאו שלום רב מאיש נחמס מאנשי חמס
    5. ומאנ…

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  20. 20Unknown typeENA NS 85.340

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  21. 21LetterT-S 10J11.29 + T-S 10J11.30

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to an unidentified personality in Fustat, expressing gratitude for funds sent to the community in Jerusalem, and requesting the intervention …

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    1. וי[ ]
    2. ב[ ]
    3. ציורה לבוקר [טו]ב [ ]
    4. בשבע כתות ישיבתו תיסקר [ ]
    5. ויסור ממאני לסור ועל מכת אבל לא דובבת [ ] ואין
    6. מפגיע ואין משיב ואין מקשיב ואין גו…

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  22. 22Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.36

    Recto: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides? Abū l-Majd is to give 4 dirhams to Namir and 3 dirhams to the Nazir on …

    1. ב
    2. אלשיך אלחזן אבו אלמגד שצ`
    3. מן גהה וקף אלמהדב [[ען]] סבעה
    4. דרהם לנמר בסבב מרצה
    5. ותלתה ללנזיר אלמריץ

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  23. 23LetterHalper 423

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Spanish or Spanish-influenced hand, calligraphically written. High register and rhyming. The content is mostly formulaic. Dating: perhaps 12th century.

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  24. 24LetterT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 10r: Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. The first few lines and the upper margin are preserved. Muslim/Musallam sends his regards. Almost all the content preserved …

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  25. 25Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Misc.9.53

    Note addressed to Yūsuf. In Judaeo-Arabic. Asking the addressee to give 10 nuqra dirhams to the bearer, Abū l-Faraj. Dated 13 Rabīʿ al-Awwal, [...]. The …

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  26. 26State documentT-S AS 184.112

    Tax-related receipt. The main text section is more verbose than usual for jizya receipts, and it mentions the term jahbadh—so something to do with internal …

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  27. 27Legal documentAIU VII.D.81

    Legal document. According to Ashtor, "an agreement concerning a levirate marriage, second half of the 15th century." However the basis for the dating is not …

    1. שהדנא נחן אלואצעין כטוטנא
    2. עלי אלשיך מהדב אבן אלמרחום
    3. רצי נע ידיע אלכאהנה ועלי
    4. שקרה זוגת אלשיך פרגאללה אבן
    5. אלמרחום אלמעלם יעקוב אלמערוף
    6. באבן שמס אן א…

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  28. 28LetterT-S Ar.40.139

    Possibly a letter - needs examination.

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  29. 29LetterT-S AS 152.90

    Verso: beginning of a letter. Recto: medical text concerned with the treatment of urinary complaints with a recommended potion. (Information from CUDL)

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  30. 30Credit instrument or private receiptT-S K25.240.50

    Verso: Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Mainly in Arabic script with some Hebrew script. Abū l-Majd is to give the bearer [...] …

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  31. 31LetterT-S AS 160.101

    Probably a letter describing a legal conflict, or else a legal document containing testimony. In Judaeo-Arabic. Referring to the opponent; a Jewish person; "I threw …

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  32. 32Unknown typeT-S NS 178.56

    Minute fragment- few words in Arabic - needs examination.

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  33. 33LetterJRL B 6267

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender complains about isolation (al-wiḥda wa-l-inqiṭāʿ) and is anxious for the addressee to give an update about something. The tone is …

    1. ואלאן יא . . . מא אנת באול מן . [
    2. אעלם אן . . . תרי(?) בצרהא(?) . . לי [
    3. אלדי דכל עלי קלבי פעסא אן תערפני מן . . [ 
    4. אן תעמלה בנפסך ואן כאן אלאמר צחי…

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  34. 34LetterT-S 13J14.23

    Letter from Avraham son of the Gaʾon, in Ṣahrajt, to Sahlān b. Avraham, in Fustat. Dating: probably ca. 1030. He reports that he has arrived …

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    1. [ הא]הוב החביב היקיר כגקד מר ורב
    2. סהלאן ראש כלא יגדל ולא ידל אודיעו
    3. שמרו צור כי הגעתי בשעה הזאת אל
    4. הנה והנני אשוב אל מניה אלקאיד והקדמתי
    5. שתי שור…

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  35. 35List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 55

    On one side there are Arabic-script writing exercises. On the other side there is a glossary of terms (mainly foods) in Hebrew, Arabic, and a …

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  36. 36Legal query or responsumENA 3844.6

    Legal query in Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning a man who had a debt to the heqdesh. He pawned his wife's property against her well, promising her that …

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  37. 37Legal documentT-S NS 323.33

    Legal document: fragment of a bill of compensation for the amount of 14 dinars, from Dalal to Mevorakh b. Menahem written by Efrayim b. Shemarya. …

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  38. 38Legal documentENA 3943.15

    Bottom of a legal document (draft?) in Arabic script. Dated: middle decade of Rabīʿ II 488 AH. Mentions al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbdallāh b. [...].

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  39. 39LetterENA NS 13.2

    Letter concerning legal matters. In Judaeo-Arabic. Large but very faded.

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  40. 40State documentENA NS 36.4

    Petition copy or draft in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely early 17th century. The document is difficult to understand, as the first page is missing, and the …

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  41. 41LetterENA NS 50.26

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th or 13th century. Mentions people such as al-Shaykh al-Makīn, Maḥāsin, and Amīn al-Dawla. Inquires about the price of saffron …

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  42. 42Unknown typeENA NS 79.186

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  43. 43Literary textENA NS 38.15

    Literary. Judaeo-Arabic. This is either Maimonides' introduction to Perek Ḥeleq of Sanhedrin, or a work quoting it. Elaborating the 13 principles of faith; this excerpt …

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  44. 44List or tableT-S NS J267

    Slip of paper with expenditure for one week. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, p. 462, App. B 81 [dated 1200-1240])

    1. ר ידותון ר יפתח מנקי ען ר אליה אלרומי וענה כדאם ר נסים
    2. ז ו ½ ב ו ו ג
    3. כבז
    4. יט גיר רבע

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    מט ור

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    1. ... ו.ק..לי טו ות שמחה רטל ולי תטל…

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  45. 45Unknown typeENA 3971.9

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  46. 46Legal documentYevr. II K 18

    Karaite ketubah from Cairo. The groom is Daniel b.Yosef. The bride is Esther known as Faraj d. Yeshu'a b. Ishaq. AA

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  47. 47Unknown typeENA NS 85.289

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  48. 48LetterStras. 4038/9

    Complete calligraphic letter of appeal to Yefet ha-Sar, a Levi, begging for money to help pay the capitation tax for the writer and his two …

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    "Salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord, He is their stronghold in time of trouble" (Psalm 37:39). 

    "Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, y…

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  49. 49Paraliterary textAIU VII.A.33

    Ownership notes in a codex, perhaps. On one side: Yaʿaqov b. Yehuda, then "It was transferred with a proper sale to the young man [...] …

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  50. 50LetterENA NS 77.263

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic, probably. Medieval-era. The first line of the margin is "כ]תאבי אלי" and the remnant of a potential address appears on the …

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