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  1. 1LetterT-S Misc.28.261

    Letter from Manṣūr to either his son or his father Abū ʿImrān. (Both are referred to as ואלד, but this is sometimes the spelling for …

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  2. 2List or tableNLI 577.1/55

    Accounts in Arabic script and Coptic numerals. Needs examination.

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  3. 3LetterT-S AS 150.162

    Fragment from a late letter in Hebrew. Mentions payments and something "in the hand of the gentile."

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  4. 4Unknown typeCUL Or.1081 2.75.15

    One or two words in cursive Latin script: P Nicolas(?).

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  5. 5Unknown typeENA 3969.16

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  6. 6Legal documentT-S AS 158.405

    Legal fragment in the hand of Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Bill of release. No specifics are preserved. AA

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  7. 7Literary textT-S NS 325.231

    Bottom of a literary text or possibly poetic letter in the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi. Concludes with an intriguing (presumably metaphorical) mention of a "deed …

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  8. 8LetterT-S 16.235

    Letter from Yehuda ha-Kohen b. Yosef to the fifth in the Yeshiva, probably 1064. The writer strongly advises against travel to a distant land (possibly …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כנת [מ]תוקעא לורוד כתאב מולאי אלרייס אלחמישי נטרוהי
    3. מן שמיא וברכוהי ואורכונהי ליומיה מע ר ברוך ולם ארה
    4. ושגל דלך סרי וארגו אן דלך לכיר ישגל ב…

    Translated by Moshe Yagur

    In Your name, O Merciful One.

    I was expecting the letters of my master—the head, the fifth [in rank], may he be protected f…

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  9. 9List or tableT-S Misc.10.80

    Accounts in Hebrew, mentioning silk and olives among other goods.

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  10. 10LetterT-S AS 152.305

    Recto: bottom of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, seems to be in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe. Verso: addendum by another family member, Abū l-Surūr, …

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  11. 11Legal documentMIAC 5

    Contract for the sale of a house in the center of Ṭanṭa in the amount of thirty thousand qirsh – 27 April 1921CE – Museum …

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  12. 12List or tableT-S NS 321.7n

    Late account in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew numerals. Bifolio. Mentions Alexandria in the upper left corner of the recto. Verso is blank.

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  13. 13List or tableT-S Ar.51.82

    Dowry list. Groom: Elʿazar b. Ḥalfon ha-Levi. Bride: Karīma bt. Yosef ha-Levi. Early marriage payment: 5 dinars. Delayed payment: 5 dinars. The dowry adds up …

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  14. 14Legal documentMIAC 137

    Receipt for the cost of monthly participation in the association for the assistance of poor women in the costs of marriage – July 1940CE – …

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  15. 15List or tableT-S AS 205.194

    Account in Judaeo-Arabic (מחסבא מברכא) for Rashīd/Rosetta (עאן ראשיד אלמחרוסה) for the period Dhū l-Qaʿda 946 AH – Shawwāl 947 AH = 1541/42 CE. Contains …

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  16. 16Literary textAIU XII.128

    Small fragment containing portions of three lines in Arabic, appears literary.

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  17. 17Legal documentYevr. II K 65

    Karaite ketubah from Cairo. Date: 26 Sivan 5580 AM (1820 CE). The groom is Shlomo b. Avraham. The previously unmarried bride (batūla) is Esther known …

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  18. 18List or tableT-S Ar.20.16

    Recto: Unidentified text in Arabic script, likely documentary. Needs examination. Verso: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. There is also some Hebrew literary text.

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  19. 19LetterENA NS 7.32

    Letter fragment (opening lines only). This part of the letter at least is in Hebrew.

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  20. 20Literary textT-S K24.5 + T-S AS 62.38

    Bible (Isaiah) with Judaeo-Persian targum or commentary.

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  21. 21Legal documentYevr. II A 508

    There are few documents under this number. Fols. 2-4 are all fragments of Karaite ketubahs.

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  22. 22List or tableT-S NS 335.30

    Small fragment of an account in Arabic script. Mentions the month Dhū l-Qaʿda and various numbers.

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  23. 23Credit instrument or private receiptT-S NS 152.14

    Text in Arabic script on one leaf. Order of payment? Ṣuḥḥa li-l-shaykh al-ajall Abū l-Ḥajjāj yadfaʿ l-muwaṣṣilihā...

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  24. 24Legal documentT-S AS 149.33

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). On parchment. Fragment (long vertical strip from the left side). An elaborate deed …

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  25. 25List or tableT-S AS 204.49

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment, very little preserved. There is also the remnant of an Arabic document at the torn edge.

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  26. 26LetterT-S 16.64

    Letter from Yosef and Nissim, the sons of Berekhya, in Qayrawan, to the merchant, Yosef b. 'Awkal, in Fustat (was written after Avraham b. 'Ata' …

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    1. אטאל אללה יאכינא וכבירנא וגלילנא בקאך ואדאם צ[יאנתך
    2. וכאן לך ולייא כתבנא לי' כלון מן טבת ען חאל סלאמה אדא[מהא אללה לך
    3. וקד כאן תקדמת כתבי יאסידי…

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    1. ייתן לך אלוהים, אחינו וגדולנו ונכבדנו, אריכות ימים ויתמיד את הגנתו עליך ….
    2. וישגיח עליך. אנחנו כותבים בי׳ בטבת. שלומנו טוב, יתמיד אלוהים לך את…

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  27. 27LetterT-S 13J26.1

    Letter from Avraham, son of the Gaon, to Sahlan b. Avraham, approximately 1029.

    1. אשרי השלומות ואתריהם וראשי הברכות ותאריהם
    2. ושארי הטובות ודתאיהם והעצמות כל תהלות ופאר מותמד
    3. וסוד מועמד ואדר התום הדר הכרמל והשרון וטיבת אחרית
    4. ושם טוב…

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  28. 28State documentT-S Misc.20.92

    Decree of the caliph al-Ḥākim to the Qaraite community in Fusṭāṭ and elsewhere, granting them administrative independence from the Rabbanites, on the basis of the …

    1.                         سجل معظم باعلاه بخط اليد العالية
    2. الحمدالله رب العالمين
    3. بسم  الله الرحمن الرحيم
    4. من عبد الله ووليه المنصور ابى على الامام الحا…
    1. A mighty decree, at the top of which in the writing of the exalted hand (there is a motto):
    2. Praise be to God, lord of the universe.

    3. In the name o…

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  29. 29LetterT-S AS 152.337

    Minute fragment from a letter (or simply jottings?). The name Yiṣḥāq is mentioned and part of a date. No more details are preserved. AA/ASE

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  30. 30State documentBL OR 12369.28

    Verso: Official correspondence in Arabic script. Fragment from the lower right corner, with the beginnings of 7 lines preserved. Mentions a sugar refinery (maṭbakh), a …

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  31. 31Legal documentENA NS 3.6

    Legal document. Bill of release, damaged, relating to a quarter of a house. No names preserved. Probably early 12th century (familiar hand but still unidentified). …

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  32. 32Legal documentT-S AS 152.111

    Likely a summary of a legal case, involving Umm Khalaf, Yosef b. Ḥus[ayn?], a payment of 26 of something, and ʿIwāḍ. (Information in part from …

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  33. 33Literary textT-S AS 152.285

    Literary text regarding Passover, very hard to read. On verso, few lines in a different hand with formula of a a approval of a deed …

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  34. 34Legal documentT-S 16.37

    Verso: responsum in Judaeo-Arabic by ʿEli b. ʿAmram (11th century), regarding forbidden marriage. Recto: piyyuṭ in Hebrew that continues in the margin on verso. (Information …

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  35. 35Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3967.9

    One side: Receipt for rent. Bū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf paid Maḥfūẓ 6 dirhams. The other side: Fragmentary note mentioning sugarcane and silk (yaḥtāj ilā firqat?... fī …

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  36. 36Credit instrument or private receiptCUL Or.1081 J12

    Two orders of payment in Arabic script, and perhaps a remnant of a third. The first one: yadfaʿ al-shaykh al-ajall li-muwaṣṣilihā dīnārayn wa-nuṣr wa-thumn.

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  37. 37List or tableENA 3308.20

    Very large table of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew numerals. Arranged by parsha of the week. Many food items. The fragment shows signs of having …

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  38. 38LetterT-S NS J476

    Letter/note from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. In Judaeo-Arabic. He wants to know if the addressee has purchased the book of Psalms yet (al-muṣḥaf al-tehillim). If so, …

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    ר חיאל ספר שפטים

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    1. . . . .] מולאי אלאגל ר[. . . . . . . . .
    2. . . .] שוקי אליה ולא שך באנני נשתהי
    3. מן אנעאמה אן כאן אשתרי אלמצחף
    4. אלתהלים פיער…

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  39. 39Legal documentAIU XII.52

    Legal document in Arabic signed by three Muslim witnesses and dated 1823/4 CE (1239 Hijri). Merits further examination.

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  40. 40List or tableT-S AS 148.142 + T-S AS 148.141

    Accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.

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  41. 41LetterT-S AS 152.317

    Recto: letter in Judaeo-Arabic to "our master" (sayyidnā/adonenu). Probably a letter of appeal for charity or help. Verso: Arabic jottings. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  42. 42Literary textAIU VII.E.192

    Talmudic.

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  43. 43Legal query or responsumT-S Misc. 28.186, fol. 5

    Responsum sent by Rav Sherira Gaon, head of the Pumbedita Jewish Academy in Baghdad, to Masīla (in modern Algeria). Dating (text): late 10th–early 11th century, …

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    1.                                וששאלתם
    2. קטנה שקידשה אמה ואחיה שלא לדעת אביה [ובא אביה] ממדינת
    3. הים ולא מיחה על ידם ו…
    1. You have asked:
    2. A little girl was married off by her mother and brother without her father's knowledge, and her father r…

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  44. 44List or tableJRL B 3932 + JRL B 3933

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography and Ottoman titles (e.g. çavuş). Many names are mentioned that may make it possible …

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  45. 45LetterT-S AS 159.106

    Letter addressed to a dignitary, possibly the Nagid. Possibly a preface to an appeal for charity.

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  46. 46List or tableENA NS 85.1170

    Minute fragment of business accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentions Isḥāq.

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  47. 47State documentT-S NS J75

    Blessings for the caliph or sultan in Judaeo-Arabic. Presumably practice for a petition (cf. Moss. IV,56.1 and T-S NS 110.26).

    1. ]א צאחב[
    2. ]תבקי לנא חיא[ה
    3. סי]ף אלאסלאם אלמלך
    4. ] בנצרה ואידה
    5. ואעל]א כלמתה ותבת נעמתה
    6. ותולא חפ . . ה וכראמתה ובסט ידה
    7. וכלד מלכה ונצר עסאכרה ואהלך
    8. אעדאה …

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  48. 48Unknown typeENA NS 76.252

    Small scrap with a few words in Hebrew script.

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  49. 49Unknown typeYevr.-Arab. II 1562

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  50. 50List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 542

    Faded accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.

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