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  1. 1Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J138

    Verso: Legal document written and signed by Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. Dated: end of Kislev 1441 Seleucid = December 1129 CE (the date appears both …

    1. חצר אלי בית דין אלשיך אבו אלפרג טביב אלאצטול ואדעא
    2. עלי אלשיך אבו אלחסן בן מעמר בן אלבט בחגה //ערבייה// תתצמן
    3. ב וכ דינ דין חאל וגמלה דראהם נחו סבעין …

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  2. 2State documentT-S AS 177.208

    Horizontal strip from an official-looking account, with multiple distinct subsections and an unusual layout. Needs examination.

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  3. 3LetterT-S NS J485 + T-S 8J20.16 + T-S NS 283.96

    Letter describing the claims of the writer's brother-in-law on the half of a house that was sold by the mother to her daughter, the writer's …

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    1. אעלם רבינו הרב המבהק בישרא…

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    1. I inform our Rabbi, the most distinguished Rabbi of Israel, the singular of (our) time
    2. and its wonde…

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  4. 4LetterT-S AS 177.496

    Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script. The beginnings of 6 lines are preserved. Mostly conventional formulae.

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  5. 5State documentBL OR 5566B.13

    Recto: the remnants of two lines of an Arabic chancery document with wide spacing, probably a decree. The first line reads as "من حياطة دينه …

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  6. 6List or tableT-S Ar.34.193

    Accounts in Arabic script, unclear if state/fiscal or private. Needs examination.

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  7. 7LetterMoss. VII,172.2

    Fragment of a letter in Hebrew, in an elevated register, in which the writer narrates something that happened at a synagogue where he was surrounded …

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  8. 8List or tableT-S AS 184.111

    Accounts, probably.

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  9. 9LetterBL OR 10126(3).14

    Document in Judaeo-Arabic, apparently summarizing a petition. Headed ב, then "in which your slaves Abū l-Riḍā al-Abwānī asked Sayyidnā (=you) . . . the letter …

    1. ב
    2. אלדי סאל חצרה סיידנא פיה ממאליכהא אבו אלרצא אל
    3. אבואני א . . כתאב מן אלמעטם אלי אלקאצי אלמכין [[אל]]
    4. משארף אלאסכנדריה באלוציה פי אן יטלק לה רבע אל …

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  10. 10Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 182.272

    Small receipt of some sort for Abū Sahl al-Muʿallim.

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  11. 11Literary textT-S AS 146.299 + T-S AS 146.257

    Love poetry in Judaeo-Arabic, with at least one word written in Arabic script inside of the Judaeo-Arabic text. There are writing exercises in the margin …

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  12. 12List or tableT-S AS 185.287

    Account of amounts purchased of barley (mushtarā al-shaʿīr) on various days. On verso there is a name in Arabic script [...] b. ʿAbdallāh and pen …

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  13. 13LetterMoss. VII,192.4

    Opening of a letter, with address on verso; no names preserved. (Information from CUDL)

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    1. וצל כתאב חצרה] אלשיך אלאגל אלסייד אלנביל אטאל אללה
    2. בקאהא ואדא]ם תאיידהא ועזהא ותמכינהא
    3. . . . ומן חסן] תופיקה לא אכלאהא וכבת באלדל
    4. . . . . . . …

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  14. 14Legal documentT-S AS 131.24

    Small fragment from a prenuptial agreement written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: 1442 Seleucid, which is 1130/31 CE. There is an even smaller fragment …

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  15. 15LetterT-S 8J25.11

    Letter by Yosef b. Musa Tāhartī from Alexandria containing details about shipments of flax including. List of expenditures. (Information from M. Gil, Kingdom, Vol. III, …

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    1. כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי וריסי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך

    2. ואתם נעמתה עליך מן אלאסכנדריה נצף מן איר ען סלאמה ונעמה

    3. ואלחמד ללה רב אלעאלמ…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי וראשי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויחמיר את שלומך ואת אושרך
    2. וישלים את חסדו לך, מאלכסנדריה, בחצי אייר. שלומי טוב, ואני …

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  16. 16Literary textENA 2627.110

    Literary text in Judaeo Persian - ENA 2627.106, 110-111 appear related.

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  17. 17Legal documentT-S 12.54

    Bill of divorce, Qaraite. In Hebrew. T-S 12.54 and T-S 12.70 are two very rare examples of Qaraite bills of divorce. Location: Fustat. Dated: Wednesday, …

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  18. 18LetterENA 3785.3

    Letter in Judaeo-Persian. Dating: Late, probably. Needs examination.

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  19. 19List or tableMoss. X,105

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Late.

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  20. 20Legal documentT-S AS 178.61

    Fragment from the bottom of a legal document. Looks like it is dated 7[..] AH = 14th century CE.

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  21. 21State documentT-S Misc.28.153

    Verso (original use): Small fragment of a state document in Arabic script. The beginnings of two lines are preserved. كانوا فاما . . . الى …

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  22. 22LetterENA 2739.15

    Letter from Al-Mubārak b. Yiṣḥaq Ibn Sabra to his "father" (paternal uncle?) Abū l-Ḥasan Surūr b. Ḥayyim Ibn Sabra. He reports that Ibn Siman Ṭov …

    Recto:

    1. בש רח
    2. כתאבי יאואלדי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ומן תופיקה
    3. לא אכלאך ול . . סלאמה ונעמה וען שוק אליך שדיד גמע
    4. אללה ביננא עלי אפצל אלאחואל במנה וג…

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  23. 23State documentT-S AS 182.228

    Small fragment of official-looking correspondence, likely a petition. Mentions honorifics like "al-karīm al-ʿālī al-makhdūmī."

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  24. 24Literary textJRL A 2

    Prayer or poetry in Hebrew. Quotes Song of Songs 4:6.

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  25. 25LetterMoss. VII,212.2

    Small fragment in Hebrew, possibly from a letter.

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  26. 26LetterT-S NS 224.191 + T-S NS 224.192 + T-S NS 224.193 + T-S NS 224.194 + T-S NS 224.190

    Very damaged small fragments from a letter

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  27. 27Unknown typeT-S AS 182.259

    Unidentified document in Arabic, Hebrew, and possibly one other script.

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  28. 28List or tableT-S Ar.30.275

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew dealing with funds from a wide variety of Ottoman tax farm districts (iltizām) and their respective tax farmers (multazim). Dated …

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  29. 29Legal documentENA 4010.42 + ENA 4011.23

    Record in a court notebook. Written and signed by Mevorakh b. Natan. Two complementary fragments, not providing a complete document. A venture on behalf of …

    ENA 4010, f.42

    1. ]ה במושב הדרת אדוננו
    2. ]מו לעולם אלשיך אבו
    3. ]ע בן אסד נכבדנו כגק
    4. ]שר הנכבד החכ והנב
    5. ]הזקנים שצ בן כגק מ
    6. ] וולדה אלשיך אבו עלי
    7. ]ונא גמיעא…

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  30. 30LetterMoss. IXa,2.22

    Letter in Arabic script, with a few words in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner). The sender congratulates the addressee on the holidays, alludes to the …

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  31. 31Legal documentT-S AS 145.66

    Legal document. Location: Fustat. Written under the rule of the Nasi David b. Daniel b. Azarya (1082–94 CE). Ḥasana bt. Shaʾul, the widow of Yiṣḥaq …

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  32. 32State documentT-S Ar.34.201

    State document in Arabic script with a large ʿalāma (al-ḥamdu lillāh ʿalā niʿmatih wa-[........]). There are several different text blocks. One of them on verso …

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  33. 33List or tableT-S Ar.5.4

    Accounts of a slaughterer, written, it seems, by Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. (Information from Mediterranean Society, II, pp. 227, 228, 571)

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    1. ענד מעאני בקיה
    2. שלח לך ויקח
    3. י ו > ר
    4. כמא וגדת
    5. גיר מא אכדה סיידנא
    6. מן ר אברהם והו אלקיראטין
    7. אלנקרה ואלדרהם אלורק
    8. ו>ר
    9. וש פ ג ילחם ושואא
    10. ז
    11. לה…

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  34. 34Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J47d

    Legal document. Scribed and witnessed by Hillel b. ʿEli. Location: Fustat. Dated: Sunday 10 Tevet 13[..] Seleucid. The body of the document mentions a divorce …

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  35. 35List or tableAIU VII.F.8

    An account in librae and solidi with a sum in librae (quantity obscured) and solidi VI (Alan Stahl). The informal consensus of a group of …

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  36. 36LetterT-S AS 182.302

    Recto: Fragment of a letter in elegant Arabic script. The ends of four lines are preserved: وحرس . . . . . مهجته . . …

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  37. 37Literary textCUL Or.1080 15.12

    Bifolium from a Judaeo-Persian commentary, including sections on Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, and Lamentations.

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  38. 38Legal documentENA 3960.6

    ENA 3960.6–10 are five distinct but related Mamlūk-era legal documents in Arabic script, all dated 909 H (1503/04 CE), and involving the same people (e.g., …

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  39. 39Literary textT-S K7.3 + T-S K7.5 + T-S NS 321.106

    Twelve folios of a biblical glossary containing Old French glosses (leʿazim) covering Joshua 10:10 to Judges 9:24. Dating: ca. second quarter of the 13th century, …

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  40. 40List or tableT-S AS 184.182

    Accounts.

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  41. 41Legal documentT-S AS 152.293

    Small strip from the right hand side of a legal document. Mentions names (mostly broken off) and the Yeshivat Ge[ʾon Yaʿaqov]. (Information mainly from CUDL)

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  42. 42LetterT-S 8J31.7

    Poetic letter to Shemuʾel ha-Nagid, with jottings in Hebrew (repeated lines of Esther 1:1) and Arabic (see separate record). (Information from CUDL)

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  43. 43Legal documentT-S AS 145.395

    Legal document. Small fragment. In the hand of the court scribe Yosef b. Shemuel b. Seʿadya ha-Levi (active c.1181–1209).

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  44. 44Legal documentT-S NS 83.36

    Perhaps an order of some kind. Very faded. Opens with "send it" (yusayyirhā) and ends with ושלומך יגדל נצח סלה.

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  45. 45LetterENA 2747.13

    Letter from Shemuel Jaryānī/Griyanī to a certain Maʿtūq. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, perhaps 16th or 17th century. Dealing with business. "Nothing sold except for the …

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  46. 46Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J48

    Verso: A woman pawns pieces of her trousseau against loans. The date 26 May 1050 CE appears in lines 4–5. Information from Goitein's note cards. …

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  47. 47Legal documentAIU VII.E.162

    Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). He wrote this quickly, not with his careful handwriting. The text on …

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  48. 48Legal documentAIU XII.90

    Legal document in Arabic script. Only the witness signatures are preserved, e.g., ʿAlī b. ʿAbdallāh and Bū Bakr [...] b. ʿAbdallāh. Verso: love poetry also …

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  49. 49List or tableENA 3736.1

    Possibly accounts, with Arabic entries in right column with Coptic numerals in the left column. Medieval era. There is also an extensive chain of numerals …

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  50. 50LetterT-S AS 219.131

    Verso: Fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic, likely related to the India trade. The layout is reminiscent of Abū Zikrī Kohen's letters, though the …

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