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  1. 1LetterHUC 1117

    Letter sent from Sandūr (in Kurdistan) to Yaʿaqov Binyamin, in Jerusalem. Late and non-Geniza. Dated: 5462 AM = 1701/02 CE. The sender devotes a lot …

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  2. 2LetterT-S AS 152.355

    Small fragment from an Hebrew letter written in a beautiful square hand in ruled lines.AA

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  3. 3Literary textENA 3974.5

    Arabic, literary. On recto, ḥadīth.

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  4. 4Legal documentT-S AS 146.40

    Verso: Fragment of a bill of divorce. Draft? No names, details, or signatures preserved.

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  5. 5State documentT-S Ar.19.5

    Document in Arabic script, an official receipt for expenses in the name of the ship captain Raʾīs Muḥammad Barakāt. Dated 28 Rajab 1237 AH which …

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  6. 6LetterENA 3785.3

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

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  7. 7Legal documentT-S 20.25

    Ketubba for Sittūna bt. [...] and Yaʿir b. Khalaf, dated Nisan 13[..] of the Seleucid Era (= 989–1089 CE) in Egypt. Total dower: 100 dinars …

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  8. 8List or tableT-S 8J14.19

    Business accounts. In the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef?

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  9. 9LetterT-S AS 150.142

    Fragment of a commercial letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning al-Dimashqī al-Tifʾeret and a woman. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  10. 10Paraliterary textENA 2330.20

    On one side there is a Shiviti amulet on striking pink paper. On the other side there is a clue to the original use of …

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  11. 11Legal documentT-S 8J8.23

    End of a legal document. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Monday, 12 Iyyar 5337 AM = 29 April 1577 CE. Signed (and probably written) by Yosef b. …

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  12. 12LetterAIU VII.E.111

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  13. 13Legal documentT-S 10J7.8

    Legal deed concerning Yosef ha-Parnas the physician, who claims to be unable to support his daughter Sittūna, and her little son, after she was divorced …

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  14. 14LetterT-S Ar.53.67

    Continuation of a long business letter sent from Alexandria to Cairo. Dating: Ca. 1235 CE, based on the date of T-S Ar.54.66 which is by …

    1. לא יביע ולא ישתרי ואלממלוך
    2. יכלפך פיה לכונך שביה מן שבט
    3. ישכר ואלבצאיע מטלובה אלניל
    4. כב دينارا לובאן מן סבעה למא חולה
    5. קרפה יב בקם ס ומא ינחל אלאנסאן
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    . . . he should neither sell nor buy, and your servant imposes this on you since you are in a position like that of the tribe of Issachar.

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  15. 15LetterT-S NS 226.180

    Letter written by Yefet b. Menashshe, mostly dealing with general issues. A trip to Sicily is mentioned.

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  16. 16List or tableT-S NS 100.86

    Monetary account. Late

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  17. 17LetterT-S 12.368

    Letter from Benaya b. Mūsā, from Tinnis, to Nissim b. Ḥalfon, Fustat. Around 1060. Regarding a shipment of scarlet for the Byzantines that was sold …

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    1. באסם אל[לה]

    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם עזה ותאיידה וסעאדתה

    3. וסלאמתה ונעמתה מן תניס ען סלאמה תתם בבקאך ואלחמד ללה רב אל

    4. עאלמין…

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  18. 18LetterT-S AS 183.298

    Recto (secondary use): Letter of appeal for charity from Asʿad b. al-Ḥājj Ḥusām. In Arabic script. Dating: Probably Mamluk-era. He says that "I have nothing …

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  19. 19LetterT-S 6J7.20

    Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 12th century. Addressed to 'my brother,' a notable given many titles and blessings (לכתר עם האלהים... תפארת בני מ.ל... …

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  20. 20LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/39

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Dealing with urgent and detailed business operations involving …

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  21. 21LetterT-S AS 151.196

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions, presumably sarcastically, that "I am grateful to him for how he insults me... I don't know what I've ever done …

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  22. 22LetterT-S 13J20.4

    Calligraphic letter requesting help for a man who is out of work and has a large family which would be satisfied with getting a mere …

    1. בש רח
    2. והיה מעשה הצדקה שלום ועבודת הצ וג
    3. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רעה ימלטהו ייי ג
    4. אללה תעאלי דכרה יסתגיב פי מולאי אלשיך אלאגל
    5. צאלח אלאדעיה ויאריך ימיו …

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    In (your) n(ame, O) Me(rciful) 

    "For the work of charity shall be peace, and the effect of ch(arity, calm and confidence forever)" (Isaiah 32:1…

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  23. 23Unknown typeJRL SERIES A 1749

    Unidentified. Recommend suppress

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  24. 24LetterT-S 8J18.15

    Letter segment from Avraham b. Saadya the Hebronite, Bilbays, to Shelomo b. Shelah, probably in Fustat, beginning of the twelfth century.

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. אלהים //יי// ירבה שכרהו בורא עולם יחנהו ויברכהו
    3. גדול העצה וישמרהו ויחייהו דובר צדק בדרך קו קו
    4. יורהו הדור בלבושו בחן וכבוד יעטרהו זוכר הברית…

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  25. 25Unknown typeBL OR 10124.25

    Fragment in Arabic script. Reused for Judaeo-Arabic literary text.

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  26. 26Paraliterary textT-S AS 182.300

    Two recipes/prescriptions in Arabic script, likely medical.

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  27. 27List or tableBL OR 10118.26

    List of names. Tiqva ha-Kohen; Yakhin b. Yeshuʿa; ʿEli b. Shelomo; Elʿazar b. Araḥ; Berakhot; Avraham b. She'erit; ʿEli ha-Ḥaver(?).

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  28. 28Literary textMIAC 111

    Prayers, blessing, and an illustration for the prophet Moses, peace be upon him, in the holiday of Hanukkah – undated – Museum of Islamic Art …

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  29. 29List or tableT-S AS 212.50

    Much damaged fragment from a list of names and items.

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  30. 30LetterMIAC 1

    Appeal from the Jewish communal administration in Cairo to Egyptian Jews calling them to fast for a day in the month (Sivan) in remembrance of …

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  31. 31Unknown typeENA NS 76.462

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  32. 32Unknown typeENA NS 85.1486

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  33. 33List or tableJRL SERIES C 21

    Lists in Judaeo-Arabic that are designated by individual names such as Moshe Qanini, Sa'ad Qanini (recto), and Nissim al-Ḥāmī (verso). Based on the paleography and …

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  34. 34Paraliterary textT-S K12.89

    Magical recipes for attaining love. "The first among these magical recipes is intended to ensure a great affection between a wife and her husband, erasing …

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    2. [ ] כל סטנא שיש [ב]לבו יהפך לאהבה וירחם יתה וישא חן וחסד

    3. [ כיו]סף בפני פרעה מלך מצרים וכאסתר לפני המלך אחשורוש

    4. [ ] פ'ב'פ' תשא חן וחסד ויק…

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    2. [...] May every hatred that there is in his heart turn to love, and may he love her and have grace and favour [...]
    3. [like J]oseph in front of …

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  35. 35Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1631

    Karaite betrothal deed, unsigned. Dated Sunday 9 Adar 5511 AM (1751 CE). Location: probably Cairo, in the home of Shelomo b. Aharon Kohen aka Shāmī. …

    1. סבב תצטיר הדא אלאחרף באן חצ'רו לגבאים ואלח[..] ברו׳ יה׳ פי מנזל כמוה׳׳ר
    2. שלמה כהן יצ׳׳ו נר׳׳ו נין המנוח החכם כמוה׳׳ר אהרן כהן י[די]ע שאמי נ׳׳ע תם חצ'…

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  36. 36Unknown typeYevr. II K 9

    Karaite ketuba from Damascus. The groom is Tosef Halevi b. Yehuda. The previously married (baʿūla) bride is Esther known as Zubaida d. 'Ovadyahu b. David. …

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  37. 37Legal documentT-S AS 151.186

    Probably a legal document, mentioning a certain Yaʿaqov and Reʾuven. (Information from CUDL)

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  38. 38Legal documentT-S AS 152.302

    Legal document mentioning [...] b. Ḥalfon he-Ḥaver. (Information from CUDL)

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  39. 39LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1467

    Recto: Letter from Shemuel(?) to Hārūn. The writer may be the husband of the addressee's paternal aunt. In Judaeo-Arabic. Locations unknown; the writer mentions someone …

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  40. 40State documentENA 3918.11

    State document of some kind. Needs examination.

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  41. 41Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 734

    Literary text, in Arabic script. The last line on verso "وجنود ابليس اجمعين" is a Quranic verse (26:95) with variation in the last word. However, …

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  42. 42List or tableT-S NS J176

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely 11th century, likely in the hand of a known merchant.

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  43. 43Legal documentBodl. MS heb. a 3/46

    Marriage contract (ketubba). Dated: 13 Tishrei 1608 Seleucid, which is 11 September 1296 CE. Groom: Elʿazar b. Shelomo. Bride: [...] bt. Yosef. Lists the trousseau …

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  44. 44LetterT-S AS 181.287

    Letter fragment. Addressed to Fustat, to the alley of [...], to Abū l-Faḍāʾil al-Yahūdī.

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  45. 45LetterT-S 10J11.3

    Letter. Family letter dealing with grain and payments, and extending greetings. Largely effaced. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . יאסיי]די אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם ע[זך . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]ף מן טבת ען סלאמה ונעמה [ . . . . …

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  46. 46LetterT-S AS 136.265

    Recto: piyyuṭ. Verso: part of a letter in Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

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  47. 47List or tableENA 2738.20

    Verso: List in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen. Mentions: saffron; mazāwir; minshafa in a blue kerchief; arjīs (=narjīs?); "swords" (suyūf); and almond. Goitein suggests …

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  48. 48LetterT-S AS 184.266

    Letter fragment in Arabic script. Very faded. The sender reports that he is sick.

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  49. 49List or tableT-S NS 97.19

    Document in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Small fragment. On verso there is Judaeo-Arabic poetry retelling the story of Yosef.

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  50. 50Legal documentT-S 16.140

    Recto: agreement regarding a three-storey house. Location: al-Maḥalla al-Kubrā. Dated: Adar II 1432 Seleucid = February/March 1121 CE. The parties involved are Yeshuʿa b. Yeshuʿa …

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