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  1. 1Unknown typeENA NS 77.184

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  2. 2State documentENA 3979.1

    Legal document in Arabic script. Dated: Rabīʿ II 952 AH = June/July 1545 CE. Deed of acknowledgment made by Ḥammād b. Mubārak b. Ḥayyāra(?). He …

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  3. 3List or tableT-S AS 152.225 + T-S AS 152.224

    Late accounts. On the recto the title al-qādi appears as part of the only full account listed. Based on the scribal hand, this document is …

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  4. 4LetterT-S Misc.35.46 + T-S Misc. 35.53 + T-S Misc. 35.55 + T-S Misc. 35.56 + T-S Misc. 35.57 + T-S Misc. 35.63 + T-S Misc. 35.64 + T-S Misc. 35.70 + T-S Misc. 35.74 + T-S Misc. 35.75 + T-S Misc.35.19

    Letter; Literary Fragment from a codex containing copies of the correspondence and poetry of Judah ha-Levi.

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  5. 5Paraliterary textT-S K5.26

    T-S K5, 16-40. Exercises of children, representing leters in various combinations and copies of the beginnings of the third and the first books of Moses. …

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  6. 6List or tableJRL SERIES C 65

    Accounts in an orderly hand and Hebrew alphanumerical characters that delineate columns with days and months in the Hijri calendar (i.e. Ṣafar on recto and …

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  7. 7List or tableT-S AS 152.14

    Accounts, mentioning names such as Ibn al-Ḡanī (?) and Joseph b. Judah al-Levi. Lists a number of dates, weights, numbers and commodities, such as honey, …

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  8. 8State documentT-S Ar.39.341

    Letter addressed to the amir Muḥammad b. Baghdād(?). In Arabic script. Dating: late Mamluk or Ottoman-era. Begins, "baʿd al-taḥiyya wa-l-taslīm wa-l-ʿizz wa-l-takrīm bi-l-jināb al-karīm...." There …

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  9. 9Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.30.184.15

    Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen to his banker, Abū l-Khayr Khiyyār, instructing him to pay Rīḥān 2 dinars in cash. Dated Av …

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  10. 10LetterT-S NS 99.47

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is distressed: "If the girl is alive, I wish you to send me the letters, and if she has died, …

    1. ואשתהי אן כאן אלצביה
    2. פי אלדניא סייר אלכתב ואן
    3. כאן גרא עליהא אלמחתום
    4. אללה יכפיה א . . . . . . . . .
    5. יקמעהם(?) לאני אבצרת
    6. מנאם ותשוש כאטרי מן
    7. אגלהא ול…

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  11. 11LetterT-S AS 170.149

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Mentions Zekharya, maybe Daniel, and maybe the mount of olives. The text in the margin of verso ends with …

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  12. 12Legal documentT-S 8J34.8

    Legal document(s) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38 CE). Recto: betrothal (erusin) deed. Groom: [...] b. ʿEli known as Ibn Ḥunayn. Bride: …

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  13. 13List or tableT-S AS 153.147

    Accounts mentioning Ya'aqov. (Information from CUDL)

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  14. 14Literary textJRL Gaster ar. 181

    One line, in Arabic script, "الحكيم الاجل اسعد ....سعاد". Probably literary.

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  15. 15List or tableT-S K15.47

    Genealogies (short) of various families, written in two different hands, the first around 1150 CE, the second one generation later. (Information from Goitein's index card.)

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  16. 16LetterT-S NS 324.103

    Letter of epitaph by Shelomo b. Yehuda.

    TS NS 324, f. 103, ed. Gil, Palestine, pp.273-275 (Doc. #155), C.B. 02-11-88 (p)Letter of epitaph by Solomon b. Judah.

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    1. [ ] ב[ ]
    2. [ ] נע [ ]
    3. [ ] …

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  17. 17Credit instrument or private receiptJRL SERIES A 507

    Receipt issued by Yaʿaqov Raẓon to al-Senyor Merkado Karo for 82 reales.

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  18. 18List or tableT-S 10J30.12

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Payment for customs in the Red Sea ports of ʿAydhāb, Bāḍiʿ, and Sawākin. Commodities include: lac; boxthorn; myrobalan; …

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  19. 19LetterT-S 10J17.22

    Letter from a man of high standing to the Nagid Shemuel (in office 1140-1159), dealing with a case of clothing, and a man who had …

    1. אשרי תמימי דרך ההולכים בתורת ייי [[אשרי]]
    2. אשרי איש ירא את ייי במצותיו חפץ מאד
    3. הדרת אדונינו ואור עינינו ונחמד לבינו אדונינו
    4. שמואל הנגיד הגדול שר השרי…

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  20. 20List or tableENA NS 77.408

    List (fragment) of names and amounts, all 1 (alef), though some look like the Coptic 1/2. The second column is headed 'Algier Catalan.'

    1. אלשיך בו אלכיר אלזיאת א
    2. אלשי[ך]...ן? אלכבאז א
    3. אלשי[ך] אלשמ[...]ן [א]
    4. אלשיך בר[כ]את אלביאע א
    5. אלשיך הבה אללבאן [א]
    6. אלשיך בו אל[....] [א]
    7. אלשיד.. [.]ל …

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  21. 21LetterT-S AS 151.54

    Fragment of a letter, damaged. Opening lines are in Hebrew and the body is in Judaeo-Arabic. The handwriting is likely that of Ṭoviyya b. ʿEli …

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  22. 22Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 153.41

    Receipt. In Arabic script. For Ibrāhīm al-Fuqqāʿī. The sum is 11 dinars, maybe plus 1/3 + 1/8. Needs further examination.

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  23. 23Legal documentAIU VII.D.1

    Recto: Qaraite betrothal (erusin) document. Location: Fusṭāṭ. Dated: Thursday, 11 Kislev 1360 = 20 November 1048 CE. Groom: Maḥfūẓ b. Menaḥem. Bride: Fāḍila bt. Avraham …

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    1. בשם אל עולם נעשה ונצ[ליח]
    2. כי מה טובו ומה יפיו דגן בחו[רים]
    3. וארשתיך לי לעולם וארש[תיך]
    4. לי בצדק ובמשפט ובחסד
    5. וברחמים : וארשתיך לי בא[מונה]
    6. וידעת…

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    1. In the name of the Everlasting God, let us do and [succeed].
    2. For how great is his goodness and his beauty; corn shall make [young men] (Zach. …

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  24. 24List or tableAIU XII.10

    Arabic accounts.

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  25. 25LetterT-S AS 208.194

    Letter drafts or writing exercises in an elegant Judaeo-Arabic scribal hand. Dating: 17th-century or later based on the paleography. Some of these formulaic letters may …

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  26. 26List or tableT-S AS 152.121

    Accounts with European numerals. (Information from CUDL)

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  27. 27Legal documentAIU VII.E.163

    Recto: Fragment (lower left corner) of a Judaeo-Arabic legal document involving division of money between Abū l-Faḍl, Yaʿaqov, and Abū l-Ḥasan. Verso: Fragment (lower left …

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  28. 28LetterT-S AS 152.299

    Beginning of a letter or note in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: late 12th or 13th century. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  29. 29LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1403

    Letter from Mordekhai ha-Levi b. Shemuel, Moshe Levi b. Shemuel, and the Qaraite community of Jerusalem to Shelomo Kohen, his son Yosef Kohen, Aharon Levi, …

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  30. 30Legal documentT-S AS 152.170

    Legal document written for a woman and signed by Hillel b. Ṣadoq Av Bet Din and Mevorakh b. Natan he-Ḥaver, both known from other documents …

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  31. 31Unknown typeENA NS 77.407

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  32. 32LetterENA NS 2.24

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (thin strip from the right side of recto). Mentions: a Maghribī; …

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  33. 33Literary textT-S AS 201.107

    A Maimonides autograph of his commentary on the Mishna (Kelim 8:9). (Information in part from FGP.)

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  34. 34Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1425

    Karaite legal document regarding inheritance of a widow dated 5480 Era of creation. .

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  35. 35List or tableT-S H5.119 + T-S AS 122.8 + T-S NS 289.132 + T-S AS 132.176

    Accounts in Arabic script, in large letters with wide line spacing. Reminiscent of state accounts, but likely private. E.g., "Owed by Ibn al-Kaʿkī...." Various dates …

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  36. 36Unknown typeJRL SERIES B 2109

    Fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic work mentioning the names of many parshiyot.

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  37. 37Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 18: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 2 ounces of chewy candy …

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  38. 38List or tableJRL SERIES C 154

    List in Judaeo-Arabic of coinage types and monetary calculations. Based on the mintage of its contents the list is 18th/19th-century.The types of coinage include gold …

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  39. 39Legal documentT-S 8.243

    Fragment of a marriage contract (ketubba) containing a detailed description of part of a house given to the bribe. Mentioning the names Avraham b. Natan, …

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  40. 40Literary textENA 3712.6–7

    Literary text.

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  41. 41Unknown typeT-S NS 312.13b

    See PGP 25314

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  42. 42LetterBL OR 10578A.25

    Letter fragment in Hebrew. Late. There are drafts of letter openings in both Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic on verso.

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  43. 43LetterENA 3950.7

    Verso and upper margin of recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded.

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  44. 44Unknown typeT-S AS 146.114

    Small fragment in Hebrew. Mentioning the court and invoking various biblical bans of excommunication.

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  45. 45List or tableENA 2687.1

    Book list. Dating: Probably 13th century, as the latest book mentioned is Sefer ha-Madaʿ (from the Mishneh Torah) by Maimonides. (Information from Allony.)

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  46. 46LetterT-S AS 157.405

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Not much content is preserved. Mentions 7 months. Regards to Riḍwān (unless this word is just a blessing) …

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  47. 47LetterT-S AS 145.291

    Letter. Very faded. (Information from CUDL)

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  48. 48State documentT-S NS 327.32 + T-S NS 327.45

    Verso: Tax receipt for Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb in the hand of the jahbadh Mīkhāʾil b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ. Dating: Early 11th century. On recto there …

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  49. 49Legal documentT-S 16.194

    Bottom of a document written and signed by Mevorakh b. Natan he-Ḥaver, also signed by Levi b. Avraham ha-Levi (= the cantor Abū Sahl Levi?), …

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  50. 50LetterT-S 16.6

    Verso: Letter in Arabic script. Dating: possibly late 11th century, based on Frenkel's identification of the addressee. An unidentified sender wrote this letter to a …

    1. باسم الله الرحمن الرحيم كتابي يا اخي اطال الله بقاك وادام عزك وجعلني فداك عن سلامة والحمد لله ولم يزل قلبي معلق بك الى אן ורד פציל וערפני
    2. انه لقيك ف…

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