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  1. 1LetterT-S 16.349

    Leaf from a letterbook containing copies of at least three different letters in Ladino. Location: Cairo. Dated: Av 5493 to Tishrei 5494 AM = late …

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  2. 2Literary textT-S AS 153.223

    Fragment containing Hebrew pious phrases and biblical quotations. Perhaps notes for a eulogy?

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  3. 3Legal documentT-S NS 321.89

    Right side of a court record, so only a few words from the beginning of each line are preserved. Mentions Yehuda Beḥir ha-Yeshiva; quotes someone's …

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  4. 4Legal documentT-S Ar.18(1).132

    Recto (secondary use): court record in the hand of Natan b. Shemuel. Dating: ca. 1145 CE or, more broadly, ca. 1128–1164 CE based on the …

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  5. 5LetterT-S AS 157.191

    Probably a letter, mentioning a certain Yoḥanan. (Information from CUDL)

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  6. 6State documentT-S NS 244.78

    Bottom of a state document in Arabic script. Only the date (difficult to read, partially damaged) and the ḥamdala and ṣalwala are preserved. Reused for …

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  7. 7Legal documentT-S 12.637

    Damaged ketubbah of Joseph b. ʿEli (groom), dated [...] Kislev [...]. No other details preserved. Probably written by Halfon b. Menasheshe Halevi. AA

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  8. 8LetterT-S AS 183.254

    Letter/petition of appeal for charity from a woman ("al-mamlūka"). Very damaged; unclear if any of the substance of the request is preserved. Mentions an appeal …

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  9. 9List or tableT-S NS J126

    Book list written by Yosef Rosh Haseder. Published by Aloni under shelfmark TS NS 94.126

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  10. 10List or tableT-S NS 306.106

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, in two different hands. One is a list of foods and materia medica. E.g., almond, pistachio, cardamom, tamarind, …

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  11. 11Legal query or responsumT-S Ar.18(1).81

    Legal queries, one of them apparently concerned with sharing in partnerships. (Information from CUDL)

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  12. 12State documentT-S AS 124.149

    Fragment from the bottom of an (official?) document in Arabic script. Reused for piyyut on recto. (Information from CUDL)

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  13. 13Unknown typeJRL A 139

    8 fragments, most in Arabic script, significance unclear.

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  14. 14List or tableT-S AS 154.60

    Probably accounts, mentioning medium quality and best quality, transactions of garments, and payments. With Coptic numerals. (Information from CUDL)

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  15. 15LetterT-S AS 162.61

    Recto: letter from the 16th century, mentioning the names Abraham Ibn Ṣūr, Reuben the Babylonian, Abraham Nuniʾel (נוניאל), Faraj Allah the proselyte, and Yequtiʾel. Verso: …

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  16. 16LetterT-S NS 243.71b

    Letter from Avraham b. Moshe b. Ṣalḥūn to Abū l-Bayān(?) Moshe b. Yishmaʿel al-Kātib fī Dīwān al-Jaysh (i.e., a military administrator). In Hebrew (for the …

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  17. 17Unknown typeENA NS 78.39

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  18. 18State documentENA 3285.19 + ENA 3285.18

    Petition in Arabic, twelfth-century Fatimid. The petition is addressed to a military general at the time of al-Mustaʿlī or al-Āmir. The petitioner is most likely …

    1. [بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم]

    2. [صلوات الله وبركاته وافضل تحياته وسلامه على مولانا وسيدنا الامام المستعلي بالله امير المؤمنين وعلى ابائه الطاهرين]

    3. واب…

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  19. 19List or tableT-S Ar.30.46 + T-S Ar.30.89

    Recto: Inventory of a dyer's store. (Information from Goitein's index cards) VMR Verso of T-S Ar.30.89: State document in Arabic script, see separate record.

    1. בשם אל עולם
    2. כאן תקוים אלדכאן פי ג יום
    3. מן שעבאן וא/ת/כאל עלי אללה

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    1. אול וזנה לעאלע תלת מ[איה
    2. תאני וזנה לעאלע תלת מ[איה
    3. ול…

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  20. 20List or tableT-S 10J21.5

    List. Trousseau list. This trousseau list (taqwīm) includes "two rings, amber and gold" totaling one dinar. Overall the list totaled 26 dinar. (Information from Goitein's …

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  21. 21List or tableT-S AS 183.97

    accounts

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  22. 22Legal documentT-S NS 320.64b

    Possibly part of a ketubba, containing a dowry list. But very faded, and this is only a piece from the left side. If a ketubba, …

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  23. 23Unknown typeENA NS 85.320

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  24. 24List or tableT-S AS 182.97

    Accounts in Arabic, reused for Judaeo-Arabic calendrical reckoning.

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  25. 25List or tableT-S NS 321.7j

    Late communal accounts. For the collection on the week of parshat Devarim. Several dozen names and surnames are listed: גזאוי, אלעטר, הלוי, קוצייר, גלמוש, גאבי, …

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  26. 26LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/18

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq bayt ʿAṭṭān, in Syracuse, to Moshe b. Yehuda, in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Contains a colorful …

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  27. 27Paraliterary textT-S AS 161.49

    Probably popular literature in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 13th–15th century. Refers to people with silly names such as al-shaykh Qumayqim and al-shaykh Sumaysim. Some related fragments …

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  28. 28Legal query or responsumT-S NS 164.25

    Legal queries or notes on halakhic matters. Discussing purity and impurity. Mentions a convert (ger) and an illegitimate child (mamzer).

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  29. 29State documentT-S NS 321.100

    Verso (original use): Lower left corner of a petition in Arabic script, apparently asking for charity or assistance for a woman: . . . . …

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    1. عاد اليها الصدقة[
    2. السجـ]ـل الكريم زاده الله شرفا ونفاذا بالصدقة عليها
    3. ]....ويسل الفسح عنها انعاما عليها
    4. ]......ادام امرها
    5. ]عليه الراي العالي ف…

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  30. 30LetterT-S NS 220.34

    Fragment of a letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif to one of his brothers. Very faded.

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  31. 31Paraliterary textT-S 12.219

    Astrological prognostications. See Goitein's index card for further information.

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  32. 32Unknown typeENA NS 85.420

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  33. 33Legal documentT-S NS 338.25

    Legal document. Perhaps an inventory of an estate. Refers to witnesses going to somebody's house, and lists numerous valuable items. Mentions Barakāt al-Katnānī (? אלכתנאני).

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  34. 34LetterT-S 10J12.13

    Petition. Calligraphic letter with wide line-spacing in which the writer asks the recipient, whom he addresses as 'my father,' for support, emphasizing that his poor …

    1. ונחנא מקלין מן אחואלנא אלדי נחנא פיהא [ . . . . . . . .
    2. אלגלה אן מא ענדנא קמחה [[פ]] וקד גאת הדה אלנובה פזאדת
    3. עילנא אופא [[עטים]] ממא ענדנא מן אלקלה…

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  35. 35Unknown typeENA 3973.21

    Arabic script (VMR)

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  36. 36Literary textT-S Ar.7.15

    Biblical commentary in Judaeo-Arabic. In the form of a letter: "Know, my brother..."

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  37. 37List or tableT-S AS 210.175

    Torn fragment of a list of items, quantities, and prices, also some names such as ʿAbdallāh. Probably a list of debtors for commercial purposes. In …

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  38. 38LetterENA 3767.7

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: mid-12th century. Probably from an India trader. Mentions numerous business transactions, Maḥrūz, and Abū ʿUmar Ibn al-Baghdādī (who also appears …

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  39. 39State documentENA 3967.2

    Tax receipt, Fatimid. Registration mark - al-ḥamdu lil-lāh l-mutqin li-mā (badaʿ?)

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  40. 40Legal documentT-S 10J28.9

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Location: Fustat. Dating: 1130–38 CE, based on Ḥalfon's dates and the fact that Abū l-Barakāt …

    1. [שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא למט]ה כן הוה למא סהל אלכאלק תעאלי
    2. [ותבארך אסבאב אלוצ]לה בין אלשיך אבו אלברכאת כגק
    3. [מרור אברהם הלוי בן כגק] …

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  41. 41State documentT-S Ar.39.82

    Tax receipt for the capitation tax of Maʿālī b. [...] in Fustat for the year 525 AH (=1130/31 CE).

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  42. 42LetterENA 2747.14

    Letter drafts addressed to a certain Shemuel. In Hebrew. Asking him for more money ("the peraḥ that you sent has already run out"). Dating: Probably …

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  43. 43Legal documentT-S 18J3.6

    Legal document, probably some kind of testimony, signed by [...] b. Yefet, ʿOvadya b. Ṭahor and [...] b. Yeshuʿa ha-Kohen, followed by another legal document, …

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  44. 44LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 146

    Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script, probably mercantile. Little of the content is preserved. There is an unrelated fragment sharing this shelfmark, which …

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  45. 45List or tableENA 2727.32

    Writing exercise in large script. Lists various names, including Abū al-Faraj and Abū ʿAlī. (Information from Goitein’s index card)

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  46. 46LetterT-S 6J1.24

    Letter fragment describing the visit of the Nasi in the Babylonian synagogue. (Information from E. Bareket, Shafrir misrayim, 25)

    1. ל]מא כאן פי אלתאסע
    2. עשר מן שהר תמוז חטר
    3. שידנא אלנסי ירום הדו
    4. פי כניסה אלערקין יעמרהא
    5. אללה תעאלי בחיאת שידנא
    6. אלראיס אלנביל אלעאלם
    7. אלחסיד אלזהה אלורע
    8. א…

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  47. 47LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1415

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to two unknown addressees. Dated: Elul 1524 Seleucid = August/September 1213 CE. The writer requests a rapid response "to that which was …

    1. יחצר ויכרג ממא ילזמה פלתגתהדו
    2. פי דלך ותפעלו פיה חסב אלמשהור
    3. מן מרותכם ואלמעלום מן עטים
    4. נכותכם וירד גואבכם אלינא במא יחצל
    5. מן גואב אלמשאר אליה ובמא ית…

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  48. 48LetterENA 3616.30

    Letter from Khalīfa Ḥāmī to Yaʿaqov. In Hebrew with some Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 16th century. The sender heard the addressee was in prison and sent …

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  49. 49LetterT-S 8J14.22 + T-S NS J431

    India Book (IB) IV,49a and IV,49b (ח40). Letter from Yusuf b. al-Lukhtūsh, probably from Granada, to Ḥalfon, after leaving Granada. After October 1138. The writer …

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    1. יאמולאי ועמאדי וכבירי ומלאדי ואמירי | ועתאדי ומן אעלי אללה קדרה ואחסן דכרה תקדם
    2. כתאבי אלי חצרה מולאי ורייסי אלרייס | אל אג'ל אדאם אללה רפעתה ב…

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    1. אדוני וסומכי וגבירי ומעוזי ומנהיגי | ומגני ואשר ירומם ה' את מעלתו ויזכרהו לטובה. כבר נשלח
    2. מכתבי אל הדרת אדוני וראשי ה'ריי|ס' המפואר ביותר – ית…

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  50. 50LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/38

    Letter addressed to Abū ʿAlī Aharon ha-Kohen b. Avraham. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, and quite eloquent. The addressee and his father have long strings of …

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    1. בש רח
    2. וענוים ירשו ארץ והתענגו
    3. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתיך
    4. כי שפתי כהן ישמרו דעת
    5. לנטע השכל ונצר היושר וגזע הבין וסעיף הכושר
    6. שתיל הדעת והמזמה נחל נובע…

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