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  1. 1LetterT-S 8J16.9

    Part of the body of a letter, probably 11th century. Only a few lines are legible, which complain about a threat to the community, ולא …

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  2. 2LetterT-S NS 338.74

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Large fragment. Mentions: receipt of the addressee's letter; news of a terrible thing (akhbār al-ʿaẓīma); something from the recipients student in his …

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  3. 3LetterNLI 577.4/102

    Palimpsest. Undertext: Unidentified text in Greek. Identification may be possible even without multispectral imaging. Some phrases may include: εν τω ιερω (in the Temple) and …

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  4. 4LetterT-S 32.9

    Recto: poem in honor of a new leader. Verso: pen trials (עצל הלא תבוש ותכלם...) and a draft of a letter in Arabic script. The …

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  5. 5LetterT-S AS 152.314

    Recto: Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Rabbenu Yiṣḥaq and 'kissing the earth.' Verso: Genealogical list in Hebrew in a different hand, mentioning …

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  6. 6LetterENA NS 77.178

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  7. 7LetterT-S NS 338.59

    Letter, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment, very faded.

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  8. 8LetterT-S AS 152.385

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Little content preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  9. 9LetterJRL B 6459

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer complains, "I suffer from this city and its inhabitants unspeakable suffering. May God for the sake of His great …

    1. קד לחקני מן אלצגר מן הדה אלבלד ואהלהא מא לא ימכן
    2. שרחה אללה למען שמו הגדול יחסן כלאצי מנהא במהרה
    3. ובזמן קרוב          אעלם מולאי אנה קד וצל אלי ההנא […

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  10. 10LetterT-S 6J5.23

    Beginning of a letter from a certain Shemuel to Ibrāhīm ha-Talmid. Dating: likely 13th century. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  11. 11LetterCUL Or.1080 J232

    Recto and beginning of verso: Letter from a sick man to a physician. In Judaeo-Arabic. He reports that he has collected the prescription that the …

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    1. אלבית תרא חצרתה

    2. פי מא ינפעל לי לא עדמת

    3. איאדיהא ולא כלות מנהא אבדא

    4. ושלום הדרתו יגדל ואל ידל לעד

    5. נצח סלה

    6. יא מולאי אמא תאתיר אלדוא פ…

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  12. 12LetterBodl. MS heb. f 106/64

    Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 12th century, based on handwriting. Mentions red sulfur (kibrīt aḥmar), the estate of the addressee's dead brother, and perhaps …

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    1. אלכברית אלאחמר אלדי באעני [
    2. אחמר ואמא מא דכרת אן אלמרוחם
    3. יוסף אכוך ימצא רחמים אן קד כלף שי
    4. והו תחת אלחוטה פהדא שי אן בעיד עלי
    5. . . . . . . . כא…

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  13. 13LetterENA 2465.9

    Letter from Yehuda b. Avraham b. al-Faraj, possibly in Ṣahrajt, to ʿEli b. ʿAmram (aka Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAllūn b. Muʿammar), in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1060s …

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  14. 14LetterJRL B 7042

    Letter from Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan to Avraham ben Yiju. This fragment contains the Judaeo-Arabic opening on recto (with an internal address) and an Arabic-script external …

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  15. 15LetterT-S AS 160.414

    Blessings in Hebrew, with a note on verso in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning ‘eight days’. (Information from CUDL)

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  16. 16LetterT-S 8J23.8

    Letter from Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī, from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1051. Mentions a legal matter and several goods as pearls and …

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    1. [כתאבי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סל]אמתך וסעאדתך וציאנתך וצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה [       ]

    2. [                                    ען חאל] סלאמה ללה…

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    1. אני כותב לך, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת הגנתו לך, ויסלק ממך כל רע ברחמיו ....
    2. .... שלומי טוב, תודה לאל על זאת; א…

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  17. 17LetterT-S 10J16.17

    Letter from Natan b. Nahray, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat, concerning the arrival of ships, ca. 1045-1096.

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה

    2. ונעמאה וכבת אעדאה לח בקי מן אב יהפך לשמחה בעד אן

    3. תקדמת כתבי אליך צחבה ברוך ארגו וצולה…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויחמיר את עזרתך לך ואת שלומך 
    2. ואת חסדיו לך ויכה את אויביך, בכ"ב באב, יהפך לשמחה, אחרי שכבר

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  18. 18LetterT-S 12.226

    Letter from Yusuf b. Musa al-Tāhartī, probably from Mahdiyya, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, regarding shipments of goods. Fall 1063. The writer describes difficulties in …

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    1. [                                                                             ] מולאי

    2. [ ] אצחאב[נא ] ואכד אנא מן הדה אלנקוד שי ואלעצפר אלדי…

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    1. (2−1) אדוני .... אנשינו .... ואקח אני סכום (כלשהו) מן המטבעות האלה. ואשר לקרטם, אשר היה
    2. .... שהוא נותר, מפני שירד אצלנו מחירו, ויישאר עד 'אי…

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  19. 19LetterENA NS 62.13

    Bottom of a letter from Yefet b. Menashshe ha-Levi to one of his brothers.

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  20. 20LetterMoss. IV,20.2

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Rudimentary handwriting and spelling. The writer is in some perplexity about 'what I should do regarding Rashīd, since I rarely come …

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  21. 21LetterT-S 6J5.17

    Recto: Letter to Shelomo he-Ḥasid. The content is mostly lost. The recto also has a small patch of text in one corner in a different …

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  22. 22LetterT-S 13J18.25

    Circular by the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya to all the authorities in the Rif to bring to court in Fusṭāṭ one Avraham b. Manṣūr who …

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  23. 23LetterT-S AS 184.62

    Brief note in Arabic script addressed to Abū l-Ṭāhir, asking him to 'go down with [...]' and do something as a favor. Reused on verso …

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  24. 24LetterT-S 8J14.4 + T-S 6J6.1

    Letter from a woman, unknown location, to her brother Yūsuf b. Makārim the cantor and dyer, in Bilbays. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in both …

    T-S 6J6.1، recto

    1. כתאבי אלא אלאך אלעזיז אטאל אלאה בקאה ואדאם
    2. עזה ונעמאה ומן אלתופיק לא אכלאה גמע אלאה ביננא
    3. עלא {א}סר חאל ואלדי תריד עלמה אן קד וצל{נ…

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  25. 25LetterJRL A 1053

    "The three fragments known as JRL SERIES A 1053, JRL SERIES B 2699, and JRL SERIES B 2977 are from three copies of another invitation, …

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  26. 26LetterMoss. II,170

    Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower left corner). Probably recommending a poor man for charity ("[give him] something to nourish himself with"). Mentions 'my master …

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  27. 27LetterENA 2727.15a

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Contains only a few formulaic phrases from the ending. Mentions Avraham b. [...] (probably the bearer or the scribe).

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  28. 28LetterT-S 16.237

    Verso (original use): Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (left side). Provides updates on receipt of prior letters; mentions 'al-dār al-saʿīda' and a qāḍī. Greetings to …

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  29. 29LetterT-S NS 264.99

    Bottom part of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 12th or 13th century. Requests news of the addressee and of Sitt Ṣalaf (cf. ENA …

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  30. 30LetterT-S NS J339

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th century. Mentions Alexandria; business negotiations with Abū Naṣr, concluding with a purchase for only 30 dinars; refers to …

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  31. 31LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/87

    Letter from Abū l-Riḍā, it seems in Fustat, to his wife's brother Meʾir, perhaps in Damīra or at least nearby in the Rīf. In Judaeo-Arabic. …

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  32. 32LetterT-S NS 297.179–81

    Three fragments from a letter, in Arabic script. Extremely fragmentary to glean any context, but it references the current year and perhaps the beginning of …

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  33. 33LetterT-S NS 202.58

    Fragment of a mercantile letter in Arabic script. "I searched for marble (rukhām) in the city/country, and I couldn't find it... [...] is demanding it, …

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  34. 34LetterT-S 8J22.26

    Letter sent by a young weaver to a woman, probably his aunt, reporting that he is looking for a place to stay and for work. …

    1. מעי .[. .]מא חצלו ידי שי אני[. . . . . . . . .
    2. פי אסכנדריה ולא ענדכם פבקית תרך ובלית
    3. בקואם מא יכאפו אללה ולעל אכי קד קאסאהם
    4. וקד אכצר מקאמי מעהם ואנא…

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  35. 35LetterENA NS 35.19

    Upper part of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably no earlier than 15th century. The writer addresses his father, "the boy" (his brother?) Shemuel, his …

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  36. 36LetterT-S 12.228

    IB IV, 57 (ח64). Letter from Yeḥezqel b. Netanʾel, probably in Qalyūb, to his brother Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel in Alexandria, ten days after his previous …

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    1. וצל כתב מולאי ואכי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם סלאמתה ועאפיית[ה]
    2. וסררת במא דל עליה בשמול סלאמתה ועאפייתה אללה
    3. ידים דלך עלי ועלי גמיע אלאהל ויגמלנא גמ…

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    1. הגיעו מכתבי אדוני אחי – יאריך ה' את חייו ויתמיד את שלומו ובריאות[ו].
    2. ושמחתי על כלל שלומו ובריאותו שהצביע עליהם, ה'
    3. יתמיד זאת בשבילי ובשביל כל …

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  37. 37LetterCUL Or.1081 2.4

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to a certain Abū Ṭāhir containing interesting technical details of the capitation tax administration. The writer heard from Manṣūr al-Dimashqī "may God …

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    1.  [الى الشيـ]ـخ الاجل ابو طاهر لدار (؟) . . .
    2. . . شاكر  تفضله مسلم لا عدمته
    3. . . . . . . . .

    Recto

    1. [בש ר]חמ
    2. אלדי אעלם חצר…

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  38. 38LetterJRL A 987

    Very faded document in Hebrew, likely a letter.

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  39. 39LetterENA 4010.47

    Letter from the congregation of Tripoli, Lebanon, to Hesed b. Sahl. Dating: ca. 1025 CE. Synagogues in other places have been returned to the Jews, …

    ENA 4010, f. 47v ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp. 504-505 (Doc. #284), C.B. 01-04-88 (p) Letter from the community of Tripoli to Hasd Ha-Tustari. 1025

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  40. 40LetterENA NS 37.1

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th–13th century. The sender says that even if his letters have lapsed, he has never stopped loving and praying for …

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  41. 41LetterJRL A 864

    Fragment from the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning that the addressee recovered (naqahtu) from an illness. Also mentions Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm [al-Q?]ābisī.

    Recto:

    1. על שמך
    2. ו[צלת] כתבך יא שיכי וסידי . . . . . . . . [
    3. מ . . א עלי מא סררת בה מן נ . אם חאלך ו[
    4. הו אלוקת אלדי נקהת מנה(?) מן מרץ כאן אול . [. . .…

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  42. 42LetterENA 2971.12

    Fragment from the beginning of a letter. Mentions (addresses?) the Nagid and [...]ya ha-Dayyan.

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  43. 43LetterT-S NS J536

    Family letter addressed to Sulaymān Abū l-Faḍl. in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 14th century or later. Most of what is preserved consists of greetings.

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  44. 44LetterT-S 16.231

    Letter in which a Naib of Alexandria in the days of Saladin reports to the Nagid of Alexandria of two cases he took care of. …

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    1. פי באטני עגיבה גריבה גדא פכנת אתחדת
    2. מעה ומע גירה ואנא כאנני מעהם פלמא
    3. קאל כדלך צרבוה אלחאצ'רין ואכרג'וה ועאד
    4. דכל בשהותה אלחק סררת סרור עצים כי…

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  45. 45LetterT-S AS 153.214

    Late business letter in Hebrew from Shemuel Bahlul in Manzala (near Damietta) to Shemuʾel ___[?} in Cairo (מצרים). Information from Avraham David's transcription and notes.

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  46. 46LetterT-S 8J18.24

    Letter fragment from Ṭoviya b. ʿEli ha-Kohen to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. The carrier of the note is an in-law. The writer's handwriting is …

    1. אלממלוך ינהי אלי הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת
    2. מרנו ורבנו אדונינו שמואל הנגיד הגדול שר השרים
    3. ונגיד הנגידים ואביר האבירים ימין המלוכה
    4. מרדכי הזמן יהי שמו לעול…

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  47. 47LetterMoss. VII,182

    Letter from the cantor Yedutun ha-Levi, Fustat, to his brother Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, Qalyub. Narrow strips were torn from both the left and right …

    The remaining four lines in Arabic require further examination:

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    4. . . . …

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  48. 48LetterT-S AS 172.111

    Bottom of a letter in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212). Conveys a message for Abū l-Riḍā b. Abū l-Faraj al-Sharābī.

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  49. 49LetterMoss. VII,186.1

    Fragment of a letter in calligraphic Judaeo-Arabic, partially in rhymed prose. Refers to the dearth of proper legal documents (ketubba, barāʾa, maʿase, sheṭar) among "the …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]קרב בה אלי אללה
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] . ה נאשי פי אלתורה צנאעתה
    3. . . . . . . . . .…

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  50. 50LetterT-S 12.710

    Recto: Letter from a certain Yiṣḥaq to Shemarya (the father of Elḥanan b. Shemarya). In Hebrew. Contains blessings for Elḥanan to take the place of …

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