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  1. 451LetterT-S AS 176.391

    Letter fragment.

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  2. 452LetterT-S NS J119

    Letter from Jerusalem addressed to Efrayim b. Shemarya (Maḥfūẓ), concerning the revenue from the Compound of the Jerusalemites in Fustat. Dating: approximately 1040 CE (per …

    1. ]דמה אלחבר אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם
    2. ] מגוצה למקדראת קאירה ען וצף
    3. ]ל להם אלי אכתר מן אלמסלה(!) ללה
    4. א]גאבה דעאיהם לה חרסה אללה
    5. ]לתהם באלגמיל וקד כאן כתאבה

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    1. …the Ḥāvēr, may God give you a long life and everlasting (favor and grace) 

    2.  … your diving into abominations too enormous to be described 

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  3. 453LetterT-S AS 167.293

    Letter addressed to Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Natan al-Sabīʿī (aka Avraham b. Natan ha-Sheviʿi). The sender's name may include Yosef. Only the address is preserved …

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  4. 454LetterMoss. Ia,24

    Letter addressed to a certain Yehuda. In Judaeo-Arabic. Nearly complete, albeit faded. Begins, "The messenger for our congregation from our master the Nagid arrived with …

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  5. 455LetterMIAC 36

    Letter regarding the construction of the tomb of Rabbi Yaʿacov Abu Haṣīra [in Damanhur] – 1935CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 36) – …

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  6. 456LetterT-S 16.9

    Strongly worded circular letter sent by Moses Maimonides (ca. 1168–1204 CE in Egypt) to the country-side community, soliciting them to contribute to the ransom of …

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    1. יחצל באלהוינא בל ינבגי אן יקף [שיו]ככם ותלאמדכם ומקדמיכם וכלכם
    2. פי הדא אלאמר אלוקוף אלדי אמר בה אלשרע וישד בעצכם מן בעץ
    3. חזק ונתחזק בעד עמינו וב…

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  7. 457LetterJRL AF 50.11–12

    Letter fragment in Hebrew. Late. The names Avraham and Nissim appear.

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  8. 458LetterT-S 6J3.24

    Poetic introduction in Hebrew for a letter addressed to a Jewish courtier (sar ve-naeh li-serara).

    1. לאיש נדיב ויקום על נדיבות יפה מ[
    2. אשר זרח כאור שמש ביומם וציץ א[
    3. אשר זכה כארז בלבנון ועש פר[
    4. אשר דמה כשושן בין חדקים וגם צ[
    5. אשר הוא שר ונאה לשררה ומפ…

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  9. 459LetterT-S Misc.20.20

    Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic, likely 11th century.

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  10. 460LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1863/11b

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Cryptic. Mentions a blazing fire.

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  11. 461LetterENA NS I.10

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably from Avraham he-Ḥasid to a disciple with pietistic instructions. Ed. Fenton, "A Pietist Letter from the Genizah" HAR 9 (1985).

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  12. 462LetterT-S AS 46.85

    Recto: possibly part of a letter in Arabic. Verso: Ezekiel 41:7. (Information from CUDL)

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  13. 463LetterENA NS 77.172

    Epistle or literary text in Judaeo-Arabic. There are some narrative portions, but mainly it seems to be quoting and interpreting biblical verses. Needs examination.

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  14. 464LetterT-S AS 148.3

    Letter from Daniel b. Azarya to Avraham ha-Kohen b. Yishaq b. Furat, to save a prisoner who was sentenced to death. (Gil, Palestine, vol. 2, …

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. [חרס] אללה מולאי אלשיך אלגליל שר העדה פאר הכהונה יברכהו אלהינו
    3. [לאנה מגיב] למן אסתגאת בה ומוצלי הדה אלרקעה קום דכרו אן להם רגל
    4. [מ]חבוס ואנה…

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  15. 465LetterT-S AS 147.168

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning a letter 'to the cook' (al-ṭabbākh); that the sender advanced 2 dinars to someone; the [sec]retary(?) of Muʾayyad al-Mulk came and …

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    1. ] פסאד שגלך
    2. ] אנפדת אלי חצרתך עדה כתב אנתטר
    3. ] . אך מא אנפדתו לי אחד פתפצל
    4. ] . אמרי וכתב לי כתאב אלי אלטבאך
    5. ] וקדמתה דינארין ווצל בעד
    6. כ]אתב מא…

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  16. 466LetterT-S NS 181.35

    Faded letter in Hebrew. Dating: looks late, ca. 15th–16th century. Probably dealing with communal affairs, but the text is too fragmentary to understand. Some words …

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  17. 467LetterT-S 13J36.9

    Fragment (top) of a letter to [...] b. Menaḥem ha-Levi ‘Av Bet Din of the House of Meeting (שלבית הועד).' On parchment. (Information from CUDL …

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  18. 468LetterT-S 10J11.17

    Letter from Yeshayahu b. Ishaq to Abu Avraham Ismail b. Avraham with an urgent request to hand over six loads of textiles to the Dar …

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    1. מא נערף מא נכתב בה אליך ישיכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם
    2. סלאמתך ממא אנא מדפוע אליה מן המי אלדי לם יגוז עלי
    3. אעצם מנה ומן מסאעדתי לקצא חואיג אל…

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  19. 469LetterJRL B 7686

    Small fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo_Arabic. . . . אללה וטלעת . . . קבל אלמרכב . . . אלאכרם . . . …

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  20. 470LetterT-S Misc.11.129 + T-S Ar.54.17

    Draft of a letter from Ishaq Sholal (d. 1524) to the yeshiva in Jerusalem. In Hebrew. Published by Avraham David in Cathedra 68, pp. 43–48. …

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  21. 471LetterT-S AS 203.134

    A letter from Yehuda Tirani to Shimshon b. Shemuel, 17th century. The writer is in a harsh financial situation and has difficulties to pay his …

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  22. 472LetterBL OR 10112B.7

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. "The matter is out of my hands. . . . the situation is rotten." The rest is quite faded but potentially …

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  23. 473LetterMoss. II,158.2

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning two dinars which the addressee had given the sender; he is to take them back and instruct Abū …

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  24. 474LetterT-S 8.66

    Letter from Isma’il b. Farah from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Probably September 25, 1056. The letter contains details about shipments of goods, probably …

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    1. [כתאבי יאסידי] אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם תאידך וסלאמתך וסעאדתך ערב סכות תזכה ל[   ]

    2.                               ] אנא אהניך במא אשרעת פיה יתן …

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיר את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת אושרך, בערב סוכות, תזכה ....
    2. ואני מברך אותך במצבך החדש, ייתן ל…

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  25. 475LetterT-S G1.61

    IB VI, 42. Letter from Abū l-Faḍl Shela, in Alexandria, to his son Ismāʿīl al-Fāṣid al-Yahūdī, in Aden. Probably dictated to his son Yosef b. …

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  26. 476LetterT-S AS 152.294

    Letter mentioning Abū ʿAlī Ḥusayn and Abū Ibrā[hīm]. (Information from CUDL)

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  27. 477LetterT-S Ar.35.118

    Recto: An Arabic note with instructions. "Send to Alexandria with the ghulām of Ibn al-Falā[tī?] 5 1/2 manns of aloe wood (ʿūd), to be delivered …

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  28. 478LetterT-S 12.360

    Letter from Abū l-Majd ʿUzziʾel, in Damira, to the judge Moshe b. Peraḥya. Informing him that he would take up the post of teacher in …

    1. צדיקים יירשו ארץ וג עבד עבדו ומודה חסדו
    2. פרי צדיק יהגה חכמה וג השואל לשלומו השואף אל מקומו
    3. תורת אלהיו בלבו לא ימעד(!) עזיאל משרת מרינו ורבינו
    4. רננו צד…

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  29. 479LetterT-S 12.394

    Letter in Hebrew by a bibliophile from Byzantium, whose family name is Pinhasi, to a scribe in a provincial town in Egypt, named Perahya (probably …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. בחרתי האחות בחיבוק המ/מ/ . . ה באזורי
    3. תושיה האחוז בקדשם . . . . טר . סי המוצג
    4. להצפן ומ/ו/שלב בדיבור מיתרי הפרכת והסיפור
    5. זה זכה בו להיעדף בבי…

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  30. 480LetterT-S NS J537

    Formal letter in Arabic script. Dating: Maybe Mamluk-era, but this is a guess. Wide space between the lines. Difficult to understand the content. There is …

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  31. 481LetterT-S AS 152.114

    Letter mentioning Fusṭāṭ. (Information from CUDL.) Excerpts: אדנת לך בתסלימה . . . קד אבדת(?) עליה . . . פי מצר גיר . . . …

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  32. 482LetterT-S 12.845

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, in a rudimentary hand and spellings. Written on parchment. Contains praises for somebody's piety.

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  33. 483LetterT-S 16.130

    Beginning of a circular letter by Nisi b. Shemuel, head of a congregation (of Rabbanites? Palestinians? Babylonians? Karaites?) to all Israel, emphasizing the duty to …

    1. ניסי בן שמואל ראש
    2. קהלת עדת אל
    3. לכל אחינו ישראל הדרים בכל מקומות מושבותיהם . . . . . . .א. . . [ . . .
    4. הקרובים והרחוקים החכמים הנבונים הידועים היקרים …

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  34. 484LetterJRL L 31

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic, reused for sums.

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  35. 485LetterENA 3171.1

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded and hard to discern any of the content. Mentions time/fate several times, cites Berakhot 3b, “A pit cannot [be filled …

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  36. 486LetterT-S AS 153.148

    Letter from Barakāt(?) to Eliyyahu he-Ḥakham ha-Maskil. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper part only). Greetings to Bū l-Ṭāhir Zaqen ha-ʿEda. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  37. 487LetterT-S NS 33.137

    Recto: Fragment of a mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to buying good quality musk (אלמ]סך אלטיב) for 'whatever price.' Refers to a qinṭār of something; …

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  38. 488LetterT-S AS 204.16

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Three lines of verses/blessings, then "I inform sayyidnā. . ."

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  39. 489LetterENA NS 2.24

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (thin strip from the right side of recto). …

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  40. 490LetterBL OR 12292.9

    Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Written in purple ink. Late, probably 18th or 19th century.

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  41. 491LetterJRL B 8327

    Tiny fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning al-Talmid and Ḥalfon ha-Sar. Verso has some text in Arabic, perhaps accounts.

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  42. 492LetterT-S AS 152.153

    Letter fragment to the sage Ḥalfon. Only formulaic blessings are preserved. The hand looks Spanish. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  43. 493LetterMIAC 294

    Invitation from the administration of the Paḥad Isḥak Synagogue (Kraïem) for attending the celebration which will be held in the synagogue on Passover between Saturday …

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  44. 494LetterBL OR 10656.21

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The ends of several lines are preserved, mostly formulaic. Tells someone not to "go down" (the Nile). Reused for Hebrew literary text …

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  45. 495LetterENA 3746.6 + ENA 3746.7

    Letter in Arabic script with some Hebrew mixed in (בהיכלו). Faded and damaged. A portion of the address is preserved; the sender's name may be …

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  46. 496LetterT-S AS 152.163

    Recto: probably a Hebrew letter consisting of blessings for a group of people, 'at their head' Moshe and his brother ʿOvadyahu. Verso: qiddush for Passover. …

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  47. 497LetterT-S AS 148.82

    Business letter mentioning different quantities of currency and commodities such as water lily (nūfar/nawfar) and orange (nāranj). (Information in part from CUDL)

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  48. 498LetterCUL Or.1080 15.10

    Pen trials in Latin- and Hebrew-script. The Latin-script words and abbreviations resemble Castilian Spanish but at times demonstrate Italianate linguistic influence. These words are honorific …

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  49. 499LetterT-S NS 324.51

    Verso (original use): Letter from Mūsā, probably addressed to Shelomo. Asking the addressee's help in doing something on Sunday. Recto (secondary use): Letter from Shelomo …

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  50. 500LetterENA NS 77.287

    Fragment, Arabic script, four lines in a chancery hand. Starts with a basmala and ḥamdala and mentions al-Najm al-Yahūdī. " بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد …

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