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  1. 7401LetterT-S AS 149.139

    A letter of reproach. The writer refers to 'your courts' and speaking about the right moral behavior a man should embrace when appealing to court.

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  2. 7402LetterT-S NS 224.115 + T-S NS 224.116 + T-S NS 224.113 + T-S NS 224.114

    Extremely fragmentary to glean any context. Possibly a letter, in Arabic script,

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  3. 7403LetterT-S AS 156.237 + T-S AS 156.238

    IB VII, 70. Letter from ʿAllān b. Ḥassūn, Aden, after his return from a difficult voyage to the southern coast of India, to ʿArūs b. …

    T-S AS 156.237 recto

    1. [Your servant took notice of... and your yearning] for him, a feeling shared by me. [May God ordain that]

    2. prosperity and he…

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  4. 7404LetterT-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. 7405LetterT-S NS J114

    Letter/petition in Arabic script from Isḥāq al-Qāriʾ. In Arabic script. Reporting that he is engaged in Hebrew studies and asking for material support. (Information in …

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    1. العبد المملوك
    2. اسحق القار[ئ]
    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    4. قد جعل الله تعالى ذكره حضرة مولاي الشيخ الاجل اطال الله بقاها وادام تاييدها 
    5. وعلاه…

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  6. 7406LetterT-S 8.68

    Part of a letter, mentioning debts. It probably addresses a community, since the plural address is used. (Information from CUDL)

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  7. 7407LetterYevr. II A 2880

    Copies of letters from Troki

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  8. 7408LetterT-S 13J25.10

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew. Dating: end of the 10th or beginning of the 11th century. From Yosef b. Yiṣḥaq Ibn Abitur, in Spain (either Merida …

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  9. 7409LetterT-S 10J11.27

    IB IV, 21 (ח38). Letter from Avraham Ṣiqillī b. Moshe from somewhere in Iberia to Ḥalfon b. Natanʾel, probably in Algeria. Contains a long Hebrew …

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    1. .ואלדהִ ר' חלפון
    2. הלוי
    3. בר'
    4. [...]... [..]דרת הלויה              אוהבו בכל לב ובכל
    5. [...]רת ב[נ]ם שלקדושים         נפש אברהם ב̇ר
    6. [... החכ]ם והנבון…

    recto

    1. אני כותב אל הדרת האדון המפואר ביותר יום איסור חג. תזכה ונזכה שנים
    2. רבות ששים גם שמחים. וכבר כתבתי לך מן 'אל…

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  10. 7410LetterENA NS 31.25

    Pen trials, notes, and a drawing. In Persian and Judaeo-Persian. The least-faded text block reads in part, "I am the ẓaʿir Refa'el b. Ḥanuka(?). I …

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  11. 7411LetterT-S 8J9.7

    Letter probably in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu (d. 1230s) addressed to someone he calls "the great rabbi." In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter consists entirely …

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    1. . . .הר]ב הג המעוז המגדול ישמ יוצ ויהיה
    2. ב]עזרו ויכניע כל אויביו וצורריו וכן יהי רצון אללה
    3. אלעאלם מא ענד אלממלוך מן שדה אלשוק ואלתאסף
    4. עלי מא י…

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  12. 7412LetterENA NS 11.21

    A learner's writing exercise in Judaeo-Arabic. The assignment was apparently to copy part of a letter in which the 'lofty' addressee was asked to purchase …

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  13. 7413LetterT-S AS 201.379

    Recto: Probably a letter fragment in Hebrew. The beginnings of ~5 lines are preserved and several diagonal marginal lines. On verso there are accounts in …

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  14. 7414LetterCUL Or.1080 J188

    Verso: Letter mentioning Moshe b. Maymūn b. Yosef b. ʿOvadya (Moses Maimonides) and an epistle he had sent to the Nasi? Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, …

    1. אחד מתלמידיו //אשר// לאהבתו מלא ידיו ולשרתו ישר מצעדיו ולעבד[ו
    2. הכין מעבדיו .אוהבו לשמע אזנים ואם לא ראהו משה בר מ
    3. מימון זצל בר יוסף זצל בר עובדיה זצ…

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  15. 7415LetterT-S Ar.18(1).113

    Letter from Berakhot b. Shemarya, in Damietta, to his parents or at least elder relatives or in-laws (ואלדיה). The address is made out to his …

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  16. 7416LetterJRL B 5228

    Letter? Avraham Maimonides autograph, r. 1205–1237 CE. Reused on recto for Hebrew liturgical text in a shaky hand.

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  17. 7417LetterT-S Ar.26.51

    Copy or formulary of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, damaged, almost entirely consisting of honorifics and praises. Might name somebody titled Zayn al-Dīn (unless that is …

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  18. 7418LetterMoss. V,328

    Opening of a letter written by Daniel b. Azarya, Jerusalem, to Aviram ha-Kohen b. Yitzhak b. Furat. Daniel b. Azarya writes that he is sorry …

    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאיי אלשיך אלגליל האדיר [שר העדה הוד]
    2. הזקינים האביר והכביר הנכבד בעם ייי ואדאם ת[איידה וכבת באלדל]
    3. אעדאה מן אלקדס אלמחרוס ליומ…

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  19. 7419LetterT-S NS 321.41

    Letter in Arabic script. Fragmentary (right side of recto). Probably commercial in nature. The sender's name looks like [...] b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Faraj. Reused for …

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  20. 7420LetterT-S Ar.31.17

    Letter, in Arabic script. Top part missing. The sender expresses his longing for the addressee. He mentions a paper trail and expresses his happiness on …

    1. الاجتماع معه على الحال السارة فيه ا[

    2. بمنه وسعة فضله ووصل كتابه ادام الله

    3. حراسته من تنيش(=تنيس) على يد سعادة الغلام

    4. وقراته وابتهجت بما تضمنه م…

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  21. 7421LetterT-S AS 145.78

    Verso (original use): Lower part of a note from an unknown sender to unknown addressee. In the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu (like recto)? It …

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  22. 7422LetterT-S Ar.42.3

    Verso (original use): Probably a letter, in Arabic script. Eight lines are preserved, with wide line spacing and a large right margin. Dating: likely no …

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  23. 7423LetterT-S AS 151.212

    Address, accompanying a letter or a shipment, from Fusṭāṭ to Jerusalem into the hands of Naṣrullah Bashshāʿ (?). Dating: Late, probably Mamluk-era. (Information in part …

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  24. 7424LetterT-S AS 204.182

    Letter fragment, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic. Looks like a Spanish or Maghribī hand and layout (the address (...al-jalīl al-ḥakīm al-fāḍil) at the top of recto).

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  25. 7425LetterT-S AS 145.95

    Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment: upper right corner. It seems that the scribe himself tore it up and obliterated part of the text. This …

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  26. 7426LetterENA NS 12.27

    Note to Yosef ha-Shofeṭ, mainly praises. Hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya?

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  27. 7427LetterENA 3941.3

    Brief letter in Arabic script. Dated: 6 __(?) 1243 AH (1827/1828 CE), with the month indicated by a sole ligature or letter (ل؟)– possibly Shawwal. …

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  28. 7428LetterT-S AS 182.108

    Letter in Arabic script. Very faded.

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  29. 7429LetterT-S 10J9.33

    Letter in the hand of Avraham b. Natan, probably addressed to Mevorakh b. Saʿadya with blessings for his son Moshe. Explaining the circumstances surrounding the …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. צבח אללה אדוננו באסעד צבאח ויגיעו שנים רבות ויראהו תורת רבנא משה
    3. וחופתו ויעשה לו נס כשם שעשה לאבותנו אתצל בי עתב חצרתהא פי
    4. מעני אלד[ינא]ר לא…

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  30. 7430LetterT-S 16.157

    Late letter in Ladino written to Shemuʾel b. Soshan, dated 1st of Ḥeshvan. Mentions various business dealings including in indigo (אנייל) and something called אבראג̇יל …

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  31. 7431LetterT-S G1.1

    Verso, continuing onto recto between the lines (secondary use): Letter describing a requisition (muṣādara) carried out against a whole town, in which Muslims, Christians, Samaritans …

    Verso:

    1. בש רח
    2. מוגב הדה אלאסטר אעלם הדרת רבינו יחי לעד אננא
    3. פי סת אללף עאפיה בסאלמה נפוסנה ודאך אן נזל עלינא
    4. המן הרשע וצאדר אליהוד ואביעת מכאזנהם אלקמ…

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  32. 7432LetterT-S J3.34

    From a book of formulas of letters. Compare with T-S J3.3

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  33. 7433LetterT-S AS 151.58

    Small fragment of a letter or legal document. Mentioning "our master Shemuel," i.e., Shemuel b. Ḥananya (נגיד] עם ייי צבאות). Mentions ten daftars. (Information in …

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  34. 7434LetterAIU VII.E.186

    Letter in Ladino to Efrayim [...] dated 1806/7 CE (20 Sivan[?] 5567 AM). Requires further examination.

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  35. 7435LetterENA NS 22.13

    Letter from Yusha` b. Natan to Nahray b. Nissim.

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    1. על שמך
    2. תקדמת כתבי למולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה [ואדאם עזה וס]עאדתה

    3. וסלאמתה ונעמתה עדה ואכ'רהא עלי יד[י              וכנת מ]נתטר

    4. לוצול כתאב…

    recto

    1. (1 – 2) על שמך; שלחתי לך לפני כן, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת אושרך
    2. ואת שלומך ואת חסדו לך, מכתבים אחרים, האח…

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  36. 7436LetterT-S AS 157.537

    Small letter fragment. Little of the substance is preserved.

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  37. 7437LetterENA 2799.3

    Small fragment in Ladino, probably from a letter.

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  38. 7438LetterT-S AS 173.61

    Small fragment of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. Refers to someone who is in good health and staying with the sender's maternal …

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  39. 7439LetterT-S AS 146.353

    Recto: Upper part of a letter in the hand of Yedutun ha-Levi to a notable named [...] b. Yeshaʿyahu. Opens with a Hebrew panegyric and …

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  40. 7440LetterT-S 13J7.27

    IB III, 7. Letter from Yosef b. Avraham, Aden, to Avraham b. Yiju, ca. 1147 or 1148. The letter discusses business matters and mentions the …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כי ייו יהיה בכסליך ושמר רגלך מלכד. יוי
    3. שמרך יוי צלך על יד ימיניך. יוי ישמרך
    4. מכל רע ישמר את נפשך. ישמר צאתך
    5. ובאך מעתה ועד עולם. יומם השמש לא
    6. …

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    1. In Your name, O Merciful. 
    2. For the Lord will be your trust; He will keep your feet from being caught. The Lord 
    3. is your guardian, the Lord is …

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  41. 7441LetterAIU VII.E.226

    Late letter or drafts or records of letters in Judaeo-Arabic, on lined paper. May be a continuation of the preceding shelfmark (both contain poetic lines …

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  42. 7442LetterAIU VII.E.16

    Fragment (bottom half) of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is urged to sell something quickly. The cotton(?) and the garment arrived. The sender …

    1. לדלאלה וביעה [במא
    2. אטעם אללה ורזק ולא
    3. תתואני פי ביעה סרעה
    4. ואלקטן(?) ואלתוב קד וצלוני
    5. קראת עליך אלסלאם ועלי
    6. כרימתי אלסלאם וואלדי
    7. ואבו סעיד ואבו אלפרג
    8. …

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  43. 7443LetterT-S AS 148.168

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. May be an 11th-century commercial letter. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  44. 7444LetterT-S AS 173.183

    Fragment from the beginning of a letter. Very faded. Dating: 12th or 13th century. Reused on recto for pen trials of the beginning of a …

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  45. 7445LetterCUL Or.1080 J27

    Letter of appeal from a cantor to a certain Moshe ha-Sar who is in government service. The letter also addresses Ṣedaqa ha-Sar. He asks for …

    1. בש רח
    2. ומצא חן ושכל טוב וג
    3. כי ארך ימים ושנות חיים וג
    4. ותגזר אמר ויקם לך וג
    5. לכבוד גד קד מר ור משה השר הנכבד העשה
    6. כמה חסדים וכמה טובות יעזרהו אלהינו ויש…

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  46. 7446LetterUnknown (excavation images 1974_P03_32–32A and 1974_P03_33–33A)

    Letter from ʿAbd al-Karīm b. al-Ḥasan b. Dāwud to his "son" the Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh b. Muḥammad Ibn al-Aʿmā, probably in Ibrīm (the location …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. كتبت اليك يا ولدى العزيز على الامير ابريم اطال الله بقاك وادام عزك
    3. وتاييدك وسعادتك وسلامتك كتبت عن حال سلامة وعافية
    4. لله…

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. I have written to you, my son, who is dear to me, the commander (at) Ibrīm, may God prolon…

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  47. 7447LetterENA 2738.22

    Upper right fragment: Letter probably from the cantor Yosef b. Yefet ha-Levi Ibn al-Jāzfīnī to Abū Mūsā Hārūn "the ornament of conviviality and the crown …

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  48. 7448LetterT-S AS 145.235

    Letter fragment (right side of recto, right side of verso), probably from Alexandria to Fustat. Extremely faded. Legible phrases include: "Send to Alexand[ria]" and "he …

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  49. 7449LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/26

    Letter addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda, in Alexandria. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Only the beginning and the address are preserved. The sender …

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  50. 7450LetterT-S NS 169.11

    Letter from R. Sherira to R. Yaʿaqov b. Nissim from Qayrawan.

    .............................................(Recto)

    1. .................................. שולח
    2. ....................תחיל אלוף נט' רח' לתלמידיו
    3. ........…

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