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  1. 701LetterT-S AS 179.175

    Verso (the earlier text): Fragment of a state-related document referring to "the victorious army" (al-ʿaskar al-manṣūr). The ends of three more lines are preserved. Recto …

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  2. 702LetterJRL B 5951

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. None of the substance is preserved. Probably 11th or 12th century.

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  3. 703LetterT-S Ar.7.8

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Approximately 20 lines are preserved across two fragments. reused on verso for literary text (including the first Hebrew phrases from verses of …

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  4. 704LetterT-S 12.66

    IB IV, 50 (ח42). Letter from Shemuʾel b. Yiṣḥaq, probably in Granada, to Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel. Dating: summer 1138–spring 1139. Shemuʾel b. Yiṣḥaq might be …

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    1. [...] בן כבוד החכם הנכבד היקר
    2. [...] עליה שמואל בר יצחק
    3. [...] אל עמיד אל מפכם אל ג'ליל אל קדר
    4. אל רפיע אל שאן ואל עזיז פי ארפע מנאזל אל עז ואמנע…

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    1. (אל) [... חלפון ... בן ... הי]קר ר' נתנאל נ"ע.

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    1. [אל ר' חלפון ...] בן כבוד החכם הנכבד היקר
    2. [ר' נתנאל נ"ע מאת המתגעגע] עליו שמואל בר יצח…

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  5. 705LetterMoss. V,347.1

    In conservation. Letter to Abu Thabit the cantor to Cairo (data from Mosseri Catalogue). AA

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  6. 706LetterBodl. MS heb. b 3/17

    Letter from Yeshua b. Isma’il al-Makhmuri from Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1060. The writer traveled safely from Rashid to Alexandria, after he …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלחבר הגדול גדול הישיבה ויקירה ואדאם 
    2. עזה ותאידה וסעאדתה ונעמאה מן אלאסכנדריה בעד וצולי סאלם בחמד אללה 
    3. ומנה לה אלשכ…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני החבר הגדול גדול הישיבה ויקירה, יתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את
    2. גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת חסדיו לך, מאלכסנדריה, …

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  7. 707LetterJRL B 4119

    Letter fragment addressed to the great prince (ha-Sar ha-Adir, Sar ha-ʿEda), in Cairo. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Written on the 21st of Ḥeshvan.

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  8. 708LetterT-S AS 151.155

    Recto: Small strip of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso: unidentified Hebrew. (Information from CUDL)

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  9. 709LetterYevr. II A 1728

    Letter to Shalom b. Zekharya, mostly on family matters.

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  10. 710LetterDK M75

    Fragment of an opening to a letter to Yusuf b. Ya’aqub b. Awkal. The letter was written in Jerusalem. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, …

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    1. ] אחלי שלום ונחלי חכמות וחוסן ויקר ושלות השקט 
    2. וזר]ע נכון ועטרת צבי וצפירת תפארת וחיי בשרים 
    3. ] ורנה ותשועת אלד'ים ועז ותעצומות יהיו ליקירנו 
    4. ]…

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  11. 711LetterMoss. VII,147.2

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment. Mentions Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa b. Yaʿaqov; sending purses with various sums of dinars; [Hārū]n(?) b. Rajā Ibn al-Dirghām(?); Tamīm; a …

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  12. 712LetterT-S AS 145.327

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Fustat, [Dar?]b al-Ḥadīd, to be delivered to Yosef al-Ḥazzan al-[...]bī. Apart from the address, only formulaic content from the …

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  13. 713LetterDK 120

    Beginning of a letter from Daniel b. Azarya Gaon or David b. Daniel to a community, ca. 1092. NB: The shelfmark has since changed, and …

    1. במקהלות [ברכו אלהים].... [והמשכילים]
    2. יזהירו כזו[הר הר]קיע ומצד[י]קי הרבים ככו[כבים לעולם] ועד של[ום]
    3. אשר לא יתום ולא יכ[ב]ה מתגבר ועולה ומתעלה וברכו…

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  14. 714LetterT-S NS 324.91

    Recto: Brief letter to a cantor concerning 4 dinars for the purchase of a Torah codex (muṣḥaf): אלחזן שצ יעלם אן לא . . . …

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  15. 715LetterT-S 16.6

    Recto with the address on verso: letter from the Babylonian Gaʾon Neḥemya ha-Kohen to Nissin b. Binyamin, in Sfax. Dated: Kislev [12]74 Seleucid = October/November …

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    1. נחמיה הכהן ראש הישיבה שלגולה בן כהן צדק ראש הישיבה שלגולה
    2. אל אהוב וענוב ויקיר וחשוב מרי ורבנא ניסין ישמרו איום ונורא ויאמצו בקרב ברחמי שמו ייט…

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  16. 716LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/60

    IB V, 13. Letter from Avraham b. Ḥabīb, in Alexandria, to Abū Zikrī Kohen, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Goitein's attached notes include discussions of how …

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    1. תובלנה בשמחות וגיל תבואינה בהיכל מלך
    2. וממא אעלם בה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל אלסאמי אלמחל אטאל
    3. אללה בקאהא ואדאם נעמאהא אן אתצל בי באלאגתמאע
    4. באלבית אלשר…

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  17. 717LetterT-S NS J485 + T-S 8J20.16 + T-S NS 283.96

    Letter describing the claims of the writer's brother-in-law on the half of a house that was sold by the mother to her daughter, the writer's …

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    1. אעלם רבינו הרב המבהק בישרא…

    recto, main text [all three fragments combined]

    1. I inform our Rabbi, the most distinguished Rabbi of Israel, the singular of (our) time
    2. and its wonde…

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  18. 718LetterT-S AS 150.108

    Small fragment of a letter, mentioning Abū l-Faraj al-Dayyan, 'al-ḥasid al-muʿallim,' and Abū Zikrī. (Information mainly from CUDL.)

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  19. 719LetterT-S 8J20.11

    Letter from Zekharya b. Ḥayyim, in Palermo ("al-Madīna"), to Abū l-Fakhr Saʿadya b. Avraham (Ibn al-Amshāṭī), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: end of Elul (4)932 …

    1. כתבת לחצרה סיידי אלשיך אלאגל אלאמגד אלאכרם אלאוחד אלעזיז עלי אלאתיר
    2. לדי אלאחב מן נפסי אלי חרס אללה מהגתה ונוך בהגתה ותאבע מסרתה
    3. וגבטתה וקד עלם אללה …

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  20. 720LetterT-S NS 152.173 + T-S NS 164.186

    Epistolary templates in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Mostly various types of letters of condolence (and one side of the folio is headed "taʿziya"). There are also …

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  21. 721Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 25

    Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Mentions [al-shaykh] al-ʿAfīf and someone else; that something did not arrive the previous year; "on this day"; …

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  22. 722LetterT-S AS 145.291

    Letter. Very faded. (Information from CUDL)

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  23. 723LetterT-S AS 146.159

    Recto: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, sent from Fustat. "I arrived with seven of the captives..." Verso: possibly address of the letter (mentions a …

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  24. 724LetterT-S Misc.20.225

    Nearly complete family and business letter from a father Mawhūb b. ʿAbdallāh Ibn al-[...] to his son. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. …

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  25. 725LetterMoss. II,163.3

    The beginning of the second page what is probably a petition, written by a boy who was abandoned by his father before he was born. …

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  26. 726LetterNLI 577.6/23

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th century. The handwriting may be known. Deals with trade in pepper, brazilwood, saffron (zarnaba), dragon's blood (qāṭir), a …

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  27. 727LetterBodl. MS heb. c 50/20

    Fragment of a family/business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 13th century. Mentions: a wālī; business dealings and losses; small sums of money between 3–10 dirhams; …

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    1. . . . 
    2. ענד אלואלי וקאל לי קם אחסר(?)
    3. צהרך וכסרנא אלגעל ואקסמנא
    4. באנה יגי אלגמעה אלגאייה ואמא
    5. חדית אלראונד מא וגדת ענד
    6. בן אלעודי אלא שוי מסוס ול…

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  28. 728LetterT-S 12.667

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, headed by an Arabic-script basmala. Fragment (left side of recto, left side of verso). Dating: Likely 11th century. Sent from Fustat. Addressed …

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  29. 729LetterT-S AS 215.327

    Small fragment of a document in Hebrew, maybe a letter. Mentions the name Shemaʿya.

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  30. 730LetterT-S AS 150.154 + T-S Misc.22.6

    Business letter, first half of the 16th century. The subject matter is a dispute between merchants who dealth in skins, pepper, and tin. An Avraham …

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  31. 731LetterBL OR 5542.23

    Letter from Peraḥya b. Yosef Yiju to Abū l-Fakhr Saʿadya [b. Avraham Ibn al-Amshāṭī]. In Hebrew (for the introduction) and Judaeo-Arabic (for the body). This …

    1. אלממלוך אבי סעיד יקבל אלארץ בין ידי אלמולא
    2. אלשיך אלרצי אללה תעאלי יוסע רזקך ויתבת סעאדתך
    3. ויקים גאהך ויחבס עליך ולדך ולא יקטע בך יא מולאי
    4. לולא יעלם א…

    Your servant Abī Saʾīd kisses the ground before my lord, the elder al Rāṣūy. May God increase your income, stabilize your success and enhance your ho…

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  32. 732LetterT-S AS 177.384

    Letter in Arabic script. Rudimentary hand. Mentions small business transactions.

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  33. 733LetterT-S 8J22.31

    Letter in the hand of Yehuda Ibn al-ʿAmmānī, likely sent to Abū l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1216/17 CE (1528 Seleucid). …

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    1. אדאם אללה [עז]ך וקרב אלאגתמאע בך אן לי מדה שהרין לם יגיני מנך כתאב
    2. ואשתגל קלבי לדלך ולמא גא כתאבך אלי אכוך הלאל הדה אלגמעה ונפדת
    3. לואלדתך . . .…

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  34. 734LetterT-S AS 145.314

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning the merchants who traverse the provinces (al-tujjār al-mujtāzīn bi-l-rīf). (Information in part from CUDL)

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  35. 735LetterBodl. MS heb. a 2/22

    Recto: Bottom part of a letter from Berakhot probably to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–37). Concerning public affairs. Asking him to act with regard to certain …

    1. ]גמע אלממל[וך
    2. אלגמאעה וקלת להם הדה אלאפעאל
    3. תרציכם קאלו הדא מא יכתארה אחד
    4. ולא ירתציה פאחצר אלממלוך אלכחאל
    5. אלמדכור וחלפתה עלי אלתורה באנה
    6. לא יכלי יגתמ…

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  36. 736LetterT-S AS 184.429

    Letter, probably. In Arabic script. Too faded to read much.

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  37. 737LetterIOM D 55.3

    Letter addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions business in fava beans, vetch, cucumbers, and wheat. Mentions Bilbays. Mentions people such as David ha-Dayyan, …

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  38. 738LetterT-S AS 155.107

    Letter(s). Recto and verso are in different hands and orientations. Verso contains phrases typical of letters of appeal for charity.

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  39. 739LetterJRL B 2475

    Fragment from the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with several addressees, among them [ʿAbd] Allāh (?), Abū Saʿd, and Ṣedaqa b. [...] ha-Zaqen.

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. סבב אצדאר הדה אלמכאתבה אלי אלשיך [
    3. ואלשיך [עבד?] אללה ישמרם צורם אלמקימין [
    4. אלשיך אלגליל //אגל// אבו סעד [כב]וד גדולת קדושת מ [
    5. //הוד// בית …

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  40. 740LetterT-S 12.342

    Letter of recommendation (?). "This note was cut out (?) from the book belonging to the Persian (al-ʿAjamī) staying with the Jew who speaks on …

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  41. 741LetterENA NS 34.6

    Late letter in Hebrew. Needs further examination. Mentions the unbearable heat of the sun. The sender's signature is difficult, perhaps: Avraham Ben-Sor or Ben-Tor, אברהם …

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  42. 742LetterENA 3958.4

    Long letter(s) in Arabic script (recto and verso are in different hands). Dating: probably Mamluk-era based on hand/layout. Needs examination.

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  43. 743LetterT-S NS 310.5

    IB ח94 (דף ב). Draft of a letter from Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, perhaps in Damascus, to R. Ḥiyya. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. …

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    1. ובסוף המגלה הגדולה החמודה אשר בִחִ.[........ ע]מדתי
    2. על הענינים היקרים החקוקים על אודו[ת] אשר בִקשִהִ כִאִש עִמִוִדִ
    3. היקרה / וגזרתו הפנימיה הטה…

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  44. 744LetterT-S NS J170

    Letter from Eliyyahu (b. Zekherya) to the scholar Yosef. In Judaeo-Arabic. Eliyyahu expresses astonishment that the latter had not answered the Rayyis with regard to …

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  45. 745LetterT-S AS 147.230

    Letter, only a few words remain.

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  46. 746LetterT-S 8.265

    Letter from Ismaʿīl b. Barhūn al-Tahartī (CUDL), Yosef b. Berekhya or Moshe b. Barhun al-Taharti, Qayrawān (PGP), to (Efrayim b.) Shemarya, Fustat. Discusses responsa of …

    1. ]נעמתך וסעאדתך ואתם
    2. תאיידך [ וען שוק לגהתך אלכרימה
    3. ?רי]אסתך אדאמהא אללה לך ולי פיך
    4. ]. אלתי טלקהא אלראיס בחצרתי
    5. ו]כאלה ולא יכפא ענך קול דוד ננ
    6. אללה א…

    ע׳׳א:

    1. (1–5) אני כותב לך, אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת שלומך ואת אושרך וישלים …. אבל אני מתגעגע לפניך האציליים, …. (הגיע מ…

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  47. 747LetterCUL Add.3345

    Letter addressed to Yosef ha-Kohen b. Simha, asking for help. In Hebrew. The writer was hit by a crisis that forced him into poverty and …

    1. אברכה את ייי בכל עת תמיד
    2. תהלתו בפי
    3. בייי תהלל נפשי ישמעו ענוים וישמחו
    4. פודה ייי נפש עבדיו ולא יאשמו כל החוסים בו
    5. חונה מלאך ד' סביב ליריאיו ויחלצם
    6. חזקו…

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  48. 748LetterT-S AS 153.167

    Woman’s letter, introduced by Psalms 45:17, mentioning a certain Abū l-M[...]. (Information from CUDL)

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  49. 749LetterT-S 12.308

    Mercantile letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century. Large, well-preserved, and essentially unstudied. Sender and addressee are unidentified; the sender is probably writing from Ifrīqiyya. …

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  50. 750LetterENA NS 64.12

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Tells the addressee to sell indigo, and mentions 100 pounds of soap. Also mentions a sum of 200 dinars. Also tells …

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