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  1. 10851LetterT-S 8.213

    Fragment of a letter in Hebrew. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Describing hearing bad news on the 3rd of Ṭevet which caused the sender to …

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  2. 10852LetterT-S AS 145.47

    Informal note in Arabic script. Addressed to a certain 'al-shaykh al-fāḍil.' Possibly from a woman? The sender's information looks like "al-ʿabdatuhā" (which would be ungrammatical …

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  3. 10853LetterCUL Or.1080 J252

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The handwriting has some resemblances to that of Maimonides but is not his. On recto only the right margin is preserved. …

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  4. 10854LetterT-S Misc.27.4.e

    Recto: Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary handwriting and spellings. The sender reports that they have dyed the silk. The addressee shouldn't stay away any longer. …

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  5. 10855LetterUnknown (excavation images 1974_P04_06A-07 and 1974_P04_07A-08, object number 74.1.29/11.6)

    Khan, Qaṣr Ibrīm, doc. 33

    verso

    1. and when the people have heard, inform us about it. God willing, when you arrive, I shall ask you about everything. He took [ ]
    2. the commander,…

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  6. 10856LetterT-S AS 210.100

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded. Mentions Abū l-Fakhr and Sittunā(?).

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  7. 10857LetterT-S 12.346

    Recto: Formulary for Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew praises to an important person (peloni ben peloni) to be placed at the beginning of a letter. Verso: A …

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  8. 10858LetterHUC 24

    Fragment from the end of a family letter (at least in part) in Judaeo-Arabic. Neḥemya greets the paternal uncle Elʿazar and Efrayim. Also mentions various …

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  9. 10859LetterT-S 8J14.15

    Fragment of letter containing polite formulae and mentioning the fast day of Yom Kippur. EMS

    1. ] אללה תע וקרב לקאה ורזקני ב
    2. ] כתבתה יא מולאי ען קלב
    3. יטיר שוקא אליך ונפס תתשוק ללוקוף בין
    4. ידיך ואללה תעלי (!) יקרב דלך לם תצל
    5. אליי אלכתב אלדי דכרת א…

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  10. 10860LetterT-S AS 147.109 + T-S AS 147.105

    Letter fragment, mercantile (lower part of recto, upper part of verso). Legible phrases on recto include: "the price was 34, and until now. . . …

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  11. 10861LetterT-S AS 14.198

    Tiny fragment from a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information from CUDL)

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  12. 10862LetterT-S K3.26

    Recto: Letter addressed to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is a letter of recommendation for the bearer, a Persian man (ʿajamī), who is suffering …

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  13. 10863LetterYevr. II A 1839

    This manuscript contains two different documents. One is a letter to Yehuda b. Moshe Migas. The other is a receipt by Zekharya b. Gershon from …

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  14. 10864LetterT-S AS 149.1

    Letter in which the writer asks the addressee to intervene with Sar ha-Sarim, probably Mevorakh b. Saʿadya, to retrieve his nephew's estate. Few names or …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . ] . ס[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]ס . . . [ . . . .
    2. . . . . . . ]צל אלינא פיבלגני מא יבלגני נובה [ . . . ]י פאראה …

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  15. 10865LetterT-S AS 151.21

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Draft. Addressed to Yishay the Nasi, probably one of the Mosul Nasis active in first half of the 13th century. Mentions the …

    1. [אשואקי אלי אלמולא . . . . . . . . . . . .]
    2. אלאוחדי אלפאצל אלעאלמי אלדאודי
    3. נשיאנו ישי הנשיא הגדול ירום הודו
    4. ויגדל כבודו מתזאידה מע אלסאעאת
    5. וכצוצא פי…

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  16. 10866LetterBodl. MS heb. f 56/130

    Fragment of a report on measures taken to save pious foundations from the rapacity of the finance minister, known as 'the Monk'' (active 1127-1129). (Information …

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    1. והי סנה מצאדרתהם ללנאס ראי מן אלראי
    2. לא שך בעד משאורה רבינו המעולה
    3. זל אן יחצל הדא אלנצף ללעניים בהדא
    4. אלמבלג פמצא אלוראק אקתרח
    5. עליה באן יכתב פי …

    Verso

    1. that is the year when they dispossessed people he found it proper, 

    2. most probably after having consulted our Master ha-Me‘ullē, 

    3. of bless…

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  17. 10867LetterT-S NS 184.48 + T-S NS 184.85

    Note from Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (ca. 1100–38 CE) to 'my master the diadem (al-Nezer).' He needs to write a validation for a legal document and …

    1. יא מולאי אלנ|זר תושמר לעד תנעם
    2. תעלמני מ|א יצלח יכתב פי אלקיום
    3. ליוסף בן ע|טאף ולאלעזר הכהן בר אברהם
    4. וסע|דיה בר נתן וכיף יכון אלכיבוד לכל
    5. מנה|ם ושלומך…

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  18. 10868LetterT-S AS 152.222

    Letter in Hebrew. Late. Small fragment. The sender heard that a certain woman 'went up' from somewhere to somewhere (שמעתי שעלתה הגברת...). The sender also …

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  19. 10869LetterT-S 8J23.27

    Letter conveying good wishes. See T-S 20.78 (PGPID 7520). Addressed to Meshullam ha-Kohen b. Elʿazar Kelil ha-Yofi. (Information from Goitein's note card.) NB: This shelfmark …

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  20. 10870LetterMoss. V,359

    Un-conserved. Fragment from a letter dealing mostly with personal issue. The writer announced that the news about the French had arrived- might be relating to …

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  21. 10871LetterT-S NS 314.6a

    Fragment of a letter from Ismāʿīl b. Yūsuf b. Benaya. Sent to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Dating: No later than …

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  22. 10872LetterT-S AS 156.351

    Fragment of a letter, mentioning 160 dinars and the phrase אדאם אללה עלוה twice. Hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? (Information in part from CUDL)

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  23. 10873LetterAIU VII.E.90

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Yosef b. Faraḥ (or possibly [Faraḥ b.] Yosef b. Faraḥ). Dating: 11th century. Fragmentary and very faded; content unclear.

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  24. 10874LetterENA 3505.15

    Mercantile letter from Sālim to his relative Yosef b. Yehuda Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic. Yemeni. Dating: No earlier than 15th century based on currencies mentioned (muʾayyadī, …

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  25. 10875LetterENA NS 77.152

    Letter mentioning 4,000 of something, 8 of something else, Abū ʿImrān, and two people with intriguing names: Abū l-Ḥasan Ṣadaqa Ibn al-Qārūs (“Son of the …

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  26. 10876LetterENA 3765.10 + T-S 18J4.16

    Letter from Avraham b. David Ibn Sughmār (according to Gil), in Fustat, to the Nagid Yaʿaqov b. ʿAmram, in Qayrawān. Dating: Probably spring or summer …

    1. [ ] יוצרהו יתמכהו והדר
    2. יעטרהו [ ] צדקו יעלה זכרו יהיה עמו
    3. להכין ממשלתו יעצים עלצו יעשה חפצו יקובל עת
    4. יעתר יוצנף [[ ]] //צדק// בכתר בירבי עמרם נע עם …

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  27. 10877LetterT-S AS 150.45

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Faded and damaged. Written in the month of Tishrei. Dating: likely ca. 12th century. Mentions good-quality saffron and amber and the …

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  28. 10878LetterT-S NS 225.117 + T-S NS 226.14a

    Letter/petition to a notable in Judaeo-Arabic. Begins with a taqbīl clause in the name of a woman (al-mamlūka tuqabbil al-arḍ) but the inhāʾ is masculine …

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  29. 10879LetterT-S 10J16.32

    Business letter in Hebrew. Dated Friday 13th [...]. Dating: second half of the 16th century, according to Avraham David. Mentions Shemuʾel, Yaʿaqov and Yiṣḥaq. Reports …

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  30. 10880LetterBL OR 5566B.11

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script. This is a long, dense, and well-preserved family/mercantile letter. Mentions grains and produce in large quantities: 400 irdab wheat, and …

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  31. 10881LetterT-S AS 150.64

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Barely any content preserved. (Information from CUDL)

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  32. 10882LetterMoss. Ia,14

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from [Yosef?] ha-Kohen b. Yiftaḥ ha-Kohen, in Tinnīs, to Abū l-ʿAlā' Ṣāʿid b. al-Munajja al-Dimashqi (perhaps the same as Abū l-ʿAlā' Ṣāʿid …

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    1. בשמ̇ רחמ̇

    2. יאר ייי פניו אליך וישם

    3. לך שלום

    4. וצל כתאב חצ̇רה מולאי אלשיך אלג̇̃̇ליל אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם ת[א]יידה ועלאה

    5. ותמכינה וכבת אעדאה…

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  33. 10883LetterT-S 10J12.16

    Letter from a woman, in Fustat, to her son Abū l-Maḥāsin, in Funduq al-Qamra, Alexandria. Dictated to Abū Manṣūr. Likely belongs with T-S 10J19.26 (PGPID …

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    1. שלום רב לאוהבי תורתך ואין למו מכשול
    2. שלום שלום לרחוק ולקרוב אמר ייי ורפאתיו
    3. אלדי אעלם בה ולדי ואלעזיז עלי וענדי גמע אללה שמלי בה קריב עלי מא י…

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    There shall be peace for those who love Your Torah; they stumble not (Psalms 119:165).

    There shall be peace, there shall b…

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  34. 10884LetterT-S 13J21.33

    Letter addressed to a certain Yosef. Dating: no earlier than 1425 CE, based on the mention of the currency ashrafī. Mentions goods like saffron and …

    1. שילת לקי ת.אמיי
    2. אלדי יעלם אלאך אלעזיז אלמופק אלסעד אלח יוסף יל
    3. אבקאה אללה תעאלי פי כיר ועאפיה ונעמה אן שאפיה
    4. אנס אללה תע אן יגמענא נחן ואיאך פי מסתק…

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  35. 10885LetterT-S NS 225.93

    Fragment of a private letter. Dating: likely 12th century. The writer is referring to some danger, but the text is too fragmentary.

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  36. 10886LetterT-S AS 177.49

    Note in Arabic script. Containing several oaths (وحياتكم قسما واني صادقت . . . . قد حلفت وحق). Unclear purpose.

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  37. 10887LetterT-S 13J25.23

    Letter in Ladino by Abraham Palieche to his sister, dated 28 Elul 5324 (= 5 September 1564 CE). The address lists the destination as "אלה …

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  38. 10888LetterT-S AS 172.187

    Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions departure (khurūjī) and preoccupation (shughl sirrī).

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  39. 10889LetterT-S NS J187

    Letter from Natan b. Nahray, from Alexandria, probably to Musa b. Abi al-Hayy, Fustat. Around 1063. Seems like several of the writer’s relatives want to …

    Recto

    1. כ[ת]אבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך […וכבת]
    2. אעדאה מן אלמסתקר לה כלת מן [
    3. כאתמה ומא אעלמך ביה סלמך אללה [
    4. בעהד אן קריב ואחכאו ען ארום [

    verso, address

    .... אוהבו והמודה לו, נתן בן נהוראי נ"ע.

    Recto

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים (וכו' .... ויכה)
    2. את אויביך, מן …

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  40. 10890LetterT-S AS 176.24

    Letter in Arabic script, from Hārūn b. Mūsā al-Kohen to his 'father' (yā wālidī) in Fustat. A large portion of the original paper is preserved, …

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  41. 10891LetterT-S Ar.39.485

    Letter. In Arabic script. The sender says that he initially planned to go to Alexandria "as soon as I heard the news" but then saw …

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  42. 10892LetterT-S AS 151.143

    Letter draft from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to a woman (al-sitt al-rayyisa al-ʿazīza). In Judaeo-Arabic. Written in his worst handwriting.

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  43. 10893LetterT-S 10J15.3

    IB IV, 20 (ח61). Letter from Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel in Alexandria to Yiṣḥaq b. Barukh in Almeria. Ḥalfon requests Yiṣḥaq's help with a shipment that …

    recto

    1. יא מולאי וסידי עלקת הדה אלאחרף עלי קדם לצ'רורה אתפקת 
    2. ודלך אן אלדיין אלאגל רבי אלעזר אבן אלקצבי //שצ\\ ארסל רסאלה אלי אביה
    3. אלי אליסאנה ואתפק ר…

    recto

    1. אדוני ומרי, רשמתי/צירפתי את המילים הללו בחיפזון לנוכח צורך שבא לידי,
    2. היינו שהדיין המפואר ביותר רבי אלעזר בן אלקצבי //ש''צ\\ שלח משלוח לאחיו
    3. אל…

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  44. 10894LetterCUL Or.1081 J12

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to 'rabbenu.' The sender seems to be without anywhere to spend the night and is asking for help. Mentions Abū …

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  45. 10895LetterT-S 13J15.16 + T-S 13J15.20

    IB IV, 68 (ח74). Letter from ʿAmram b. Yiṣḥaq, in Alexandria, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel, in Fustat. Dating: 24 Elul [1451] Seleucid = 8 September …

    recto continuation (T-S 13J15.20 r)

    1. אלמרגלית מולאי אלנזר השר הנכבד החכם
    2. והנבון תנצב''ה ואלא ויסמעו אלנאס אלצדיק ואלעדו⟦.⟧
    3. בינהם הדה אלמקאמאת מע שיך …

    recto

    1. בשמך רחמ[נא].
    2. מכתבי נשלח אל כבוד הדרת יקרת תפארת
    3. גדלת קדשת מרנ' ורבנ' חלפון הלוי הקהתי השר
    4. הנכבד החכם והנבון הירא שמים מנעוריו בן כבוד
    5. גדלת קד…

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  46. 10896LetterT-S AS 152.341

    Letter of appeal for charity. Asking the addressee to meet with al-shaykh al-saʿīd and remind him of his promise to help the sender. Also mentions …

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  47. 10897LetterT-S 10J16.28

    Letter (draft) mentioning Abba, Abraham, and Shemuʾel Ibn Sid. In Hebrew. Dating: 16th or 17th century. Sent by Yehoshuaʿ [...]. Postscript by Avraham Shaʾul (this …

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  48. 10898LetterT-S AS 180.198

    Note addressed to the faqīh ʿImād al-Dīn, asking him for a response to 'the enclosed' (perhaps referring to the text on verso?). Then there are …

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  49. 10899LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/15

    Informal note. In Judaeo-Arabic. Detailing the items and their colors that the writer has sent to the addressee and asking him to urge Abū l-Fatḥ …

    1. בר
    2. יא מולאי אלשיך אבו סעד
    3. קד וגהת ללחצרה ס אסוד
    4. מחלול ס אצפר נג
    5. אסוד מברום כב
    6. ותנעם תלז אבו אלפתח
    7. עלא אלאוצאט מן כל בד
    8. ושלומיך יגדל

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  50. 10900LetterYevr. II A 2877

    A letter from Ishaq b. Shalom to Shmuel b. Shlomo

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