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  1. 101LetterCUL Or.1081 2.21

    The opening of a letter in rudimentary Judaeo-Arabic (e.g. ממלוכה אלאצרג), from one Barukh, to Shelomo (?) Nasi Galuyot Kol Yisra'el.

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  2. 102LetterT-S 10J15.9

    Letter from a woman to her husband (ṣāḥib al-bayt). In Judaeo-Arabic. After the greetings, which include wishes for the husband's recovery from illness, she continues, …

    1. I inform you, master of the house, may God always give you happiness, strengthen your well-being,  

    2. cure your sorrows, destroy your enemies and…

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  3. 103LetterJRL SERIES B 7455

    Fragment of a letter in Hebrew (upper left corner).

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  4. 104LetterBL OR 5544.5

    Letter, probably. In Hebrew. On one side there is a poem (panegyric?). On the other side there is the lower part of an elaborate letter, …

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  5. 105LetterT-S 10J16.30

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Yosef Fitru to Yom Ṭov b. Ḥayyim, mentioning Alexandria, Shelomo Solal (cf. T-S NS 175.30) and Yehuda Fanu. Dating: ca. 18th …

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  6. 106LetterJRL Gaster ar. 394

    Letter of appeal from Yefet addressed to al-Shaykh al-Raḍiyy. In Arabic script, with the sender's name in Hebrew script. He begs for a small sum …

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  7. 107LetterT-S Ar.7.39

    Letter probably from Sulaymān al-Maghribī, in Gaza, to his brother-in-law ʿAbd al-Wāḥid al-Ṣā'igh, probably in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, after 1425 CE because the …

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  8. 108LetterT-S AS 146.181

    Draft of a work on consolation or a letter expressing condolences. Mentions the loss of a son. (Information from CUDL.)

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  9. 109LetterT-S 10J16.22

    Address of a letter from an unknown sender, in Rashīd (Rosetta), to Moshe ha-Levi, in Fustat/Cairo. Dating: ca. 18th century. Reused on recto for a …

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  10. 110LetterT-S 18J3.23

    Recto: fundraising letter from the leaders of the Jewish community in Hebron to the leaders of the Jewish community in Egypt (16th-17th century). Verso: jottings …

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  11. 111LetterJRL Gaster ar. 317

    Informal note in Arabic script. Addressed to [...] Manṣūr. Contains the glyph. Dating: Perhaps 12th or 13th century. The sender gives various instructions, including not …

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  12. 112LetterCUL Or.1081 J1

    Letter from David Maimonides, in ʿAydhāb, to his brother Moses Maimonides, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1170 CE. This is the last letter David wrote before …

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    1. אלי אכי ואלעזיז עלי ר מש[ה ביר] מימון זצל
    2. דוד אכיך אלשאיק אליך גמע אללה בך עלי אסר חאל במנה
    3. כתבת אליך הדא אלכתאב מן עידאב ואנא עלי גמלה אלסלא…

    To my beloved brother R. Mos[es, son of R.] Maimōn, (may the) m(emory of the) r(ighteous be) b(lessed).

    David, your brother who is longing for you --…

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  13. 113LetterJRL SERIES 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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  14. 114LetterENA 3906.7

    Business letter from a certain Manṣūr. In Arabic script. Giving detailed instructions about modest sums of money. On verso and in the upper margin, accounts …

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  15. 115LetterT-S NS J607

    Mercantile letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Mentions somebody in Sūsa; Abū Zikrī al-Ṭabīb; a container of sal ammoniac; pepper; and Abū Saʿīd Maymūn b. …

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  16. 116LetterJRL SERIES A 808

    Fragment of a deferential letter in Judaeo-Arabic preserving only the beginning and the address in Arabic script. The writer seems to be Abū l-Ḥasan and …

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  17. 117LetterJRL SERIES B 5970

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer wants the addressee to meet with somebody. The writer may be a teacher. He describes what a certain mother …

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  18. 118LetterENA 3969.26

    Fragment of a letter mainly in Arabic script, with the name Abū l-Ḥasan Sar Shalom partially written in Hebrew script. Mentions Abū Sahl Mukhtār in …

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  19. 119LetterMoss. II,123.2

    Fragment of a business letter, probably sent from Qūṣ (between lines 1 and 2). Mentions "the 8th of Shawwāl, which is Shevat"; the writer's preoccupation …

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  20. 120LetterT-S Ar.34.13

    Recto: Letter from Naṣrallāh. In Arabic script. Top part only. Dating: Probably ca. Mamluk-era based on format and formulae.

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  21. 121LetterT-S NS 338.58

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions lāsīn silk and Fustat and someone who has spent 2 years somewhere. Hand of Yefet b. Menashshe?

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  22. 122LetterBodl. MS heb. d 76/57

    Letter from Faraḥ b. Yosef, in Alexandria, to Nissim b. ʿAṭiyya, in al-Mahdiyya. The writer gives details about shipments of goods to al-Mahdiyya and asks …

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    1. תקדמת כתבי למולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם
    2. תאידה וסלאמתה ונעמתה וכבת אעדאה פי אלמראכב
    3. פי מרכב אלאפצל צחבת סידי אבו אלרצ'א בן בנת ראס אל
    4. מתיב…

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    1. (1–2) שלחתי לך לפני כן, אדוני ורבי ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת חסדו לך ויכה את אויביך, מכתבים אחרים באוניות: 

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  23. 123LetterENA NS 31.16

    Letter from קלדה the wife of Meir Ṭaras(?) to דייצה the wife of Avraham Ḥalafta(?). In Ladino. Needs examination.

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  24. 124LetterMoss. II,124.2

    Recto: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Legible phrases: "... worse than... a terrible danger... in other news... R. Natan... to Fustat with a letter... …

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  25. 125LetterT-S 28.8

    Verso: Formularies of Judaeo-Arabic letters, including several letters of condolence (one possibly for the death of a female slave) and a letter of friendship (ikhwāniyya), …

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  26. 126LetterT-S AS 156.21

    Fragment from a letter, mentioning Mesar or Muyassar (מיסר) ha-Kohen who met with someone important, "and he is a very good person," then ʿAmram and …

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  27. 127LetterT-S AS 148.78

    Few lines, probably from opening verses of a letter. AA

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  28. 128LetterCUL Or.1080 6.30

    Business letter in Persian.

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  29. 129LetterAIU XI.269

    Half of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Meir b. Naʿim to David b. Naʿim, appears to be dated August 1823 (Elul 5583).

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  30. 130LetterT-S 8J39.11

    Long letter from Yosef b. Moshe to Peraḥya. The sender has traveled to Minyat Zifta. He gives instructions to his wife concerning her attire and …

    1. בש רח
    2. סבב אצדאר הדה אלכדמה אלי כגק הד יקר
    3. צפ תפ מר ורבי פרחיה החכם והנבון אטאל
    4. אללה בקאה ואדאם פי דרג אלמעאלי ארתקאה
    5. וצאעף לדיה אלסעאדאת ובלגה אקצי …

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  31. 131LetterENA NS 7.85

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. The only name surviving in the address is Musāfir b. Hiba al-Sabīʿī, which is presumably …

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  32. 132LetterT-S 10J15.18 + T-S 8J18.25

    Letter. Appeal written from prison by the son of Avraham to Yosef, Yiṣḥaq and Yehuda, sons of Menahem, in Hebrew. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. קול אומר קרא ואומר מה קרא כי אין בלשוני מלה לדבר ולא בפי תהלות לחבר
    2. כי אני סום בשפה ולשוני רפה וב . . . . סרעפי בקרבי רעדה אחזתני ואמרתי
    3. בלבי א . . …

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  33. 133LetterT-S AS 158.174

    Letter addressed to the Qaraite Abū l-Barakāt ʿAlī b. Rawḥ (aka Berakha b. Ravaḥ), one of the supporters of Natan b. Avraham. Dating: Probably spring …

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  34. 134LetterDK 306

    Letter addressed to a certain Daniel. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, perhaps 15th or 16th century. The sender asks to be forwarded any letter or news …

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  35. 135LetterENA NS 76.621

    Minute fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. May mention (not) blaming (the sender), and the tardiness of the work. But it is too fragmentary to …

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  36. 136LetterT-S 13J25.3

    Letter from the future Gaon Daniel b. ʿAzarya, in al-Mahdiyya, to the leader of the Babylonian community Sahlān b. Ibrāhīm (aka Abū ʿAmr Sahlān b. …

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    1. בשמך רח מן דנ[יאל] בן עזריהו הנש[יא]
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא [מולאי וסיידי סהלאן ה]אלוף [ ואדאם עזה]
    3. [ות]אידה מן מהדיה יום אלג יא בתש[רי ] יגדיל ע…

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  37. 137LetterT-S AS 172.116

    Late letter in Judeo Arabic. Much faded and the cursive hand makes it difficult to read. Few names are mentioned: Hasan(?) b. David (also partially …

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  38. 138LetterT-S AS 208.177

    Letter from Mūsā b. Sulaymān(?) al-[…] to Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf b. Ibrāhīm al-[...]. In Arabic script. The first ~9 lines are preserved on recto and …

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  39. 139LetterT-S AS 145.119

    Original use: Probably a letter from [...] al-Dayyān to Abū Ṭāḥir b. Avraham. Secondary use: Drafts of a deed of sale of a property, specifying …

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  40. 140LetterENA NS 22.5

    Letter, neatly written, in which the writer, Ṣedaqa b. Yehuda, being financially dependent on the recipient, expresses his disappointment. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. קד עלם אלבארי סבחאנה מא עלי קלבי
    3. מן אנקטאע אכבאר מולאי אלשיך שצ
    4. טול הדה אלמדה ולם אסמע מן יכברני
    5. כבר יסכן קלבי אליה תם אנה לם
    6. יגיני מנה איצא…

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  41. 141LetterENA 1822a.58

    Letter fragment Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely late 12th or 13th century. Dealing mainly with business matters. Mentions a silk merchant (qazzāz) and a fuller or bleacher …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]ש. . בקיה
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .].כנו גאהזני חתי
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  42. 142LetterMoss. Ia,4

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda, Ramla, to Efrayim b. Shemarya (=Abū Kathīr Efrāyim b. Maḥfūẓ), Fustat. Dating: 1040 (after Kislev). It is about a father …

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    1. ליקר פאר אהובנו וחברנו השומר משמרת ונוצר מחברת הוא כב גד קד מר ורב
    2. אפרים החבר אשר לכת הצדק מתחבר וחילים יגבר ומתלעות עוולים ישבר
    3. ישמרה…

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  43. 143LetterBL OR 5529.1

    Calligraphic letter from Sadoq Ha-Kohen b. Eliyyahu, Jerusalem, to his brother (probably Evyatar) in Fustat, June 1056 [13th of Tamuz, year 987 since the destruction …

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  44. 144LetterT-S Misc.28.149 + T-S Misc.28.58

    Letter from an unidentified sender, in Damascus, to a certain Peraḥya, unknown location. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1468 Seleucid = 1156/57 CE. The sender claims that …

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    1. ] . . [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . כב ג]ד קד [
    2. השר הא]דיר שר הת[עודה(?) . . . . . . . . ח]מדת ה[ישיבה(?)
    3. מ]ר ור פרחיה [הח]בר המע[ולה
    4. ] לו …

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  45. 145LetterT-S 10J24.8

    Letter from Yosef b. Gershon (a French scholar appointed by the Nagid Avraham Maimonides to be one of the three judges of the Jewish community …

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  46. 146LetterT-S AS 206.308

    Small fragment with Ladino. Letter?

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  47. 147LetterENA 4096.g

    Letter to David ha-Nasi the Exilarch. He is also addressed as al-Rayyis. Written in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that he arrived safely in …

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  48. 148LetterENA NS 35.20

    Business letter in Ladino to Avraham דאלותה (?) from "your little brother." Mentions people such as Menaḥem and Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi. Needs further examination

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  49. 149LetterUnknown (excavation images 1974_P04_04A-05 and 1974_P04_05A-06)

    Khan, Qaṣr Ibrīm, doc. 39

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. (This is) my letter to you, my father, who is dear to me—may God prolong your life and cau…

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  50. 150LetterT-S AS 157.340

    Recommendation letter for charity for Yeshuʿa Ibn al-Miṣrī al-Ṣunbāṭī. His difficulties include something to do with his son and the jizya. He either did 'uncover …

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