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  1. 101LetterENA NS 7.61

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Deals with business matters. The market has ground to a halt (wāqif) in the writer's location, "neither coarse nor fine can …

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  2. 102LetterCUL Or.1080 15.28

    Drafts of a note to a certain Abū l-ʿIzz. No content preserved. Pen trials on verso.

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  3. 103LetterUnknown (excavation images 1978_A102_16–16A and 1978_A102_15–15A)

    Letter from the judge (qāḍī) Hibat Allāh b. Makīn, in al-Marāgha, to his "brother" Abū l-Ḥasan Zuhayr. Concerning the case of Maryam bt. Yuḥannis the …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. تصل هذه الاحرف ياخى العزيز على اطال الله بقاك وادام تاييدك وعزك وسعادتك ونعمتك
    3. من يد مريني النوبي وكان قد جا رجل يعرف ب…

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. These lines are arriving, my dear brother—may God prolong your life and cause your strengt…

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  4. 104LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 461

    Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Mentions the currency ghurūsh.

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  5. 105LetterENA NS 68.15

    Recto: Letter fragment possibly in the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Little of the content remains. Verso: Document in Arabic script; only …

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  6. 106LetterMoss. VIII,120

    Beginning of a letter draft in Arabic script. Contains a basmala, usually letter formulae and blessings and a name, likely the addressee Abū Saʿīd b. …

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  7. 107LetterT-S Ar.42.213

    Letter from Abū ʿImrān b. Ghulayb to Abū l-Bayān Ibn al-Ahuv (probably Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, d. 1212 CE). In Arabic script. (Aodeh misread the …

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  8. 108LetterENA NS 77.84

    Recto: Letter fragment in Arabic script. Probably commercial. ... wa-katabtu lak al-jawāb ʿalā yadih... fa-ammā mā dhakartah...

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  9. 109LetterT-S AS 150.124

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Somewhat idiosyncratic handwriting, without much space in between the words. Mentions: Ibn ʿAṭiyya; possibly customs taxes (maks); someone drinking with his …

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  10. 110LetterT-S 13J17.24

    Letter from an unknown merchant from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim. April 20, 1064. The writer informs Nahray about the loading of their goods on …

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    1. סידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאמ סלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמאך ומן תופיקה לא

    2. אכלאך [ וען] שוק עטים אסל אללה יגמע בינא עלי

    3. אפצל אלאחואל ואלמסראת כ…

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    1. אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדיו לך ואת ההצלחה אל
    2. ימנע ממך .... אני מתגעגע מאוד, אבקש מאלוהים שיפגיש…

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  11. 111LetterT-S 8J9.23

    Business letter mentioning Ismāʿīl and conveying greetings to him (on recto). The writer informs the addressee that he has sent him some wares and instructs …

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    1. וקתי מא . . . אלא כל יום תדכל עלי אלדואכל וכל סאעה
    2. ערפתך דלך פלא תכליני מן אלדעא אללה יתקבל מנך
    3. וינפעני בצלח דעאך ו . ל . . ינפד אליך תנפד אל…

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  12. 112LetterT-S AS 157.182 + T-S AS 157.181

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions silk, 40 dinars, and the mysterious word כצאש twice (once followed by "ghalīẓ"). (Information in part from CUDL)

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  13. 113LetterMoss. II,115.2A + Moss. II,115.2B

    Small fragment of a letter from Ibrāhīm b. Nāḥūm to Bū l-Surūr, in Fustat. Mentions Abū Saʿd. Almost nothing else is preserved.

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  14. 114LetterT-S AS 152.164

    Small fragment, probably from a letter, but too little text remains. אהובנו ורבינו הנעים הטוב . . . לברכהו לשמרהו לנצרהו . . . AA/ASE

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  15. 115LetterT-S AS 151.91

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely early 13th century. Mentions al-Kohen al-Maghribī who was with Ṣāfī the Alexandrian; an embroidered robe (malḥafa marqūma); selling something …

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  16. 116LetterENA NS 7.11

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely late 12th or 13th century. Rudimentary hand. Mentions Ṣibyān b. Futūḥ; Hilāl; a violent conflict; al-Shaykh al-[Raḍiyy?] Ibn al-Labbān; …

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  17. 117LetterT-S 12.234

    Letter from Ṭoviya b. ʿEli, probably in a provincial town, to his cousin Natan b. Shelomo ha-Kohen, probably in Fustat. Dating: 1122–50, based on the …

    1. . . . . . קד על]ם סובחאנה כתרה שוקי אלי הדרת כגק
    2. מרנו ורבנו] נתן הכהן החכם והנבון ישמרו שומר יש[ראל
    3. ויעזרו וכאנת רקעתה קד [[וס]] וצלתני קדים ות . . …

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  18. 118LetterENA 2804.7

    Letter from Eliyyahu ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon, Jerusalem, to Efrayim b. Shemarya, Fustat. Dating: 1055 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1007–1055 based on the years …

    ENA 2804, f. 7, ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 3, pp.11-12 (Doc. #418), C.B. 10-26-87 (p) Letter from Elijah Ha-Kohen b. Solomon Gaon, Jerusalem, to Ephraim…

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  19. 119LetterT-S 12.356

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic (right side of recto and verso) from [Ya'qu?]b b. Bū l-Faraj, probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-M[unā?] al-[ʿAṭṭār?], probably in Fustat. The …

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  20. 120LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/7

    Letter addressed to Avraham b. Natan Av ha-Yeshiva. In Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee's letter arrived concerning the litigation involving Maʿālī b. Natan. The next part of …

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  21. 121LetterMoss. II,141.3

    Letter fragment (the end only) from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya, referring to a debt. Dating: ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on the years …

    1. [לכב] מר ורב אפרים החבר בסנהד גדולה ישמרהו
    2. [בור]אהו ויצליחהו בכל מעשהו ושלום רב ישקיטהו
    3. [ומחר]ב יצילהו ובסתר כנפיו יסתירהו וארך ימים [ישביעהו]
    4. [בן מ…

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  22. 122LetterT-S Misc.28.88

    Letter, apparently the second folio of what used to be two folios. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dealing with some business matters and containing an urgent request for …

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  23. 123LetterENA NS 75.2

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Extremely faded.

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  24. 124LetterT-S 10J10.10

    Letter from Ibrāhīm b. Isḥāq, evidently of al-Maḥalla, to Abu Saʿd Hibatallāh (aka Netanʾel b. Yefet Rosh ha-Qahal), in Cairo. The beginning is in Hebrew …

    1. כי אם יש אחרית ותקותך לא תכרת
    2. איש זקן מכובד . בברכות יוזבד . בתפארת עטרה יורבד . כעטה מכנסי בד שהוא
    3. לבד . השר היקר . הנברר ונחקר . ובצדק וזוריח כאור…

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  25. 125LetterT-S 12.250

    Letter from Nissim b. Berekhya, in Qayrawān, to Barhūn b. Ṣāliḥ al-Tāhartī, in Fustat. Mentions shipments of goods from Egypt to the Maghreb. The writer …

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    1. כתאבי אליך יאסידי וריסי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמאן וכאן לך ול[יא]
    2. פי גמיע אמורך וכפאך אלאסוא לעשרה איאם בקין מן אב ען שוק שדיד…

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    1. מכתבי אליך, אדוני וראשי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדיו לך, ויהיה לך מגן
    2. כבל ענייניך וימנע ממך רעות, (נכתב) ב…

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  26. 126LetterMoss. II,149

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions names such as Makīn and al-Shaykh Najīb. On verso there are accounts in Arabic script. Dating: looks ca. …

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  27. 127LetterT-S NS 298.11

    Letter in Ladino from a family member to Avraham Shalom: "... Know as it pleases you that Esther married. May you marry your sons with …

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    1. אי איגו מיאו קרידו אי אמדו טילאץ די מי קורסון שאבריש כומו אישטאמוש
    2. בואינוש די פאש אי די שאלוד מיגוראדו אוייגה די ווש אכיר
    3. שאביריש קומו אה וויש…

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  28. 128LetterT-S NS 292.11

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. On parchment. Written in a beautiful hand, in a somewhat elevated register. Unusual format, with overflow text in both the left and …

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    1. ] . . ך סלמה אללה
    2. ]לך אבקאך אללה פאגתהדת
    3. פי ביעהא מ[. . . . . .] ר נתן חתי עקדנהא
    4. בי דנאניר גיר רבע [בע]ד כל גהאד ואללה יעלם
    5. ] ל[א]ני סאר במא …

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  29. 129LetterT-S 8J8.19

    Letter to Mevasser b. Shelomo. Only formulaic greetings are preserved. Dating: 11th or 12th century. EMS

    1. ו ואמץ וחן וכבוד וחוסן ישועות ויקר ותפארת לכגק מר ור
    2. מבשר הזקן הנכ ביר שלמה הזקן נט רח וצל כתאב סידי אלשיך
    3. אלסיד נט רח ווקפת עליה ושכרת אהתמאמה וחסן…

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  30. 130LetterT-S AS 88.25

    Letter of appeal for assistance. In Hebrew. From a woman. "I cannot. . . what I wrote you... a loaf of bread... two silver pieces... …

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  31. 131LetterT-S AS 151.121

    Letter from from Sibāʿ b. Ḥasan al-Ḥalabī, probably in Fustat, to Hibatallāh b. Menaḥem al-Jubaylī, in Alexandria. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi …

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  32. 132LetterCUL Or.1080 J99

    Family letter, partly in Hebrew and partly in Judaeo-Arabic. The handwriting seems to be that of the judge Mevorakh b. Natan (possibly making this one …

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  33. 133LetterENA 3785.3

    Letter in Judaeo-Persian. Dating: Late, probably. Needs examination.

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  34. 134LetterT-S 10J17.1

    Letter from the judge Natan ha-Kohen b. Shelomo (in office ca. 1125-1150) to Abū l-Ḥusayn Efrayim ha-Kohen b. Yosef the silk-merchant of Damietta. The letter …

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    1. כאן קד תקדם כתאבי אלי מולאי אל
    2. אלשיך אלגליל אבו אלחסין אדאם אללה
    3. עזה [ואחסן] עזא חצרתה בואלדתה
    4. רצי אללה ענהא ומקתציה אעלאמי
    5. טיב אכבארה ואכבאר …

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  35. 135LetterT-S 8J7.17

    Letter from Abū l-Najm to Eliyyahu the Judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. Asking him to send the crimson red silk in his possession (al-maftūl wa-l-shaqīq) with a …

    1. בשמך רחמ שאכר תפצלה אבו אל
    2. מושב אדוננו ורבינו אליה הדיין המגדול ישמריהו צור
    3. עולמים אעלם חצרתהא אן אלשוי אלחריר אלקרמז
    4. אלדי ענדך אלמפתול ואלשקיק תסיי…

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  36. 136LetterT-S AS 148.59

    Letter mentioning "Sayyidnā" and Eliyya Ibn al-Rayyis (= Eliyyahu the Judge). (Information from CUDL)

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  37. 137LetterT-S NS 321.22

    Letter from Seʿadya ha-Talmid ve-ha-Sofer b. Yisra'el ha-Hazzan to Shemul b. Shela. Dating: Ca. 1040, based on the assessment of Gil. It is known from …

    TS NS Box 321, f. 22, ed. Gil, Palestine, pp.415-416 (Doc. #226), C.B. 01-18-88 (p)Letter from Saadya b. Israel to Samuel b. Shela, approximately 104…

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  38. 138LetterT-S AS 145.180

    Letter, probably. In Hebrew. Beginning only. Addressed to some dignitary.

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  39. 139LetterCUL Or.1080 J101

    Letter from Salāma b. Asad the perfumer to Ismāʿīl the perfumer, accompanying a payment made to him and ordering eleven items, amongst which some uncommon …

    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. כתאבי אלי מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אטאל אללה בקאה
    3. ואדאם עזה ותאידה וסעאדה וסלאמתה
    4. ועלאה קד כאן למולאי ענדי קדים סדס
    5. דינאר ולה ענדי איצא תמן אלמ…

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  40. 140LetterT-S AS 169.180

    Letter/petition of appeal for charity. The sender complains of his poverty. Invokes the 'mercies' (marāḥim) of the addressee. Dating: ca. Ayyubid era.

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  41. 141LetterT-S NS 297.4

    Family letter. In Arabic script. Likely from a woman. The sender and "the girl" (al-ṣaghīra) have arrived safely in the Fayyūm (l. 5). They are …

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  42. 142LetterBodl. MS heb. d 65/10

    Letter from Nissim b. Ya’aqov from Qayrawan (Ifrīqiya) to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal, Fustat, May 19, 1027. The writer asks Ibn Awkal to hurry …

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    1. [זאד אללה יאסידי] ומולאי פי איאמך ואדאם תאיידן ונעמאן ואנסי פי אגלך וחסן לך אלעאקבה פי דינך ודניאך ולא אכלאך מן אל
    2. [              ] יגב עליך י…

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  43. 143LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1512

    Letter from Naṣrallāh al-Khāzin, in Jerusalem, to Shemuel al-Qayyim, Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions ʿAbd al-Laṭīf b. ʿAbd al-Waliyy; 60 dinars; a woman (Ḥājja Khātūn) who …

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  44. 144LetterBodl. MS heb. b 11/16

    Late letter that begins in Hebrew and transitions into Judaeo-Arabic from an unidentified merchant to Yosef Muḥibb. He writes that he traveled this year to …

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  45. 145LetterT-S K25.240.27

    Recto: Letter probably addressed to Avraham Maimonides. Only flattering phrases in Hebrew are preserved.

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  46. 146LetterT-S NS 312.102

    Very damaged fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely a letter. The overall appearance and spelling are consistent with a 10th century (or earlier) date. Referring to rent …

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  47. 147LetterT-S AS 150.57

    Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter. Probably an 11th-century mercantile letter. Mentions [D]āʾūd Ibn Sughmār and [...] b. Hārūn. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  48. 148LetterCUL Or.1081 J18

    Part of letter from Natan Ha-Kohen b. Mevorakh, Ashkelon, probably to Eli Ha-Kohen b. Hayyim, Fustat.

    1. מולאי קפה פיהא רטל ותלת חצרם והם מחתשמין מנה וכאן
    2. איצא קד אנפדא צחבה אלרגל אלכתאמי ברסם סידנא ראש
    3. הגולה נט רח ארבעה ארטאל ותלת שמע ומתלהא חצרם
    4. ואלי …

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  49. 149LetterT-S AS 214.145

    Letter(s) in Judaeo-Arabic. On recto, from Moshe ben Naʿim to his father [Meʾīr] ben Naʿim. Moshe spelled his name מושה, perhaps an error, but this …

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  50. 150LetterMoss. IV,33.2

    Possibly part of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, or a philosophical or linguistic composition (discussing metaphor). (Information in part from CUDL)

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