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  1. 2401LetterT-S AS 145.210

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning Abū Zikrī and [Abū l-]Faḍl b. Abū l-Najm. Dating: likely late 12th or early 13th century. On verso there is a …

    No Scholarship Records

    • 1r
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    In PGP since
    2018
    PGPID
    17282
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  2. 2402LetterAIU VII.E.188

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Moshe Bazzal, in Mansurah, to his brother Yosef ha-Levi Iskandari, in Fustat/Cairo.

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    2020
    PGPID
    30476
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  3. 2403LetterMoss. II,115.4

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Small fragment of a letter. Possibly an appeal for assistance. Mentions "the shackle of people" (qayd al-nās) and a request. The name Abū l-Surūr appears …

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    • 1v
    • 1r
    In PGP since
    2023
    PGPID
    38486
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  4. 2404LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/90

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The names of the sender and the addressee and the date are all covered up by a sheet of paper, …

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    • 90 recto
    • 90 verso
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    2019
    PGPID
    19429
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  5. 2405LetterENA NS 83.340

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. Mentions Rabbenu [...], a request for news, an excuse for not coming in person, something …

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    1

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    • recto
    • verso
    In PGP since
    2022
    PGPID
    35566
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  6. 2406LetterT-S 10J9.2

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Salmān b. Hārūn, al-Faḍl and Avraham b. Farrāḥ, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Early 1054 (Gil). Salmān b. Hārūn, who had married …

    recto

    1. כתאבי יאמולאי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ותאיידה וסעאדתה ונעמתה וציאנתה

    2. מן אסכנדריה לנצף מן שבט ערפה אללה ברכתה וימנה וסעאדתה ואלחאל סל…

    recto

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך ואת הגנתך,
    2. מאלכסנדריה, בחצי שבט, יודיע…
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    2 Transcriptions 1 Translation 1 Discussion

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    5830
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  7. 2407LetterT-S 10J7.1

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter to Abū l-Mahāṣin. The sender informs him that the money he sent for the capitation tax payment was finally deposited with Abū l-Maḥāsin Ibn …

    1. בש
    2. כתאבי אלי מולאי וסידי אלשיך אבו אלמחאסן
    3. אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה ונעמאה
    4. ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאה גמע אללה
    5. ביננא עלי אסר חאל במנה וכרמה
    6. אנשאאללה ת…
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    1 Transcription 1 Discussion

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    2004
    PGPID
    3049
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  8. 2408LetterENA NS 45.12

    Primary language
    Ladino

    Letter in Ladino, very faded and damaged. Part of the address is visible on the verso with honorifics, "ליד כבוד[...] כ׳מ׳ה׳ר׳" but the key parts …

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    2025
    PGPID
    40619
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  9. 2409Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 13

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Arabo-Hebrew, Hebrew

    Letter from a scholar and muqaddam (Aodeh identifies him as Avraham b. Ṣedaqa but does not explain why) to Abū Saʿīd Netanʾel b. Ṣedaqa the …

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    2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion

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    2017
    PGPID
    7040
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  10. 2410LetterT-S AS 152.390

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of an 11th-century mercantile letter. On parchment. Might join with T-S AS 152.383. (Information in part from CUDL)

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    2018
    PGPID
    17773
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  11. 2411LetterENA NS 51.25

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Business letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century. This seems to be the last sheet of (or addendum to) what was was originally a longer …

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    • 1
    • 2
    In PGP since
    2017
    PGPID
    12173
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  12. 2412LetterT-S AS 145.117

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    A pair of business letters in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, likely 15th–18th century. Recto, with the address on verso: letter to Binyamin b. Qalyūsa (?) al-Ghazzāwī …

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    2018
    PGPID
    17263
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  13. 2413LetterT-S AS 149.229

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Short note in Judaeo-Arabic. Asking to be sent an explanation of a Talmudic passage (אֶלָּא אָמַר רָבָא כִּי הֲוֵינַן בֵּי רַב נַחְמָן הֲוָה מְטַלְטְלִינַן כָּנוּנָא, …

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    • 1r
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    In PGP since
    2022
    PGPID
    36423
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  14. 2414LetterENA 2727.53

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter addressed to Abū ʿAlī Yeḥezqel b. Yiṣḥaq. In Judaeo-Arabic. Sent from (or to?) Alexandria. Dating: Mentions the year "499" as a year recently past, …

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    In PGP since
    2017
    PGPID
    6662
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  15. 2415LetterENA NS 24.15

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter addressed to ʿEli ha-Kohen ha-Parnas. What remains of the letter is the introduction consisting entirely of biblical verses.

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    • recto
    • verso
    In PGP since
    2017
    PGPID
    11729
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  16. 2416LetterJRL A 617

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a letter from a certain Abū ʿAlī. In Judaeo-Arabic, headed by Hebrew verses. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. Only the beginning of …

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    • 1 / 1 leaf, verso
    • 1 / 1 leaf, recto
    In PGP since
    2019
    PGPID
    28296
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  17. 2417LetterENA 3955.5

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Document in Arabic script. Possibly a business letter; mentions goods (al-baḍā'iʿ) and something being sent to Alexandria (irsāluhu ilā thaghr al-Skandariyya). Dating: late, probably Ottoman-era.

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    • recto
    • verso
    In PGP since
    2017
    PGPID
    10561
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  18. 2418LetterT-S NS 320.123

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq ben Ṣūr. In Hebrew. Dating: Likely 16th century, based on hand, language, and surname (there is a well known Avraham ben Ṣūr …

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    1 Transcription

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    2019
    PGPID
    25393
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  19. 2419LetterT-S 24.63

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Yaʿaqov ha-Meshorer b. Yiṣḥaq b. David Maʿaravi, in Hebron, to Yehoshuaʿ, descendant of the Negidim. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Possibly Mamluk era. …

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    2018
    PGPID
    17076
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  20. 2420LetterENA NS 56.4

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Extremely faded, reddish ink. Verso: Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Possibly the response to the original letter. Also quite faded. Mentions a Christian …

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    • 1
    • 2
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    2017
    PGPID
    12187
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  21. 2421LetterT-S AS 170.230

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Copy of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Literary format.

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    • 1r
    • 1v
    In PGP since
    2023
    PGPID
    38431
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  22. 2422LetterENA 2713.51

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Recto: Letter of appeal for charity. In Hebrew. Dating: late, probably 18th or 19th century. Addressed to the judge Moshe Anhori (or Ankori?) and a …

    No Scholarship Records

    • recto
    • verso
    In PGP since
    2017
    PGPID
    11618
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  23. 2423LetterT-S Misc.28.50

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Probably a letter of appeal for charity. From a certain Yefet. In Hebrew.

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    2023
    PGPID
    37708
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  24. 2424LetterT-S H10.171

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably the same scribe as T-S 13J34.5 (Alexandria, 1090 CE), T-S 13J35.5, and T-S AS 117.131 (PGPID 38280). Mentions Avraham the …

    1. [] . אלינא מן צביאן שר []
    2. גיר דלך מן שיך ו . . . וכבירה והקבה []
    3. . . תי אן קד או תכלף . מן . . . . . . . . . .מן . . . . . קל . חתי . . 
    4. אלסופר ר אב…

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    2021
    PGPID
    32667
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  25. 2425LetterT-S Ar.42.131

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Draft of a letter/petition in Arabic script appealing for help from "mawlāy al-rayyis" on behalf of a "cut-off woman" (mara munqaṭiʿa) whose husband left her …

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    2019
    PGPID
    21100
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  26. 2426LetterT-S 13J26.20

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from an unknown writer to an unknown addressee. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer rebukes the addressee for failing to write with his news. Everyone has …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כאבי(!) אליך וג ען שוק שדיד עגבנא מנך יא מולאי אלוף תעלם
    3. מן תעלק קלבנא בך ואלתטלע אלי אכבאר חצרתך ולם תכתב
    4. לנא חרפין תערפנא כיף כאן וצולך ומ…
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    In PGP since
    2017
    PGPID
    3383
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  27. 2427LetterT-S AS 155.7

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions al-Talmid al-Jalīl αnd something to do with the synagogue (עלי אלהיכל קבל ראש השנה), and conveys greetings "from the congregation." …

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    • 1r
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    2018
    PGPID
    18970
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  28. 2428LetterT-S AS 186.61

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly. Medieval-era. The text in Arabic on the verso may also be documentary requires further examination.

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    • 1r
    • 1v
    In PGP since
    2024
    PGPID
    39925
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  29. 2429LetterT-S AS 173.53

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 444, probably 444 AH = 1052/53 CE, but could theoretically be [1]444 Seleucid = 1132/33 CE. Approximately three lines on …

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    • 1r
    • 1v
    In PGP since
    2023
    PGPID
    38593
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  30. 2430LetterT-S 6J3.13

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Earlier document: Letter from a certain Abū Saʿd (aka Seʿadya) to three addressees: David, someone else (Avraham?), and someone called only al-Ḥasid. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: …

    1. [[אצגר אלממאליך]] //אגל אלאצחאב// יקבל אלארץ באלמקאם אלעאלי
    2. אלאגלי אלרייסי אלפאצלי אלמולא אלאגל ר [[דוד]] //סעדיה//
    3. ירום הודו ויגדל כבודו ואלמולא אל…

    1 Transcription

    • 1r
    • 1v
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    2017
    PGPID
    3616
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  31. 2431LetterT-S NS 292.22

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Verso: Note addressed to a certain Abū l-Ḥasan in Arabic script. Most of the words are legible but the instruction/request is not entirely clear: ينعم …

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    2023
    PGPID
    37600
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  32. 2432LetterBL OR 5566B.32

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Business letter from Shelomo b. Mūsā al-Mahdawī, possibly in al-Mahdiyya, to his cousin Peraḥya b. Yosef, in Fustat. In Arabic script.

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    2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion

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    2017
    PGPID
    6273
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  33. 2433LetterT-S 8J28.3

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Note on vellum sent on the evening following the day of Atonement, asking to return liturgical material for the feast of Tabernacles, which the writer …

    1. יתפצל מולאי אחסן אללה
    2. מסאה ויתקבל מנה הדא
    3. אלציאם ינפד לי אלכראם
    4. אלדי ללסוכות פקד תרד
    5. עלי מולאי אלחבר ואנא
    6. אעידה א.ה אן שא אללה
    7. יעניני אליהא אן פ. . …

    1 Transcription 1 Discussion

    • 1r
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    2004
    PGPID
    3762
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  34. 2434LetterENA NS I.72

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Informal note related to business matters. Probably sent from Fustat. In Arabic script. The sender instructs the addressee to acquire a blue Dustarī (=Tustarī) fabric …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. ساعة وقوفك يا سيدي اطال الله
    3. بقاك وادام عزك على رقعتي هذه
    4. تجتهد في تحصيل ثوب دستري
    5. ازرق يصلح للطراحات جيد مليح
    6. فان كان لك صعو…

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    In PGP since
    2022
    PGPID
    35825
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  35. 2435LetterBL OR 5566B.8

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Business letter in Arabic script to Nahray b. Nissim, possibly to Nissim b. Ḥalfon (Aodeh), in Arabic script. On verso, Nahray's notes.

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    2 Transcriptions 1 Discussion

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    2017
    PGPID
    6258
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  36. 2436LetterJRL G 26

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Wide space between the lines. Extremely faded.

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    • 1 / 1 leaf, recto
    • 1 / 1 leaf, verso
    In PGP since
    2021
    PGPID
    32639
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  37. 2437LetterENA 4096.f

    Blank

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    2017
    PGPID
    11112
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  38. 2438LetterT-S AS 155.253

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Part of a rabbinic text concerning clean animals and dietary prohibitions. Recto also contains part of an Arabic document, possibly the beginning of a letter. …

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    • 1r
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    In PGP since
    2018
    PGPID
    29084
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  39. 2439LetterT-S NS J397

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower left corner). Dating: Probably 11th century. Mentions Aṭfīḥ. The handwriting seems consistent with Mūsā b. Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥisda, who …

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    2022
    PGPID
    35260
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  40. 2440LetterAIU XII.37

    Document date
    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter in Arabic script. Dated: Ramaḍān 1148 AH = January/February 1737 CE. Mentions ʿAbdallāh al-Ajhūrī and a power of attorney. There is a seal on …

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    2020
    PGPID
    30950
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  41. 2441LetterJRL B 7694

    Primary language
    Ladino

    Letter addressed to R. [...] and R. Avraha[m?] נאזימו(?) in Cairo. In Ladino. Quite faded. Needs examination.

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    • 1 / 1 leaf, recto
    • 1 / 1 leaf, verso
    In PGP since
    2020
    PGPID
    28900
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  42. 2442LetterT-S 8J13.5

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter from a foreigner who was formerly "among the givers," a benefactor, but lost his wealth. He asks for assistance from the addressee. (Mark Cohen, …

    1. בשם אל רחום וחנון [
    2. בר אדוני הזקן המכובד והמ[
    3. ויאריך ימיו בטוב ושנותי [
    4. לטובה ויברך את כל מעש[
    5. מפעליו ויזכה ויראה בנ[
    6. וגם יהיה וישמר וינצור ויפרח [
    7. …

    Recto

    1. In the name of God, the Merciful the Compassionate
    2. [To] my lord the honored and p[recious] elder [...]
    3. and may He lengthen your days with good…

    1 Transcription 1 Translation 1 Discussion

    • 1r
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    2017
    PGPID
    1901
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  43. 2443LetterT-S 10J19.19

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Efrayim b. Isma'il al-Jawhari, probably in Alexandria, to Yosef b. 'Awkal, in Fustat, ca. 1030. Mentions Palermo and Mahdiyya; ships of Ibn Daysūr …

    recto

    1. כתבת אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלאגל ואדאם תאידה ונעמתה וסעאדתה לה' כלת מן סי[ין] 
    2. והו ער'צ'ה עצרת דרך אללה מולאי אמתאלה ואעאדה עליה סנין אן כ…

    recto

    1. כתבתי, ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני ורבי הנכבד, אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לך ואת חסדו ואת אושרך, בה' בסיון
    2. שהוא ערב עצרת, יודיעך אלוהים, אדוני, כמו…
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    In PGP since
    1989
    PGPID
    1528
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  44. 2444LetterENA 2560.8

    Document date

    Letter from Avraham Hamān and Gavriel Ḥefez to Karo y Frances & Company. Dated: 1 Elul, 5568 AM, which is 1808 CE. (Someone wrote the …

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    2017
    PGPID
    12322
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  45. 2445LetterT-S AS 176.209

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter fragment. Refers to the arrival of a raqqāṣ (runner/courier) in search of the sender (ʿabduhā).

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    2023
    PGPID
    37255
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  46. 2446LetterT-S 10J14.22

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter starting with extensive blessings for the recipient in Hebrew, including a biblical quotation (l. 7, Dt 30:1), and thanking the addressee for the great …

    1. בשם
    2. יענך ייי ביום צרה ישגבך וג ישלח עזרך מקדש ומציון וג
    3. י]תן לך כלבבך וכל עצתך ימלא וג ימלא ייי כל משאלתיך וג
    4. ייי יהיה בכסלך ושמר רגלך וג לא תאנה לך…

    1 Transcription 1 Discussion

    • 1r
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    2004
    PGPID
    2850
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  47. 2447LetterT-S NS 312.102

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    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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    • 1r
    • 1v
    In PGP since
    2019
    PGPID
    25312
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  48. 2448LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/31

    Document date
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    Judaeo-Arabic

    IB IV, 17 (ח66). Letter from Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi, in Alexandria, to Yiṣḥaq Ibn ʿEzra, in Spain. In Judaeo-Arabic. The letter deals with the …

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    1. יא מולאי וסידי עמאדי ודכירתי אלפאצל אלאסעד אלחכים אלאמגד 
    2. ומן אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם נעמתה ואשתקאה וסמוה וסנאה ובסטתה 
    3. ונמוה ועלאה ובלג'ה ובלג' …

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    1. אדוני ומדי, משענתי ומטמוני, המצוין הראוי ביותר, החכם המשובח ביותר,
    2. ומי שה' יאריך את חייו ויתמיד את אושרו ומעלתו ורוממותו והדרו וגדולתו
    3. ודרגתו …
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  49. 2449LetterT-S AS 152.341

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    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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  50. 2450LetterAIU VII.E.8

    Image not available. According to Schwarb Catalogue: Business letter from Abu Nasr b. Ibrahim to Abu Zekharia Judah b. Yosef Hakohen. AA

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