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LetterJRL Gaster ar. 381
Note addressed to al-Shaykh al-Ṣafiyy. In Arabic script. Has the glyph. Dating: Likely 12th or 13th century. The first 4 lines are completely preserved and …
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LetterT-S AS 177.239
Letter possibly to a negligent landlord, written (satirically?) in the style of an ornate petition. Dating: Probably 12th or 13th century. After approximately 10 lines …
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LetterYevr. II A 1857
A thank you letter to Moshe b. Yosef in Kokizov from Simha Ishaq b. Moshe in Luzk
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LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1487
Letter in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Needs examination.
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LetterT-S AS 185.177
Fragment (lower left corner) of a letter in Arabic script. Ends with some petition-like language: عزه بدوام(؟) علائه(؟). . . وقد . . . اعادها …
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LetterT-S AS 152.49
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. The sender conveys distress about the addressee's distance from his children and over …
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LetterT-S AS 157.282
Letter with biblical citations such as Isaiah 26:20. (Information from CUDL)
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LetterJRL SERIES B 3568
Fragment of a late letter in Judaeo-Arabic, including the sad phrase "your brothers died."
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LetterT-S AS 155.317
Short and torn note written by David b. Avraham Maimuni to the Nasi, asking him to attend in person for an urgent matter that came …
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LetterT-S Ar.52.248
An instruction about the payment of the salary of the judge Yaʿaqov b. Yosef ha-kohen for January 1165.
- דוד הנשיא כתר עם
- סגלה נשיא כל בני הגולה
- ידפע ללדיין יעקב כהן גארי טבת אתעו
- עלי מא גרת בה אלעאדה ולא יאכרוה אלפראנסה
- בוגה ושלום וכדלך ללדיין ר מנשה ו…
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LetterJRL Series A 659
Letter addressed on the verso to a certain Abu Ibrahim Ishaq, dated in the month of Marheshvan (the rest of the date is missing), and …
- ]בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף
- יום]כלון מן מרחשון ערפך אללה ואיאנא ברכתה
- ואלח]מד ללה רב אלעאלמין וען שוק אליך קרב
- ]יך בשרח מא חמלתה לך וקד חמלת
- ].ל…
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LetterT-S 6J1.16
Recto: note in Judaeo-Arabic concerning a previous consignment and subsequent managing of money sent to the addressee’s family. Needs further examination to figure out the …
- אעלם חצרתה נצר אליה בעין אלרחמה אן אלגמעה אלכארגה
- תסלמת אהלך תמניה דראהם ונצף פאלצאל אלדי תעלמה
- וחדרת אכתהא וחלפת עליהא אנהא לא רגעה תסלמת
- שיא אלא מ…
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LetterT-S Ar.36.131
Recto: Letter from a man of Qayrawān, perhaps in Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is an eloquent letter of appeal for charity. He says he has …
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LetterBodl. MS heb. f 107/33–34
Letter in Arabic script. Some kind of (state?) report on agricultural activities this year? وقد زرع في هذه السنة... وجميع الفلاحين فيها فلاحين السلطان... احد …
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LetterT-S AS 219.129
See T-S AS 219.131.
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LetterT-S AS 123.198
Recto: letter in Arabic. Verso: piyyuṭ. (Information from CUDL)
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LetterT-S AS 167.195
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 11th or 12th century. Torn and damaged. Recto is difficult to read, while verso contains mostly greetings. Mentions people such …
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LetterT-S AS 146.139 + Moss. IV,77
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Sender and addressee are unidentified. Full of expressions of deference. The sender was distressed at 'the calamity' (al-nūba) that befell the addressee …
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LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/23
Letter from the cantor Musāfir b. Yosef ha-Bavli, in Alexandria, to his relative Yehuda the schoolteacher in the Iraqi synagogue of Fustat. Musāfir writes he …
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LetterENA 4020.18
Letter by Sahlan ha-mumhe (b. Avraham) discussing the meaning of difficult words in a piyyut by ha-Qalir.
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LetterT-S AS 150.174
Probably a letter, possibly a draft, mentioning the elder Abū ʿAlī b. Abū l-Maʿālī. (Information from CUDL)
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LetterT-S 12.398
Letter fragment in Ladino from an old man who has arrived in Jerusalem and is having a hard time there. "La paz y salud. . …
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LetterT-S 12.693
Detailed business and personal letter from Alexandria to Fustat. The letter narrates the difficult situation in Alexandria during a siege, probably al-Afdal's siege of 1094, …
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- קד עלם אללה תעלי מסרתי בוצול מולאי אלשיך
- אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם סעאדתה וסלאמתה ונעמאה
- וכבת אעדאה מה (!) לו דהבת אצפה למה וסעה כתא[ב]
- אסל אללה קר…
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LetterT-S 12.725
What survives of this text consists mostly of an argument that calendrical decisions can only be taken by experts – which is too neutral to …
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LetterJRL SERIES B 5089
Letter fragment addressed to Nagid ha-Gola. In Judaeo-Arabic. Almost nothing else remains.
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LetterBodl. MS heb. d 74/39
Complaint addressed to a Gaon by a son-in-law of a man who left one quarter of a house to an infant daughter and another quarter …
- אלממלוך[. . . . .].
- אלממלוך יקבל אלארץ וינהי אלי מגלס הגאנו[ת ירום הודה
- אן כאן לה צהר למא דנת ופאתה אוצא באן א[לנצף מן
- דארה לזוגתה באלמאוחר ואלבליות…
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LetterT-S 8J28.5
Fragmentary letter on vellum referring to the addressee's intimate relations with the Tustari brothers in Fustat and referring to the arrival of the addressee's letter …
- וא[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- גמיע [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- יום כ…
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LetterAIU VII.E.169
Letter from the French rabbi Shemuel b. Yaʿaqov probably addressed to Ḥananel b. Shemuel. In Hebrew. Probably related to the same communal controversy described in …
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LetterJRL SERIES B 4897
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Very deferential. Not much of the content remains. "Take for me the two letters. . ." On verso there is what …
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LetterT-S 16.256
Recto: A woman complaining to the Nagid Mevorakh about her inefficient brother-in-law who was unable to secure her children's estate from his partner, expresses the …
- נחן מסתגיתין באללה תע[אלי . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- קדשת מרינו ורבינו מבורך [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- שר השרים נגיד הנגידים [. …
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LetterENA 2805.14
Fragment of a letter to Nahray b. Nissim mentioning Yusuf and Abu al-Ḥasan. The city of Tarablus (Tripoli) is referred to twice. EMS On verso …
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- וקע פי אלואצל ארגו אנה פעל מ
- קבל וצול כתב וכדלך אמר חצל
- ענד אני נגז
- ארגו
- קרב גמיע דלך
- כתיר בן ספאקין ואטראבלס ו
- טראבלס יהודי ועלמנא
- כתאב יוסף …
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LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/19
Fragment of a letter from Nāshī b. Thābit ha-Kohen to Yosef ha-Levi he-ḥaver b. Ḥalfon ha-Levi (Fustat), ca. 1084-1090. Nāshī b. Thābit sends his gratitude …
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LetterT-S Misc.20.202
Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, torn vertically down the middle. It is difficult to extract any information from what remains.
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LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1614
Letter from a Qaraite in Palestine. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 5415 AM (19th year of the 285th maḥzor), which is 1654/55 CE. But catalogued as 1555 …
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LetterT-S 16.179
Letter from Labrāṭ b. Moshe b. Sughmār, in al-Mahdiyya, to his brother Yehuda, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: January 9 (12 Shevat), 1058 CE (Gil) …
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על שמך
כתבת אטאל אללה בקא אכי ושקיק רוחי ועזיז נפסי ואדאם חראסתה וחמאיתה
וכפאיתה ונעמאה וחסן עקבאה מן אלמהדיה ליב כלון מן שבט ערפה אללה ב…
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LetterT-S 8J19.24
Letter from Zekharya b. Ya’aqov b. al-Shama, from Tripoli (Libya), to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1060. The letter deals with shipments of goods and …
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LetterNLI 577.10/1
Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Discusses business affairs and names people such as Fakhr al-Ṣanā'iʿ, Rabbenu, al-Shaykh al-Yesod, Makārim al-Wakīl who is the tax collector for …
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- לאנה כאן פי אלאתנין ובאע(?) נקץ(?) פטן(?) אל[שי]ך אבו אלכיר א . . . פי אלא . . ואלאשראף(?)
- פיתפק ראיך וראי רבינו פי ביעהם אמא גמלה ואנא מפרק…
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LetterT-S AS 225.184
Minute fragment from a letter.
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LetterT-S 10J11.18
Letter consisting entirely of blessings for a distinguished addressee. The beginning and the ending are in elegant Arabic script. In between, there are blessings in …
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LetterT-S NS 264.79
Letter in Arabic script. Fragment. Calligraphic and loopy script.
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LetterT-S AS 52.5
Recto: list of parashat ḥayye Sarah (Genesis 23:1), va-yeḥi (Genesis 47:28) and ki tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1) with notes in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew. Verso: part of …
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LetterT-S 18J5.6
Recto: part of a poorly preserved letter, apparently from the first decade of the 11th century, to Joseph b. Berekhya, representative of the Jerusalem yeshiva …
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LetterT-S 8J19.19
Recto: Letter opening with phrases in Hebrew rhyme. Psalms 119:165 is written in a smaller script in two short lines preceding the letter proper. No …
- שלום רב לאהבי תורתך
- ואין למו מכשול:
- שלומות אתויות וברכות קנויות ונחמות חנויות
- וטובות שתולות עלי מים שרויות וכל הברכות הנתמכות
- הנסמכות והנמתחות יהיו …
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LetterENA 2149.24
Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Four lines are preserved of the main text and some additional text in the margins. On verso there …
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LetterT-S 18J3.15
Barakat b. Abu al-Ḥasan from Alexandria writes to his relative, Eliyyahu b. Zechariah, the Judge, in Fustat. In the letter, Barakat reports the death of …
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- [ ] מולאה ומן אגל אנקטאע
- כתבה מנה יעלם אלמולא אן אלממלוך מא יצלח לה אן יכאתב
- מתל אלמולא ולאכן אלמולא יחתמל אלממלוך עלא גהלה //
- אללה יעלם כיף ק…
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LetterT-S AS 147.211
Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe probably to one of his brothers. Fragment (lower left corner of recto). Mentions Armenian bole (ḥajar armanī) …
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LetterDK 232.5 (alt: XXVII)
Family letter from Sālim to Bū Manṣūr b. Sukkarī (or Zikrī?) in Alexandria reporting that the Rūmī cheese had arrived and that the writer had …
ב מ מלוכה ואצגר
כדמה סאלם
רמי
- יקבל אלמגלס אלסאמי אלאגלי אלמולוי אלמחת
- אלמכדומי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדם עזה ונעאמה
- ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאה וגמע ביני ואי…
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LetterT-S 8J5.8
Note to Abu l-Makarim Moshe b. Yehezqel ha-Levi, urging him to come to court because of alimony claims from his wife, threatening him with a …
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LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1459
Letter to Aharon Rofe in Damascus. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The writer may be writing from Ṣanʿā (penultimate line of recto) where he has traveled …
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LetterENA NS I.79
Letter from Ismaʿīl b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī (Mahdiyya) to his nephew Barhūn b. Ṣāliḥ. Describes a dispute between the sender and another merchant, Abū Yaʿqūb. Mentions …
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