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  1. 2601LetterT-S K6.48

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Late. Addressed to ʿOvadya in Fustat (Miṣrayim) in the neighborhood of the Qaraites (חרות(!) אלקראין). The origin seems to appear in …

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  2. 2602LetterT-S AS 146.48

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu? Mentions sending money and goods, and mentions books including al-Ḥibbur (usually the Mishneh Torah) and …

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  3. 2603LetterT-S AS 177.94

    Letter or petition, probably. Small fragment. The text on verso is in a different hand and is written at 90 degrees and might be a …

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  4. 2604LetterMoss. II,164.1

    Letter from the raʾs al-kull (= rosh kalla) Isrāʾīl b. Dāniyāl / Yisraʾel b. Daniʾel to Abū l-Ḥasan Salāma b. ʿAllūn al-[Ṣayrafī], in Fustat. In …

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  5. 2605LetterENA 2747.16

    Letter copy in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya addressed to Shemuel Ḥemdat ha-Yeshiva. Dating: ca. 1007–1055 CE, based on the years when Efrayim b. …

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  6. 2606LetterENA NS 7.75

    Small fragment of a mercantile letter dealing with book binding and production. On verso what looks like a remain from a list of a book …

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  7. 2607LetterT-S AS 150.97

    Letter fragment (upper right piece) either to or from al-Rayyis Abū l-Faḍl b. al-Rayyis Abū l-Manṣūr. In Judaeo-Arabic, with Hebrew citations (including Mishna Avot 2:4 …

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  8. 2608LetterT-S AS 149.246

    Letter of condolence (possibly a copy) to a public figure. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Quotes Jeremiah 15:2. The name Faḍl appears in l. 1, [Abū …

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  9. 2609LetterT-S 13J15.1

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya. Dating: approximately 1029 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1025–1051 CE, based on the years when Shelomo …

    1. שלום ממעל ומתחת וברכה מצוה בכל משלחת והשפעה טובה רווחת
    2. והשכל בכל מעש והצלחת ומסביב שקט ושאנן ונחת ומציאת חן
    3. וחסד וישועה צומחת עם שאר כל תאב וחשק והב…

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  10. 2610LetterT-S 6J4.30

    Notebook. On fol. 4r there is a draft a begging letter to Yaʿaqov ha-Sar, in an untidy 15th-16th century hand. The writer describes himself as …

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  11. 2611LetterT-S AS 177.552

    Letter fragment in Arabic script.

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  12. 2612LetterT-S 13J22.14

    Letter from an unknown writer, in al-Maḥalla, to Nahray b. Nissim, presumably in Fustat. The body of the letter is in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: …

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    1. וצל כתאב חצרה רבנו אור ישראל ימיו

    2. ימשכו עד בלתי גב[ול]ים ויראה כל תאות

    3. נפשו מן טוב העולם הזה והעולם הבא

    4. ובנו מחמדו יראה שמחתו בקרוב וקר…

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    (1–4) הגיע מכתבך, הדרת רבינו, וכו' …. וקראתיו 

    (5–20) והכינותי את פרטיו ומטרותיו נתבררו לי, שמרו, וכו' …. אשר אמר: אל תדין, וכו' …. אלה דברי נב…

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  13. 2613LetterENA 2558.2

    Verso: Draft of a letter apparently written in Edessa (al-Ruhā). In Judaeo-Arabic. In a different hand from the letter on recto (one of the Mosul …

    1. וקף אלכאדם עלי מא תצמנה אמר אלמו
    2. אלדי אשאר בה אלמ
    3. אדא כאן אלעלם אלכרים מחיט ואתחקק ענדה
    4. גואיח [[ממלו]] עבדה ואכר אלאמר מא תם
    5. לה פי אלרהא וללכאדם אלי…

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  14. 2614LetterT-S AS 150.168

    Probably a letter (only a few words are legible), apparently sent to Fusṭāṭ, mentioning al-Maḡribī and Abū [Ni]ssim (?). (Information from CUDL)

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  15. 2615LetterT-S Ar.54.66

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated (v2–3): 16th of the ʿOmer '195, meaning 4800+195=4935 AM, which corresponds to 15 May 1235 CE. (Not 1595 Seleucid, corresponding …

    1. הנדיב תנצרה אדאם אללה עזה ורוח
    2. סרה וכפאה כל מחדור וינהי שדה
    3. שוקה אליה ואפתכארה פי הדה אלאיאם
    4. אלדי כאן בהא ענדהם פי דמוה תו
    5. ומא כאן לי פרגה וכאדך דכו…

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  16. 2616LetterT-S NS 297.201

    Recto: Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Might be about provincial administration: "wa-yudabbir amūr al-nāḥiya. . . wa-anna katabū kitāb ilā l-qāḍī. . ." …

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  17. 2617LetterMoss. II,175.2

    Small fragment from the opening of a letter to a Nagid.

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  18. 2618LetterT-S AS 129.147

    Letter fragment in Hebrew. Mentions writing a deed of release (shover): והתאזרו במדת דין ומשפט . . . תכתבו להם שובר עד אשר . . …

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  19. 2619LetterT-S 6J7.23

    Informal note in Judaeo-Arabic. Written by Hananel b. Shemuel. He exhorts the addressee to assist al-Shaykh al-Nafīs, evidently concerning a legal query which the latter …

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  20. 2620LetterMoss. V,372.1

    Four un-conserved small fragments. One is a remain from a letter to Eli b. Amram. The other 3 are still to be identified. AA

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  21. 2621LetterCUL Or.1081 2.36

    Letter opening, preserving only the shawqiyya, from Seʿayda b. Isḥāq to a certain respected Elʿazar.

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  22. 2622LetterT-S 8J40.8

    Letter from Yaʿaqov the physician (known as 'the effective'), in Shamṭūniyya, near Kūfa, Iraq, to his pupil and perhaps son-in-law Yūsuf, in Jūma Mazīdat (unidentified …

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    1. מברכו יעקב בן [ ]
    2. [ ]
    3. עזרי מעם יוי
    4. אשואקי כתירה גדא אלי משאהדה התלמ[י]ד המבין הטוב והנאה
    5. מ יוסף יברכהו אלהינו ולטובה יזכרהו ויתן לו עצתו וגם מ…

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  23. 2623LetterStras. 4110/88

    Letter from Binyām b. Hārūn, in Alexandria, to Abū l-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1080 CE, based on Gil's assessment. …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלגליל ואדאם עזה ותאידה

    2. וסעאדתה וסלאמתה ונעמתה ען חאל סלאמה ונעמה <ושוק> אליה שדיד קרב

    3. אללה אלאגתמאע ביננ…

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    1. אני כותב לך, ייתן לך אלוהים, אדוני, אריכות ימים, ויתמיד את כבודך ואת עזרתו לך
    2. ואת אושרך ואת שלומך ואת רווחתך, כאשר שלומי טוב ואני מאושר, אבל מ…

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  24. 2624LetterENA 2558.30b

    Letter probably addressed to Avraham Maimonides—[the son] of our Lord and Rabbi Moshe the Great Rabbi (ZL). In Judaeo-Arabic. It is written on a reused …

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  25. 2625LetterT-S 13J22.16

    Letter fragment from the cantor Khalfa Ibn al-Qafṣī (i.e., from Qafṣa/Gafsa, in Tunisia; Abramson and Golb incorrectly read "al-Qifṭī," from Qifṭ in Upper Egypt). The …

    1. עבדה כלפה אלחזן בן
    2. אלקפצי
    3. ]צרה ישגבך שם אלהי
    4. ]ייי ישמרך מכל רע
    5. ]ך לעד
    6. ]ת וחמלה ורנן ועטרת
    7. ]ת ורנן הדר הכרמל
    8. ] חשוקות ובכל
    9. ]ר בעשרים וארבעה
    10. ] ראש כבו…

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  26. 2626LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/42

    Letter from Yaʿqūb b. Ismaʿīl al-Andalusī, in Tunisia or Sicily (Goitein) or Tyre (Gil), to Abū l-Walīd Yūnus b. Dāʾūd b. Zablān, probably in Fustat. …

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  27. 2627LetterMoss. III,206A + Moss. III,206B

    Letter from Ṣemaḥ b. Yiṣḥaq, gaon of Sura, to Elḥanan b. Shemarya, ca. 990. Contains information about Ṣemaḥ b. Yiṣḥaq and about the academy of …

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  28. 2628LetterMoss. II,99.1

    Family letter addressed to a certain Ibrāhīm. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary handwriting and orthography. The spellings are so unusual that the letter is hard to understand. …

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  29. 2629LetterENA NS 14.4

    Informal note/order addressed to Abū Saʿīd (al-ʿAfṣī?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Giving him an instruction concerning the cup/jug (kūz) of mercury that is with the bearer of …

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  30. 2630LetterT-S AS 152.67

    Letter from a man to his brother. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Sunday, 13 Ḥeshvan 1529 Seleucid = 16 October 1217 CE. Might be in the handwriting …

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  31. 2631LetterT-S NS 324.112 + Moss. VII,157

    Recto: Letter from Hayya Gaʾon to Neḥemya b. Avraham, in Fustat. Dated: Nisan 1348 Seleucid, which is March/April 1037 CE. Neḥemya had had a fight …

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    1. דהכי והכי לא נדרי שרי ליה כי ההוא דאתא לקמיה רבא בר רב הונא אמליה אי הוא ההיא שעתא [                                 ]
    2. אמליה לא ושרא ליה שבועת…

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  32. 2632LetterT-S H10.171

    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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  33. 2633LetterT-S 16.269

    Beautiful letter of warm friendship sent by a man from Ifrīqiya to his friend in Egypt. The recipient had ordered a Torah scroll and books, …

    1. וצל כ[תאבך . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. מ[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…

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  34. 2634LetterENA NS 77.104

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment, containing only the opening and part of the address. The sender is M[...] b. Ḥassūn(?).

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  35. 2635LetterT-S AS 168.134

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to someone with a 'ruined education' (bad manners? makhrūb al-taʿlīm), the washing of a garment, buying something, forcing …

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  36. 2636LetterT-S 8J15.13

    Letter from Abū Naṣr Ibn al-Ṭabīb in which he acknowledges receipt of letters from the addressee and Abū l-Maʿālī and asks for charity, citing Genesis …

    1. עבדהא אבו נצר
    2. בן אלטביב
    3. וקף עבדהא עלי רקעתהא אלכרימה לא
    4. עדמת אהתמאמהא ותפצלהא וצחבתהא
    5. רקעה אלשיך אבי אלמעאלי אדאם אללה עזה
    6. והי תדל עלי אנצלאח ראי פי…

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  37. 2637LetterCUL 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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  38. 2638LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 146

    Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script, probably mercantile. Little of the content is preserved. There is an unrelated fragment sharing this shelfmark, which …

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  39. 2639LetterT-S AS 152.310

    Beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 13th–14th century. Maybe a recommendation for the bearer. Mentions 250 dirh[ams]. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  40. 2640LetterT-S NS 340.3

    Fragment from the beginning of a letter to a mother in Minyat al-Qāʾid. In Arabic script. Only the opening formula is preserved. A few words …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. كتابي هذا الى الوالدة العزيزة الموفقة اميـ[ـنة؟
    3. كريمة ادام الله سعدها ونعماها ومن حسن التوفيق
    4. لا اخلاها وجمعني واياها عن اسر …

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  41. 2641LetterMoss. IV,29.3

    Letter from Ḥasan b. Sahl (aka Abū l-Ḥasan b. Abū l-Ḥasan aka Yedutun ha-Levi). Very deferential ("I am illuminated by the light of your opinions," …

    1. لے
    2. אללה תעאלי יכפי //אלמולא// אלאסוא ויבעד ענה אלאדא ויסעדה
    3. בחיאה אלרייס אלעזיז ולדה ויגמלנא בבקאה ולא
    4. יכלינא מן גמיל אראה יעלם אן אלשיך אל[מ]כין(?)
    5. …

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  42. 2642LetterCUL Or.1080 15.10

    Pen trials in Latin- and Hebrew-script. The Latin-script words and abbreviations resemble Castilian Spanish but at times demonstrate Italianate linguistic influence. These words are honorific …

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  43. 2643LetterT-S AS 152.272

    Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The remaining content is quite vague. Refers to sending something to the addressee with a trustworthy messenger and awaiting instructions …

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  44. 2644LetterT-S 13J33.3

    Letter from Abū l-Ḥasan b. Ibrāhīm al-Zayyāt to the notable Yehuda b. Elʿazar ha-Kohen. With best wishes for the addressee's two sons, Elʿazar Saʿd al-Mulk …

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  45. 2645LetterT-S 10J13.26

    Letter from Meʾir Ben-Naʿim (fl. 1785-1825 CE), but the paleography is not suggestive of his scribal hand. The letter may date from early in his …

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  46. 2646LetterBL OR 5542.24

    Letter from a cantor or teacher to his boss in Cairo. The cantor had been “accused of having assembled a group of young men and …

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  47. 2647LetterT-S K25.161

    Neatly written note to Nahray requesting that he address the community for Shemuel he-Ḥazzan ha-Mevin, since he needs help for his family and travel after …

    1. רבנו נהראי אדאם אללה תאיידה יחסן אלנטר למ
    2. שמואל החזן המבין פי גד ויכאטב לה אלגמאעה
    3. כתרהא אללה פי שי יסתעין בה עלי עאילתה
    4. ויכון אלמעול עליה ינגז תחצי…

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  48. 2648LetterT-S AS 145.100

    Fragment of a letter to a notable. In Hebrew. Mentioning good news for the addressee, and the king. Might be a letter of congratulations on …

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  49. 2649LetterT-S Misc.20.4

    Fragment of a business letter to Barhūn b. Mūsā b. Barhūn al-Tāhartī from his 'brother.'

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  50. 2650LetterENA 2730.4

    End of a communal letter with signatures. The surviving signatures are [..]riya b. Ḥasan, [...] b. Ḥasan, Daniel b. Yishaq Shaʾul. [...] Kohen b. Bundar. …

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