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  1. 251LetterT-S 10J24.1

    Two paper leaves, very damaged, which form a part of a collection of letters from Evyatar ha-Kohen Gaon b. Eliyyahu, sent from Tyre. The first …

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    1. ויעצימהו [ ] אין להא[ר]יך מיל[ים] לחכם כמוך אבל להזכיר כבודך ותורתך
    2. מה שא[נו] כולנו חייב[י]ם לעזור מטים ומכים כל שכן עיר אלוהינו מקום תהלתו
    3. ה…

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  2. 252LetterT-S Ar.25.133

    Recto: Shemuʾel b. Ḥofni’s Judaeo-Arabic commentary on Deuteronomy 11:26f. Verso: Arabic jottings, possibly a maxim or poetry; the lower text block is a copy of …

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  3. 253LetterENA NS 85.1190

    Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary hand. Verso: Unidentified document in Arabic script.

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  4. 254LetterT-S Ar.39.486

    Long mercantile letter in Arabic script. Damaged and very difficult to read. Mentions names such as ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and Abū Isḥāq Ibn al-Qābila ("Son of …

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  5. 255LetterT-S 13J29.7

    Letter from Yisrael b. Natan, probably from Qayrawan. Around 1040. The addressee in unknown, maybe it is Israel’s brother – Nahray, or another younger relative. …

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    1. וצל כתאבך [יא אכי] וסיידי ורייסי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאך ומן תופיקה

    2. לא אכלאך ב[אלקאפ]ל[ה ווקפת מנה עלי מ]א אסרני מן חסן חאלך וסלא…

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    1. הגיע מכתבך, אחי ואדוני וראשי ומרי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את חסדיו לך 
    2. ואל ימנע ממך הצלחות, עם השיירה, וקראתי בו דברים משמחים על מצ…

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  6. 256LetterT-S K2.107

    Verso: two different letters, glued together to create a rotulus for the calendar on recto. Both are mercantile letters from the mid-11th century. (I) The …

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  7. 257LetterHUC 1038

    Letter from Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā, in Egypt, to his father Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd al-Jarīdī, in Dhamār, Yemen. Dating: probably 19th century. Needs examination.

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  8. 258LetterENA NS 45.28

    Tiny fragment in Hebrew script.

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  9. 259LetterT-S H15.80

    Verso: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded. Might be a draft with instructions for a scribe, given that it ends with "the greeted" (al-mukhaṣṣaṣīn) rather than …

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  10. 260LetterENA 2727.46 + ENA NS 57.10

    Letter from Avraham b. Yehuda ha-Kohen, in Malīj, to the cantor Elʿazar b. Yehuda, in Fustat (c/o the shop of Ṭarfon ha-Zaqen). In Judaeo-Arabic, with …

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  11. 261LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1863/8

    Letter addressed to a dignitary. Only the introduction is preserved. No names.

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  12. 262LetterCUL Or.1080 J118

    Letter of greeting from Saʿadya b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Dayyan to Elʿazar Peʾer ha-Ḥakhamim. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Consists entirely of expressions of longing and blessings. Same …

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  13. 263LetterT-S 16.13

    Letter from Hayyim b. 'Ammar (Gil) or Zakkar b. 'Ammar (Ben-Sasson), Palermo, to Yūsuf b. Mūsā Tāhartī in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1069 (Gil).The writer writes …

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    1. על ש'מ'ך'
    2. [כתאבי] יא[סי]די ומולאי [אטא]ל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך ונעמתך מן אלמדינה מסתהל כסליו
    3. ואנא בחאל כמא שא אללה [ת]עאלי מן גאיחתי וגואיח א…

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    1. (2−1) על שמך; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך, מפלרמו, בא' בכסלו
    2. כשאני במצב – שאל ירצה אותו אל…

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  14. 264LetterCUL Add.3345

    Letter addressed to Yosef ha-Kohen b. Simha, asking for help. In Hebrew. The writer was hit by a crisis that forced him into poverty and …

    1. אברכה את ייי בכל עת תמיד
    2. תהלתו בפי
    3. בייי תהלל נפשי ישמעו ענוים וישמחו
    4. פודה ייי נפש עבדיו ולא יאשמו כל החוסים בו
    5. חונה מלאך ד' סביב ליריאיו ויחלצם
    6. חזקו…

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  15. 265LetterT-S NS 264.87

    Small and damaged fragment from a letter in Hebrew, with some Judaeo-Arabic at the end. Reporting the arrival of "our brother Yefet ha-Levi ha-Ahuv" and …

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  16. 266LetterT-S 13J24.8

    Letter from Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, in Alexandria, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel, in Fustat. Dating: 1141 CE. Abū l-ʿAlāʾ reports on quarrels and intrigues within the Alexandrian …

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    1. בשמ
    2. תאכדת אשואקי למולאי וסיידי אטאל
    3. אללה פי אלנעמה בקאה ואדאם עלוה
    4. וארתקאה וחבאה ווקאה ותאכרת
    5. אכבארה ען מנתצרהא גמע אללה בה
    6. עלי אלמרגוב אנה אל…

    In Your Name.

    My longing for my master—may God grant you long days of happiness, make your high rank and greatness endure, protect you and keep you!—…

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  17. 267LetterUnknown (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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  18. 268LetterCUL Or.1080 J223

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Tuesday night, 1 Adar 1539 Seleucid = 9 February 1228 CE. The writer advises the addressee to resort to the …

    1. ]ל ישר[
    2. אלג]ליל אלמערוף באבן אבו אלעלא ותעלמה סלא[מי
    3. וא]שתיאקי עלייה ועלי אהל ביתה מן אלצגיר
    4. אלי א]לכביר אלי אלגארייה אלי אם אברהים גארייתה
    5. ואבנהא פ…

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  19. 269LetterT-S 10J5.12

    Letter of business from Isma'il b. Ishaq al-Andalusi, in Tyre, to Nahray b. Nissim. The writer alludes to his great losses at sea while simultaneously …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי וראייסי אלשיך אלגליל ואדאם עזה ותאיד[ה ונעמאה]
    3. וסלאמתה מן צור לי בקין מן מרחשון כתבה אללה עליה באחסן אל [ ]

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  20. 270LetterENA NS 18.35

    Letter from Labrāṭ b. Moshe b. Sughmār, in Sūsa, to his younger brother Abū Zekharya Yehuda b. Moshe, in Fustat. Dating: August 1056 (Gil). This …

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    1. על שמך

    2. כתבת יאכי וסידי ועזיז נפסי ועדיל רוחי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאך וחסן עקבאך וע[     ] לקא [     ]

    3. מן סוסה לו כלון מן אלול ערפך אלל…

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    1. (1–2) על שמך. אני כותב לך, אחי ואדוני, היקר לי כבשרי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את חסדיו לך וימציא לך הצלחות ....
    2. מסוסה, בו' באלול, …

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  21. 271LetterENA 2735.10

    Letter from the court of the Nagid Natan Sholal addressed to "the elders in the land," i.e., the elders of Jerusalem in the 1480s–90s. Published …

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  22. 272LetterT-S AS 152.206

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Yehuda Ibn al-ʿAmmānī? The text is very faded. In the margin, there is an update …

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  23. 273LetterT-S 6J1.10

    Letter from Abū l-ʿIzz b. Abū ʿUmar, probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-Barakāt b. Abū ʿUmar, Abū l-Majd b. Abū l-Faraj (Abū l-Majd is also …

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    1. אלשאיק לנצרהם אבו אלעז
    2. בן אבו עמר נע
    3. אלאכוא אלעזיזין אלמחבין אלשיך אבו אלברכאת ואלשיך אבו אלאם ואלשיך ברכאת אדאם
    4. אללה סלאמתהם וחסן עאקבתהם אע…

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  24. 274LetterT-S NS 297.243

    Recto: Possibly the top of an official letter in Arabic script. Reused for jottings all over the margins in Arabic and Hebrew script. Verso: Bottom …

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  25. 275LetterENA NS 13.16

    Letter in Hebrew. Late. Very faded. Dealing with business matters. Currency: gurush. The letter's recipient bears rabbinic honorifics and is possibly named Shemuʾel (or this …

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  26. 276LetterJRL B 7890

    Fol. 1: Letter(s) in Judaeo-Arabic. Recto is a fragmentary letter containing mostly formulaic expressions of deference (al-mamlūk, al-mawlā, al-ḥaḍra al-sāmiya, request for forgiveness, request to …

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  27. 277LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/13

    Letter fragment. In Hebrew. Wide space between the lines. Mentions the 'confusion of the kingdoms of the land.'

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  28. 278LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/26

    Letter from Manṣūr b. Maḥfūẓ, in Alexandria, to Abū Saʿīd b. Berakhot al-Melammed, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1487 Seleucid, which is 1175/76 CE. The …

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  29. 279LetterT-S NS 224.108

    End of a letter written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (active 1100–38). Addressed to a higher authority and containing petition-like phrases.

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  30. 280LetterMoss. X,122.1

    End of a letter from Tiberias with signatures. Needs further examination. No image in CUDL or FGP as of 2026.

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  31. 281LetterT-S 8J37.2

    Letter to Abu al-Faraj who is addressed with many honorific titles and is informed about the delivery of his letter to the sender.

    1. אעלם מולאי וסיידי ואעז אלנאס עלי וענדי וגאיה
    2. אמלי ותאג ראסי אלמולא אלשיך אלאגל אלמאלך אלמנעם
    3. אלמתפצל אלאדיב [[אל]] אלאציל אלנביל אלגליל אלמחתרם
    4. אלמכ…

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  32. 282LetterT-S NS J371

    Recommendation letter addressed to Nahray b. Nissim, for a writer who is traveling to Egypt to copy manuscripts and to marry a relative of Nahray. …

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    1. כת]אבי אלי אלעבראני וקד וגה מע מר' רב יוסף הדא
    2. ]ו וורקא ינסך לה מן הנאך מא אמכנה וכתב לה רבנו נהראי' 
    3. רחמ' כתאבא אלי חצרתה יסאלה פי תגשים אלענ…

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    1. …(לצרף את) מכתבי אל (המכתב) העברי; הוא שלח עם מר' רב יוסף זה 
    2. …ו'; ונייר כדי שיעתיק בשבילו משם מה שיוכל. וכתב לו רבנו נהוראי נטריה
    3. רחמנא מכתב …

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  33. 283LetterT-S Ar.30.146

    Letter from Avraham Maimonides (autograph) addressed to three people, including al-Mevin and Yūsuf. In Judaeo-Arabic. Very faded. Dealing with hospitality (ḍiyāfa) for needy people. The …

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  34. 284LetterENA NS 65.5

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is the end of the letter. Greetings to Abū l-Faraj b. al-Daqqāq (or possibly al-Raqqāq). Very squiggly descenders.

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  35. 285LetterT-S AS 153.5

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to the heqdesh; possession of a house and a three-month period. Not much more is preserved. (Information in part from CUDL.) …

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  36. 286LetterT-S NS 320.78

    Verso: Note (ruqʿa) addressed to Abū l-Ḥasan. In Judaeo-Arabic. It seems that the sender has enclosed a copy of Tehillim and wants to sell it …

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  37. 287LetterT-S Ar.34.108

    Letter fragment, possibly the address of a letter that is now lost. From [...] Nissim [...] to Abū l-Khayr Ḥananya (or Shaʿya?) b. Mevorakh. There …

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  38. 288LetterHUC 1105

    Late letter in Hebrew with multiple signatures including Matitya b. Binyamin Zeʾev Ashkenazi, Yaʿacov Mizraḥī, addressed to the congregation of upper and lower Amadiya (in …

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  39. 289LetterT-S 10K3 + T-S NS 175.57 + ENA 2556.1 + ENA 2555.1

    Account in Hebrew of the Ben Meir controversy. Calendrical discussion Description from PGPID 12023: Letter in Hebrew narrating the trouble caused by Ben Meir including …

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  40. 290LetterENA 2727.38

    Letter addressed to Avraham ha-Talmid. Small fragment (upper left corner).

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  41. 291LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/52

    Letter from Avraham b. Abū l-Ḥayy, in Alexandria, to his brother Musa, probably in Fustat. Dating: Ca. 1075 CE. 10th of Elul, a few weeks …

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    1. כתאבי יאכי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאידך
    2. וסעאדתך וסלאמתך מן אסכנדריה לי' כלון מן אלול וסאעת אן
    3. כתבת לך הדא אלכתאב ארתפעת מן אבו …

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    1. אני כותב לך, אחי היקר לי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך 
    2. ואת אושרך ואת שלומך, מאלכסנדריה, בי' באלול. ובעת שאני
    3. כותב…

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  42. 292LetterT-S NS 34.257

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably a Maghribī business letter of the 11th century. From Yaʿaqov b. [...]. Mentions Abū Saʿīd and Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf. Very damaged.

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  43. 293LetterT-S NS 169.11

    Letter from R. Sherira to R. Yaʿaqov b. Nissim from Qayrawan.

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    1. .................................. שולח
    2. ....................תחיל אלוף נט' רח' לתלמידיו
    3. ........…

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  44. 294LetterT-S NS 246.5

    Fragment from the beginning of a letter, probably from Yeshuʿa b. Yosef ha-Kohen on behalf of the community of Alexandria to the community of Fustat …

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  45. 295LetterT-S 10J20.15

    Letter written in a mixture of Hebrew and Arabic script. Various blessings and Bible citations are rendered in Hebrew script, whereas the main part is …

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  46. 296LetterENA 4020.18

    Letter by Sahlan ha-Mumḥe (b. Avraham) discussing the meaning of difficult words in a piyyut by ha-Qalir. In Hebrew with the address in Arabic script.

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  47. 297LetterAIU VII.E.140

    Late letter in Hebrew.

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  48. 298LetterENA NS 73.22

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or possibly 12th century. Dealing with business matters; mentions quantities of goods and prices. Mentions Ibn ʿAzrūn.

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  49. 299LetterT-S 8J36.9

    Letter from a certain Ibrāhīm concerning business matters in which the writer mentions silk and asks the addressee for further trade-related instructions to be sent …

    1. בשמ רח
    2. וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם ע[זה
    3. ותאיידה וסעאדתה וסל[אמתה ] וקראתה ופהמת מצמונה
    4. וסרני אן [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

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  50. 300LetterT-S AS 21.295

    Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (vertical strip from the middle). Dating: Likely 11th century. The sender is in Jerusalem ([min al-musta]qarr bi-l-Quds ʿamarahu Allāh). Mentions …

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