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  1. 3601LetterBL OR 5566B.26

    Document date
    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from a judge to Avraham Maimonides, reporting about a case that came before him in Adar I 1529 Seleucid (which is 1218 CE). About …

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  2. 3602LetterT-S NS J529

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Apparently a response to an inquiry about copies of the Torah. Not entirely clear.

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  3. 3603LetterENA NS 19.31

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Mevorakh b. Natan to Thiqat al-Mulk. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mevorakh describes his financial difficulties and asks for help obtaining wheat. He complains that al-Shaykh …

    1. בשמ רחמ ותגזר אומר ויקם לך ועל דרכיך נגה אור
    2. ורבצת ואין מחריד וחלו פניך רבים
    3. ישלח עזרך מקדש ומציון יסעדיך
    4. לם יכף נסאל אלמולא אלואלד אלאגל תקה אלמלוך…

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    2017
    PGPID
    2448
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  4. 3604LetterT-S Ar.39.215

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter addressed to Salmūn. In Arabic script. Dating: Ottoman-era. Seal imprint on verso. Needs examination for content.

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    2019
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    20818
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  5. 3605LetterMoss. II,141.2

    Inferred date
    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Efrayim b. Shemarya, with address inverted on verso; fragment. Dating: ca. 1025-1051 CE, based on the years when Shelomo …

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  6. 3606LetterCUL Or.1080 J180

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    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    IB V, 5. Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen in Fustat, to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā b. Sulaymān b. al-Shāmī, in ʿAydhāb. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Ṭevet 1452 …

    Recto:

    1. ב
    2. תקדמת כתבי אלי מולאי אלשיך
    3. אלאגל אטאל אללה פי אלכיר בקאהא ואדאם
    4. תאיידהא וסעאדתהא וסלאמתהא ונעמתהא
    5. ורפעתהא ותמכינהא וסנאהא וכבת באלדל
    6. אלמהין…

    Recto

    1. I(n your name)
    2. I previously sent letters to my lord, the most glorious
    3. elder — may God prolong his existence in health and make eternal
    4. his su…
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  7. 3607LetterENA 2735.11

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter in Hebrew in a beautiful square script. From a certain Ṭoviyya to the congregation in Fustat. With a long poetical opening. On the back …

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  8. 3608LetterT-S NS 264.55

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Yedutun ha-Levi, likely to his brother Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi. Little of the content remains apart from blessings and formulae. He reports that …

    Recto

    1. כי ייי יהיה בכסליך ושמר רגלך וג׳
    2. נחמו נחמו עמי יאמר אלהיכם וג׳
    3. שמחו את ירושלים וגילו בה כל וג׳
    4. בונה ירושלים ייי נדחי ישראל וג׳
    5. תחת היות…

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  9. 3609LetterENA NS 37.1

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th–13th century. The sender says that even if his letters have lapsed, he has never stopped loving and praying for …

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    12120
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  10. 3610LetterMoss. II,124.3

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment of a communal letter. Four lines preserved. Wide space between the lines. Refers to the presence of the shekhina when people gather to study, …

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    2018
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  11. 3611LetterT-S AS 151.130

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Rhymed blessings (... al-ʿaẓīm... dār al-naʿīm...). Verso: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Refers to someone who …

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    2018
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    18912
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  12. 3612LetterBodl. MS heb. b 3/24

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Avraham b. ʿAmram to Nahray b. Nissim (and Barhūn b. Ṣāliḥ?), Fustat, 1067 CE. The letter includes information about the Tāhartīs who are …

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    • 24 recto
    • 24 verso
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    2017
    PGPID
    9276
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  13. 3613LetterT-S AS 160.300

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Probably a letter, with a narrative about some kind of conflict or distressing event. (Information in part from CUDL)

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    2018
    PGPID
    18806
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  14. 3614LetterT-S 12.282

    Letter from Salah b. Barhun al-Taharti from Qayrawan, to Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal from Fustat. Around 1010. Regarding a shipment of silver which b. …

    recto

    1. [כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה] בקאך ולא אכלאך מן תופיקה וכאן לך וליא ונצירא פי גמיע אמ[ורך] 
    2. [                                       אסאל] אל…

    recto

    1. אני כותב, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ואל ימנע ממך מזל, ויהיה לך קרוב ומושיע בכל ענייניך,
    2. …(אני מתגעגע, וכו') מאלוהים אבקש כי יפגיש…
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    1 Transcription 1 Translation 1 Discussion

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    2017
    PGPID
    5853
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  15. 3615LetterYevr. II A 2841

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    A letter from Shemuel Hariv

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    27702
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  16. 3616LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/73

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter, Somewhat cryptic. "As for what you mentioned about the istiʿmāl and the musakhkhināt (warming drugs?) and the [...], and as the 'season' (of illnesses?) …

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    • 73 recto
    • 73 verso
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    2019
    PGPID
    19543
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  17. 3617LetterT-S AS 151.89

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Might be match for one of the Spanish or Maghribī hands from India Book IV — like Ibn Ezra in H37, …

    Tags

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    2018
    PGPID
    17701
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  18. 3618LetterT-S AS 155.378

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Small fragment from a letter, mentioning 'the dyer'.

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    2019
    PGPID
    22358
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  19. 3619LetterT-S NS 321.2

    Inferred date
    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Letter from Gaʾon Shelomo b. Yehuda, probably in Jerusalem or Ramla, to Efrayim b. Shemarya, in Fustat. Dating: 13 Kislev [4803 AM] = 29 November …

    1. גע מכתב החבר היקר והנכבד יהי צור עזרו וצל סתרו// יום יג בכסלו ובו ביום נכת[ב]ה תשובתו // וישים אחריתו שלום
    2. וכל ימיו שלום והשיש בשלומו והעצ[י]ב באשר …
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    1988
    PGPID
    4470
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  20. 3620LetterT-S AS 162.61

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: letter from the 16th century, mentioning the names Abraham Ibn Ṣūr, Reuben the Babylonian, Abraham Nuniʾel (נוניאל), Faraj Allah the proselyte, and Yequtiʾel. Verso: …

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    2018
    PGPID
    18056
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  21. 3621LetterT-S 8J13.3 + T-S NS J250

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment in the hand of Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi Nisaburi about his cost in an affair concerning Abu Sa‘id Makhlūf al-Nafusi. (Information from Goitein's index cards; …

    Recto of T-S NS J250:

    1. כאן תאכרהם . . . ף חאלהם קל . . . . . . . .
    2. אליום . ף ס׳ יום חתי //מא// תצרפת גיר פי הדה אל . מן
    3. ומא כתבת הדה אלכתאב אלא בכלפת…
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    1900
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  22. 3622LetterT-S AS 183.105

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Small fragment from a letter or legal document. Dating: Ottoman-era.

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    2023
    PGPID
    37876
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  23. 3623LetterT-S AS 203.181

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Bifolio containing a very lengthy and detailed Hebrew narrative of business dealings, possibly intended as a draft or copy of a letter, or possibly related …

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    3

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    2026
    PGPID
    42222
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  24. 3624LetterT-S AS 151.85 + NLI 577.10/37

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter by Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif to his brother Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif. Opens with blessings for Yom Kippur. He thanks Peraḥya for …

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    1

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    2018
    PGPID
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  25. 3625LetterT-S AS 146.130

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter addressed to Abū l-Murajjā Sālim. Fragment (upper right corner of recto). Discussing in vague terms a situation in which the addressee needs to act …

    Recto:

    1. בשמ
    2. כתאבי אלי חצרה מולאי אלשיך [
    3. הנדיב והשוע המכובד והמיו[קר
    4. ומן חסן תופיקה לא אכלאה ו[
    5. ורפאה וחבאה אערפה [שדה אלשוק
    6. אליה ואלארתיאח אלי נטרה …

    1 Transcription

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    2018
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  26. 3626LetterT-S AS 140.106

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Verso may be a fragment of a letter in Arabic, possibly containing a word in Hebrew in the midst of the Arabic unless this is …

    No Scholarship Records

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    2026
    PGPID
    42069
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  27. 3627LetterT-S AS 154.188

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Small strip consisting of three separate sheets, at least one of them a letter, stuck or glued together. (Information from CUDL)

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    • 1r
    • 1v
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    2018
    PGPID
    17887
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  28. 3628LetterT-S AS 170.179

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Small fragment of a letter in Arabic script.

    No Scholarship Records

    • 1r
    • 1v
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    2023
    PGPID
    38417
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  29. 3629LetterT-S 18J3.25

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Recto: letter from Abraham Masʿūd, dealing with trade in silk and linen, and mentioning Elijah Saloniko (אליא שלונקו). Verso: accounts. (Information from CUDL)

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    • 1r
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    2018
    PGPID
    18859
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  30. 3630LetterT-S 10J9.32

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fol. 2v (upper section): Letter to a ḥaver in Judaeo-Arabic. The text is faded and the phrases are quite vague—needs further examination.

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    2023
    PGPID
    37622
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  31. 3631LetterMoss. Ia,28

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Abū l-Surūr and Abū Saʿd to Yakhin b. Netanel. The letter consists almost entirely of congratulations (for a newborn son?) and good wishes …

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    2020
    PGPID
    26666
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  32. 3632LetterT-S 13J23.23

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    An 18th-19th century commercial letter dated Friday 28th Adar I, mentioning Muhammed b. ʿUmar who went on Hajj to Mecca, Rafaʾel the Dragoman, Yosef פוגי, …

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    In PGP since
    2018
    PGPID
    18858
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  33. 3633LetterT-S AS 148.40

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    A few lines from a Hebrew letter in a large, square script. Mentions a certain Ṣemaḥ and the speaker's love for him (בלשון ידיות . …

    No Scholarship Records

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    • 1v
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    2019
    PGPID
    21761
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  34. 3634LetterT-S 12.339

    Letter from Barhun b. Musa al-Tāhartī, probably from Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim and ʿAyyāsh b. Ṣadaqa, Fustat. Mentions details about shipments of flax, several …

    recto

    1.            על שמ רח

    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך יום אלגמעה [ערובת אל]

    3. עיד ען סלאמה ללה אלחמד ומא תחב עלמה אנא אוסקנא …

    recto

    1. (2−1) על שמך רחמנא; אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך, ביום ו', ערב
    3. החג, שלומי טוב, תודה לאל. אשר למה שרצו…
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    2 Transcriptions 1 Translation

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    2017
    PGPID
    5855
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  35. 3635LetterT-S NS 183.81

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Yemeni hand? Very damaged and faded. Dating: 12th century. Some of the names mentioned are related to India Book II, such as …

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    • 1r
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    2019
    PGPID
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  36. 3636LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 668

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Fragment of a letter or official correspondence, Arabic script. Mentions "من يلوذ به", a fragmentary date "[جمادى؟] الاخرة", beginning of a year "سنة خمسـ"and a …

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    • 1 / 1 leaf, recto
    • 1 / 1 leaf, verso
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    2021
    PGPID
    33363
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  37. 3637LetterT-S AS 146.309

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment (upper right of recto). Only the opening biblical quotations (shalom rav le-ohavei toratekha) and the last few words of the text in the …

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    2018
    PGPID
    17394
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  38. 3638LetterT-S AS 152.211

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Minute fragment, probably from a top of a letter. AA

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    • 1r
    • 1v
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    2019
    PGPID
    22062
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  39. 3639LetterJRL B 7846

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment addressed to Nahray b. Nissim. In Judaeo-Arabic. Little of the substance remains unless there is a join.

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    • 1 / 1 leaf, recto
    • 1 / 1 leaf, verso
    In PGP since
    2020
    PGPID
    28906
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  40. 3640LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1489

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with some Arabic script in the margin and the address written in Arabic script. Dating: No earlier than 15th century; mentions …

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    2020
    PGPID
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  41. 3641LetterT-S 16.336

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. This is a very long vertical strip from the middle of the letter. It was partially cut up, and the beginning of …

    1. ]ראגיא אלפרג באגתמ[אע
    2. א]לצרר ואלאדא ולא [
    3. ]כדני ויכלף אלנאס כתיר [
    4. ] קבל אלפרוץ כמנע [
    5. ] מן אללה עלי יד אכותה [
    6. ] אלגמאעה דאימא ו[
    7. ] מאלה מא כאדה אן…

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    • 1r
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    2004
    PGPID
    4078
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  42. 3642LetterT-S E3.51

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Bifolio with Hebrew literary text. One of the four pages is filled with elegant Arabic writing exercises, containing draft of phrases from the beginning of …

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    • 1r
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    In PGP since
    2026
    PGPID
    42137
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  43. 3643LetterHalper 381

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Shemuel b. Yehuda. In Judaeo-Arabic. He reports that he sent all the money that Sālim b. Khaṣīb(?) owed to Abū ʿAlī Ḥusayn, namely …

    1. עבדהא
    2. שמואל בר יהודה נע
    3. בשמ רחמ
    4. אעלם אלחצרה אלסאמיה אלאגליה אלעאליה אלמקדמה(?)
    5. תבת אללה סעדהא וכבת חאסדהא ו . . . . אנני
    6. קד אנפדת אלי אלמולא אלשיך א…

    1 Transcription

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    2020
    PGPID
    19659
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  44. 3644LetterJRL B 7455

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Fragment of a letter in Hebrew (upper left corner).

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    • 1 / 1 leaf, recto
    • 1 / 1 leaf, verso
    In PGP since
    2025
    PGPID
    40417
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  45. 3645LetterT-S AS 156.189

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Arabic document with list of names such as Ibn Sulaymān, Ismāʾīl, at least one woman, and people such as al-Baysānī and al-Ṭabarānī. Possibly a …

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    • 1r
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    2018
    PGPID
    18972
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  46. 3646LetterT-S 18J4.13

    Document date

    Letter from Jalal al-Dawla in the name of Yishay b. Shelomo to the Nasi Shelomo b. Yishay, Fustat. January 10, 1254 (Gil). Regarding a book …

    Recto

    1. בשמ' רחמ' אלממלוך אלמשתאק ישי
    2. תקדמת כתבה אלי כרמה אלמג'לס אלסאמי
    3. אלאגלי אלעאלמי אלפאצ'לי אלסיידי אלמכדומי
    4. הוא כבו' גדו' קדו' נשיאנו נסיכנו מלכ…
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    2017
    PGPID
    5923
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  47. 3647LetterT-S Ar.49.16

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. This is the end of the letter. The writer invokes the 'covenant of salt' (brit melaḥ) between him and addressee.

    Recto

    1. אלדי א . . . [
    2. ואלא פתוצלהא לולד כרימתי יאכד לי בהא
    3. חאגה מן כל בד ולא תוכרהא פאנה יריד יאכד
    4. בהא חאגה וירסלהא לי מע מוצל כתאבי האדא
    5. ומא תחתאג מ…

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  48. 3648LetterT-S 8J20.15

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    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Recto: About seventeen Hebrew verses, likely from a superscription of a letter, in the hand of Natan b. Shemuel (fl. 1128–1164 CE). Verso: Treatise ending …

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    בכתב ידו של נתן בן שמואל החבר

    1. [צדיקים] ירשו ארץ
    2. וישכנו לעד עליה עלו
    3. בשמ רחמ
    4. רננו צדיקים ביי'. אור זרוע לצדיק. יצפון לישרים תושיה מגן להולכי תם
      5. …
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  49. 3649LetterT-S 12.429

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter to Abū Saʿd Ibn al-Khāzin. In Judaeo-Arabic. Probably from Spain and dating to the 12th century (based on layout, handwriting, style, and names—an Ibn …

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  50. 3650LetterT-S AS 152.24

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Short letter from a certain Khalaf to the elder Abū Saʿd, concerning the purchase of Yemeni leather skins in the possession of Abū Saʿd b. …

    1. כאדמה כלף
    2. יא מולאי אלשיך אבו סעד תבת אללה סעאדתך
    3. סמעת אן ענד אלשיך בו סעד בן אלשיך בו אלמנג[א
    4. אנטאע ימנייה ואנך קד אכדת מנהם נטע
    5. פאשתהי מן תפצלך תסי…
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