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  1. 4401LetterENA 2050.1 + ENA 2050.2

    Late letter in Hebrew from Yosef b. Emmanuel Ergas in Livorno to Abram Segre. Dated 3 Adar 5489 AM which is 1729 CE. The address …

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  2. 4402LetterT-S 13J24.29

    Letter, from Shemuʾel ha-Kohen, in Jerusalem, to various community leaders in Fusṭāṭ, in which the writer asks whether he can use a sermon to discuss …

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  3. 4403LetterAIU VII.E.228

    Letter in Ladino from Mordechai Mir to Avraham Crespin (or Krispin) in Cairo. Dated 15 Cheshvan [5]550 or 4 November 1789CE. A number of other …

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  4. 4404LetterMoss. II,120.4

    Small fragment from the beginning of a letter to a notable in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  5. 4405LetterT-S Ar.48.181

    Letter fragment in Arabic script, could also be a state document given that there are large line spacing and the script is chancery-esque. Parts of …

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  6. 4406LetterT-S NS J494

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower half of recto, upper half of verso). Dating: Likely 12th or early 13th century, based on names, titles, overall style. …

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    1. ......................]א.נ......
    2. ............] גמאעה הם אלדי רתבו אלתלת
    3. לבן עמך ואנך אנת אלדי אעדתהם
    4. פתאכד לי כט עשר יהוד באן מא כאן
    5. לאחד מן …

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  7. 4407LetterT-S AS 178.213

    Fragment of the address of a letter to Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Yahūdī al-ʿAṭṭār.

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  8. 4408LetterCUL Or.1081 2.23

    Letter, small fragment. 7 lines of Hebrew blessings with wide line spacing. In the margin there is a reference to petitioning/complaint and a prayer that …

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  9. 4409LetterJRL A 385

    Letter fragment in Ladino. Dated: 11 Elul 5501 AM = 23 August 1741 CE.

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  10. 4410LetterT-S NS J210

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). Refers …

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  11. 4411LetterMoss. II,128

    Letter of Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy, Alexandria, to Yosef b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī, in Fusṭāṭ (c. 1065 CE). Includes reports from Sicily transmitted from Palermo and …

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    1. על שמך
    2. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצרף
    3. אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה מן אלאסכנדריה לנצף מן אדר ען חאל סלאמה
    4. ונעמה ושוק אליך ק…

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    1. (2−1) על שמך. אנו כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך, ויסלק
    2. ממך כל רע ברחמיו, מאלכסנדריה, בחצי אדר. ש…

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  12. 4412LetterMIAC 191

    Announcement from the Jewish association of charity and brotherhood to participating members in the funds of al-Kūrātšīyūt[?] paid in their contributions from the previous year …

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  13. 4413LetterBL OR 5557N.12

    Draft of letter of condolences from Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE) on the death of Toviyya b. Daniel, February 1043 (Gil's dating).

    1. עזא לאליה עלי טוביה השלישי
    2. מהללו צור להשפיעי ברכותיו בקבעי נפלאותיו בידעי
    3. המ/נ/פישי ומריעי ובחר ביום רביעי בו ברא מאורות
    4. לשעשעי והבדיל בו עתי שעי וז…

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  14. 4414LetterENA 2740.2 + ENA 2556.4

    Letter from Shelomo ben Halafta, in Jerusalem, to the Nagid Natan Sholal, in Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: 1481/82 CE. - Mentioning events as far away …

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  15. 4415LetterT-S 12.230

    Respectful note to Eliyyahu the Raṣuy of both Yeshivot, informing him of the writer's safe arrival, and how the first thing he did was to …

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  16. 4416LetterT-S 12.391

    Note from Yosef b. Ya’aqov b. Awkal’s agent in Alexandria. The writer informs b. Awkal about a ship that suits b. Awkal’s needs and that …

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    1. בסם אללה 
    2. יאסיידי ורייסי אטאל אללה בקאך משית אלבארחה אלי כצם 
    3. אלכליג וגדת אלצבי בן עלאן ומעה צאחב לה קד 
    4. וגהו פי מרכב אלי אלאשמונין ווקפת מעהם…

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  17. 4417LetterT-S AS 145.177

    Recto: Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 13th or 14th century. Refers to Farajallāh going to the Rayyis with a Qaraite and then going separate ways …

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  18. 4418LetterT-S AS 16.188

    Small fragment of a personal letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions ‘one of my (deceased) brothers’ and gives an excuse for why the sender didn't write earlier. …

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  19. 4419LetterT-S 12.793

    Letter from Salāma b. Nissim b. Isḥāq al-Barqi, from Busir, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, around 1053. The writer is in Busir for the business …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה [בקא]ך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמתך

    2. מן בוציר ען חאל סלאמה ונעמה ושוק אליך שדיד קרב אללה אלא[גתמ]אע…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי היקר לי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך.
    2. מבוציר. שלומי טוב ואני מאושר, אבל מתגעגע אל…

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  20. 4420LetterMoss. IV,61.4

    IB V, 43. Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen to Sulaymān. In Judaeo-Arabic. Less a letter—there are no opening or closing pleasantries—and more an order of …

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  21. 4421LetterT-S AS 146.89 + T-S NS 99.56

    Letter from an India trader, possibly in Aden, to an associate, presumably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. mid-12th-century. Two fragments of the letter are …

    1.  [...] אכד מני [. . . . . . . . ]
    2.  ענד אלבדאיה פאנהם כאנ.
    3.  [...]א.. אן שא אללה תעאלי 
    4. [...]סר ואנפד לה בה אמא . .  
    5. ארכה באכבאר אלשיך אבו אלכיר //אל…

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  22. 4422LetterMoss. II,144.2

    Recto (secondary use): Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Conveying instructions regarding business transactions in al-Mahdiyya.

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    1.  ] . . .
    2. דינר . . ן . . . . . ן דינר אלשכר ללה
    3. אדא תפצל אללה תעאלי ותחצל דינר פי אל
    4. מהדיה בעד עמלת אלמביע יכרג
    5. מנה תמן מא עינת עליה ויחצל באל
    6. …

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  23. 4423LetterENA 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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  24. 4424LetterT-S NS J544

    Letter from Hillel b. Abū l-MN[...], probably in Alexandria, to Abū l-Faraj Hilāl al-Iskandarānī, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. The …

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  25. 4425LetterT-S AS 201.133

    Letter in Hebrew. Dating: Late, perhaps 17th century or later. Mentions names such as Yiṣḥaq and Eliyya. Needs further examination.

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  26. 4426LetterJTS MS L606.1 + JTS MS L606.4

    Two fragments of a communal letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Resembles the hand of one of the later Maimonidean Nagids, and headed by their motto הנה אל …

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  27. 4427LetterT-S AS 161.180

    Recto (secondary use): Note in Judaeo-Arabic asking the addressee to make a copy of the Arabic petition from verso in a beautiful hand, diligently and …

    1. יתפצל סידי שצ ינסך הדא אלכתאב בכט מליח ויגיד
    2. אלאסתנהאג פי כטי אלדי יכתב מנה לולא יכתב מא
    3. לא יראד פיתלף אלכתאב ושלומו יגדל
    1. Let my master, h[is Rock] p[reserve him], please copy this letter in a beautiful handwriting, and diligently
    2. follow my handwriting, which is to be c…

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  28. 4428LetterT-S Ar.51.108

    Verso (secondary use): Letter which consists entirely of a versified Grace after Meals for Shabbat in Hebrew (this identification is from FGP) and the closing …

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  29. 4429LetterT-S Ar.54.19

    IB V, 37, folio 10r. Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. The first few lines and the upper margin are preserved. Muslim/Musallam sends his regards. Almost all …

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  30. 4430LetterCUL 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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  31. 4431LetterT-S NS J194

    Business letter, from Khiyār b. Salmān Raqqāq (the parchment-maker) to an unknown addressee. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely ca. late 11th century. Written by a scribe, …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי וגלילי חרס אללה מהגתך ורפע דרגתך ועלא[
    2. טלעתך אלמבארכה אושך אללה אלקרב עאגלא עלי אפצל [
    3. חרס אללה אדאבך מא זלת ואנת מלגא לכל מן קצד…

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  32. 4432LetterENA NS 7.102

    Letter fragment (left side). Contains mostly regards to family members, but no names have survived. Also mentions 34 dirhams; a qāḍī; and "the people of …

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  33. 4433LetterT-S 10J13.29

    Letter from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Hefez to Karo y Frances concerning business matters. Dated 7 Tishrei 5568 AM (1807 CE), and mentioning people including …

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  34. 4434LetterT-S AS 181.48

    Petition/letter of appeal for help. Mostly preserved, but damaged. Needs examination.

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  35. 4435LetterAIU VI.B.22

    Fragment of an Arabic family letter (فبالله عليك . . . باتم السلام وعلى الوالد افضل السلام . . .). May allude to a bad …

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  36. 4436LetterAIU VII.E.173

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand appears to be that of the India trader Makhlūf b. Mūsā (cf. T-S 8.69 (PGPID 9265)). Possibly a draft, …

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  37. 4437LetterT-S AS 201.106

    Letter from Abū l-Faraj b. Ma[ṣliaḥ?]. Addressed to Fustat (אלא מצר חמאה תע). None of the content is preserved.

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  38. 4438LetterMoss. IV,67.1

    Recto (secondary use): Complete letter from ʿEzra to Seʿadya. In Judaeo-Arabic. Written on a thin strip of paper, with sharply upslanting lines. Dating: Perhaps 13th …

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    1. ממלוכה עזרא
    2. וצלתני רקעה מולאי
    3. וסידי ר סעדיהו נט רח
    4. ומא תאכר גואבהא ען
    5. מולאי אלא לכוני מא
    6. וגדת מן יוצלה ומע
    7. הדא פאני בכרה
    8. נהאר אלאתנין אלדי
    9. הו …

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  39. 4439LetterMIAC 24

    Appeal concerning a warning to youth about the thoughts of some outsiders in the teachings of religious law and the appeal is from the Aḥbāb …

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  40. 4440LetterMoss. IV,4

    Letter of appeal for charity from Manṣūr b. Ibrāhīm Ibn Naḥum to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender opens by mentioning that …

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  41. 4441LetterENA NS 35.19

    Upper part of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic, probably no earlier than 15th century. The writer addresses his father, "the boy" (his brother?) Shemuel, his …

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  42. 4442LetterT-S NS 99.38

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Karo y Frances from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Ḥefez. Dated 13 Elul [5]569 AM (August 1809 CE). Information from Wagner, …

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  43. 4443LetterENA NS I.84

    Letter from Khiyār b. Yaʿaqov to Abū l-Mufaḍḍal Hibatallāh b. Yefet (aka Hibatallāh b. Ḥusayn and Netanʾel b. Yefet). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1090s CE. …

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  44. 4444LetterJRL B 1924

    Letter draft in Italian on a bifolium which may have constituted a broader notebook. The year 1814 CE appears on the left bifolium of the …

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  45. 4445LetterBL OR 8212/166

    Letter in Judaeo-Persian. Dating: possibly eighth century. The letter concerns trade in sheep and other items, the ruler (ispahbud) of Tabaristan, cattle, slaves, strings of …

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  46. 4446LetterT-S NS 305.61

    Petition / letter of recommendation. In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps ca. 13th century. From Ibn al-Miṭrān ('son of the bishop'). Seems to be recommending the …

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  47. 4447LetterT-S 6J3.19

    Fragment of a letter from Yehuda b. Sahl, Alexandria(?), to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Dating: ca. 1050. Regarding goods, several of which are for shipment …

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    1. [יאכי וסידי ומולאי] אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמתך

    2. [ ו]צולי נסכתין מע כרפאן מע אלמא כאפור ואלרז ואלקר[ ]

    3. [ מ]א תעמל פיהא ארגו…

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    1. אחי ואדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך 
    2. …. (שלחתי לך אחרי) בואי, עם כרפאן, (מכתב) בשתי העתקות, עם מ…

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  48. 4448LetterT-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 …

    1. אעלם חצרתה נצר אליה בעין אלרחמה אן אלגמעה אלכארגה
    2. תסלמת אהלך תמניה דראהם ונצף פאלצאל אלדי תעלמה
    3. וחדרת אכתהא וחלפת עליהא אנהא לא רגעה תסלמת
    4. שיא אלא מ…

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  49. 4449LetterENA 3846.12

    Fragment of a letter or petition. In Arabic script. Six lines, fragmentary, difficult to read. Some words read as lil-haṣr(?), thaman(?), ʿadlhā wa-ṣadaqāthā (appealing to …

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  50. 4450LetterT-S 12.328

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to the community of Alexandria. In Hebrew. Dating: Gil suggests 1025 CE, however this seems inconsistent with the events mentioned; …

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    1. [ ] כי [
    2. [ ]ובו מאנשים [
    3. ר[ ]ם ויושיבם במשכנות מבטח[ים]
    4. ובמנוחות שאננים ויטע השלום ביניהם וישמיעם רגל[י]
    5. מבשר משמיע שלום וקול צופים קול נושאים …

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