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  1. 1Unknown typeENA NS 85.1441

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  2. 2List or tableENA 3265.5

    Verso: Accounts in Arabic, badly damaged. Medieval-era. Entries begin with quantities owed by different people: bi-yad Masʿūd... bi-yad Makārim.... Reused for piyyūṭ (Information in part …

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  3. 3Legal documentENA 4011.67

    Legal document. Dated: Wednesday, 30 Nisan 1456 Seleucid = 25 April 1145 CE. The document describes how ʿAzīza bt. Elʿazar the widow of Abū l-Khayr …

    1. מעשה שהיה לפנינו אנן בי דינא ומאן דחתים עימנא לתתא סוף שטרא דנן כן
    2. הוה בחדש ניסן דשנת אלפא וארבע מאה וחמשין ושיתא שנין לשטרות באלפסטאט
    3. רשותיה דאדוננ…

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    1. Legal proceedings that took place before us, the court and those undersigned with us on this deed: 

    2. In the month of Nissan, year 1456 AG (=…

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  4. 4Literary textT-S K8.22

    Dirges in Hebrew and one apparently in Ladino.

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  5. 5LetterMoss. II,159.1

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, including the sentence, "If he is in Cairo, he will/should work in qirā'a (teaching?)."

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  6. 6LetterT-S NS J212

    IB ח14. Letter of Hillel b. Ṣadoq Av Bet Din, Fustat, to Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel. Dating: probably 1132. Although only a small section from the …

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    1. בש̇̇מ רח̇̇מ
    2. קד עלם אללה מא נאלני מן אלשוק ואלוחשה ואלתאסף לפראק ח̇̇צרה
    3. מולאי אלשיך [... ח]ל[פון] השר2
    4. ה[...]

    Recto, right margin

    1. פאידה פינע[…

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  7. 7Literary textT-S NS 165.112

    Prayer in a mixture of Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew ending "God the exalted is the one asked to lift the veil of ignorance from us, amen." …

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  8. 8Paraliterary textENA 3949.7

    Arabic document, one line preserved. Mentions some quantities of commodities, including two qīrāṭ of oil. Needs examination.

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  9. 9LetterENA NS 22.14

    IB VII, 37. Letter addressed to Abū l-Ṭāhir al-ʿAṭṭār (the druggist). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th century. Concerning the India trade. Giving details about 15 …

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  10. 10List or tableT-S AS 181.99

    Accounts.

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  11. 11State documentT-S 8J24.2

    Four lines of an official letter in Arabic script. Mentions the amīr Shihāb al-Dīn (last line). Reused for a Judaeo-Arabic halakhic discussion.

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  12. 12Legal documentT-S 16.144

    Legal document. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: Monday, 4 Elul 142[.] Seleucid, corresponding to 1109–1118 CE; viable options are 1109, 1110, …

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    1. עלי אלשהאדה עליהא בה[ ] אלתזאמהא לגמיעה[א] וקד[ ] איאה ברצאהא ושהותהא ואכתיא[רהא ]
    2. מן [ ]אקנינא מנהא עלי גמיע דלך בעד צחהאלמערפה בהא במחצר …

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  13. 13LetterENA NS 77.84

    Verso: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Commercial. Dating: Likely 11th century.

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  14. 14Unknown typeENA 3610.3

    Fragment containing some Arabic script in the margin, which is difficult to read. There is also a Hebrew literary text involving marriage payments.

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  15. 15Legal documentT-S 13J30.1

    Recto: statement, dated 1466 of the Seleucid Era (= 1154/55 CE), concerning a debt which Saʿadya b. Yehuda owes to Abū Zikrī Yaḥyā the doctor …

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  16. 16LetterAIU VII.E.60

    Late document in Judaeo-Arabic addressed Karo y Frances & Company (see tag). There does not appear to be an actual letter left, but Page 1 …

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  17. 17List or tableT-S AS 181.249

    Accounts in Arabic. Lists many names.

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  18. 18LetterT-S NS J453

    Recto: Letter fragment concerning oaths to be given in a complicated case involving a divorce. The husband, a merchant who travels, complains “I have no …

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    1. ]. . יחלפו עליה
    2. ].עט וזבדיה פצה
    3. ]. אלגאריה אכיר מנך ומן אמך
    4. ]. .מה ומצארהא ומן קאל
    5. ]אן תפתדי וינקצי שערך
    6. ].ונא טביב וקד מאתת
    7. ]א עשרין יום וכלא…

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  19. 19LetterT-S 20.174

    Shelomo b. Eliyyahu writes to a relative (his father-in-law Abū l-Faraj?) complaining about the behavior of Abū l-Barakāt (Sitt Ghazāl’s paternal uncle and Shelomo’s first …

    1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]ן אעיאן מצר נכשא
    2. אנני אדא בטלת אלצגאר פי מצר מא נציב מתלהם
    3. פי אסכנדריה ואיצא מן גהה אלגאליה אלשאמיה לאן
    4. אלאחואל מש…

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  20. 20LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/17

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer is recovering from illnesses and is in difficult financial straits. He asks for a loan of 62 dirhams. Dating: likely …

    1. ירום] הודו ויגדל
    2. כבודו . . . . . . . . . . .] . מולנא אן אלשיך . . . . . אכד
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] ען שהרין מן [אלשיך] אלסדיד
    4. . . . . . .…

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  21. 21LetterCUL Or.1080 J92

    IB I, 32. Letter from Nahray b. Natan b. Nahray, in Alexandria, to a certain Abū Saʿīd. Fragment (upper part only). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late …

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    1. בשמ' רחמ'
    2. אטאל אללה בקא חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלא]גל ואדאם 
    3. תאיידה ועלאה ורפעתה וסנאה [ומן ח]סן תופיקה 
    4. לא אכלאה אעלמה אן כאן וצלני כתאב אלשיך 
    5. אבו…

    1. [Introductory phrases.] 

    2. …I have received a letter from Sheikh

    3. Abū Sulaymān Dāʾūd Ibn al-Lebdi, who has also sent a memorandum.

    4. I have n…

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  22. 22Unknown typeT-S AS 208.330

    Document in Arabic, medieval-era. Two partial lines of text are preserved. Requires further examination.

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  23. 23LetterNLI 577.1/39

    Letter in Arabic script. Mentions "al-Ḥājj Rashīd was present." Needs further examination.

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  24. 24Legal documentT-S 10J2.11

    Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Cairo. Dated: 16 Tevet 1399 Seleucid, which is 31 December 1088 CE. This bill of divorce is one of forty …

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  25. 25LetterT-S 6J3.17

    Letter likely from Yedutun ha-Levi. In Judaeo-Arabic. Containing advice concerning the domestic affairs of the recipient. "This small piece of paper contains a short letter …

    1. אלדי אערפך בעד אלתהני [באלסל?]אם [.]
    2. ותקביל ידיך אננא קד סירנא לך צחבה
    3. צאפי אלרד[ה אלמ?]עמולה וקד אגתמענא בר
    4. שלמה וקאל אן טרא בינה ובין עמך מקאמאת
    5. ו…

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    (1-5) I inform you, after the blessings [of greeti]ngs and kissing your hand, that I sent you with Ṣāfī the completed [...]. I met with Mr. Sol…

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  26. 26State documentT-S NS 100.63

    Official correspondence. 7 lines are preserved. Catalogued as a decree concerning tax payment, but needs further examination. Mentions "the release of these seed advances" (khalāṣ …

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  27. 27List or tableT-S Misc.8.101

    Long account in Judaeo-Arabic. Of persons to whom pitch (zift) was sold, headed by a general (al-qāʾid Abū Tamīm), the representative of an amir (Yūḥannas …

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  28. 28LetterT-S AS 149.137

    Letter head addressed to Abū Yaḥyā Nahray b. Nissim. (Information from CUDL)

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  29. 29Legal documentT-S 8.134

    Part of a ketubba for Nathan ha-Levi (groom), referring to the dowry. (Information from CUDL)

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  30. 30List or tableCUL Or.1080 15.70

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mainly concerning transactions with Abū l-Surūr Ibn Yijū; this must be the father (rather than …

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  31. 31LetterT-S 6J5.8

    Letter fragment from Yisrael b. Natan, in Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, ca. 1060, the 17th of Tamuz. Mentions Ramla. (Information from Ed. Gil, …

    1. [כתאבי יאסידי] ומולאי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך [ואדאם נעמאך מן]
    2. [אלקדס עמרה] אללה יום שבעה עשר בתמוז אלהי
    3. [ישראל יזכנו ויזכיך לחגים] ולמועדים טובים…

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  32. 32Literary textT-S NS 327.28

    Literary text in Arabic. Probably Christian, based on the reference to ʿĪsā ʿalayhi l-salām.

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  33. 33Literary textCUL Or.1081 2.75.35

    Garshuni text. Only 2.5 lines are preserved. It is difficult to make out more than "...idhā... al-wuḥūsh taftaris..." Cf. Kiraz, "Learning Syriac and Garshuni in …

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  34. 34List or tableENA 3928.14

    Accounts in Arabic script. Written on the back of a literary text in Arabic script.

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  35. 35LetterX893 Se62 pt. 3.9

    Letter in Judaeo-Persian.

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  36. 36Legal documentJRL A 1228

    Fragment of a legal formulary.

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  37. 37Legal documentJRL B 7358

    Trousseau list, probably. Listing various garments and valuables and their prices.

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  38. 38Literary textENA NS 83.50

    Literary, Arabic. Refers to rasūl Allāh.

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  39. 39State documentT-S AS 136.69

    Part of a document in Arabic script. Chancery hand, wide space between the lines. Words from 3 lines are preserved; one phrase refers to a …

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  40. 40List or tableJRL C 151

    Accounts related to the Must'arabi community of Cairo in the year 5556 which is 1795/1796CE. The bifolium is very damaged along the edges but the …

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  41. 41List or tableT-S AS 146.433 + T-S AS 146.379

    Mirror image imprint of a document, possibly accounts in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning a bag (khīsha). The original use of the fragment was probably an Arabic document, …

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  42. 42Legal documentMoss. VII,122.3

    Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100-1138 CE).

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  43. 43State documentENA 3935.11

    Recto (secondary use): tax receipt issued to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Wahb for his ḍamān on dyeing in Madīnat al-Fayyūm. Dated: 9 Dhū l-Qaʿda 403. Measurements: …

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  44. 44LetterBL OR 5566C.14

    Recto: Letter to Elʿazar he-Ḥasid Tifʾeret he-Ḥasidim. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 13th century. The handwriting has Andalusī alephs, some words almost like the handwriting of a …

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  45. 45State documentT-S NS 306.233 + T-S NS 306.230

    Verso (original use): State accounts in Arabic script. Mentions ṣaḥḥa, followed by two ʿalāmas, one of which is "al-ḥamdu li-llāh walī al-niʿma"; there are state …

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  46. 46LetterT-S NS 226.186

    Almost complete but faded and damaged business letter. To Abū Ibrāhīm Isḥāq b. [...]. Dating: 11th century. Handwriting of Nahray b. Nissim? Mentions buying something …

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  47. 47Legal documentT-S AS 207.122

    Minute fragment, an opening lines of a legal deed.

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  48. 48Literary textT-S AS 200.183

    Treatise in Ladino. Possibly medical.

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  49. 49LetterT-S 8J24.17

    Recto: Letter in the handwriting of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, probably from Qalyub to his father in Fustat, consisting almost in its entirely of good …

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    1. וצל כתאבכם לא עדמת בקאכם
    2. אללה תעאלי יזכיכם שנים רבות ושנים
    3. נעימים ותזכו לחזות בנועם ייי
    4. ולבקר בהיכלו ותזכו לשמחת
    5. בית השאובה(!) ואתם שמחים
    6. וחי…

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  50. 50Legal documentT-S 13J2.15

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). Dated: Thursday, 1 Iyyar 1418/April 1107. Yosef b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Dayyan acknowledges that he will repay the parnas Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Ṣāʿid al-Dimashqī …

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    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתחתא כן הוה חצר אלינא מר ור יוסף
    2. הבחור הטוב הכשר בן רבנו יצחק הדיין נט רח וקאל לנא אשהדו עלי ואקנו מנ…

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