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  1. 1LetterCUL 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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  2. 2Legal documentENA 3809.1

    Marriage document. Minute fragment. On recto only a few letters have survived, but they are clearly from the top of a ketubah. On verso few …

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  3. 3State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 360

    Draft of copy of a petition in Arabic script addressed to al-Malik al-ʿAzīz Sayf al-Islām Ṭughtakīn, the second Ayyubid amir of Yemen (and brother of …

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    1. الى ديار اليمن
    2. نسخة المنشو[ر](؟) الـ . . . . . . .
    3. ىىسور(؟) يقدم بالمقام الاجل الملك العزيز //[سـ]ـيف الاسلام//
    4. الاوحد المقدم الامير . . . . .…

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  4. 4Unknown typeBL OR 10590.11

    Possibly a colophon? Describes the various chapters of a treatise on shekhitah, then says "it is completed with the help of God" and then there …

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  5. 5LetterJRL B 3609

    Verso: Beginning of a letter in Arabic script from Abū l-Barakāt (Shelomo b. Eliyyahu) to the physician (al-ḥakīm) Abū l-Maḥāsin.

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم                      [مملوكـ]ـه ابو البركات
    2. المقر بتفضل مولاه الشيخ الاجل المنعم المحسن المتفضل الموفق الامين المحترم
    3. ا…

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  6. 6LetterT-S AS 160.89

    Part of a letter referring to books (dafātir), mentioning Rabbenu Hai z”l, presumably Hai Gaʾon. The speaker mentions Abū Saʿd his sister's son (ibn ukhtī). …

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  7. 7Legal query or responsumENA 1267.2

    Query and responsum of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder.

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  8. 8LetterENA NS 43.4

    Recto: Letter from an unknown writer, in Jerusalem, to Moshe Zussman, in Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: 1566 CE or not long after. The letter concerns …

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  9. 9Paraliterary textT-S AS 173.321

    Small fragment of an astronomical table with Judaeo-Arabic on one side and Arabic script in red ink and black ink on the other.

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  10. 10LetterT-S 10J16.18

    Letter from Natan b. Nahray in Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat, from 1080s. Natan sends his regards to Avraham b. R. Yaʿaqov Darʿi. …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלאגל ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה

    2. ונעמאה וכבת אעדאה מן אלאסכנדריה גד ראש השנה אעאדה אללה

    3. עלי מולאי סנין כתירה ועל…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי הנכבד, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויחמיר את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך
    2. ואת חסדיו לך, וישמיד את אויביך, מאלכסנדריה, למחרת ראש ה…

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  11. 11Legal documentBL OR 4684.15

    Document of sale dated 430 AH. The sale is between Bandalūs the son of Buṭrus and Baqām the son Kayl the son of Qūrīl. In …

    1. صح ذلك عندي وكتب
    2. الحسن بن ابراهيم وكتب بخطه
    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    4. هذا ما اشتری بندلوس بن بطرس الخياط من بقام بن كيل بن قوريل و هما جميعا من سكان ال…
    1. The validity of this document is confirmed before me. It was written by
    2. Ḥasan ibn ʾIbrāhīm ibn Rizq in his (own) handwriting.
    3. In the name of God, th…

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  12. 12List or tableMoss. IXa,3.22

    Elaborate account. Amounts expressed in Indo-Arabic numerals.

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  13. 13LetterT-S AS 146.187

    Address of a letter to the elders Yehuda, Yosef, and someone else, who are asked to deliver the letter to Eliyyahu the Judge. On verso …

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  14. 14LetterT-S J3.3

    Pages from a manual of writing letters.

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  15. 15Literary textT-S K24.7

    Literary text in Ladino.

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  16. 16List or tableENA 3319.4

    Calendar calculations

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  17. 17Legal documentJRL P 838

    Legal fragment in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Portions of 10 lines are preserved. Quite damaged.

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  18. 18Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 179.143

    Possibly a receipt for Bū l-Majd b. Yūsuf b. Sālim.

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  19. 19Unknown typeENA NS 76.280

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  20. 20LetterMoss. VII,173.1

    Letter to Eliyyahu the judge. Fragment (first ~6 lines only). Dating: early 13th century. The sender may be named [Abū l-Ḥa]san. Almost none of the …

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  21. 21Legal documentT-S AS 151.238

    Legal document. In Arabic script. Fragment: only the ends of 6 lines are preserved. It concerns a settlement between two people and lists all the …

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  22. 22Legal documentT-S NS 320.15

    Bill of sale for a female slave. Dating: Perhaps second half of the 11th century or beginning of the 12th century, based on the hand. …

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  23. 23LetterMoss. Ia,8

    Letter from Yisrael ha-Kohen Gaon b. Shemuel b. Ḥofni to one of Shelomo ha-Kohen b. Se’adya’s sons in Fustat. January 1021, in the handwriting of …

    1. [                                            ] כי ביופי מדעו [                  ] יקר ובנועם מהללו היסוד 
    2. [                       ] בן מרי ורבנא שלמ…

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  24. 24Credit instrument or private receiptL-G Ar. I.57

    Order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen, advising the elder Munajjā to give out two ūqiyyas of rose (preserve) and two ūqiyyas of lemon …

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  25. 25LetterT-S AS 172.352

    Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions goods such as a wrap (izār), two pairs of clogs (zawjayn qabāqīb), possibly henna, and soap. In …

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  26. 26Literary textT-S Ar. 39.199

    Recipes, in Arabic script. Among several recipes is a recipe for making iron gall ink. Some of the ingredients mentioned are vitriol, mastic, sesame oil, …

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  27. 27Legal documentT-S 8J5.5

    India Book I,26. Court proceedings in the case of al-Wuhsha (or al-Wahsha) against Yosef al-Lebdī. Wuhsha's representative, Moshe b. Yeshuaʿ, sues al-Lebdī for her share …

    T-S 8J5.5 1 verso (IB I, 26)

    1. בחמשה בשבה דהוא חמשה יומי בירח תמוז דשנת
    2. אלפא וארבע מאה וחמש עשר שנין למניינא דרגיליננא 
    3. ביה [בפס]טאט מצרים דעל נילוס נ…

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  28. 28Legal query or responsumENA 1267.10 + ENA 1267.8 + ENA 1267.9

    Responsa of Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Rosh ha-Seder - literary collection

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  29. 29LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 102

    Letter in Ottoman Turkish. Needs examination.

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  30. 30LetterT-S NS 324.35

    On recto beginning of a letter to Avraham Maimuni from Abu Sa'id (identification according to BL 5542.14. He also wrote T-S 8 j 21.12). On …

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  31. 31LetterT-S 13J22.5

    Letter of holiday greetings from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his paternal aunt. 13th century. (Information from CUDL)

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    1. ולדהא אבו אלברכאת בן אלרייס
    2. אהני אלסת אלגלילה אלואלדה אלאצילה אלכרימה
    3. אלנבילה עמתי אלעזיזה עלי וענדי אטאל אללה
    4. בקאהא ואדאם עזהה ונעמאהא ומן חס…

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  32. 32Legal documentT-S AS 157.173

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mentions something valued at 150 dinars. No other details preserved. (Information in …

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  33. 33Legal documentT-S AS 179.104

    Legal declaration in Arabic script, with a few Hebrew words (also in Arabic script) mixed in. "I have witnesses to the effect that Abū ʿAlī …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. لي من يشهد بان ابو علي وهب لي الثلث
    3. مما خلفه والده رحمه الله بمتانا ونصف
    4. الدار التي انا فيها  والدكانين واريد ان
    5. يحرم باسم كل…

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  34. 34LetterT-S 8.46

    Recto: commercial letter. Verso: letter from Abraham b. David b. Suḡmār, ca. 1055 CE. (Information from CUDL)

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  35. 35State documentENA 3971.13

    Very tiny note in Arabic script, in the same type of hand as many of the early 5th/11th century tax receipts. Some contain the mystery …

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  36. 36State documentT-S 28.8

    Two petitions to a Fatimid judge. The first concerns the incarceration of the family breadwinner, a certain Ḥabīb. An endorsement fixed to the end of …

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    1.        العبيد المماليك 

    2.        عاىلة حبيب الجارى 

    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 

    4. مماليك الحضرة السامية الاجلية الشيخية اطال الله بقاها وادام ت…

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    1. The servants and slaves,

    2. the family of Ḥabīb, the servant

    3. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.

    4. The slaves of the lofty a…

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  37. 37Credit instrument or private receiptJRL Genizah Ar. 28

    Receipt for Mufaḍḍal b. Barakāt of 1 dīnār and 2/3 dirhams for qand/sugar.

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  38. 38LetterT-S AS 147.33

    Recto: Letter fragment. Very narrow. Handwriting of Avraham Maimonides? Verso: memorial list of the family of Sheʾerit b. Yefet. (Information in part from CUDL and …

    1. לבן אלמ . . . . . . .
    2. פי חרכתהם פי
    3. הדא אלוקת והקבה
    4. יגמע אלשמל פי
    5. נוה הקודש עם

    Right margin, diagonal lines, written upside down.

    ס . ד . פי | מ שלמ…

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  39. 39LetterT-S AS 118.231

    Recto: faded and damaged text in Arabic, possibly part of a letter, mentioning a qāḍī. Verso: piyyuṭ. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  40. 40Paraliterary textENA 3791.14

    Literary text with a colophon. "I, Yehuda b. Shemuel ha-Sefaradi in Egypt/Fustat, wrote this for the mighty prince Efrayim ha-Levi Ḥakham ha-Yeshiva."

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  41. 41Legal documentT-S AS 148.114

    Legal entries in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38). Entry at upper right: mentions the 17th of Jumādā, the name of a witness …

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  42. 42LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 550

    Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Maybe from ʿAbdallāh b. al-Ḥasan to Abū l-ʿAlāʾ.

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  43. 43LetterNLI 577.3/6

    India Book III,16: Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq in Aden to Avraham Ibn Yiju in Mangalore, dated July-August 1148. The letter contains information about their …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. וצל כתאב חצרה אלשיך אלאגל מולאי ומאלכי
    3. חרס אללה נעמתה וסרמד גבטתה ומכן
    4. בסטתה ואעלי כלמתה ורפע פי אלדארין דרגתה
    5. וכבת אעדאה וחסדתה ומא ד…

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    1. (To) His excellency, the most illustrious Sheikh, my master,
    2. Abū Isḥāq Abraham, son of
    3. his honor, great and holy master Peraḥya b. Yi…

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  44. 44List or tableMS L563, fol. 9

    Arabic (according to FGP). Image not available.

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  45. 45State documentT-S AS 177.30

    Petition from a group of people. In Arabic script. Dating: Likely Ayyubid or Mamluk-era based on the handwriting, layout, and some of the vocabulary. The …

    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم . . . . . . .

    2. يقبلوا الارض وينهوا ان المماليك في غاية ما يكون من الضرر

    3. بسبب عدم حضور التجار للناحية وان المعر[فة](؟) منه…

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  46. 46List or tableENA NS 85.1184

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, including construction expenditures. Late.

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  47. 47Legal documentT-S AS 146.421

    Minute fragment, only partial words preserved, in a large square letters. It seems to be from a ketubah, but too little text remains. AA

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  48. 48Literary textCUL Or.1081 1.26

    Poetry: a leaf from a diwan of Hebrew poetry, with Judaeo-Arabic headers giving the occasions.

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  49. 49List or tableT-S NS 225.102

    Accounting in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. Listing various debts owed, as well as several entries involving books. One mentions a …

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  50. 50Legal documentT-S AS 152.409

    Fragment from a Karaite ketubah. AA

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