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  1. 1Legal documentAIU VII.D.29

    Ketubba. Dated: 15 Ḥeshvan 54[8]9 AM, which is 1728 CE. Badly damaged yet the bride's name is legible in line 4 as Sulṭāna bt. Shelomo[?] …

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  2. 2Legal documentAIU VII.D.61

    Recto: Legal document. There is a single signature from the scribe Meʾīr Ben-Naʿīm, which he must have included before discarding this document as an unfinished …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בהיות שהמנוח חיים לוי בכ׳׳ר ה׳׳מ (name omitted) בחיים חייתו היה שותף עם היקר ונע׳ כה׳׳ר משה סבייע יצ׳׳ו מבני מקרא
    3. וערל אחד ושמו אלמעלם (name o…

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  3. 3List or tableAIU VII.F.21

    Late accounts with copious notes in Judaeo-Arabic including for the years 1779–81 CE (1193–95 Hijri).

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  4. 4List or tableAIU VII.F.69

    Late accounts, dated 1746–48 CE (5507 and 5508).

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  5. 5List or tableAIU VII.F.71

    Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning many Muslim names. Dated 1206 AH in many entries (1791/1792 CE). Requires further examination.

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  6. 6Legal documentBL OR 5561B.18

    Recto: Legal document from Cairo involving Saadya ha-Kohen Me'ili (?) and Hayyim Luki (?) a resident of Alexandria, possibly dated Tammuz 1788 CE (תצמיח i.e. …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בפנינו עדים חותמי מטה בא לפנינו הבחור ונחמד כה׳׳ר סעדייה הכהן מעילי יצ׳׳ו ואמר לנו אתם הוו עלי עדים
    3. גמורים וקנו ממני קנין גמור וש׳׳מ במדל׳׳ב כ…

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  7. 7Legal documentBL OR 5561B.26

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Dated: 15 Sivan 5590(?) AM, the final digit is unclear and this document may be older than 1830 CE based on …

    1. ב׳׳ו
    2. לפנינו עדים החתומים מטה בא היקר נשא ורם מ׳׳ר לשט׳׳ו הגבאי המפואר כה׳׳ר סי׳ מרדכי
    3. בייאלובוס יצ׳׳ו והוא הודאה גשו׳׳ק כמודה לפני בד׳׳ח מדעתו ורצונ…

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  8. 8Paraliterary textENA 1177.24

    Writing exercises, possibly in a Yemenite scribal hand. There is stamped seal on the recto that includes the year 1211 AH (1796/1797 CE). The word …

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  9. 9LetterENA NS 29.22

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1 Tammuz 5499 AM, which is 1739 CE. This shelfmark was previously listed with the date 1 Tammuz 5439, but the …

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  10. 10List or tableJRL A 696

    Late accounts probably in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 1117 AH (1705/06 CE).

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  11. 11List or tableJRL A 757

    Bifolium of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, including for the years 1760–62 CE (1174–75 Hijri).

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  12. 12Literary textJRL A 781

    A qinna for Tisha b'Av dated 5535 (1775 CE). There may be a faded signature that includes the name Yaʿaqov.

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  13. 13List or tableJRL A 1138

    Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic mentioning "the diwan" numerous times, perhaps dated 1139 AH which is 1726/27 CE.

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  14. 14Legal documentJRL B 2784

    Recto: Likely a fragment of a legal document in Hebrew, mentioning merchandise and the years 1700/1 and 1701/2 CE (5461 and 5462). Verso: Likely accounts.

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  15. 15List or tableJRL B 3379

    Late account in Judaeo-Arabic, dated 17 July 1724 (25 Shawwal 1136).

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  16. 16List or tableJRL C 82

    List of names and corresponding monetary values in silver kuruş. At the top of the list's columns, the year is barely legible in the heading …

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  17. 17List or tableJRL C 177

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic that list a variety of recurring payments or sales by the same individuals: Yaʿaqov Portos, Nissīm Dayyan, Marḥaba Galan. Dated in a …

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  18. 18Legal documentT-S 10J13.28

    Legal documents, four entries on the recto and verso. Possibly drafts from a court notebook, including one completely crossed out. Location: Cairo. Dated in multiple …

    1.                         בע׳׳ה
    2. בפנינו עדי[ם] חותמי מטה הודה היקר נשא ונעלה כה׳׳ר מנחם צרפתי יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר משה נ׳׳ע שקבל
    3. מהיקרה וצנועה מ׳ חנונה ת׳׳מ אשת…

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  19. 19LetterT-S 10J16.30

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Yosef Fitru to Yom Ṭov b. Ḥayyim, mentioning Alexandria, Shelomo Solal (cf. T-S NS 175.30) and Yehuda Fanu. Dating: ca. 18th …

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  20. 20LetterT-S 10J16.34

    Letter from Shelomo to Shemuʾel, c. 18th century. (Information from CUDL)

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  21. 21LetterT-S Ar.39.162

    Letter fragment, signed by the sender Muṣtafa Shāhīn. In Arabic script. Dated: 3 Ramaḍān 1166 AH, which is 1753 CE. Needs examination for content.

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  22. 22Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 185.202

    A brief note about 4 raṭl of a unknown good in the name Lūlī al-Ḥāmī (first name is likely a nickname or a variant of …

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  23. 23List or tableT-S AS 207.143

    Accounts in Arabic script and eastern Arabic numerals. Dated Shaʿbān 1112 AH (1701 CE). Or possibly 1120.

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  24. 24List or tableT-S NS 271.200

    Recto: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated on the first of Tūt of the Hijrī year 1126 AH, (1715 CE). This unique dating system follows a fiscal-calendrical …

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  25. 25LetterAIU IX.B.16

    Ladino letters or copies of letters from 1788 CE (Shevat 5548 AM). One is addresed to a Martinelli.

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  26. 26LetterAIU IX.B.22

    Letter in Ladino dated September 1777 (Elul 5537), from Yiṣḥaq Sigan or Bigan (?) in Alexandria to [address torn] in Rashid. Among the individuals mentioned …

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  27. 27LetterAIU VII.D.8

    Recto: Fragment of a late letter in Judaeo-Arabic from a son to a father. Verso: The page was trimmed and reused for what may be …

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  28. 28Legal documentAIU VII.D.17

    Engagement deed and trousseau list dated 25 June 1789 CE (1 Tammuz 5549 AM) between Yaʿaqov Rosano b. Avraham Rosano and the widow Miryam bt. …

    Recto, right side of bifolio

    1. בסט׳׳ו ובנים ועושר והרוחה גדול יהיה כבוד הבית הזה וכו׳ בפעח׳׳מ ש[ידך]
    2. הבחור ונחמד החתן המפואר חמד בחורים ותפארתם כה׳׳ר …

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  29. 29Legal documentAIU VII.D.43

    Legal document of ḥaliẓa, probably from the first decade of the 18th century (the year is very faded but appears to begin 546[.]). Shelomo b. …

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  30. 30Legal documentAIU VII.D.46

    Verso: Legal document recorded on the back of an eighteenth-century letter. Dated 1727 CE (Kislev 5488 AM) in line 13. The document deals with the …

    1. בהי׳ שהר׳׳א הלוי סכנדרי יצ׳׳ו מה(?) לו כמה שנים
    2. שהוא דר בקאעה שבחארת אלקראין הקרובה ל.[.]ם
    3. אלמאלח השני אשר שם הירושה לשתי ב.[...]
    4. ה׳׳ה המ׳ גנטיל ת׳׳…

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  31. 31Legal documentAIU VII.D.62

    Legal document in Hebrew, investment partnership. Dated 30 Iyyar 5551 AM (June 1791 CE). Location: Cairo. David Kariyo (Carillo) invested quantities of silk, cotton, and …

    1. בפעח׳׳מ הודה היקר ונעלה לשט׳׳ו כמה׳׳ר דוד קארייו יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמורה וכו׳ איך
    2. מסר לו היקר ונעלה לשט׳׳ו כמה׳׳ר שלמה סימחון יצ׳׳ו המרחץ הידוע לכל
    3. בחארת …

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  32. 32Legal documentAIU VII.D.63

    Debt acknowledgement in Hebrew. Dated 8 Sivan 5536 AM (May 1776 CE). Location: Cairo. Yaʿaqov Yaʿabeṣ/Yuʿbaṣ commits to repay a debt of 68.5 reales abūṭ[aqa] …

    1. ב׳׳ה
    2. בפנינו עח׳׳מ הודו היקר נבון נשא ונעלה כמה׳׳ר יעקב יעבץ יצ׳׳ו בכה׳׳ר אברהם הודאה גמורה שרירא וקיימת
    3. מעכשיו מעצמו ומדעתו ורצונו הטוב והגמור מבלי …

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  33. 33Legal documentAIU VII.D.86

    Legal document (right side only) dated 1701/2 CE (5462 AM) involving Yosef Yedid and an orphan girl Sitt al-Bay[t] and payments on the order of …

    1. ב׳׳ה
    2. [בהיות ש]ראינו שטר וענינו הוא שנפלו דברי ריבות [...
    3. [...] החכם הנעלה כה׳׳ר יוסף ידיד נר׳׳ו מצד עז[...
    4. [...]עות וטענות והלואות ושאר ערעורים ש[..…

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  34. 34LetterAIU VII.E.85

    Letters in Ladino that from Shem Tov b. Mozeo (Moshe?) and another individual with a distinct signature and hand. The letter on the fourth scan …

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  35. 35LetterAIU VII.E.97

    Letter from Shelomo [...], in Damietta, to Shemuel ha-Levi, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Friday, 29 Adar II 5559 AM, which is 5 April 1799 …

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  36. 36LetterAIU VII.E.179

    Letter in Ladino and Hebrew addressed to Moshe Reuben dated 6 August 1754 CE (28 Av 5514 AM). The sender's calligraphic signature is damaged and …

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  37. 37List or tableAIU VII.F.25

    List of donations collected on various Shabbats of 1795/6 CE (5556 AM).

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  38. 38Legal documentBL OR 5543.5

    Engagement (shiddukhin) agreeement between Avraham b. Yosef Mammon/Mammūn and Bayda (?) bt. Moshe ha-Levi known as ʿŪraybī. Currency: reales. Dated 4 January 1797 CE (6 …

    1. בסט׳׳ו ועושר והו׳׳ז
    2. ח׳׳מ שידך הבחור ונחמד החתן המפואר כה׳׳ר אברהם ממון יצ׳׳ו
    3. בכ׳׳ר היקר נשא ונע׳ לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר יוסף ממון יצ׳׳ו את הכלה הכלולה
    4. יעלת חן…

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  39. 39Legal documentBL OR 5543.10

    Ketubba for Yosef b. Yaʿaqov Saragosi and Sara bt. Nissim Messina (?). Currency: medin. Dated 6 February 1792 (13 Shevat 5552), Cairo. ASE.

    :(Ruth 4:11) Marginal text of ketubba

    ויאמרו כל העם אשר בשער והזקנים עדים יתן יהיה את האשה הבאה אל ביתך כרחל וכלאה אשר בניהם 

    1. בשני
    2. בשבת בשלשב עשר יו…

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  40. 40Legal documentBL OR 5561B.17

    Recto: Legal document(s). Location: Cairo. Dated: 14 Sivan 5547 AM, which is 1787 CE. ʿIsqa agreement in the "negotiation/brokerage business" = עסק המשא ומתן (ll. …

    1. ב׳׳ה
    2. בפעח׳׳מ הודה היקר ונעלה כה׳׳ר יוסף הלוי ידיע כ'יאט יצ׳׳ו בכ׳׳ר עובדיה נ׳׳ע הודאה גמורה שרירא
    3. וקיימת מעכשיו מעצמו ומדעתו ורצונו הטוב והגמור מבלי…

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  41. 41List or tableBL OR 10123.4

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and western Arabic numerals. Dated: Sivan 5482 AM which is May-June 1722 CE. The account heading states that the monthly entries are …

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  42. 42Legal documentBL OR 12344.6

    Legal document. Location: Cairo. Dated: 20 Adar I 5559 AM, which is 1799 CE. Eliyyahu Ṣevi Ḥbak(?) (צבי חבאך) acknowledges an investment of 2000 medins …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בפ׳׳[ע]ח׳׳מ הודה הר׳׳ אליאו צבי חבאך יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמו׳ שרירא קיימת מעכשיו מדעתו ורצונו הטוב והגמו׳
    3. בלי זכר שום מין אונס כלל כמודה ב׳׳פ בד׳׳ח שק…

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  43. 43LetterBL OR 12369.9a + BL OR 12369.9

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq(?) Krispin, unknown location, to Avraham Krispin, Alexandria. Written in Ladino. Dated: 18 Av 5549 AM, which is 10 August 1789 CE. Needs …

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  44. 44Legal documentBL OR 12369.10

    Legal document in Hebrew issued in Cairo. At first glance the date appears to be Elul 5420 AM which is August-September 1660 CE. However, the …

    1. [בע]׳׳ה 
    2. לפ[ני]נו עדי[ם] החתומים מטה בא היקר 
    3. כה׳׳ר סי׳ אברהם שאש[א]נו(?) יצ׳׳ו והיקר כה׳׳ר
    4. ח׳ דוד בירא יצ׳׳ו והיקר כה׳׳ר משה הכן יצ׳׳ו והודו
    5. הודאה(…

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  45. 45Legal documentBodl. MS heb. c 27/87

    Legal document. Location: Cairo. Dated: last decade of Elul 5500 = September 1740 CE. Involving the dissolution of a commercial partnership between Avraham Serrano, Moshe …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בהיות שהגביר נשא ונעלה הגבאי הנהדר כמהר׳׳ר אברהם שיראנו נר׳׳ו וחבירו הגביר נשא ונעלה החכם המרומם כמהר׳׳ר משה מיוחס נר׳׳ו
    3. והגביר נשא ומאד נעלה …

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  46. 46Legal documentBodl. MS heb. e 32/51

    Deed of sale. Location: Ḥamida/Ḥamuda, Yemen. Dated: 24 Av במ״ד, which is likely 2044 Seleucid = 5 August 1733 CE. The parties include [..] and …

    1. אקרו ואעתרפו וצאדקו אלד'י הם ע.[...
    2. ן׳ יוסף וסעיד אכ'יה באן קד אבאעו ר׳
    3. אברהם אכיהם הד'י אלברך אלד'י הו -
    4. ארבעה ועשרים באמל במא צאר - 
    5. מבלג'הו ארבעה…

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  47. 47Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J164

    Legal document regarding the inheritance of the late David Ṣanuaʿ. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: End of Sivan 5524 AM = June 1764 CE. Among …

    1. בע׳׳ה 
    2. בהיות שהמנוח כה׳׳ר דוד צנוע נ׳׳ע נפטר לב׳׳ע וחלוי׳׳ש והשאיר אחריו ברכה בקרב ה..ץ(?) בנו הגדול הר׳ אברהם צנוע יצ׳׳ו
    3. מאשה אחרת ואחיו הקטון מאלמ…

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  48. 48Unknown typeENA 624.5

    Recto: Commercial document in Arabic, cut up and reused for communal register. Dated 14 Shawwal 1193 AH (October 1779 CE). Requires further examination.

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  49. 49Unknown typeENA 624.20

    Verso: Commercial document in Arabic that was cut up and reused for a communal register of contributions. Dated 29 Muharram 1181 AH which is 1767 …

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  50. 50Unknown typeENA 624.21

    Verso: Commercial document in Ottoman Turkish, recycled for a communal register. Dated 27 Ramadan 1180 AH (1767 CE). (Naïm Vanthieghem; description to come).

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