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  1. 1Legal documentT-S AS 145.284

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Note or legal document mentioning a young man who is sick, a tailor, various kinds of textiles and garments and a certain Yosef Ibn al-Maqdisī. …

    1. דכר אלצבי אלשאב אלמריץ פ[
    2. אלכיאט אתני עשר פוט[ה . . .
    3. ואלבאקי טרח ואחד גיר דאך אל[
    4. בן אלמקדסי ואסמה יוסף או[
    5. מנדילין חריר ומנדילין כ[
    6. [[ופט]] ופוטתי…

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  2. 2Legal documentT-S AS 145.345

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Tiny fragment of a legal document mentioning Ḥiyya ha-Kohen b. [...]. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  3. 3LetterT-S NS 320.123

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    Hebrew

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq ben Ṣūr. In Hebrew. Dating: Likely 16th century, based on hand, language, and surname (there is a well known Avraham ben Ṣūr …

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  4. 4List or tableJRL SERIES A 923 + JRL SERIES B 2497

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Alms list in Judaeo-Arabic. Mainly women, children, and/or sick people. JRL SERIES A 293 mentions the sister of Abū l-Faraj b. al-Munajjim; al-ʿAkkāwiyya; the ḥazzab …

    Recto, right column

    1. אלקרויה אלעגוז
    2. מערפה בן אלבצלי
    3. מערפה אבו אלפרג
    4. אלבזאז
    5. אברהים

    Recto, left column

    1. מערפה אלוחשה(?)
    2. אלכהן אלצוראני
    3. מערפה בן אלצבאג…

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  5. 5LetterT-S K25.232

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Literary text in Judaeo-Arabic. Includes learned legalistic discussions. After the beginning of a citation of a legal document, it refers to the death of Abū …

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  6. 6Legal documentT-S 12.466

    Legal document written by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. A father disinherits his younger daughter Sitt al-Nās (and her husband) with a 1/4 dinar and gives all …

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  7. 7LetterENA 2739.9

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Mercantile letter, probably by a Maghribī trader of the 11th century, probably sent from Alexandria to Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mawhūb b. ʿAmmār was present with …

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  8. 8LetterENA NS 8.50

    Fragment of a letter from Alexandria to Fustat. The recipient was ill when the writer departed Fustat.

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  9. 9Paraliterary textJRL SERIES A 697

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Geomancy castings. May be related to AIU VII.F.32. Includes two questions about the illness of David b. Esther: Is it earthly or from God? …

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  10. 10LetterJRL SERIES B 4263

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions an illness (maraḍ) and aṣḥābunā.

    1. ] . . . . בקאך ואדאם
    2. ] חאל סלאמה ועאפיה
    3. ] . חאל אנה ולי דאלך
    4. ] בה אנני כרגת מן
    5. ]ל מרץ אלא אסאעה
    6. כ]תיר ואיצא אנמא(?) כרגת
    7. ] . . קאת בעצהא פי אל
    8. א]צחא…

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  11. 11LetterT-S AS 161.11

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a return from somewhere; Purim; the capitation tax (al-jāliya); a severe illness (marḍa shadīda); entering Fustat; Sammanūd; "my hand and …

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  12. 12LetterMoss. II,193

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Verso: Letter in Arabic script. Missing only the first couple lines. The writer mentions exchanges of goods (ll.2–3); he has sent a dinar for someone's …

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  13. 13LetterENA NS 71.4

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    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script. The writer excuses himself from attending in person on account of the illness of a female slave (ll. 7–8). Verso: …

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  14. 14LetterT-S AS 149.38

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Family letter, mentioning the addressee’s brothers and mother. (Information from CUDL)

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  15. 15LetterT-S AS 153.159

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Part of a letter with holiday greetings; writer describes his illness and explains that he is spending the holiday in the house of his brother’s …

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  16. 16LetterCUL Or.1080 J246

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    Hebrew

    Letter from an unidentified man, in Jerusalem, to the Nagid Natan Sholal, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: Late 15th century. The sender reports that he …

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  17. 17LetterT-S 13J24.1

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Recto: Letter sent from Damascus. In Judaeo-Arabic. Goitein describes it as a lovely family letter praising the town for its opportunities to make a living …

    1. . .]. . עלי [. . . .]ן מן אמי . . .
    2. מנך לאנהא כאיפה מן אללה וכל
    3. שוקהא [[ל]] בכם ומא ביעוזנא אלא
    4. נצרך והי מחתרקה אלקלב עלי נצרכם
    5. גמיע פלא תכשי אמר ומ…

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  18. 18LetterT-S 10J17.17

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter with a special request from the addressee to report about his illness. [An assumption that he was ill after not having heard from him …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. קד עלם אללה תעאלי מא [כא]ן
    3. עליה מן אלוחשה ליקירינו
    4. ואהובינו אלשיך אבו אלחסן יעזריהו
    5. קדושינו על דבר כבוד שמו
    6. ומא מנענא אן נכתב אלי חצרתה
    7. רקעה…

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  19. 19LetterT-S AS 155.78

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Small fragment of a family and/or business letter. Refers to someone's illness (r2), and evidently the sender was also sick because God sent him health …

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  20. 20LetterT-S 8J25.4

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter to [... b.] Ḥalfon. In Judaeo-Arabic. Concerning business issues, mentioning commodities such as gum and walnuts. Containing an order of Abbadani mats, which were …

    1. . . . . .]שלום שלום לר[.]ול[. . . . . . .]וא[. .] ר חלפון
    2. . . . . .]לה תע ורחמתה [. . . .]תה עלי אלש מרדוך שצ
    3. . . . .] אן אלממלוך פרג [. . . . .] יס…

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  21. 21LetterT-S 6J11.11

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    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    Business note in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. Mentions the arrival of the merchants and a request that the addressee write something in his …

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  22. 22Legal documentT-S AS 181.194

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Legal document. It seems a bill of sale for a male slave (ghulām) possibly named Jarīr. A (low) sum of 6 dinars is named. The …

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  23. 23Paraliterary textMoss. IXa,2.38

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    Arabic

    Medical recipes for the treatment of liver diseases and stroke.

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  24. 24LetterT-S Ar.35.192

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter mainly consisting of business accounts. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Tripoli and Cairo. Concludes with a note, "how shall we divide it? Perhaps .... because I …

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  25. 25LetterT-S Misc.10.133

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    Hebrew

    Letter fragment. Late. In Hebrew. "In this city, nothing is cheap except for bread. . . . 3 ounces of "Ẓefat" are here worth two …

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  26. 26LetterT-S NS J361

    Letter from Eli b. Yakhin, probably from Alexandria, to Avraham ha-Kohen b. Aaron, Fustat. Around 1050. Regarding money and payments, including a debt of 50 …

    recto

    1. בשרח

    2. כתאבי אלי מולאי אלשיך אלגליל אדאם אללה סלאמתה וסעאדתה ונעמאה

    3. וכבת באלדל אעדאה ומן אחסן אלתופיק לא אכלאה וכאן לה ומעה ולייא

    4. ונאצרא …

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  27. 27LetterT-S NS J186

    Letter from Natan b. Nahray, from Alexandria, to Musa b. Abi al-Hayy. Around 1063. The writer informs the addressee about Nahray b. Nissim’s illness. Seems …

    recto

    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה

    2. ונעמאה וכבת אעדאה מן אלמסתק[ר ל ] בקי מן אב יהפך

    3. לשמחה כתמה אללה עלי מולאי באחסן כאתמ…

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  28. 28LetterMoss. VII,185.1

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Neither sender nor addressee are named. The first half consists of good wishes for the addressee's recovery from illness and the writer's …

    1. קד עלם בוחן לבבות וכליות מא עלי קלבי
    2. מן מרץ מולאי רופא חנם ישלח דברו
    3. וירפאהו וימלט משחיתות נפשו ויוקף לה
    4. אלצדקות ואלמעשים טובים אלדי יפעלהא
    5. הו ומולא…

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  29. 29Legal documentENA 2558.31b

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Cheque / order of payment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 10 Kislev 1530 Seleucid, which is December 1218 CE. The beadle Abū l-Ṭāhir is to pay the …

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  30. 30LetterT-S AS 145.108

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Shelomo Mizraḥi or a female family member, in Alexandria, to Ibrāhīm/Brahim Aghion, in Cairo (Miṣr). In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in slightly broken …

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  31. 31LetterT-S NS 327.10

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    Arabic

    Letter in Arabic script. Likely sent from Jerusalem (since it refers to people "coming up" from al-Ramla this week). Addressed to a woman. The sender …

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  32. 32LetterCUL Or.1080 J247

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Formulary or draft of a get-well-soon card. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, perhaps 15th–17th century. Very florid.

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  33. 33List or tableBodl. MS heb. d 66/62

    List of persons on payroll of the community, headed by Sayyiduna al-Nasi, referring, it seems, to the head of the Jews David b. Daniel (ca. …

    1. סידנא אלנשיא ר' יוסף ר' אליהו כדמי? חבר אלחבר בן גדר
    2. אלחבר שמעיה אלחבר אהרון בן אלשלישי ואכוה אבן אלכאמכי
    3. אלחזן מברך בן זהרא מברך אלששי אלחזן אבן אל…

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  34. 34LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/80

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Note of a person confined to his house owing to illness this evening, requesting a friend to lend him the Book of Creation by Saadya. …

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    1. יא מולאי וסידי אעלי אללה קדרך ואגרי אלי אפצל מא תכתארה גמיע
    2. אמרך לולא פרץ (?) צעף לחקני הדה אלעשיה לכנת מכאן
    3. כתא{ב}תי (??) הדה אליך ראגבא פי …

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  35. 35LetterENA NS 35.4

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Late family letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Khuḍayr to his brother-in-law in the Fayyūm. Possibly the same handwriting as ENA NS 35.2. The writer has been …

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  36. 36LetterENA 2558.15

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter addressed to Eliyya b. Mishaʾel ha-Levi. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The addressee is called "the mighty prince" (ha-Sar ha-Adir) and his father is called …

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  37. 37Paraliterary textT-S K1.20

    Recipe for an amulet, beginning with 6 word-triangles based on angel names (תקפיאל, רחמיאל, etc), followed by (in Aramaic) 'You holy names... Heal NN (1b)... …

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  38. 38LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/76

    Fragmentary letter (on vellum) from Tunisia by Manashe b. Ammar to Joseph b. Salman b. Ya'ish, expressing the wish to give up the hard "service …

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  39. 39LetterT-S NS J487

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Informal note addressed to a certain Abū ʿAlī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Verso is a draft of recto. The addressee is asked to go to the sender's …

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  40. 40LetterT-S AS 169.65

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from Pinḥas al-Ṣāʾigh to R. Shūʿa. In Judaeo-Arabic. Late. The sender opens with a complaint about his arthritis and a request for medicine. Mentions …

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  41. 41LetterT-S NS 305.60

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Verso: Letter in Arabic script. Fragment (upper right corner). The sender has been sick. Not much else is preserved.

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  42. 42Letterp. Heid. Hebr. 20

    Primary languages
    Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic

    On verso there is a letter draft from Barakāt b. Bū l-Faraj = Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to Abū l-Maḥāsin, mentioning his sadness at hearing the …

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  43. 43LetterT-S AS 56.106

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter/report in Judaeo-Arabic. Written in a formal layout, with slightly widened space between the lines. This is the lower left corner of what must have …

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  44. 44LetterT-S A26.97

    Primary languages
    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter fragment addressed to the Nagid [Mevorakh] b. Saʿadya. Very faded. Refer to illnesses (amrāḍ. . . maraḍan. . .). Needs further examination. Reused on …

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  45. 45LetterT-S Ar.38.100

    Primary language
    Arabic

    Letter from someone, probably in Barqa, to his or her "father" the judge Mūsā b. ʿImrān (or else this Mūsā is simply mentioned in the …

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  46. 46Literary textJRL SERIES B 2804

    Primary language
    Hebrew

    Recto: Mentions a hypothetical cantor or reader of the Torah who went mad and stole something and was caught. Verso: From a halakhic discussion on …

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  47. 47LetterJRL SERIES B 3848

    Primary language
    Judaeo-Arabic

    Draft of the beginning of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The hand is typical to the 13th century, and is probably that of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu …

    1. יקבל אלארץ אמאם מגלס אלמולי אל[מו]פק אלסייד אלאמין
    2. אלנפיס אלראיס אלאדיב אלפהים אלואלד אלגליל אלאציל אלחכים
    3. אבו עלי דו אלפכר ואלמעאלי סייד אלחכמא תאג…

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  48. 48LetterENA NS 22.9

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Letter from the cantor Abū l-Majd (Meir b. Yakhin), in Fustat, to his brother Abū l-Najm Hilāl, presumably in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Early 13th …

    Recto:

    1. אכוהא בו אלמגד
    2. חצרה אלאך אלשקיק ואלרכן אלותיק
    3. אלשיך בו אלנגם הלאל אדאם אללה
    4. עזה ועלאה ומן אלתופיק לא כלאה
    5. גמע אללה אלשמל בה עלי אחסן חאל
    6. ואנע…

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  49. 49LetterT-S NS 164.63

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    Judaeo-Arabic

    Fragment from a private letter. On recto there is the end of a legal query concerning an alley and a qāʿa and a majlis. This …

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  50. 50LetterCUL Or.1080 J99

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    Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic

    Family letter, partly in Hebrew and partly in Judaeo-Arabic. The handwriting seems to be that of the judge Mevorakh b. Natan. Dated: End of Ṭevet …

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