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  1. 451List or tableJRL C 171

    Lists in Judaeo-Arabic and pen trials of the Arabic alphabet that can be dated on the recto to the night of Simchat Torah of [5]586 …

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  2. 452State documentJRL Genizah Ar. 262

    Fiscal (or other?) receipt. Arabic writing, Coptic numbers.

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  3. 453LetterMoss. II,138.1

    Recto: Draft of a letter. In the hand of Makhlūf b. Mūsā. Probably addressed to Yeḥezqel b. Netanʾel ha-Levi, and related to T-S 8J40.1 (PGPID …

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  4. 454Paraliterary textMoss. IV,23

    Recipe in Arabic script for compounding hiera picra. ASE

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  5. 455Credit instrument or private receiptMoss. IV,72.1

    Recto: Informal note in Arabic script. Needs examination. Verso: Informal note from Shelomo (probably Shelomo b. Eliyyahu) ordering several medicinal syrups from Abū Isḥāq to …

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  6. 456LetterNLI 577.3/8

    Recto: Letter from Yehuda to an unknown addressee. Written in Judaeo-Arabic. Distinctive (Levantine or Iraqi?) handwriting. Deals with business matters, mainly produce (plums/prunes, dates, ḥashīsha, …

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  7. 457LetterT-S 10J13.13

    Letter of recommendation for the bearer, a certain Yefet, an inhabitant of Fustat, who is said to be a respectable man who fell on hard …

    1. שלום עד אין קץ ואין מספר וברכות רבות כחול וכעפ[ר
    2. וברית עולם אשר לא יופר וחן מפואר והוד והדר
    3. ועטרת רצון וגיל ועלצון ואריכות ימים ומשוכות
    4. הזמן לכבוד ג…
    1. I send peace unbounded and infinite / and multitude of blessings like sand and dus[t]/,
    2. and everlasting covenant which will not be broken, / glorio…

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  8. 458List or tableT-S 12.7

    Accounts in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  9. 459LetterT-S 12.38

    Verso: Letter in Arabic script. The Arabic document is the first page of a letter. The formulaic greetings extend to three lines from the bottom, …

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  10. 460LetterT-S 12.192

    Letter from Moses Maimonides (in his own hand with his own signature), in Fustat, to al-Shaykh al-Thiqa, in Minyat Zifta. Dating: ca. 1168–1204 CE, based …

    1. May God grant long life to your excellency, my prop and support, the elder "the Trusted" (al-Thiqa)
    2. "the Trustworthy" (al-Amīn), and perpetuate your…

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  11. 461LetterT-S 12.389

    Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Ismāʿīl, in Fustat, to Khallūf b. Mūsā, in Palermo. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in both Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic script. Dating: …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמאך מן אל

    2. פצטאט לה איאם מצת מן אייר ערפך אללה ברכתה וסעאדה מא יליה ברחמתה

    3. ואלח…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדיו לך,
    2. מפסטאט, בה' באייר, יודיעך אלוהים את ברכתו ואת האוש…

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  12. 462List or tableT-S Ar.20.5

    Recto: Booklist in Arabic script listing individual Epistles (of the Brethren of Purity) that have been copied and bound and into how many majallāt and …

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  13. 463Paraliterary textT-S Ar.30.16

    Recto: Judaeo-Arabic recipe involving starch (nashā'; not "starch of Isaac" but yuṣḥaq = let it be crushed), and some jottings in Arabic script including Coptic …

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  14. 464List or tableT-S Ar.30.18

    Accounts in Arabic script for three types of indigo. See Goitein's index card for further information.

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  15. 465List or tableT-S Ar.35.10

    Most of the fragment consists of accounts in rudimentary Judaeo-Arabic. The word ṭibbī appears in several places, but the names of the commodities are tricky …

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  16. 466LetterT-S Ar.35.118

    Recto: An Arabic note with instructions. "Send to Alexandria with the ghulām of Ibn al-Falā[tī?] 5 1/2 manns of aloe wood (ʿūd), to be delivered …

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  17. 467LetterT-S Ar.38.1

    Letter in Arabic in which a teacher reports to "my lord the Kohen" that the boy Mūsā had come to school after having absented himself …

    1. اعلم الموﻻ الكاهان وفقه الله تعالى
    2. ان موسى اليوم دون اﻻيام دخل
    3. وقدامى صغير يقرا قلت له خذ
    4. الفر[اشا واقرا اربع خمس دفوع حتا
    5. يفرغ الصغير حلف بالله تعا…

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    I inform my lord, the Kohen, may God, the exalted, give him success, that Mūsā, after some days of absence, entered the school while a boy was …

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  18. 468LetterT-S Ar.38.7

    Informal note from Abū Naṣr to Menaḥem. In Arabic script. It seems that the sender is urgently ordering medicinal powder for dysentery (safūf al-zaḥīr) and …

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  19. 469List or tableT-S Ar.40.53

    Business account in Arabic script, lengthy, ca. 1055, with a list of bankers and money changers and their locations. Also contains a list of pharmaceutical …

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  20. 470LetterT-S Ar.40.117

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Possibly a draft, as it is covered with subsequent jottings. Addressed to 'the brother' Abū l-ʿAlā' (this is not completely …

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  21. 471LetterT-S Ar.42.153

    Letter of appeal for charity. In Arabic script. Written in two columns. Asking the addressee to exchange the writer's possessions for food. Mentions Abū ʿAlī …

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  22. 472LetterT-S AS 185.208

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script to Sitt Nadd, probably from her husband. The writer rejoiced at the news of her deliverance (khalāṣ) (childbirth? or from …

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  23. 473Unknown typeT-S K24.32

    Fragments in Latin script, probably in Spanish. Calligraphic. 4 folios. The third folio may also have Arabic script on it. Needs examination.

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  24. 474Unknown typeT-S K24.39

    Original text: Three lines in calligraphic Arabic script. Possibly part of a document. Prayers for Muḥammad are clearly legible (الحمد لله وحده وصلواته على سيدنا …

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  25. 475List or tableT-S Misc.10.122

    Recto: Accounts in Arabic. Verso: Formulary for a love spell in Judaeo-Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic.

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  26. 476LetterT-S Misc.22.310

    Petition addressed to the Italian consul in Cairo. Dated 10 August 1865 CE. Information from FOTM: "Although the majority of the material preserved in the …

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    essere entrati con forza nella casa di campagna del sottoscritto e preso dalla stalla le due vacche di sua proprietà e ten…

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    (folio 1, ln. 19-26)

    ...the fact that the aforementioned administrators [of Ibrahim Bey] entered by force the country house of the undersigned …

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  27. 477LetterT-S Misc.25.60

    Recto: Informal note (ruqʿa). In Arabic script. Perhaps containing detailed orders of payment--consists almost entirely of sums of money and begins with the word "yaṣil." …

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  28. 478Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Misc.28.29

    Receipt in Arabic and Hebrew script for a purse full of coins from Nahray b. Nissim to Mūsā b. Abī l-Ḥayy in Alexandria.

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  29. 479State documentT-S NS 111.140

    Report from a Fatimid official. Dated: Dhū l-Qaʿda 495 AH (August–Sept 1102) — but this reading might be incorrect. Talks about the cutting off of …

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  30. 480LetterT-S NS 125.103

    Family letter in Arabic script. The writer mentions visiting Ḥamā (kunt batnazzal ilā Ḥamā); reports that he/she now has three daughters; sends regards to a …

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  31. 481List or tableT-S NS 338.72

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Very neat. On verso there is a calendar in Hebrew script, listing years in the 12th century CE …

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  32. 482Credit instrument or private receiptAIU XII.42

    Probably a receipt for a rent payment by Yashūʿ (?) al-Yahūdī for his store (? ḥānūt) in ḥārat al-yahūd, mentioning the date Dec 1832/Jan 1833 …

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  33. 483LetterAIU XII.87

    Letter in Arabic addressed to Muhammad Ḥasan al-ʿAṭṭār in Cairo, from a certain Hajj Muhammad ʿAshrī al-ʿAṭṭār. Dated 16 April 1808 CE (19 Safar 1223 …

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    1. ملحق خير
    2. سلام الله تعالى ورحمته وبركاته وازكى تحياته نخص بذالك
    3. حضرة الجناب المكرم سيدي محمد حسن اعزه الله امينن
    4. بعد اهدا مزيد السلام عليه لا ي…

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    1. A good supplement.

    2. The peace of God the exalted and his mercy and blessings, and his most abundant greetings—with these we greet

    3. his nobl…

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  34. 484Unknown typeAIU XII.89

    Image 1: The end of an account in Arabic, along with what might be a fragment of a legal document discussing buildings in ḥārat al-yahūd. …

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  35. 485LetterAIU XII.104

    Difficult-to-read and very brief Arabic document, containing the common but mysterious glyph لے at the top of recto and phrases such as "mamlūkuhu", 'li l-sharṭ' …

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  36. 486List or tableAIU XII.106

    4 pages. 3 of them are brief notes, along with accounts, signed and sealed by Anṭūn al-Wakīl aka Anṭūn ʿAbd al-Laṭīf to a certain muʿallim …

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  37. 487LetterAIU XII.118

    Recto: A brief note in Arabic addressed to David ben Naʿim and signed by [...] ʿUmar [...] Nāẓir al-Amwāl. There are also accounts/sums at the …

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  38. 488LetterAIU XII.124

    Recto: Letter in Arabic to Hayyim al-Ṣarrāf (moneychanger/banker) in the High Diwan. The writer's full name is difficult to read (ʿĀ___ __rdī[?]) as is the …

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  39. 489Paraliterary textAIU XII.168

    An amulet in quirky Arabic script. The main section is Quran 3:18.

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  40. 490List or tableCUL Or.1080 J104

    Account of the Qodesh: payments to building workers, ca. 1045. Two fragments written in Arabic script, on vellum, the verso of a letter. Apparently, this …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
    2. اثبات ما عملو صناع [
    3. ]يوم اﻻثنين الذى ثلثه عشر من ذى الحجه [
    4. وهو اليوم الثالث لعيد اﻻضحى
    5. صانعين اسم الواحد عبد ا[لله
    6. يوم ا…

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    1. In the Name of God, the merciful: 

    2. Record of the work done by the special masons….

    3. .......... Monday, 13 Dhūʾl-ḥijja,

    4. the 3rd day of…

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  41. 491Legal query or responsumENA 684.4

    Legal query and responsum in Arabic script. The query is written in a tiny handwriting with a thin pen, begins with the words alladhī dhakarahū …

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  42. 492LetterENA 2964.19

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions an illness and Manṣūr al-Ḥarīrī. Also mentions Shimʿon and "fulān" suggesting it could be a draft or something legal. On …

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  43. 493State documentENA 3844.14

    State document, possibly a decree. Suggests orders conferred upon an authority: hayʾat (?) l-muṭālaʿa wa-l-āʿmāl bihā. There is Arabic script in another not-so-elegant hand and …

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  44. 494Literary textENA 3932.8

    Recipe or instructions in Arabic script. Likely alchemical. Mentions lead (three lines from the bottom) and "it becomes elixir" (iksīr) in the next line. On …

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  45. 495State 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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  46. 496State documentENA 3971.14

    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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  47. 497State documentENA 3971.15

    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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  48. 498State documentENA 3971.16

    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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  49. 499State documentENA 3971.17

    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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  50. 500State documentENA 3971.18

    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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