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4951LetterENA 2735.6
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter in Judaeo-Arabic - from the end of the 12th or first half of 13th century. Mentions "Sayyidnā may he live forever," which may be a reference to Avraham Maimonides.
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2017
PGPID
12034
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4952Unknown typeENA 3309.18
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
At bottom right there is an entry documenting that Sitt al-Dalāl //Amat al-Qādir// died on Monday night the 14th of Sivan, corresponding to Dhū l-Qaʿda.
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2025
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40524
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4953List or tableENA 3518.2
Primary languages
Judaeo-Arabic, Ladino
This fragment is directly related to the neighboring shelmark ENA 3518.1– the two fragments may be joins from a financial ledger.
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- 16th c
- numismatic dating
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2017
PGPID
9884
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4954List or tableENA 3585.2
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
A sum of ~184 dinars is cited at the end; it seems that Maymūn is responsible for ~30 dinars of that.
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- list
- pepper
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2017
PGPID
12739
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4955Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3909.9
Document date
Rajab 527 Hijrī (8 May 1133–6 June 1133 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
There was also a Jewish presence there including shops, a Jewish endowment, and a kosher slaughterhouse. YU/MY.
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2017
PGPID
12584
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4956LetterENA NS 2.22
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
It would normally be written on verso, except that in this case verso was probably already occupied. Almost entirely concerned with trade in silk. Mentions Alexandria.
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2017
PGPID
12417
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4957LetterENA NS 7.42
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Refers to a household of women who are "naked and are without a man to enter. . . their hunger is greater than their satiety. . . ."
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2017
PGPID
11849
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4958LetterENA NS 17.29
Document date
427–29 Hijrī (1035–1038 CE)
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Dated: 427 AH, which is 1035/36 CE. (A previous PGP entry said 1427 Seleucid = 1115/16 CE.) On verso there are further (related) accounts mainly in Arabic script but with some Judaeo-Arabic at the bottom.
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PGPID
9915
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4959Legal documentENA NS 21.6
Contains the trustee stipulation for a woman, and the end of the stipulation regarding the wife's earnings.
ENA NS 21, f. 6, ed. Friedman, Jewish Polygyny, pp. 58, N.H. 2-24-88, (P). First part of a rough draft record of testimony by Abraham b. Isaac Ha-Tal…
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- testimony
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1988
PGPID
826
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4960LetterENA NS 31.26
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from a man to his son Shelomo Skandari. In Hebrew. Dating: End of the 16th century, according to Avraham David.
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2017
PGPID
12382
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4961LetterENA NS 41.19
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter/announcement addressed to the entire Jewish community of Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic.
Tags
- emet
- excommunication
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2017
PGPID
11331
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4962Legal documentJRL B 7597
Only a few words remain from the end of the document, and then 11 signatures. Location: Jubayl (probably Byblos in Lebanon, but there is also a Jubayl in Yemen).
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2020
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28898
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4963List or tableJRL C 131
Inferred date
1700–1900 CE
The dating is 18th- or 19th-century based on the mention of the Ottoman kurush. Some of the entries mention transactions with specific people, such as "money transfer with Ḥabīb Levi" and "ḥūjjat Ḥasan ʿUrsī" (possibly costs related to a transaction before a qadi court).
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- 18th or 19th c
- numismatic dating
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31981
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4964State documentL-G Ar. I.97
Primary language
Arabic
Coptic/Greek numerals interspersed between l7, l9 and margin, probably from later reuse for accounts on verso (see different entry).
Recto
1. الريس علم الرياسة الـ[
2. يجدد نعمته وينهي ان ا[
3. بالمولا على شاطي الـ[ـبحر]...
4. وصول وصول بتاريخ بتاريخ بتاريخ علي الـ...
5. المملوك يجدد خد…
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37938
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4965Literary textNLI 577.1/29
Primary language
Arabic
The extract is from a 3rd/9th C work entitled "Kitāb al-Faraj baʿd al-Shidda" by Ibn Abī l-Duniya.
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33616
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4966Legal documentT-S 6J1.20
Inferred date
1100–1138 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
The wording of the document is nearly identical to T-S NS 320.57 + ENA 2386.4, another document in the hand of Ḥalfon b.
1. דידיע [באב]ן [
2. מעהא אבנה ו[ליס] יכ[ון] להמא מונה [
3. ואלי אלאן מא יכפ/א/המא ען מזונות ש[י
4. שי ירגעא אליה אלא מא תקתרצה עלי נפ[
5. צחה דלך וישהדו להא//בה//…
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2017
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3588
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4967LetterT-S 6J5.10
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
The fabrics were apparently originally part of the woman’s bridal bedding outfit. The letter ends by asking whether Abū l-Maḥāsin has arrived.
1. תתפצל אלסת אלגברת המיושרת המהודרת תנעם עלי
2. מא זעמו מנהא יודעיה ונלוים תחת צלליה וקאלו אן
3. תסתעיר להם מא חצר ומא סהל מן תעאליק או
4. סתור ליתגמלו בהם מצא…
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2017
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3641
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4968LetterT-S 6J9.7
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Written on behalf of Hiba Ibn Zaʿfarān (the word before "saffron" isn't entirely clear, it could also be that he used have a trade related to saffron), a newly indigent inhabitant of Fusṭāṭ.
1. אלדי אעלם בה הד יק צפ תפארת מר
2. ור מישאל השר הנכבד היקר החכם
3. והנבון החסיד הירא את ייי מנעוריו
4. אנני מן אהל מצר רגל פקיר יקאל לי הבה
5. בן זעפראן ומא אחתג…
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2018
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17165
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4969Legal documentT-S 8.226
Inferred date
1100–1138 CE
Primary language
Aramaic
It might be possible to calculate an exact date for this document based on when Rosh Ḥodesh Iyyar fell on Shabbat in years ending in __3 during the period when Ḥalfon b. Menashshe was active.
Verso
1. [ ]נן עידי מסירה
2. [ ] משה החבר נע
3. [ ] מנשה נע
Recto
1. בארבעה בשב[ ]
2. בירח אייר דשנ[ ]
3. ותלתה שנין למניינ[ ]
4. מצרים דען ניל[ ]
5. בר מנחם וכל ש[ ]
6. נ…
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- get
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2018
PGPID
18631
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4970Legal documentT-S 8J6.19
Document date
Wednesday, 17 Tishrei 1807 Seleucid (5 October 1495 CE)
Primary language
Hebrew
Looks like the same hand as ENA NS I.95b (PGPID 11545). Reused on verso for accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals.
1. בש רח וחנ
2. למא כאן בתאריך יום אלארבעה סאבע עשרין תשרי שנת אתתז
3. לשטרות למנינא דרגיליה לממני ביה הכא בעיר אלקאהרה הסמוכה
4. לפסטאט מצרים דעל נהר [נילוס] מ…
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1990
PGPID
2174
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4971LetterT-S 8J21.5
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
In Judaeo-Arabic, in an unskilled hand. The sender is en route to Damascus. He reports on his journey so far, with stops in Fustat and Bilbays.
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2017
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7675
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4972LetterT-S 8K13.4
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Both the upper and the lower text blocks seem to be issuing instructions and include the wish that God will make the end good (wa-l-Ḥaqq taʿālā yajʿal al-ʿāqiba le-shalom).
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4973LetterT-S 10J30.4
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Goitein comments, "One hardly knows where phraseology ends and facts come in. E.g., complains about his bad salty ???."
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- abu zikri al-rayyis
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2017
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7937
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4974Legal documentT-S 12.27
Yefet ha-Zaqen known as Ḥasān. This is the second entry on the page; the first seems to be an eschatological text.
1. חצרת אלינא אנו בית דין הקבוע בפסאט(!) מצרים ומאן דחתים עמנא לתחתא סת אלבית בת
2. מ ור הלל הזקן נע אלמנת מרנא ור חייא המומחא(!) נבתויא בר מא ור צדקה המו…
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- court notebook
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2017
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3115
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4975LetterT-S 12.341
Inferred date
1094–1111 CE
Primary language
Hebrew
By Mevorakh's honorifics we can date this letter to after 1094 when he regained his office, and probably closer to the end of his tenure (See the table of Mevorakh's titles in Mark Cohen's Jewish Self-Government in Medieval Egypt, pp. 264-265 (Information from Goitein's index cards)
1. מגדל עז שם ייי בו ירו{ץ} צדי{ק} ונש{גב} רבות רעו{ת} צדי{ק} [ומכלם יצילנו ייי
2. כי תע{בור} במים אתך אני ונה{רות} לא יש{טפוך} כי תלך במו אש ל[א תכוה
3. במה…
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- communal
- petition
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2017
PGPID
3132
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4976Legal documentT-S 12.668
Inferred date
1100–1138 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
In which David ha-Kohen gives to his daughter Sitt al-Dār, wife of Sason ha-Levi, 2 1/3 qirats (i.e., 1/9) of a mushāʿ (undivided) house. The gift will be entered in her ketubba. The house's borders are defined.
Recto
1. 1 [ ]ק[ ]
2. 2 [ ]דה וזן מן גמלה אל[ ]
3. 3 [ ]מרת מתגדדה לאצחאבנא אלקרא[ ]
4. 4 [ ]ם באלשיך אבו אלמנא [ ] אלשיך אבו אלמעאלי ישמרם צו[רם ]
5. 5 יגני ען שר…
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2017
PGPID
7319
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4977List or tableT-S 13J2.7
Primary language
Arabic
The hand is reminiscent of fiscal documents but these may be private accounts, based on the unsystematic layout and the headers "owed by him" (ʿalayhi).Recto mentionsn "on Wednesday the 26th" followed by "20 dinars," then perhaps "in the hand of Jaʿfar al-[...]. Entries on verso mention 40 raṭls of something followed by term muqāṭaʿa; underneath possibly 400-something units of wood (ʿūd) again followed by muqāṭaʿa.
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2026
PGPID
41618
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4978LetterT-S 13J14.23
Primary language
Hebrew
In the margin he adds a request (in Judaeo-Arabic) for a riding animal with a saddle, so that he can enter (Fustat?) on it.
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1. [ הא]הוב החביב היקיר כגקד מר ורב
2. סהלאן ראש כלא יגדל ולא ידל אודיעו
3. שמרו צור כי הגעתי בשעה הזאת אל
4. הנה והנני אשוב אל מניה אלקאיד והקדמתי
5. שתי שור…
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1988
PGPID
957
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4979LetterT-S 16.128
Document date
Tishrei 1343 Seleucid (1031 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Large letters, wide space between the lines; ends with the motto "yeshuʿa" (the same as that of Daniel b.
1. ללכיר ורגבה פי [אל]תואב ומא [כ]אן .ש. . . . . . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . ] . . [ . . . . ] . . . . . . . . [ . . . .
2. . . ] תוגה אלי אלספר למהמאת לה…
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2017
PGPID
3417
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4980LetterT-S 16.269
Primary language
Hebrew
The recipient had ordered a Torah scroll and books, but the writer was reluctant to send them at the end of the seafaring season since they might suffer water damage.
1. וצל כ[תאבך . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. מ[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…
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2004
PGPID
3477
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4981State documentT-S Ar.34.241
Document date
Dhū l-Qaʿda 454 Hijrī (6 November 1062–5 December 1062 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Tax receipt, with some less common features. Two of the endorsements at the top mention the dīwān al-iqṭāʿāt al-murtajaʿa (office of reclaimed fiefs), cf.
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- dimme
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2019
PGPID
20537
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4982Legal documentT-S Ar.38.141 + T-S Ar.38.134
Document date
Dhū l-Qaʿda 643 Hijrī (20 March 1246–18 April 1246 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Refers to Fustat and the Mamṣūṣa quarter and enumerates the features of the property and its borders.
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20722
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4983List or tableT-S Ar.39.318
Primary language
Arabic
A list of items beginning with the basmala and ending with an inshāllah. The name al-shaykh Dāʾud appears at upper left (in a different hand).
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2017
PGPID
8244
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4984LetterT-S Ar.39.483
Primary language
Arabic
Written by a Muslim, as he begins and ends with prayers for Muḥammad. He refers to himself as "the slave" (al-mamlūk), in the tarjama.
Right Margin
1. وا[
2. عنانا(؟) طيب ا[
3. وبعد هذا والفضل
4. لكم انتم بيت الفضل
5. والناس كلها
6. في اصتناعكم
7. والسلم عليكم ورحمة
8. الله وبركاته
9. وصلى الله على محمد واله
…
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2019
PGPID
20969
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4985LetterT-S Ar.46.253
Document date
Av 1450 Seleucid (30 June 1139–29 July 1139 CE)
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Ḥasan, a poor man from Baghdad in need of charity. Endorsed on verso by the judge Yeḥiel b. Elyaqim from Aleppo (see Med Soc II, App.
Recto
1. To the holy communities in Egypt, may they be saved and guarded and protected against all evil and fear surrounding them.
2. May He fulfill thro…
Tags
- circular
- recommendation
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2017
PGPID
8296
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4986LetterT-S Ar.50.33
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Written in Judaeo-Arabic with the basmala in Arabic script. The entire letter, or at least what is not too faded to read, is an order for many types of materia medica.
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- materia medica
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21219
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4987LetterT-S AS 145.319
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Legible phrases: "on the day I enter the city"; "the bearer of this [letter]"; "speak well of them [takun lahum melitz yosher] to his excellency the Gaon may he live forever"; "tell me the news of the son of his maternal aunt"; "give my regards to my sister"; "I only wrote these lines while..."
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2018
PGPID
17309
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4988Legal documentT-S AS 172.356
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Refers to various legal conditions, might mention sugar, and specifies a fine of dinars 'to the poor.' Then ends with phrases characteristic of a (Jewish) official letter, perhaps requesting guidance (al-amr) from a higher authority: לי אלאמר ושלומה [יגדל . . . . .]
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4989LetterT-S AS 182.84
Primary language
Arabic
The plea to be released from this man appears again at the end of the margin on verso. Needs examination.
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35900
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4990List or tableT-S AS 185.41
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Late, 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography. One entry: "al-mutaʾakhkhir ʿalā arbāb al-jawāmik..."
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- jamakiyya
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37584
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4991List or tableT-S AS 209.108
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, Ladino
List of payments and/or goods, with common format in which each entry opens with "עוד" in Hebrew. Dating appears to be late medieval, 14th-16th centuries.
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39772
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4992LetterT-S K6.155
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
There are two lines from the end of a letter, it seems asking for instructions.
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2021
PGPID
34361
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4993State documentT-S K8.97
Primary language
Arabic
Official report in Arabic script. The ends of 6 lines are preserved. Mentions jihād and a general (al-amīr al-isfahsalār), probably in the context of the Crusades, since the scribe who reused verso for Hebrew poetry was active around 1100 CE (compare T-S NS 111.140 and all the matches on Joins Suggestions).
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35691
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4994Legal documentT-S K22.27
Document date
6 Av 5453 Anno Mundi (8 August 1693 CE)
Primary language
Hebrew
(Document #20) The lower lines of an entry regarding payment between Yiṣḥaq and Levi, perhaps the same pair as document #25 (PGPID 40964): Yiṣḥaq Yonah and Levi b.
Right side of bifolio 3r (Documents 20-21):
1. [.]ריפא ולפרוע להר׳ יצחק הנ׳ כל מה שישאר לו מהסך הנז׳
2. ..ת(?) אחת פרעון גמור בשלמות עד סוף פרוטה אחרונה
3. ו…
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2025
PGPID
40959
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4995Legal documentT-S Misc.24.137.2
Document date
25th Adar II 1410 Seleucid (21 March 1099 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
A leaf from the court register, with five different entries, all signed by Yiṣḥaq b. Shemu'el, all explicitly dated between Shevat and Iyyar 1410 Sel. (1099 CE).
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- ib7
- india book
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2024
PGPID
40048
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4996Legal documentT-S NS 99.11
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
In which Abū l-[...] appears before the court -- possibly in the Palestinian synagogue -- and acknowledges receipt of maintenance (mezonot) payments from Manṣūr for a period of four months [beginning in Iyyar] and ending in Av 14[..] Seleucid. Mentions "the order of our master [...]."
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4997List or tableT-S NS 224.234 + T-S NS 224.235 + T-S NS 224.236 + T-S NS 224.237 + T-S NS 224.238 + T-S NS 224.240 + T-S NS 224.241 + T-S NS 224.233
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
The header קרקעות appears several times, probably related to real estate holdings and/or transactions. Throughout the entries there are references to: T-S NS 224.234 (recto) emerald, "the waqf", honey, chicken, almonds; T-S NS 224.235 (recto) "the houses of the Alexandrians"; T-S NS 224.235 (verso) silk, pepper, figs, cinnamon.
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2019
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24022
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4998List or tableT-S NS 306.179
Primary languages
Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals
Both recto and verso have a similar set of entries.
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2019
PGPID
25178
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4999LetterT-S NS 325.16
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter in rhymed Hebrew addressed to the community of Jerusalem and their leader the judge Shemuʾel (הם אחינו יקירנו בעלי בריתנו הקהל הקדוש הדרים בירושלם תובב בראשם השר הנכבד הדיין המצויין הביא בכל עניין כר שמואל ישמרו האל ויחייהו ובימין עוזו יתמכהו . . . . ). Consisting entirely of blessings and greetings. Reused for pen trials on verso.
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41817
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5000LetterT-S NS J454
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Most of what remains of the letter consists of elaborate greetings and well wishes. See also ENA 2735.2 (PGPID 12271), which appears to be in the same handwriting, and mentions al-Mumḥe Ibn al-Shofeṭ.
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