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  1. 5151LetterT-S Ar.40.187

    Letter of appeal/private petition in Arabic script. The writer, Faḍā'il al-ʿŪdī b. Baṣīla (?), had lived for 6 years in Alexandria until he had to …

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    مملوكه فضائل اليهودي بن بقيلة

    2 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    3 عبدها يقبل يديها ويعرفها بان عبدها له اليوم

    4 في اسكندرية ستة سنين مقيم باودي والجالية

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  2. 5152Legal documentENA 4010.43

    Court record written by Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). Sitt al-Dār bt. Ḥusayn, the wife of Khalaf b. Isḥāq, claims from her husband 10 …

    1. חצר בשר בן אפרים יערף בן אלעדל ואחצר
    2. שהדין(!) שהדו פי בית דין אן סת אלדאר בנת חסין
    3. זוגה כלף בן אסחק וכלתה עלי מטאלבה כלף זוגהא
    4. ואקנא(!) כלף הדא ובשר…

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  3. 5153Legal documentBL OR 5558N.44

    A text on the rabbinic laws of geniza. (Description from FGP)

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  4. 5154Literary textT-S NS 292.38

    Love poem in Judaeo-Arabic, for a woman "Sitt al-Nās" (mistress of mankind). Same hand: T-S NS 292.38 (Judaeo-Arabic), T-S NS 91.52 (Judaeo-Arabic), T-S 8K13.6 (Judaeo-Arabic), …

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  5. 5155Legal documentT-S Ar.39.503

    Legal document in Arabic script. Fragmentary (right side only). Dating: Unclear if this is the date of the document itself, but the document mentions the …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحـ[ـيم
    2. بمحكمة الشريعة [                     بـ]ـثغر الاسكندرية . . . [
    3. بين يدي سيدنا الحاكم الشمسي شمس الدين[              …

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
    2. At the Sharīʿa court in [the po]rt of Alexandria,
    3. ]In the presence of our master, the…

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  6. 5156Legal documentENA NS 77.219

    Small fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Refers to sums of money; pounds of silk; …

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  7. 5157List or tableT-S AS 223.287

    Minute fragment of accounts in Arabic. Medieval-era.

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  8. 5158Legal documentENA 3807.7

    Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. Tiny fragment. The neighboring shelfmark ENA 3807.8 may also be legal.

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  9. 5159Legal documentT-S AS 152.389

    Minute fragment from a ketubba, contains remnants of the dowry list. AA

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  10. 5160Legal documentT-S 10J6.8

    Power of attorney given by the cantor Yosef b. Nissim to Yefet b. Natan to deal with the grantor's house, specifically to sue the person …

    1. . . . . . ושו . . . . אפטרופא ליקבץ לי גמיע מא . . . . . . . . .
    2. גיאת מן דארי יקבץ גמיע דלך לרוחה ויזכו בה לדאתה וקד געלת לה
    3. מן אלאן אן יטאלב ויברז …

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  11. 5161LetterT-S 13J21.19

    Letter regarding aid to a Maghribi who tried to settle in Jerusalem, before 1035

    1. [ ] ועתרת שלום ומלוי כל משאל לזקיננו
    2. [ ] כב גד קד מר ורב אפרים החבר היקיר
    3. [העמל בשירו]ת עם ובשירותנו ישמרו צור יעקב ויישר
    4. [דרכיו בן מר ר]ב שמריה נוח…

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  12. 5162LetterT-S NS 292.15

    Left side of a mercantile letter addressed Marwān b. Ibrāhīm (cf. BL OR 13888.2 (PGPID 19181)). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th century. Needs examination for content.

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  13. 5163LetterT-S NS J321

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (upper left corner of recto). Mentions Abū l-Surur (their brother …

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  14. 5164Legal documentT-S 8.215

    Part of a ketubba mentioning the sum of 100 dinars. (Information from CUDL)

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  15. 5165List or tableAIU VII.D.22

    Recto: beginning of a draft of a marriage document from Fusṭāṭ dated 1091 CE. Verso: Writing practice in Hebrew and Arabic script.

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  16. 5166Legal documentFriedberg MSS 9-004/25

    Deed of gift of an enslaved woman (waṣīfa). Fragment, containing the first half of 5 lines. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 …

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  17. 5167LetterT-S AS 145.266

    Long strip, only one word preserved from each line, in wide spacing. Probably a poetic Hebrew letter. AA

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  18. 5168Literary textENA 3942.10

    Arabic, literary. Pinholes at the margin ~3–5mm apart.

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  19. 5169LetterT-S NS 321.55

    Petition from Abū ʿImrān, probably in Bilbays. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 13th century. The document concerns Abū l-ʿIzz al-Qazzāz and Hibatallāh and a convoluted case …

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  20. 5170Paraliterary textENA 3936.4

    Medical recipe or prescription, in Arabic script, in a very rudimentary hand. Ingredients include purslane seed (bizr rijla), bamboo chalk (ṭabāshīr), a type of syrup …

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  21. 5171LetterNLI 577.4/101

    Letter of appeal probably from Berakhot b. Shemuel, addressed to Abu l-Ḥasan the father of Abu l-Mufaddal. He says he has been a stranger in …

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  22. 5172Legal documentT-S 8J35.10

    Beginning of a legal document in Hebrew, drawn up in Egypt in Ṭevet 13[..] Seleucid = 988–1087 CE.

    1. ]ת בשבוע [ . . . ]ם לירח טבת שנת אלף ושלש . [
    2. ] מצרים דעל ני[לוס נה]ר מותבה איך אמרו לנו . [
    3. ]ו ממנו מעכשו וכתבו וחתמו עלינו בכל לשון ש[לזכו]ת ו[
    4. ]כ…

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  23. 5173Unknown typeT-S AS 166.130

    Unidentified text in Judaeo-Arabic. The layout is literary but reads like a letter. Mentions the names Ḥananya and Yosef al-B[...].

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  24. 5174Legal documentT-S NS 154.165

    Declaration of a father and husband, testifying that he had not married anyone before the mother of his first-born and that he had not sired …

    1. מא תזוגת קבל אתצאלי בואלדתה באמ[ראה
    2. ולא רזקת מעודי ולד קבלה וכל דפע [
    3. הדא אלכלאם ובדלך אשהד ואקטע אל[
    4. ארתיאב בהא והדא מא ענדי מן הד[
    5. דאשהיד קדמנא אנ…

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  25. 5175Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 22/47

    Legal document. Deposition on cession of rights in the "Estate of the Jerusalemites," ca. 1160. The uncle of Bū Saʿīd Ibn al-Muqaddasī renounces his right …

    1. אשהדני עם
    2. בו סעיד בן אלמקדסי עלי
    3. נפסה אנה קד והב לבן
    4. אכוה בו סעיד אלמדכור
    5. גזוה אלדי פי רבע אלמקאדסה
    6. וכאן בו עלי אלנאסך חאצר

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    1. (1-2) The uncle of (A)bū Saʿīd b. al-Muqaddasī made me be witness for 

    2. (3-4) himself, that he has given his nephew, the said (A)bū Saʿīd,…

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  26. 5176Literary textYevr. II A 2891

    Collection of Karaite halakhic discussions.

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  27. 5177LetterT-S 13J23.15

    Letter sent from al-Mahdiyya by Hayyim b. Immanuel to Mevorakh b. Saadya in Fustat, dealing with a purchase of books for Mevorakh from the estate …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלחבר אלגליל ואדאם עזה ותאיידה וסעאדתה וסלאמתה
    2. ונעמאה מן אלמהדיה לג' איאם כלון מן תשרי תקבל אללה מנה הדה אלאיאם אלמב…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני החבר הנכבד, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת אושרך ואת שלומך
    2. ואת חסדיו לך, ממהדייה, בג' בתשרי, …

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  28. 5178Literary textJRL B 3938

    Literary work in Hebrew. Dating: Probably late. Possibly horoscopes or prognostications based on given names, including Gedalya and Yeḥezqel.

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  29. 5179List or tableT-S AS 146.395

    Accounts, mentioning almond gum, tamarind, mastic; Munjib; various sums of money; 24 dirhams on the first of Muḥarram; and 20 dirhams someone received from his …

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  30. 5180Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.7

    Legal record (#12). Claim of money owed. Dated: Thursday, 18 Iyyar 1467 Seleucid. Abū l-Faraj b. Barakāt Ibn al-Dayyān brings a claim on behalf of …

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  31. 5181Legal documentBodl. MS heb. d 66/94

    Legal document. Location: Fustat. Dated: First decade of Ḥeshvan 1493 Seleucid, which is 1181 CE, under the authority of the Gaʾon Sar Shalom ha-Levi. In …

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  32. 5182Literary textT-S AS 166.132

    Judaeo-Arabic poetry.

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  33. 5183List or tableJRL B 8051

    Contributors list? Late 12th or early 13th century. Names include: al-Rayyis Bū l-Najm; al-Rayyis Bū l-Riḍā; al-Shaykh al-Nadiv; al-Shaykh al-Makīn; al-Najīb Abū l-Surūr; Karam al-ʿAṭṭār; …

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  34. 5184Literary textENA 3960.5

    Ink recipes of various colours. In Arabic script. One uses red anemones (shaqā'iq al-nuʿmān, Anemone coronaria). This work may be derivative of عمدة الكتّاب وعدة …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. صفة عمل المداد الاحمر
    3. يوخذ زنجفيـ[ـل وصمـ]ـغꙨ
    4. صفة عمل المداد الا[صفر]
    5. يوخذ زرنيخ احمر وصمغꙨ
    6. صفة عمل المداد الاخضر
    7. يوخذ …

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    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
    2. Recipe for making red ink
    3. Take red mercury sulfide and gum arabic.
    4. Recipe for making yello…

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  35. 5185LetterAIU VII.E.72

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Ḥefez to Merkado Karo and Shimʿon Frances, of Karo y Frances & Company (see tags). Dated: appears …

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    1. בע׳׳ה היום ١٣ אדר ב ש׳ קנ׳׳ז
    2. אחינו אל סי׳ מרקדו קארו וחברו אל סי׳ 
    3. שמעון פרנסיס סו׳
    4. אחדש׳׳ו נערפכם יא מחבנא אן אמס תאריכ'ו
    5. וצלנא מכתובכם אל מח…

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  36. 5186Legal documentT-S AS 149.58

    Legal document. Small fragment containing some of the last few lines, with a witness signature: Avraham b. Menaḥem (in lousy handwriting).

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  37. 5187Unknown typeENA 3031.6

    Calligraphic texts and scribal exercises in Hebrew script. The dating is likely 16th-century or later based on the paleography. The scribe does not leave any …

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  38. 5188LetterT-S 6J9.6

    Letter, top and bottom missing, referring to a dispute between Jews and Muslims, the synagogue, a certain Binyamin, and two physicians, one of them called …

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    1. אלבלד אגתמע בה או אתחדת מעה פי מא
    2. ינפעל או מא ישירו בה מא וגדת אחד ובנימין
    3. יחכי לסידנא מן לפטה מא תעב אלממ וקצד
    4. אן יגמע אלגמאעה לעל יחצל מנהם…

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  39. 5189LetterJRL B 3574

    Small fragment of a Judaeo-Arabic letter, probably mercantile, including the phrase "I sent it to Qayrawan"; an item of a specific color; and perhaps someone …

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  40. 5190Unknown typeJRL P 499

    Small fragment, probably a document. In Arabic script. Very faded/damaged. Needs examination.

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  41. 5191Legal documentT-S NS 310.72

    specimens of כתובה דמירכסא and שטר מסירה, followed by the heading שרח הלכות מן יבמות. The hand might be of Halfon Hakohen b. Elazar, who …

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  42. 5192Literary textT-S NS 175.55

    Liturgical; translation of the liturgy (qorbanot) (identified by E. Gutwirth). In calligraphic Spanish (Latin script).

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  43. 5193Credit instrument or private receiptENA 3972.13

    Small receipt or order. In lieu of a name: wusūluhū yudfaʿ. At upper right: bi-rasmihim(?). Sum: 58 (dirhams). Written on the 6th of Dhū l-Ḥijja …

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  44. 5194State documentMoss. III,110.2

    Verso (original use): Fragment of official/state correspondence, probably. The ends of 3 lines are preserved and parts of 2 more lines. Mentions a village/estate (ḍayʿa) …

    1. ]ـد وما يمنع اليه [انها
    2. ]ـدا وسعادتا وسلامتا ويعمل
    3. ]بالضيعة المعروفة بالمخرقة الجارية فيه
    4. ]وجميع المزارعين فيها لاجل ذلك
    5. ]

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  45. 5195Unknown typeENA NS 85.615

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  46. 5196State documentT-S Ar.37.209

    Verso: State document. In Arabic script, in a chancery hand. The beginnings of 7 lines are preserved. Possibly a decree? Talking about the destruction of …

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    1. واثاره معروفة في الـ[
    2. النواحي وافعالهم و[
    3. معروف والتي يحـ[
    4. خراب النواحي ولىـ[
    5. الجاري له بسبب الـ[
    6. ذلك ويجهد[

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  47. 5197List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 369

    Accounts or possibly a recipe in Arabic script. There are also a few words in very large letters, possibly from an earlier state document.

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  48. 5198Legal query or responsumENA 2147.54

    On recto a draft of an Hebrew legal query regarding two brothers who one of them is demanding his share in his father's inheritance. One …

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  49. 5199Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 179.52

    Probably a receipt. The name ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz appears near the top.

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  50. 5200LetterT-S 12.299

    Letter dated 25 Tishrei 1212 (4973) from Yehuda b. al-Ammani, a cantor, schoolmaster, and clerk in Alexandria, to Abu l-Majd Meir b. Yakhin, a senior …

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    1. החזן השר הנכבד פ[אר החזנ]ים ועוזם ירום הודו ויגדל כבודו מעלה
    2. מעלה אדאם אללה עזה ונעמאה ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאה גמע
    3. אללה ביננא עלי אסר חאל ב…

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