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  1. 5301Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.30.184.1

    Recto (secondary use): order of payment issued by Abū Zikrī Kohen to his banker, Abū l-Khayr Khiyyār, instructing him to pay the bearer 2 dinars …

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  2. 5302LetterT-S Ar.39.186

    Note from Shemuel to a distinguished addressee. In Arabic script, except for the name Shemuel which is written in Hebrew. Begins with the glyph. The …

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  3. 5303LetterT-S Ar.41.59

    Business letter in Arabic script from Yushāʿ (Yehoshuaʿ) b. Natan to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat discussing commercial information that had come to Nahray via …

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  4. 5304LetterT-S AS 145.235

    Letter fragment (right side of recto, right side of verso), probably from Alexandria to Fustat. Extremely faded. Legible phrases include: "Send to Alexand[ria]" and "he …

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  5. 5305LetterT-S AS 150.106

    Letter from Ṣedaqa b. Shelomo to Shelomo b. Yosef ha-Kohen ha-Zariz (known from other documents ca. 1130s). In Judaeo-Arabic. Seems to be a letter certifying …

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  6. 5306LetterT-S AS 152.31 + T-S AS 152.64

    Two fragments of a letter in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE), apparently to his sister. He urges her to stay this …

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  7. 5307Legal documentT-S AS 176.44

    Unidentified document in Arabic script. Upper right corner. Moderately wide spacing between the lines. Might be legal or a letter (may begin with the word …

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  8. 5308LetterT-S AS 179.301

    Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. Possibly addressed to Dimnū (there is a village by this name near Sohag). Mentions the amīr ʿAlī and …

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  9. 5309LetterT-S NS 322.116

    Letter probably from Menashshe b. Yehoshuaʿ, in Tyre, to the ḥaver Abū l-Faraj Shemaʿya, in Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic. T-S NS 322.101–17 all belong to the …

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  10. 5310LetterT-S NS J210

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (upper left corner of recto). Refers …

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  11. 5311LetterYevr. II A 1754

    A letter to Shlomo b. Nahmo Yerushalmi (his name is written in acrostic on the write column) asking for financial support. The writer residing in …

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  12. 5312LetterT-S 13J13.30

    Petition from a woman to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Location: Fustat. Dating: 1140–59 CE. "'I am a 'cut-off' (munqaṭiʿa) woman and I do not …

  13. מנקטעה מא //לי\\ רגל ולא לי גיר אללה תעאלי //בדייה\\ וחצרה [ . . . . . . . .
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    1. אבי יתומים ודיין
    2. אלמנות פאללה
    3. תעאלי לא יגלק
    I refused to do that,
  15.  except according to the opinion of your excellency, our lord, and according to what the law of Israel (sharʿ yisraʾel) requires. 

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  17. 5313LetterBodl. MS heb. b 11/25

    India Book (IB) IV,11 (ח11). Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq, in Aden, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, in ʿAydhāb. Dating: after autumn 1131 CE. Mainly …

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    1. בשמ' רחמ'
    2. כי י' יהיה בכסליך ושמר רגליך מלכד
    3. תרום [ידך] על צריך וכל אויביך יכרתו
  18. נשבע אני באלוהים יתעלה שגרמת לי להתגעגע עליך מן היום
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    1. שנסעת. ובשעה שהגיע מכתבך אליי, הייתה לי מעט שמחה בגללו. הבורא יתעלה יחבר ביני ובינו (= ובינך) בנסיבות המשמחות ביותר ובמצב הנעים ביותר, כי הוא המסוגל לכך והיכול לעשותו.

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  20. 5314Literary textYevr. II A 1683

    Literary work (the writer calls it a "dīwān") that preserves copies of two letters. The first: A letter from a Qaraite authority to David b. …

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  21. 5315Legal documentAIU VII.D.42

    Legal document from 1725 CE (1 Tevet 5486) from Cairo formalizing a reconciliation between husband, Yosef Mizraḥi known as Khumays, and wife, Nujūm the daughter …

    1. בע׳׳ה
    2. בהיות שהיקר ונעלה כמה׳׳ר יוסף מזרחי ידיע כומייס יצ׳׳ו בכה׳׳ר רחמים נ׳׳ע הוא נשוי עם אשתו המ׳
    3. נג'ום ת׳׳מ בת המנוח כה׳׳ר בריבש מליג'י נ׳׳ע וזה ל…

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  22. 5316LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/88

    Record of a deposition in court, written in the hand of the scribe Hillel b. ʿEli. Dating: ca. 1095 CE and, more broadly, 1066–1108 CE …

    recto, right column

    1. בשמך רחמ' שהדורא וג
    2. כן הוה חצר אלינא אלשיך
    Mubārak, of blessed memory,
  23.  in a legal way, before a Muslim court, as attested 

  24.  by the letters that I have with me. 

  25.  As to the description of its boundaries, it is found in two Arabic letters 

  26.  one of which 

  27. recto, left column

    1.  is on the name of my mother and the other one 

    2.  on my name, (so that) there is no need to enumerate its boundaries 

    3.  herewith.

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  28. 5317LetterDK 315

    Letter from Najm [...] al-Muʿallim the brother-in-law of Kamāl b. Yūsuf, in Fustat, to his 'brother' the cantor Musāfir ha-Bavli, in Alexandria. Spellings are eccentric. …

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  29. 5318LetterT-S 12.328

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to the community of Alexandria. In Hebrew. Dating: Gil suggests 1025 CE, however this seems inconsistent with the events mentioned; …

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    1. [ ] כי [
    2. [ ]ובו מאנשים [
    3. ר[ ]ם ויושיבם במשכנות מבטח[ים]
    4. ובמנוחות שאננים ויטע השלום ביניהם וישמיעם רגל[י]
    5. מבשר משמיע שלום וקול צופים קול נושאים …

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  30. 5319LetterT-S 12.364

    Letter from Yisrael b. Natan (Isrā'īl b. Sahlūn), in Jerusalem, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 31 December 1061 CE, according to …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם נעמאך מן [אל]
    2. קדס עמרה אללה נצ׳ טבת ואלחאל סלאמה ונעמה ושוק אליך קרב אללה אל

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  31. 5320LetterT-S Ar.19.9

    Recto: Letter from Muḥammad b. ʿUmar. In Arabic script. Dated: 538 AH = 1143/44 CE. Mentions the bearer of the letter, Karīm b. Zak[kūr? b.] …

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  32. 5321LetterT-S Ar.40.113

    Business letter in Arabic script to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen, representative of the merchants, from an anonymous correspondent in Alexandria. Mentions the gaʾon …

  33. فان عندي منهم  
  34. [. . .]
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    1. فان كان لهم بيع أنفذتهم الى حضرته
    2. ليكون ثمنهم حاضر على الموسم

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  36. 5322LetterT-S AS 151.45

    Letter, opening with biblical quotations, including Psalms 16:8, 34:8 and 33:21, and mentioning commodities such as silk. (Information from CUDL.) The letter is addressed to …

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  37. 5323LetterT-S NS 190.105

    Small fragment from a top of a letter written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (1100–38) to 'my master the diadem' (al-nezer). There were a few …

    1. יא מולאי אלנזר תושמר לעד תנעם [
    2. לי אסם אבו עלי אלבעלבכי בן עם [
    3. ואלדה עם סלמאן פאנני גאלס א . [
    4. באסמה אלדי קד פטרה בהא פ . [
    5. אלכתאב ומא פעלת שי אלי …

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  38. 5324Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 1700.13

    Legal record (#24). Alimony owed. Dated: "Monday" (=14 Sivan 1467 Seleucid). Bū l-Faraj Ibn al-Shofeṭ declares that he has mortgaged his quarter-house (which is owned …

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  39. 5325Paraliterary textBL OR 10653.2

    Recto: the poetic introduction to a ketubba (nearly identical to that in 10653.1) in a good scribal hand but without any additional content. Verso: Judaeo-Arabic …

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  40. 5326LetterENA 1822a.39

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Nearly complete. The sender is annoyed at the addressee for not coming to visit either at night or in the morning. He …

    1. ]מעתה . . . [
    2. ] גמע אלשמל בה עלי אסר חאל
    3. במנה וכרמה אן שא אללה ואלדי אעלמך
    4. בה אנני עתבאן עליך בכונך [
    5. ולם תלתקי ביא לא דיך אלילה ולא
    6. בכרה פאללה יגעל…

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  41. 5327Legal documentENA 2733.2

    Legal deeds, two, written in Efraim b. Shemarya's difficult hand (fl. 1007–1055 CE). The first involves a testimony of a certain Yehoshu'a to a certain …

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  42. 5328LetterENA NS 21.15

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 11th or 12th century. In which the sender asks the addressee to check if the merchants of Barqa (al-Barqiyyīn) arriving in …

    1. כתאבי אליכ יאכי וסידי אטאל אלה בקאך ואדאם
    2. סלאמתך ען סלאמה ועפיה ללה אלחמד עלי
    3. דלך יום אלד לין בקי מן כסליו וקד כ[. . .] מרת
    4. עני וקד וצייתך עלי א[ן ת…

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  43. 5329State documentENA NS 48.14

    Verso (original use): account (table form) in a fiscal hand, transverse to Arabic text. The first entry refers to a white Dimyāṭī garment that is …

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  44. 5330LetterMoss. II,144.3

    Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower right corner of recto, upper right corner of verso). Refers to a woman's separation from the addressees; "your accompanying …

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  45. 5331LetterMoss. V,342.2

    Letter from Avraham b. Farrāḥ (Gil, on the basis of handwriting) from Alexandria to an unknown recipient, ca. 1055. Mentions various wares – raisins, clothes, …

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    1. [וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך] אטאל אללה בק[אה ואדאם עזה מ]ע אלפיג דכר אמר אלזביב ובקיה [                     ] פי כתאבה

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    1. הגיע מכתבך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך, בידי נושא המכתבים.

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  46. 5332LetterT-S AS 151.157

    Letter from the judge Avraham b. Shabbetay of Minyat Zifta (active ca. 1091–1135 CE) to an unidentified addressee. In Hebrew. Fragment (left side of recto). …

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  47. 5333List or tableT-S AS 204.391 + T-S AS 204.392 + T-S AS 204.393 + T-S AS 204.394

    Account book in Arabic script, dating to the period of al-Ḥākim. There are several weights, and transactions in dīnārs, the currency (at least mentioned once) …

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  48. 5334LetterT-S NS J462

    Verso: Note in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender wishes to borrow the addressee’s riding animal (dābba) for transporting "some of my stuff" (baʿḍ qumāshī). He should send …

    1. ינעם אלמולא באלדאבה אחמל
    2. עליהא בעץ קמאשי ונסיירהא
    3. מע חיון אלנגאר או מע מן
    4. יגי מן כל בד ושלום

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  49. 5335LetterDK 239.2 (alt: III)

    Letter from the cantor David b. ʿEli to the notable Ḥujayj (whose father's name is left blank). With a long Hebrew introduction followed by the …

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  50. 5336LetterT-S AS 145.81 + T-S 13J23.18

    Letter from Yūsuf b. Mūsā al-Tāhartī, to Yeshuaʿ b. Ismāʿīl al-Makhmūrī. Mentions Abū Ibrāhīm (Isḥāq) b. Khalaf, who had written to tell al-Tāhartī that he …

    Recto, main region, above rip

    1. [כת]אבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאד[תך וא]תם נעמ[תך]
  51. ...סחורתו .... הרבה, וכי האיש שהיו לנו עמו
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    כי יהודה זה עשה כדבר הזה ביחס לאחי נ"ע, בנוגע לסכום שהשאיר אותו אצלו, שהיה של דאוד בן עזרון; הוא לא לקח אותו ממנו, אלא אחרי הרבה כאב ראש ; איתנה דעתי שהוא ביקש

    recto, below rip

    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך וישלים את חסדו לך,
    2. ממהדייה, באחרון בשבט.

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  53. 5337Legal documentT-S NS J475

    Folio from a court notebook. Location: Minyat Zifta. There are 3 betrothal (erusin/qiddushin) documents (all edited in Ashur's dissertation) and a 4th document concerning a …

    Recto,top

    1. אירס בפננו נתן הכהן בר אברהם הכהן סט

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  54. 5338Legal documentMoss. V,374

    Court notebook. Recto, left side: Court record. Dated: Thursday, 8 Iyyar [probably 1411] Seleucid = 19 April 1100 CE. The year is not named, but …

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  55. 5339LetterAIU VII.E.125

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated 7 Elul [5]577 AM which is 1817 CE . From Yosef ha-Levi, Fustat/Cairo, to Yaʿaqov Yuʿbaṣ and Mordekhai Ḥako (?), Damietta …

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  56. 5340LetterBL OR 5544.17

    Letter from Avraham Hamān and Gavriel Ḥefeẓ to Karo y Frances & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 5567 AM, which is 1806/07 CE. Needs examination for …

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  57. 5341Paraliterary textENA 2713.43

    Love spell in Judaeo-Arabic. For Esther bt. Nazlī to fall in love with Ḥayyim b. Barda. The hand looks late and possibly Iraqi—but that is …

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  58. 5342LetterENA NS 47.4

    Letter from Abū l-Majd to two distinguished addressees. 17 lines of Hebrew blessings are preserved. The lower part, containing the body of the letter, is …

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  59. 5343LetterENA NS 76.621

    Minute fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. May mention (not) blaming (the sender), and the tardiness of the work. But it is too fragmentary to …

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  60. 5344LetterENA NS I.75

    Letter from Eli Ha-Kohen b. Ezekiel, Jerusalem, to Eli ha-Kohen b. Hayyim, Fustat. [NB volume number in shelfmark is roman numeral I, not Arabic numeral …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלכהן אלפרנאס ואדאם עזה ותאידה מן אלקדס לט כלון מן

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  61. 5345LetterT-S 10J14.14

    Letter from Ovadiah in the inn to Abu 'Amran in rhymed prose. On verso is an address in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information from Goitein's index cards and …

    1. ואתם כהני ייי תקראו משרתי וג
    2. כהניך ילבשו צדק וחסידיך רנן ירננו
    3. . ] ן לבש בך בגדי רננים ויעט כמעיל מדי ששונים
    4. . ] ותחדש בך שם טוב והוסיף בך כבוד כמו …

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  62. 5346LetterT-S 18J3.5

    Letter of a refugee from Acre, who lives in Alexandria and who is experiencing problems with the community there, to Yosef b. Yahya, Fustat. Approximately …

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. מגדל עוז שם יי בו ירוץ צ[דיק ונשגב]
    3. אשרי משכיל אל דל ביום רע[ה ימלטהו יי]
    4. כי בי ירבו ימיך ויוסיפו לך ש[נות חיים]
    5. אריכות שנים וימים ורוב שלו…

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  63. 5347Literary textT-S Ar.30.312

    Literary text in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning the government/sulṭān and the ancestors and the synagogue and the Torah... it is difficult to see how it all ties …

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  64. 5348Legal documentT-S Ar.34.332

    Legal document in Arabic script. Deed of purchase from the Mamluk period, according to the Baker/Polliack catalogue. On verso there is a letter (see alternate …

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  65. 5349Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 4: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 ounce of chewy candy …

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  66. 5350Credit instrument or private receiptT-S Ar.54.19

    Fol. 5v: Order of payment in the hand of Abū Zikrī Kohen: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hod is to give the bearer 1 ounce of chewy candy …

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