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  1. 501List or tableT-S Misc.27.4.15

    Bifolio of densely written accounts in Arabic script. Likely private/mercantile rather than official. Entries are organized by date. Needs examination.

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  2. 502List or tableJRL A 833

    Late account in Judaeo-Arabic, Arabic, and western Arabic numerals. […] It may have been added to the fragment later on and its relationship to the accounts is unknown. Some of the entries mention almonds.

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  3. 503List or tableT-S Ar.30.152

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated on the verso in the first row of entries: 6 Ramaḍān _43 AH but the scribe omitted the hundreds digit. […] For each day of the week, lists the boats (qārib) belonging to different people (Muḥammad, Shihāb al-Dīn, Naṣr al-Dīn. . .) and commercial goods and numbers associated with them. An entry mentions "rice from Damietta" on the left side of the recto and the town Minyat Salsīl is mentioned in entries on both the recto and verso (modern-day Mīt Salsīl, ~25 miles due south of Damietta). At least one other potential placename appears in the entries: (verso) Minyat Budayr. Needs further examination.

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  4. 504LetterCUL Or.1081 J15

    , for the addressee's brother asked for it. The sender hopes to visit Fustat, God willing.

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    2. ולד אלעם אלעזיז אדאם אללה
    3. סעאדתה ואהלך אעדאה וחסדתה
    4. צחבה אלרסול אלדי כאן צחב[תה
    5. כתאב אלמולי וסירת צחבתה
    6. ארבעין דרהם ורק אשתהי מן
    7. אנעאם אלמ…

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  5. 505LetterT-S 13J13.24

    The document is not dated, but Frenkel suggests it may connect to the turmoil in Alexandria in 1141, during Yehuda ha-Levi's visit to the city. (Information from Frenkel, doc. #61 and Goitein, Med.

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    1. בשמך רחמנא
    2. עבד אלחצרה אלסאמיה אלרייסייה אלאגלייה אדאם אללה סעדהא
    3. ואעלא גדהא ואנגח מסאעיהא וופקהא פי סאיר אמורהא
    4. וופקהא חסן אלתופיק פי דניאהא ו…

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  6. 506List or tableAIU XII.34

    Table with entries in Arabic script. Business accounts organized by date and day of the week.

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  7. 507List or tableENA NS 22.21

    Accounts of ʿArūs b. Yūsuf. In Judaeo-Arabic. See also ENA NS 22.16 (PGPID 6938).

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  8. 508List or tableENA NS 77.400

    Fragment of accounts, possibly 15th- or 16th-century based on the paleography. One of the entries on the verso includes the descriptor (or surname?)

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  9. 509List or tableT-S AS 185.73

    Accounts and calculations in Arabic with Indo-Arabic numerals. Early modern. The verso has an entry "in the hand of al-Sayyid Aḥmad". Requires further examination.

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  10. 510List or tableT-S AS 186.3

    Document(s) in Arabic, mostly accounts with a longer entry on the verso that may represent a separate document type.

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  11. 511List or tableT-S AS 186.144

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic with Greek/Coptic alphanumerals. Medieval-era. One of the entries mentions a barniyya ceramic pot (ברניה). Requires further examination.

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  12. 512List or tableT-S AS 187.153

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on recto and verso. 15th- to 17th-century based on the paleography. Both sides feature an entry for "מעלמיין". Requires further examination.

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  13. 513List or tableT-S Misc.10.198

    Recto: Accounts of some kind in Arabic script (for instance see the word danānīr at the upper left of the second entry).

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  14. 514List or tableT-S NS 83.37

    Accounts of a bookseller or copyist. Mentions names such as Abū l-Khayr b. […] Most of the books seem to be religious in nature. One of the entries mentions "a period of two years, from Sivan [4]813 to Sivan [4]815." So presumably these accounts date to shortly before Sivan 4813 AM, which is 1053 CE.

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  15. 515List or tableAIU VII.F.52

    Late accounts in sloppy handwriting, probably dated Tammuz 5583 AM (1823 CE). The scribal hand of the first entry is different than the rest of the document.

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  16. 516List or tableAIU VII.F.71

    Late accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning many Muslim names. Dated 1206 AH in many entries (1791/1792 CE). Requires further examination.

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  17. 517List or tableT-S AS 141.165 + T-S AS 146.423

    Accounts; with Hebrew numerals. On parchment. Probably 11th century. Each entry is for a shuqqa (type of garment). Join: Alan Elbaum.

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  18. 518List or tableT-S AS 146.95

    The righthand page of verso consists of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, with several entries crossed out.

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  19. 519List or tableT-S AS 153.213

    Recto (secondary use): Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, mentioning names such as Abū Naṣr. See ENA 2713.26 (PGPID 4532). (Information in part from CUDL)

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  20. 520State documentT-S AS 176.25

    Bifolio from a fiscal accounting ledger. A jarīda (as mentioned on verso). Many entries preserved, several of which mention terms related to iqṭāʿs.

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  21. 521List or tableT-S AS 184.212

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. […] Verso is formatted in two columns with elongated words heading each entry.

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  22. 522List or tableT-S AS 205.152

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, badly damaged. Dating is 16th-century or later based on the paleography. Only a few entries are legible relating to expenses and "copper" (נחאס).

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  23. 523List or tableT-S AS 208.187

    List of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Medieval era. Mentions quantities prices throughout the entries as well as the unit of weight ʿidl.

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  24. 524List or tableAIU VII.F.93

    Commercial accounts in Ladino dated July 1734 CE (15 Tammuz 5494 AM). […] The second line of the heading mentions a "granada Ingleza" (גראנאדה אינגליזה) that will be "delivered in Livorno to Se[nyor] Yaʿacov Abastado" (granada Ingleza a entregaren Liorne). In this context it seems unlikely that "granada" meant "English pomegranate" or "English hand grenade[!]"[…] Line 9 clearly referencess a shipping vessel in the entry "por nolo di djerma." The latter term "djerma" refers to a class of "small flat-boats that allowed the transport of cargo... to the mouth of the Nile" before goods were transferred onto bigger sea-borne vessels.

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  25. 525List or tableENA 3730.2

    Bifolio from a ledger of accounts concerning ships departing from Egypt. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated (leftmost text block of ENA 3730.2v): 941 AH = 1535/36 CE. In the same hand as ENA 2898.3 + ENA 2898.4 (PGPID 12533), a ledger of accounts concerning ships arriving in Egypt dating to five years later. […] Other names include Yishmaʿel, Yosef, [...]ci, and Aḥmad. Verso: Scattered accounts, related to the other pages, mentioning names such as ʿAli b.

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  26. 526LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/31

    During his long stay in Alexandria his body and soul never enjoyed full health, but he was also unable to bring himself to go up to Cairo: how could he visit the place vacated by his brother? Family and friends came down to Alexandria to induce him to return home, but he did not find in himself nahḍa, energy, to do so. For this reason, he was also not in a position to send to his friends in Spain (mostly physicians) the pharmaceutical plants promised, for these were to be had only in the capital (the terminal of the India trade), not in the Mediterranean port.

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    1. יא מולאי וסידי עמאדי ודכירתי אלפאצל אלאסעד אלחכים אלאמגד 
    2. ומן אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם נעמתה ואשתקאה וסמוה וסנאה ובסטתה 
    3. ונמוה ועלאה ובלג'ה ובלג' …

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    1. אדוני ומדי, משענתי ומטמוני, המצוין הראוי ביותר, החכם המשובח ביותר,
    2. ומי שה' יאריך את חייו ויתמיד את אושרו ומעלתו ורוממותו והדרו וגדולתו
    3. ודרגתו …

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  27. 527List or tableENA 3909.1 + ENA 3909.2

    List of entries in Arabic script that possibly designate accounts. A number of shorthand terms are in use, for example the single ligature that begins each entry may itself be a common financial term that was quickly written and thus lacks any dotting. Another term, possibly an abbreviation, that appears in some entries is "صو" which could also be read as "حو".

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  28. 528List or tableCUL Or.1081 2.75.8

    Accounts in Ladino, Hebrew, and western Arabic numerals. Most of the entries begin with a number in the righthand column, followed by "le devo a X," giving the name of the person to whom money is owed. Some of the entries begin with a date (e.g., היום 29 שבט). Mentions Mikhaʾel ha-Kohen (l. 9) and the Neapolitan consul (l. 11) and Yaʿaqov b.

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  29. 529List or tableJRL C 126

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in a disorderly scribal hand. Dated 16 Dhu l-Qaʿda __45 AH, which could be 1145 or 1245 given the mention of Ottoman kurush coinage throughout the accounts (1733 or 1830 CE). Most of the entries include names, such as: ʿAlī al-Bsūsī, ...ʿī al-Fayyūmī, Khalīl Effendi, and many others.

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  30. 530List or tableENA 1178.21

    Accounts in beautiful Arabic script and eastern Arabic numerals. Three of the entries are dated with the years 1072-1073 AH which is 1661-1663 CE.

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  31. 531List or tableJRL C 106

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic on a small bifolio. The usage of Ottoman kurush makes it possible to estimate the dating as 18th- or 19th-century. The entries mention shops and items such as cheese.

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  32. 532Credit instrument or private receiptJRL C 173

    This JRL folder is mostly or entirely 18th-century and 19th-century accounts.

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  33. 533List or tableT-S AS 145.221

    Recto: Probably the end of a literary text, signed by Menaḥem ha-Kohen Abū ʿAraqiyya(?). Late. Verso: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. (Information in part from CUDL.)

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  34. 534List or tableT-S K11.45

    Bifolio of accounts in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The entries are fairly well-preserved, some are crossed out.

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  35. 535List or tableT-S NS 38a.134

    Accounts in Arabic script. Possibly state or fisc-related.There is a ḥasbala at the top, marking the end of the previous section.

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  36. 536List or tableT-S NS 99.32

    Late accounts in Hebrew involving Yosef, Daud, and Eliezer. One of entries mentions silver medin coinage which helps to date the document as 1415 CE or later.

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  37. 537List or tableT-S NS 292.29

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dated in multiple entries on the recto, but the clearest instance is: Rajab [1]245 AH (1829/1830 CE).

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  38. 538List or tableT-S NS 305.138

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Entries include: Manṣūr b. Ḥunayn(?)... ḥammām al-shaykh... sayyid al-dār...

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  39. 539List or tableT-S Ar.35.220

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and Greek/Coptic numerals. Mentions debits and credits of people and entities such as Ismāʿīl, "the Indian," Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, dīwān al-R[...].

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  40. 540List or tableT-S AS 152.169

    Accounts for the synagogue, mentioning the women’s entrance of the synagogue, dates such as Shabbat Pinḥas and a number of names, such as Ibrāhīm, Abū l-Riḍā and Manṣūr b.

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  41. 541List or tableT-S AS 187.157

    Large folio of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic, possibly a communal list. Some entries include first names others rely on surnames. 16th- or 17th-century based on the paleography.

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  42. 542List or tableT-S AS 215.311

    Verso: Unidentified document in Arabic script, maybe some sort of formalized accounts. There are four distinct entries each beginning "wa-waṣala lahū."

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  43. 543List or tableT-S NS 99.19

    Accounts in a rudimentary scribal hand. Repeatedly mentions the currency jadīd (post-1357 CE) and the entries reference "the weighers(?)"

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  44. 544List or tableT-S NS 305.20

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Layout resembles T-S NS 305.41. Two of the entries have very dense lists of numerals underneath them.

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  45. 545State documentT-S NS 322.131

    The right folio on recto contains large script with large line spacings, and the left and entire of verso has accounts with sums of money and names.

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  46. 546List or tableAIU VI.B.174

    Recto: Accounts in Ladino in muayyadis, naming Shelomo, Hakham Moshe, Yizhaq M[...?][…] Verso: Continuation of the accounts, mentioning Yizhaq the uncle (tio) of Shelomo. […] Perhaps this was the envelope, came apart from the letter, and was then reused for accounts.

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  47. 547List or tableBL OR 10126(1).15

    Accounts in Ladino and Judaeo-Arabic that express figures in western Arabic numerals. Dated 19 Kislev [54]97 or less likely 55[97]– so 1736CE or 1836CE. Some of the entries begin with the Judeo-Arabic word "wuṣūl / ווצול" within the phrase "wuṣūl de" which could indicate incoming payments for example "wuṣūl de Abd Raḥman" (l. 18r). The entry furthest down along the lower border of the fragment also mentions Yosef Haggai ("יוספ חגאי").

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  48. 548List or tableENA NS 12.25 + ENA NS 77.296

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. ENA NS 12.25 consists of two fragments that do not immediately look like a join but do appear to belong together. […] Also mentions names such as Ibn Isḥāq and Sāliḥ b. Yāqūt. ENA NS 77.296: "For expenses of the foundry (al-masbak): the cleaning of these two stones and the moving of the brick, 1 1/4 dirham.

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  49. 549List or tableT-S 12.42 + T-S 12.109 + T-S 12.157

    Accounts in Arabic script. Unclear if private or state. One entry in the right column of T-S 12.109v refers to the ḥikr (ground rent) in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ. Dated: Muḥarram 481 AH = March/April 1088 CE. Other entries are for different months, and probably the document itself dates to some time later.

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  50. 550List or tableT-S NS 297.254

    Bifolio of accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Each section lists the expenses for a specified day, or maybe the allowances disbursed to the people mentioned. The top entries on both recto and verso are entitled "al-mustakhraj", while the bottom ones are "al-kharaj".

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