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  1. 5501Literary textT-S AS 183.131

    Folio from a book of astrological prognostications in Arabic script. Mentioning things such as Palestinian oil and soap, lightning, and the Byzantine emperor.

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  2. 5502LetterT-S 8J37.5

    Letter from Moshe b. Yefet to Avraham referring to a visit of the addressee to the sender and mentioning lodging for travelers on the top …

    1. בשמך וחמ
    2. חצרת כב גק מר ורבנו אדונינו אברהם ה[
    3. ישמריהו אל ויעזריהו שומר ישראל ויהי [
    4. ומכל צרה יצילו ויעודדו ואל ימעידו ובצל כנפיו [
    5. ואלדי תריד עלמה מ…

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  3. 5503LetterENA 2805.1

    Letter from the Yeshiva to a Jewish community outside Jerusalem.

    ENA 2805, f. 1 ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp. 14-15 (Doc. #11) Fragment of letter from the Yeshiva to a community. SH [11-9-87] (P)

    1. [ ]דות ויתר[
    2. ה]כ…

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  4. 5504LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 314

    Letter, probably. The preserved text addresses the addressee several times "anta taʿlam", you know, and mentions a few names such as Ibn Ḥātim and Bū …

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  5. 5505Literary textCUL Or.1080 J160

    Booklet containing Judaeo-Arabic glosses on sections of Genesis and Noah. Of documentary interest because there are a great number of biblical place names given their …

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  6. 5506Legal documentT-S NS 325.56c

    Palestinian-style marriage contract. Late tenth or early eleventh century. Mentions Shemarya b. Yshuʿa. In a darker ink and different hand, someone has added Elʿazar ha-Levi …

    TS NS Box 325, f. 56c(1), ed. Friedman, Jewish Marriage, vol. 2, p. 367(Doc. #47), N.T. 03-22-89 (p)A Palimpsest

    1. [...] ית בעליהון בדכיו ובנקיו כדת ב…

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  7. 5507LetterT-S Misc.28.254

    Letter from the ḥaver Yehoshuaʿ b. ʿEli al-Lādhiqī(?), in Jerusalem, to Abū l-ʿIzz(?) b. ʿEli Abū Manṣūr, in New Cairo. The letter consists of a …

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  8. 5508Unknown typeENA NS 78.85

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  9. 5509LetterT-S AS 145.30

    Letter from Abū ʿAlī to Abū l-Ḥasan. In Judaeo-Arabic, in a crude hand. Few details are preserved. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  10. 5510LetterT-S 6J4.13

    Letter fragment to the writer’s mother, possibly from Hiba b. Abū […]. Mentions a ship and travel. In Judaeo-Arabic, with unusual spellings. (Information in part …

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  11. 5511Legal documentENA 2739.14

    Draft of a court record regarding inheritance, sent to a religious authority or more experienced court scribe for corrections and approval (the first three lines …

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  12. 5512Legal documentT-S AS 184.300

    Legal document(s) in Arabic script. Recto involves Bū ʿImrān b. Bū l-Faraj b. Mardūkh al-Ṣayrafī, then refers to an administrator of a compound (mutawallī al-rabʿ), …

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  13. 5513Legal documentT-S AS 150.79

    Fragment (bottom) of a legal document from Fusṭāṭ. Concerning a petition from a group of people ("al-mustaghīthīn"). The court validates a document and gives it …

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  14. 5514Unknown typeENA NS 76.381

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  15. 5515Legal documentT-S 10J7.8

    Legal deed concerning Yosef ha-Parnas the physician, who claims to be unable to support his daughter Sittūna, and her little son, after she was divorced …

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  16. 5516Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 176.468

    Receipt.

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  17. 5517Unknown typeENA NS 85.946

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  18. 5518LetterT-S NS J97

    Letter from Shelomo b. Eliyyahu to his wife's uncle Abū l-Barakāt. He complains about lack of reply to his letters.

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    1. אוהבו שלמה ברבי אליה הדיין ס'ט
    2. על פי קוצר השעה כתבתי אלו הטורים

    3. לאחי הנכבד מרנו ורבנו ברכות

    4. החכם והנבון הרופא סגולת הנשיאות

    5. לרוב תאותי …

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    1. Your admirer Solomon son of R. Elijah the judge, (may he come to a) g(ood) e(nd).

    2. As time is short I am writing these lines

    3. to my honorab…

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  19. 5519Unknown typeJRL Genizah Ar. 582

    Unidentified text, probably accounts.

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  20. 5520Literary textT-S Ar.44.79

    Autograph leaves of Maimonides, Treatise on sexual intercourse. (Information from CUDL)

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  21. 5521List or tableENA 2727.11b

    List of contributors, pledging 1, 2, or 3 dinars, mostly from the well known families Ibn Shay'a, Ibn Saghir, and Bahudi, or prominent notables such …

    1. בשמך רחמ'
    2. אלשיך אבו סעד בן אלסוכרי [.]
    3. אלשיך אבו אלעלא בן אלבהר[..[ ].]
    4. אלשיך אבו נצר בן צגיר ג
    5. אלשיך אבו אלעלא בן שעיא ב
    6. אכוה אבו אלפרג א
    7. אבו עמרן …

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  22. 5522LetterT-S 13J13.23

    Short letter written by Meshullam, the head of family of judges. His son, Sasson, was a judge in Cairo; Sasson had a son called Yiṣḥaq …

    1. שאכר תפצלה לא עדם בקאה
    2. משולם בר מנשה נע
    3. בשמ רחמ
    4. אסאל חצרה מולאי אלשיך אבו נצר אדאם
    5. אללה עזהא ותאיידהא אן תנעם באלוקוף
    6. מע מוצלהא ותשתרי לה בנצף דינאר

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  23. 5523Legal documentT-S 12.713

    Formula of a will. AA

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  24. 5524LetterT-S 12.15

    Letter from an unknown merchant from Fustat to his partner Yahya in the Maghreb. Around 1050. The writer complains about his partner and his work …

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    1. [כתאבי יאסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם] עזך ותאידך וסעאדתך וסלאמתך
    2. מן א[למס]תקר אלנצף מ[ן שהר .... ען חאל סלאמה] פי אלנפס וסקם פי אלקלב ואלחמד

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    לאדוני ורבי ו'ראשי' אבו זכרי יחיא .... ייתן לו אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את עזרתו לו ....

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים…

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  25. 5525Legal documentT-S Misc.25.66

    Bill of divorce formulary or draft. Location: Fustat. Dateable perhaps to the eleventh or twelfth centuries. Line one was left incomplete and undated perhaps as …

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  26. 5526LetterENA 2804.11

    Letter from the first half of the eleventh century which contains an appeal for help in ransoming captives. The letter is from the community of …

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    1. [אל אחי]נו הקהל הקדוש הדרים בצוען מצרים
    2. [ובראש כבו]ד מ'ור' אפרים החבר בסנהדרין גדולה
    3. [ישמ' צו' בן]כב' גד' קד' מ'ור' שמריה נוח נפש ושאר
    4. [הזקנים…

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  27. 5527Literary textT-S AS 161.201

    Narrative including a dialogue with the Nabateans (or a person named Anbāṭ). (Information from CUDL)

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  28. 5528Legal documentJRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/10

    Upper left fragment: Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Involves Yiṣḥaq ha-Levi known as Sayyid al-Kull. Mutual release or …

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  29. 5529Legal documentENA NS 77.129

    Fragment from the top of a legal document. Dating: 11th or 12th century. The honorifics from a few partial names are visible, one reads as: …

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  30. 5530LetterT-S Misc.28.84

    Letter in the hand of Yefet b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower right corner). Mentions: ʿūd rīḥ; 3 dinars and a rubāʿī; Abū l-Ḥasan b. …

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  31. 5531Legal documentCUL Add.3430

    Karaite ketubba (marriage contract) from Jerusalem, January 1028. Bride: Sarwa bt. Ṣedaqa b. Jarīr. Groom: Ḥizkiyahu b. Benyamin. Early: 5 dinars plus 50 silver coins. …

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    1. בשם אל חי ויבנו ויצליחו     ביי יצדקו וית' וג' ושבי יהודיא בנין ומצליחין
    2. ביום ששי בשבוע בששה ועשרים יום לחדש שבט בשנת אלף ושלוש מאות ושלושים ו…

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    1. In the name of the Living God. They built and prospered (II Chron. 14: 6). In the Lord they shall be justified and praised etc. (Is. 45: 25). …

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  32. 5532LetterT-S Ar.39.48

    Letter from a certain Ibrāhīm (verso, l. 1). In Arabic script. Fragmentary (only the upper right corner is preserved). Mentions another Ibrāhīm (recto, l. 6) …

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  33. 5533LetterT-S AS 152.227

    Letter of appeal for charity. Fragment (upper part only). The op line is in Arabic script (the address?), and the rest in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender …

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  34. 5534Legal documentMIAC 23973.1

    Khan, Qaṣr Ibrīm, doc. 46 (Document of Testimony).

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    1. In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate.
    2. The witnesses named in this document bore testimony [ ]
    3. Muḥammad son of the commander Trea…

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  35. 5535LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 14

    Recto: Informal note addressed to Abū l-Faḍl asking him for a favor of some sort. On verso additional notes in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. …

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  36. 5536LetterENA NS 72.19

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script, regarding financial matters "innanī katabtu ilā marʾ(?) lahu ʿindahu danānīr", concerning a teacher (qad addanī muʿallim l-ṣabīyy). Also mentions Cairo. …

    1. قد صدق سيدي المعلم حرسه الله انني وعدته
    2. ورجوت ان يصلي شي فعذره حتى انني
    3. كتبت الى مر له من عنده دنانير فقلت له قد ارني
    4. معلم الصبي واحتشمت مما اردده و…

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  37. 5537Literary textT-S NS 264.65

    Piyyutim.

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  38. 5538Unknown typeENA NS 85.387

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  39. 5539List or tableCUL Or.1081 J54 + T-S AS 167.23

    Bifolios from an account ledger. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the handwriting of a prolific scribe (previously misidentified as ʿArūs b. Yosef). Dating: Probably 11th or early …

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  40. 5540Literary textT-S Ar.47.200

    Fragment of Saʿadya Gaʾon's treatise on biblical hapax legomena (Kitāb al-Sabʿīn Lafẓa).

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  41. 5541LetterT-S 10J4.2

    Letter from Salama b. Musa ha-Safaqusi, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Date: August 25, 1059. The writer informs the addressee about letters that arrived …

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    1. סידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך ונעמתך ומן חסן אלתופיק לא אכלאך תק[ד]מת כתבי

    2. אליך ארגו וצולהא ואלגואב מני באלקרב וכתאבי הדא אליך יו…

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    1. אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת חסדו לך ואל ימנע ממך את המזל הטוב, שלחתי לך לפני כן מכתבים,
    2. אקווה שהגיעו וכי התשובה…

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  42. 5542Legal documentPUL Garrett Additional 20.13*

    Testimony, deed of divorce, catalogued as a legal document concerning the marital status of the daughter of Sayf al-Dīn, dated 15 Dhū l-Ḥijja 808 H. …

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  43. 5543Unknown typeENA NS 76.569

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  44. 5544List or tableJTS Krengel 120 + JTS Krengel 121

    Bifolios from a mercantile account ledger in Arabic script. Needs examination.

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  45. 5545State documentFriedberg MSS 9-003

    Fol. 7v: Fragment (9 lines) from an unusual state document. Mentions the caliph (al-ḥaḍra al-ṭāhira) and contains many Greek/Coptic numerals, which is atypical for fiscal …

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  46. 5546State documentMoss. VI.117.2

    Decree from the Fatimid chancery, small fragment, reused by Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). No image available on FGP. See also PGPID 35336 and …

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  47. 5547Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#36) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 13v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 28 Adar 5335 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 13v

    1. למא כאן בתא׳ לילה אן יספר צבאחהא נהאר אלאתנין כ׳׳ה שהר סיון סנת ה׳ש׳כ׳ ליצירה
    2. חצ'ר יוסף אבן [[יוסף]] ע׳אלחק וחצל תואפק …

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  48. 5548Legal documentT-S NS 226.30

    Fragment of a court record (upper left corner). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (active 1100–38). Concerning the inheritance of Abū Isḥāq Avraham ha-Levi, …

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  49. 5549Legal documentYevr. II K 34

    Karaite ketubah from Cairo. Avraham b. Israel is the groom. The bride is Esther known as Karima d. Nissim b. 'Amram.

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  50. 5550State documentT-S Ar.39.497

    State document, in Arabic script. A petition asking for a rescript, probably directed directly to the caliph, because of the raʾy formula towards the end. …

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    1. []
    2. التوقيع العالي زاده الله شرفا ومضا والذي
    3. [  ]المالكية خلد الله ايامها انه عرفه شاهدان 
    4. من الشهود المـ]ـعدلين مصر وهما علي بن احمد بن .…

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