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  1. 5651LetterENA NS 13.1 + BL OR 5546.1

    Subsequent use: Draft of a formal letter containing polite phrases and blessings written out multiple times (e.g., ḥaḍrat mawlāyya al-shaykh al-jalīl). 'Addressed' to Abū Naṣr …

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  2. 5652Legal documentENA NS 55.18

    Bill of divorce (get). All names and dates are missing. Verso: A note in Judaeo-Arabic concerning a debt of 13[...] somethings. The handwriting and format …

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  3. 5653List or tableENA NS 56.1

    Accounts, badly damaged with a few legible words. The surname Qaṭawī is visible on the right fold of the recto and the currency bundūqī (likely …

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  4. 5654State documentENA NS 74.3

    Two columns of accounts, business or private, for Naṣr b. Simwāl, one under "lahu" 'he is owed' and second under "ʿalaihi" 'he owes'. 'ʾAjr' in …

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  5. 5655List or tableJRL C 158

    Account calculations in Judaeo-Arabic in which the surname Ṣarfati is mentioned on the verso and eastern Arabic numerals are in use. In the entry below …

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  6. 5656LetterT-S 8J9.10

    Communal note probably from the office of one of the later Maimonidean Nagids to R. Avraham. The matter of ‘Yosef the son of the beadle’ …

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  7. 5657LetterT-S Ar.8.13

    Bifolium containing Hebrew literary text (evidently lists of haftarot) as well as a single page containing drafts for a letter addressed to Abū l-Fakhr b. …

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  8. 5658Legal documentT-S Ar.35.41

    Court ledger bifolium in Hebrew. Late, mentioning the currencies reales and fiḍḍa (medin). Contains several entries, including one for an engagement (shiddukhin) and another entry …

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  9. 5659Legal documentT-S Ar.38.133

    Legal document (iqrār). In Arabic script, in beautiful handwriting. Dated: Ramaḍān 568 AH, which is 1173 CE. A few lines earlier, Rabīʿ I of the …

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  10. 5660Legal documentT-S AS 145.153

    Damaged fragment of a bill of loan. Partial signatures: [... Hako]hen b. Sa'id, Khalfon b. [...], Bahalul, Avraham ha-Sh[ar?]. on Verso the beginning of another …

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  11. 5661State documentT-S AS 178.238

    Recto and verso are two different versions of petitions, in two different hands. The one on verso looks somewhat later, perhaps Ayyubid-era, and is from …

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  12. 5662LetterT-S NS 224.97

    Fragment from a business letter probably written by Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Halfon (the address is not visible). Abu al-Fadl is mentioned and …

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  13. 5663LetterT-S NS 292.59

    Fragment from the top of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script on verso. Dating: ca. 12th century. Somewhat wide space between …

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  14. 5664Legal documentYevr. III B 857

    Ketubba fragment. The location, date, and names do not appear to be preserved on this portion. The bride is a virgin. The non-formulaic portion is …

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  15. 5665LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1488

    Letter from Faraj Allāh to unknown addressee(s). In Judaeo-Arabic with one line of Arabic script on verso. The letter consists mostly of expressions of concern …

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  16. 5666Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1612

    Legal document listing funds from the estate of a deceased man. Dated 9 Av 5523 AM (1763 CE). The estate is connected to the income …

    1. עלם אלי וצל מן יעקב בעד
    2. ופאת אלמר[חו]ם ואלדו אבי פי גמעה
    3. ראשה פי ט׳ פי חדש אב שנה
    4. [ה]׳ת׳ק׳כ׳ג׳ אול דאלך אלמצרוף [..] מן אל
    5. מדכול פי אלדוכאן פי גמעה …

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  17. 5667LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/10

    The Marcello was a silver coin introduced by Nicolò Marcello, doge of Venice 1473–74.

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  18. 5668LetterBodl. MS heb. b 11/22

    India Book II, 55. Letter from Maḥrūz b. Yaʿaqov, Mangalore, to Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen, Bharuch, Gujarat, ca. 1145–48. Abū Zikrī was a …

    II, 55 recto

    1. בשמ רח
    2. תרום ידך על צריך וכל אויביך יכרתו
    3. כתאבי אלי מולאי וסיידי ורייסי אלשיך
  19. I am writing to you out of a strong longing—may Godmake us
  20. meet together presently {alt. tr.: soon} in the best circumstances in His favor and bounty,
  21. God willing, for it is up to Him and it is in His power alone!
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  23. 5669LetterMoss. VII,210

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to someone addressed as Sayyidnā, likely the Nagid Shemuʾel b. Ḥananya, reporting that on Friday, the 24th of Adar I, R. Shemarya …

    1. קד עלם אללה גלה קדרתה שוקי לחצרה
    2. סיידנא ירום הודו וממא אעלם בה סיידנא
    3. אן למא כאן יום אלגמעה אלדי הי כד יום מן
    4. אדר ראשון פנזל ר שמריה אלכהן אלי אלסוק

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  24. 5670Paraliterary textT-S Ar.29.129

    This manuscript, T-S Ar 29.129, contains the first part of Palestinian Calendar Manual 1. It provides as much information as is needed for an individual …

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  25. 5671Legal documentT-S NS J259

    (Information from Lieberman, "A Partnership Culture," 268)

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    1. בתרין בשבה דהוא תמניה יומין בירח אייר דשנת
    Japheth for ten
  26. dinars, saying that he borrowed it […]
  27. in that the head of the mint would credit him
  28. with [….] . of tax of … histo the house (that is,to the mint) and that his hand
  29. departed (that is, he left) the mint before he received the gold, and
  30. the 10 dinars remained for him credited tothis M(r.)
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  32. 5672LetterCUL Or.1080 J13

    Letter from Yosef b. Farah from Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1045. The writer wrote the letter in the Hebrew month of Iyar, …

  33. חמל ליוסף בן פרח נע וחמל כאצה יעקב ודאר אלכתאן ור[ש]יד

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    1. ואלמכתרה

    2. וזנתה אנת

  35. ...(הייתי) מחליט ולא הייתי עושה לא
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    1. עמך ולא עם אחרים, זאת לידיעתך. לפני כן כתבתי לך מה שהיה במכתב שהגיע אלי
    2. מיעקב בן עמנואל, והוא ששילמת לו בעד שכר שני המשואים שלי את ההיטל של
    3. 'דאר מאנכ', והלוא אמר יעקב הנ"ל שאני הוא ששילמתי, בידי, בעד שני המשואים,
    4. משאוי של יוסף בן פרח נ"ע ומשאוי לחשבונו הפרטי של יעקב, ואילו 'דאר אלכתאן' ורשיד

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    (6-1) ואלמכתארה שילמת אתה וחייבת אותו בחשבונך ; בדוק אפוא את חשבונו וכתוב לו אם הדברים נכונים.

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  37. 5673Legal documentAIU VII.D.47

    Legal document dated 8 October 1801 CE (1 Heshvan 5562 AM), from Cairo involving the brothers Yiṣḥaq and Mordekhay Bialobos. The younger will receive 20% …

    1. בע׳׳ה 
    2. בפ׳׳עח׳׳מ הודו האחים היקר [נ]שא ונע׳ לשט׳׳ו כה׳׳ר יצחק בילובוס יצ׳׳ו והבחור ונחמ׳
    3. כה׳׳ר מרדכי בילובוס יצ׳׳ו הודאה גמו׳ שרירא וקיימת מעכשיו מד…

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  38. 5674LetterENA NS 7.48

    Recto: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The same scribe left at least five other letters: see tag. In other letters, he writes to his father in …

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  39. 5675Legal documentENA NS 29.19

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. Dated: End of Sivan, 5578 AM, which is July 1818 CE. Apprentice contract for Avraham Fuerte, the student, and …

    M. Dudley, Dissertation Appendix 8

    1. בע׳׳ה

    2. בפעח׳׳מ באו היקר נשא ונע׳ יאודה בונאן יצ׳׳ו והבחור ונחמד אברהם פוירטי יצ׳׳ו והודו שניהם הודאה

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  40. 5676LetterENA NS 60.18

    Letter of appeal or recommendation addressed to Moshe ha-Kohen. The introduction is in Hebrew and the body in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that the bearer …

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  41. 5677LetterT-S 10J12.27

    Recto (secondary use): A second letter, possibly a copy or draft, possibly related to verso. This letter appears to be in the hand of Berakhot …

    Column 1.

    1. אלי ע[טרת ראשינו]
    2. ראש יש[יבת . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. וכאל יעז עלי אלממלוך עדאבהא
    4. ותקלת אלכאדם עלי תפצלהא פי כל
    5. וקת לא עדמת אחסאנהא
    6. אבדא …

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  42. 5678List or tableT-S 13J8.11

    There are items of charity, for the local poor and for foreigners, and repairs to buildings of the qodesh, and also to the synagogues of Fustat and Dammuh.

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    1. יעקוב אלמגרבי ו צבי מגרבי י אלאקטע הי אלעניים פי אלפסח יו>
    The balance tohis credit, 11⅛. Paid to him by Maḥāsin al-Nashāwī, 5. The balance tohis credit, 6½ ⅛. Owed by him, 1 dir. nuqra.

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  43. 5679State documentT-S Ar.39.80

    Original document: Petition from a woman (al-mamlūka), probably in Tinnīs (المقيمة بمدينة تنيس حماها الله تعالى) to a dignitary with the title al-Juyūshī. The addressee …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن]الرحيم
    2. ]العالي السامي السيدي الاجلي الجيوشي
    1. In the name of God the merciful] and compassionate
    2. ]the elated, exalted, illustrious, commander of the army
    3. ]the guide, strengthened by him faith, and benefit [through his long life commander of the faithful]
    4. ]and elevate his words            the slave kisses the [ground
    5. ]she lives in Tinnīs, may God protect it

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  44. 5680Legal documentT-S AS 146.219

    Shaʾul/Shuʿayb Ibn al-Najera found in India Book 26ח = T-S 12.830 + T-S 8J5.13 (PGPID 9068), from January 1138 CE.

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  45. 5681LetterT-S AS 177.216

    Letter in Arabic script. Opens with a poem about the joy of receiving a letter from a loved one. A different version of this poem …

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  46. 5682LetterT-S K25.201

    Family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a 'son.' Dating: Unknown; might be 11th century. There are some unusual phrases, such as "al-ʿāqiba li-barakāt" instead of …

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  47. 5683List or tableENA 2738.36

    Verso: Statement in Judaeo-Arabic that a list of two, apparently newly acquired books should be "recorded on a memorandum (tunqal ilā tadhkira)" and brought to …

    1. מוהבה
    2. נקול אן תנקל אלי תדכרה תסתצחב אלי מצר אן שאללה תאעלי מע אלסלאמה ואלעאפיה
    3. מן ענד אלמבלט כתאב אלאסתכמאל פי אלהנדסה       
    4. מן ענד אלשיך אבי סעד כ…

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  48. 5684LetterT-S G1.53

    Private letter almost entirely in Aramaic, with a few phrases in Hebrew. (It is rare for a letter to have this much Aramaic.) Dating: maybe …

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  49. 5685LetterT-S NS J342

    Recto: Letter or petition in Judaeo-Arabic. Goitein suggests that it was written to the judge Avraham b. Natan, who reused it for the account on …

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  50. 5686Legal documentYevr. II A 1317

    Circumcision certificate, Qaraite. Location: Cairo. Dated: Adar I 5377 AM, which is 1617 CE. Also dated 1929 Seleucid, which should be 1618 CE. Contains a …

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  51. 5687State documentT-S NS 327.82

    May be a receipt (? istiqbāl) for rent for government property (=ḥikr / ground rent?) from Yūsuf al-Ṣayrafī (this is tentative, as the end of …

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  52. 5688Paraliterary textBodl. MS heb. f 61/49

    Colophon. Scribe: Natan ha-Kohen b. Yeshuʿa b. Yaʿaqov b. Yeshuʿa b. Yosef b. Peraḥya b. Shefaṭya. "In the colophons of books it is not uncommon …

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  53. 5689LetterCUL Or.1080 J129

    Business letter addressed to the judge Eliyyahu b. Zekharya. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mainly concerning business in sugar candy (qand). The sender is dispirited about the market …

    Recto

    1. יכדם חצרה מולאי וסיידי אלשיך אלאגל אלפאצל
    2. אבו אלפרג אלדייין(!) אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה
    This ( is all) I (have to) tell you (about this matter). I expect a letter from you
  54. soon about what tobuy for the income from the sugar so that you will be satisfied, -

  55. I have sworn not to sell to anyone anything nor tobuy or sell for anyone.

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  57. 5690LetterENA 4011.36

    Informal note from Sulaymān to Abū l-Bayān. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks the addressee to kindly bestow the favor that he previously bestowed, by coming …

    Recto

    1. ממלוכה
    2. סלימאן
    3. בש
    4. יא מולאי אלשיך אלאגל //אבו אלביאן// אדאם אללה

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  58. 5691Legal documentENA NS 83.206

    Autograph order in the hand of Avraham Maimonides, r. 1205–1237 CE. Mostly in Arabic script with a few words in Hebrew. Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm is …

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  59. 5692LetterHUC 1105

    Late letter in Hebrew with multiple signatures including Matitya b. Binyamin Zeʾev Ashkenazi, Yaʿacov Mizraḥī, addressed to the congregation of upper and lower Amadiya (in …

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  60. 5693LetterHUC 1122

    Letter of recommendation from a judge in Aleppo (צובה) on behalf of Binyamin Mizraḥi. In Hebrew. Late. There is a postscript in a different hand …

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  61. 5694Legal documentJRL Glass 13

    Money order of the qodesh. Issued by Shemuel b. Saadya ha-Levi. The administrators of the compound of the Jerusalemites are to pay 9.5 dirhams to …

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  62. 5695LetterMoss. IV,72.3

    Verso (original use): Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). The address is missing, so this sender/recipient identification …

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  63. 5696LetterT-S 8J27.22

    Letter from David b. Nahum in Alexandria to Ismail b. Farah al-Qabisi in Fustat. The letter deals with goods and money. The writer also refers …

  64. [ ] ללוקת ואלסאעה בגיר תאכיר

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    1. וסידי אב[ו

    2. כמא תשתהי משגו[ל]

  66. ...או נמסור אותו לאדוני אבו אלסרור
  67. .... תכף ומיד עכשיו, בלי השהיות.
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    ואדוני אבו .... (הוא כפי) שהיית רוצה, עסוק בעיסוקיו, אלוהים ישמרנו לך, ברצון האל.

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  69. 5697LetterT-S 13J9.16

    Fragment of a 16th-century letter from David Badūssī in Būlāq, who was a teacher in Jerusalem, to Abraham סורג, philanthropist in Egypt, seeking financial assistance. …

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  70. 5698Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 146.8

    Order of payment, asking Abū l-Faraj to pay 20.5 dirhams to Abū l-Khayr. Dated: 25 Jumādā II 632 = 17 March 1235 CE. The hand …

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  71. 5699Legal documentT-S AS 148.55

    Legal jottings. The entry on recto concerns Karmī b. Avraham who had agreed to pay 10 wariq dirhams to Futūḥ b. Maḥāsin on Friday, 7 …

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  72. 5700LetterT-S AS 149.69

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Ibn al-Qaṭāʾif, to his brother Abū Saʿīd Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Fragment (upper right corner of recto). Yefet's …

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