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  1. 6301Paraliterary textAIU VI.B.35

    2 bifolia (8 pages), each containing a table corresponding to one of the stones of the Urim ve-Tumim, each one intended to be used for …

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  2. 6302Paraliterary textAIU VI.C.22

    Long amulet for Simḥa bat Esther (suggesting late and perhaps Sephardic origin, since Simḥa was a man's name in the classical Geniza period), asking the …

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  3. 6303Paraliterary textBL OR 5561A.6–6a

    A magnificent illuminated certificate/amulet for a circumcision. Assuming we're meant to add up all the red numbers at the bottom to find the year, it …

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  4. 6304LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/113

    Letter from Ṭahor b. Avraham to Ḥananel b. Shemuel. Dating: First half of the 13th century. Very similar to T-S NS 321.101 (same writer, same …

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  5. 6305LetterCUL Or.1080 J114

    Letter from Natan ha-Kohen b. Mevorakh, in Ashqelon, to a communal leader, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer requests urgent help for his family that …

    ULC Or 1080 J 114, ed. Gil, Palestine, pp.489-491 (Doc. #591), C.B. 10-8-87 (p) Rental agreement of the pious foundation (heqdesh) and confirmations of recipt of rent, Ascalon, between September 1132 and October 1146.

    1. עבדך ותגהלו ואסתכרת אללה סבחאנה ועקדת זיגתהא עליה ואללה אלמופק

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  6. 6306LetterENA 2557.147

    Recto (secondary use): Letter from Abū Naṣr b. Shaʾul, a poor teacher, to his friend. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer asks him to intercede on his …

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  7. 6307Legal documentENA 3845.5

    Bottom of a legal document in Arabic script. Dated: 458 AH = 1065/66 CE. Seems to be a deed of sale, but needs further examination …

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  8. 6308State documentENA 3957.2

    Verso: Fragment from the end of a state document, probably a decree. In a very large chancery hand: على آله الطاهرين وسلم تسليما. There are …

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  9. 6309LetterENA NS 31.10

    Letter sent by Ḥayyim b. Avraham Skandari, probably in Cairo, to his son, probably in Alexandria. The date is the 2nd of Adar I, probably …

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  10. 6310Legal documentENA NS 48.18

    Legal note, or less likely a letter. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). There is no formal introduction. The document has …

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  11. 6311LetterENA NS 64.4

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Only the upper right corner is preserved. Recommends the bearer for charity and probably asks the addressee to intervene on his behalf …

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  12. 6312LetterENA NS 77.298

    Letter, probably, in a mixture of Arabic script and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Likely 11th century. The addressee is instructed to obtain a certain amount of oil …

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  13. 6313LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 779

    Business letter in Arabic script. The sender seems to be having problems with someone. He has purchased a camel and it or something else is …

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  14. 6314LetterMoss. IV,60.2

    Recto: Unidentified text in Arabic script. Verso: Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to a dignitary (ha-sar ha-nikhbad). The sender received and read the …

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  15. 6315LetterMoss. VII,151

    Business letter in which the sender writes that he is concerned after meeting in Qus a business relation to whom he was able to sell three dinars worth of white linen while the buyer also paid him thirty-two dinars minus one fourth.

    ]ה פבחק אלשריעה יאכי מאלי ענד ו . . . ר אליסלת אלצקט סירה לי מן כל בד

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    וסיר לכתב ערפני איש עווקתהא ערפתך דלך ושלום |וקבל לי אידין אלשיך אבו אלמעאני ואלשיך אבו אלבהא |ושלמך יגדל ואל ידאל(!) לעד נצח סלה

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  16. 6316Legal documentT-S 8J8.22

    Bill of testimony concerning the will of Abū l-Faraj b. Hilāl. In the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu? Refers to Rabbenu Menaḥem. Also involves an …

    1. ] מסטור נעלם אן אחרם פי
    2. ]דה מן חיאה מרנו ורבנו מנחם
    3. ] פי וציה אלשיך אבי אלפרג בן הלאל נע
    4. ]ם יירומם {ה}ודו ויגדל כבודו פבעד וקוע
    5. אלחרם //מ . .// בדלך…

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  17. 6317LetterT-S 10J9.28

    Note from Daniʾel b. ʿAzarya to Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Kohen Ibn Furāt. Dating: ca. 1054. Gil suggests that the letter was written when both Daniʾel …

    1. בשמך רחמ
    2. וצלת רקעה מולאי אלשיך אלגליל שר העדה פאר הכהונה יברכהו אלהינו וישמרהו
    3. וקראתהא ותגמלת בהא וסאלת אללה תעאלי אן יחרסה ויעצד בחיותה וקד
    4. עולת על…

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  18. 6318LetterT-S 12.125

    Verso, continuing onto recto: Letter from ʿAdiyya b. Peraḥya, in Sammanūd, to a judge, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Asking him to come and settle an …

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  19. 6319LetterT-S 18J3.14

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Yeshaʿya ha-Kohen to Farah b. ʿAyyāsh ha-Kohen. In Hebrew. Dating: after the death of Evyatar Gaʾon, who died before 1112 CE. …

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  20. 6320State documentT-S Ar.39.470

    Petition to the caliph al-Mustanṣir from a man who has been detained in the arsenal (khizāna, according to Khan khizānat al-bunūd, which was also used …

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    1. [علـ]ـى [مولانا وسيدنا الامام المسـ]ـتنصر بالله امير [المـ]و[ـمنيـ]ـن  [وعلى ابائه]

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  21. 6321LetterT-S AS 157.340

    Recommendation letter for charity for Yeshuʿa Ibn al-Miṣrī al-Ṣunbāṭī. His difficulties include something to do with his son and the jizya. He either did 'uncover …

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  22. 6322State documentT-S AS 176.153

    Verso: Fragment of a state document. Only three lines are preserved. Refers to the caliph ([amīr] al-muʾminīn) and to Khumārtakīn al-Afḍalī al-Juyūshī (خمارتكين الافضلي الجيوشي). …

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  23. 6323LetterT-S NS 325.13

    Note from Ṣadoq b. Moshe Yerushalmi addressed to a dignitary. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably Mamluk-era. Reporting on the contents of a consignment of textiles. The …

    1. מושב הדרת יקרת צפירת תפארת
    2. מ ורבינו הרב הגדול בישראל
    3. האלהים יש ויהיה בעזרו
    4. הצעיר צדוק בר משה ירושלמי
    5. יקבל אלארץ באלמקאם אלעאלי אלסאמי
    6. אלאגלי אלמולוי…

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  24. 6324Credit instrument or private receiptT-S NS 340.27

    Receipt issued by Karīm al-Ṭabbākh to Abū l-Ḥasan for a payment of 4 young chickens (farārīj) toward a debt on the date of Sunday, 10 …

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    1. صح والحمد لله على نعمته

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    1. والمبلغ
    2. اربعة فراريج

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. ادى الشيخ ابو الحسن ادام الله عزه مما عنده

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  25. 6325Legal documentBL OR 5544.12

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Tuesday, 20 Tishrei 5440 AM, which is 1679 CE. Concerning Yaʿaqov Re'uven who had employed Yaʿaqov Maṣliaḥ b. …

    1.                                בע׳׳ה
    2. בהיות שהיקר נבון ונעלה לתהלה כה׳׳ר יעקב ראובן יצ׳׳ו מנה את היקר ונעלה כה׳׳ר יעקב מצליח ידיע קנפנטון יצ׳׳ו בכה׳׳…

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  26. 6326Legal documentBL OR 6356.1–16

    Legal record (#43) in a court register/pinqas from a Rabbanite beit din in Cairo (on f. 11r of BL OR 6356). In Hebrew. Location: Cairo. …

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    :(Documents 42-44) Folio 11r

    1. את זו וזו את זה מכל מין תביעה וטענה שיש לכל אחד מהם על חברו הנז׳ מצד כל מה שהיה ביניהם מיום

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  27. 6327Legal documentT-S 6J8.1

    Legal document(s) with testimony concerning property and huge sums of money. Recto: "I said that she owes me a great deal of money and there …

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  28. 6328Legal documentT-S 10J28.13

    Legal document (written by Yosef b. Shemuel. AA) . Lease of an apartment of the Qodesh ca. 1194 and 1199. A deed of lease is …

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    1. [ ארבעה]
    2. ועשרין שהרא אולהא ח[דש כתב אלאג]ארה אלתי בידה והו חדש מרחשון
    3. שנת אלפא וחמש מאה ו[סתה] לשטרות אלמואפק לדו אלקעדה
    4. סנה תסעון וכמס מאיה לתארי…
  29. ...This we accepted and rented the said qāʿa to him for the said two years, for 160 dir., as mentioned above. Thisis a lease that is sound, complete, absolute, decided, and valid, binding on
  30. (8-9) the said al-ʿaniyīm and whoever will appear in their name, to the said al-Shaykh Abūʾl-Surūr and his heirs after him.
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  32. 6329LetterT-S AS 152.34

    Letter to a doctor with his reply (CUDL). "Medical enquiry to a doctor with his reply. This document type is a responsa type dealing with …

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  33. 6330Legal documentENA 4020.35

    Marriage contract (ketubba). On parchment. Location: Cairo. Dated: [Thursday,] 15 Kislev 1461 Seleucid, which is 17 November 1149 CE, under the authority of the Nagid …

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    1. בשעה מעולה ועונה מהוללה ושמחה וצהלה
    2. ויד ושם ותהלה ומילוי כל שאלה לאדונינו שמואל

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  34. 6331Legal documentT-S 16.44 + T-S 12.613

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: 11 Iyyar 1437 Seleucid (1126 CE). Change of a will signed by Ḥalfon b. …

    T-S 16.44 + T-S 12.613

    1. שה[דותא דהות באנפנא אנן שהדי דחתמות ידנא לתחתא […
    2. אלצ[
    3. אב[
    4. ואפ[
    5. אלאסו[
    6. למתלהא [
    7. כנת מן מ[
    8. אלדאר אלדי א[
    9. אבו אסחק בן ט[
    10. מדעאה …

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  35. 6332LetterT-S Ar.7.11

    India Book (IB) IV,52 (ח52). Fragment of a letter, written somewhere in Spain, to Abū l-Saʿd ha-Levi (i.e., Ḥalfon b. Netanʾel ha-Levi). Written in a …

  36. מעול וקת כונת ענדנא לאכון אכתב מעך
  37. Recto - Left margin

    כתב אלי עמי ובניה פלם ית..[...] והו

    Recto - Right margin

  38. ...אדוני, אני כבר
  39. התכוונתי בזמן שהיית אצלנו, לכתוב
  40. recto, left margin

    מכתבים אל אחי אבי ובניו ולשלוח אותם בידיך, ולא [...] והוא

    recto, right margin

    [...]

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  41. 6333Unknown typeT-S J1.36

    Mysterious fragment with a variety of drafted texts and writing exercises. Both in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The dating is early modern (post-1500 CE) and there …

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  42. 6334State documentAIU VII.E.166

    Recto: Informal note in difficult Arabic script, scrawled basmala on top, possibly a memorandum to do with land tenure? Needs further examination. Verso: Informal note …

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  43. 6335LetterENA NS 52.21

    Letter from an unknown writer, in Rashīd, to the sage R. Badosa, in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dating: Second half of the 16th century. The writer …

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  44. 6336LetterYevr.-Arab. II 2415

    Eclectic set of documents sharing a single folio. Dating: Early 15th century, probably. Recto: Letter copies. In Hebrew. The first letter mentions the Mourners of …

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  45. 6337LetterENA 1846.3–4 + ENA 1846.3 + ENA 1846.4

    The writer asks the addressee's help with relocating his father to Jerusalem (f.2, ll.25–26). The writer too prays that he will be able to come to Jerusalem.

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  46. 6338LetterENA 1846.4 + ENA 1846.3

    The writer asks the addressee's help with relocating his father to Jerusalem (f.2, ll.25–26). The writer too prays that he will be able to come to Jerusalem.

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  47. 6339LetterENA 2738.10

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE), who is mentioned in the address. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address …

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  48. 6340LetterENA 2808.41

    Upper fragment: Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, in Qalyūb, to a family member, in Fustat. He reports that their letter and the chebulic myrobalan …

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    1. וצל כתאבכם ואלכאבלי ואלאפיון
    2. לא עדמת בקאכם אבדא וגעלה

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  49. 6341State documentENA 3919.2

    Recto: Petition in Arabic script. Much of it is vague and allusive. Refers to the addressee as "al-mawlā" and refers multiple times to the sulṭān. …

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    1. من مولانا السلطان اعز الله نصره واجي
    2. الى خدمة المولا واتشرف بنظره

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  50. 6342Legal query or responsumMS 8254.10

    A legal query to Maimonides written by Yosef b. Shemuel b. Saʿadya and an autograph reply by Maimonides. Published in Maimonides Responsa (Blau) no. 273. …

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  51. 6343LetterT-S 10J10.28

    Letter from Yehuda b. Moshe referring to the addressee's fame and stature, expressing a wish to see him, and promising to pronounce the prayer for …

    אלהינו וישמרהו וינצרהו

    Verso. Bottom margin. Address.

    לאכי וסידי אבו אלפרג יוסף בן דאוד ננ נסים בן דאוד ננ בן סגמאר

    אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם סלאמתה

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  52. 6344LetterT-S 10J29.2

    Effaced letter in which a man informs his mother that the power of attorney she gave him proved to be invalid. He urges her to …

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    1. ] אלעזיז עליי וענדי צאנך אללה ותולאך ו . . . . . .
    2. סלאמת]ך וסלאמה מן ענדך ושכרת אללה עלי דלך כתירא

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  53. 6345LetterT-S 13J36.2

    Letter from Abū l-ʿIzz b. Abū l-Munā to Elishaʿ ha-Sar ha-Levi. Mainly in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably late 12th or early 13th century. The sender has …

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  54. 6346LetterT-S AS 168.319

    Letter addressed to Abū l-F[araj Yosef] b. Yaʿaqov al-Andalusī Ibn ʿAwkal. Written on parchment. Small fragment. Dating: 11th century. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address partially …

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  55. 6347LetterT-S NS 298.38

    A letter of a man identified by Bareket as Sahlān b. Abraham to Segan ha-Yeshiva (Aaron the cantor), we read that “when the complaining of …

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  56. 6348LetterBL OR 5566B.20

    Letter from Nissim b. Ḥalfon to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat), ca. 1055, sent as an addendum to an earlier letter, which has not been identified. …

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    1. תמאם כתאב מולאי אלשיך אבי יחיה

    2. פי כתאבה אנך לם תרגע אלי אלקאעה אלדי לך אלי אסעה

    recto

    1. השלמת המכתב (אל) אדוני ורבי אבו יחיא.
    2. במכתבו (הוא כותב) שאתה לא חזרת עד עכשיו אל הדירה שלך,
    3. ייתן לך אלוהים הצלחה.

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  57. 6349LetterMoss. III,104.2

    Letter fragment, very damaged and written in a very cursive hand. Dating: probably no earlier than 13th century. Addressing itself to 'sayyidnā' and making some …

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  58. 6350LetterT-S 6J2.9

    Recto: Upper part of a letter from Shelomo (b. Eliyyahu?) to "my honored father." In Hebrew (which is unusual for him). He reports that he …

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    1. עבדו שלמה יבקש שלומו
    2. נודיע אדוני ועטרת ראשי האב הנכבד המכובד ישמרו

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