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  1. 6351LetterT-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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  2. 6352Legal documentT-S 8.223

    Two legal documents in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (active 1100–1138 CE). Verso: end of a court record regarding the marriage of Qaraite woman …

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    1. שלא הוא משחיטת הרבנים או הכריחה על אכיל[ת ]
    2. על עצמה שלא תחלל עליו את מועדיו ושתשמ[ ]
    3. קדמנא אנן חתומי מטה וקנינא מן מרור [ ]
    4. עלי הכהן החזן ביר …

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  3. 6353LetterBodl. MS heb. b 12/25

    (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 2, p. 54 and from the Bodleian Genizah site). On verso, a different hand identified the writer of the letter and copied a short phrase from the letter.

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    1. [                                                                                                                  יגדיל שלומו] בתדירה [וישרישו בבנים] בני תורה ויצליחו [בכל מיני] סחורה [           ]

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  4. 6354LetterBL OR 5529.1

    Calligraphic letter from Sadoq Ha-Kohen b. Eliyyahu, Jerusalem, to his brother (probably Evyatar) in Fustat, June 1056 [13th of Tamuz, year 987 since the destruction …

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  5. 6355LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/116

    Letter from a woman in Fustat to her brother Yūsuf al-Kharrāṭ (?) in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. The scribe writes …

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    1. כתאבי אלי מולי ואכי אטאל אללה בקאה ואדם עזה ושלמתה
    2. ונעמתה גמע אללה ביננא פי כיר ועאפיה ואלדי תריד

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  6. 6356Legal documentCUL Or.1080 J133

    Legal: partnership agreement. Dated: Thursday, 10 Kislev 5319 AM (חושה), which is 1558/59 CE.The partners Yehuda Castro and Namir Viryuti (? וריוטי) enter into a …

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  7. 6357Paraliterary textCUL Or.1080 J151

    Verso: Narrative in Judaeo-Arabic. Perhaps notes for a sermon. It starts by describing a stroll on the Sabbath following Pentecost to 'the observatory' (al-raṣad) to …

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    1. למא כאן פי יום
    2. אלשבת אלתאמן מן
    3. שהר שיון כרגנא
    4. אלי ברא נתנשק
    5. פי אלרצד וכאן
    6. מענא אלשיך
    7. רבי אלעזר אלזקן
    8. אבן רבי שלומ
    9. ז צדיק לברכה
    10. וקלי איש
    11. האר…

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  8. 6358List or tableENA 3576.2

    Writing exercises and alphabetical practice in list format with a wide a variety of subject matter. The student practiced Hebrew letters, Jewish legal formularies, and …

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  9. 6359List or tableENA NS 13.3

    Secondary use: Court record in Judaeo-Arabic. An inventory of something (a trousseau? a dead person's estate?). Many valuable goods are listed along with their values, …

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  10. 6360LetterENA NS 53.23

    Form letter from the community of Hebron. In Hebrew. Dated: 5539 AM, which is 1778/79 CE. The name Refa'el Ḥannuka is filled in in big …

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  11. 6361List or tableJRL C 117

    Accounts related to real estate rentals and other properties in Cairo. Dated on the recto as 1 Heshvan 5319 AM which is 1558. This reading …

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  12. 6362LetterT-S 12.703

    Letter from a community in an unknown location addressed to the community in Fustat. Fragment: bottom part only. In Hebrew. Written by a scribe. The …

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  13. 6363LetterT-S Ar.39.483

    Letter, in Arabic script. Written by a Muslim, as he begins and ends with prayers for Muḥammad. He refers to himself as "the slave" (al-mamlūk), …

    1. المملوك[
    2. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    3. يخدم بصالح الادعية عرف ا..[
    4. هذا الشهر الفضيل واعافهك (؟)[
    5. وجعلها فيه من المقبولين بحمد[
    6. من المملوك باعلام شـ[
    7. بان ال…

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  14. 6364LetterT-S AS 184.65

    Letter in Arabic script. Fragment. The writer is giving advice that "perhaps will save you and help you in . . . salvation if God …

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  15. 6365List or tableT-S AS 202.415

    List in Judaeo-Arabic containing several discrete entries. The context is unclear, possibly related to inheritance. The first entry mentions ʿAbdallāh and the phrase מדאהב בית …

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  16. 6366LetterT-S G1.22

    Letter from Yehuda b. Ṭuviyyahu ha-Kohen, in Bilbays to Berakhot ha-Sar, presumably in Fustat. The subject matter is cryptic; Yehuda assures the addressee that he …

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  17. 6367Paraliterary textT-S K22.24

    Alphabetical writing exercises on a large piece of paper that was folded into four sections. The paleography and format support a dating estimate of 16th-century …

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  18. 6368Legal documentT-S NS 96.66

    Right column: Petition by Muslim b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār to a Fatimid judge regarding an endowment consisting of some shops that Muslim granted to his wife …

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    1.                             عبدها مسلم بن عبد الجبار

    (It is my) request to him to
  19. issue a rescript for them, confirming that they recognize this,together with his reply

  20. to the substance of it.

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  22. 6369Legal documentT-S NS 311.23

    Bill of sale for a female slave. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1461 Seleucid, which is 1149/50 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. …

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  23. 6370Legal documentT-S NS 320.118

    Draft of a legal document (or documents). In Judaeo-Arabic. There is writing on both sides. Looks like the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, but it …

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  24. 6371Legal documentYevr. II A 1276

    Karaite betrothal deed. Location: Cairo. Dated 19 Elul 5428 AM (1668 CE). Bride: Qamr bt. Ṣemaḥ b. Efrayīm. Groom: Shelomo b. Yahūda b. Shelomo Rofe. …

    1.                          בסימן טוב ובהצלחה
    2. ביום חמישי בשבוע והוא תשעה עשר יום מחדש אלול המ׳ שנת חמשת אלפים וארבע מאות ועשרים ושמונה שנים
    3. לבריאת הע…

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  25. 6372LetterJRL B 3005

    Very interesting late letter in (middling) Hebrew from a certain ʿOvadya (or [... b.] ʿOvadya) currently in Hamadan (!) and planning to travel to Yazd. …

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  26. 6373LetterT-S 13J9.4

    Letter from Shimʿon b. Shaʾul b. Yisraʾel ha-Ṭulayṭulī, in Jerusalem, to his sister Ballūṭa in Toledo. Dated at the last line: the month of Marḥeshvan …

    1. בשם רם ונשא
    2. כתאבי אליך יאכתי וחביבה קלבי אטאל אללה בקאך ואוזעני שכרך ואגמע ביני ובינך
    3. פי הדא אלקדס אלמקדס ברחמתה וקד תקדמת לי אליך כתב עדה ולא אעלם …
  27. ...To this day, none of their specialists can offer proof that there is  another possibility in his case except to affirm that this 
  28. was customary with Anan, their leader, and the ancient Karaites, without getting tangled up in  thorn bushes that should not be torn up.
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  30. 6374Legal documentENA 3306.1

    Marriage document. A beautiful ornamented ketubah, probably on vellum, from Rashid, Egypt. Dated 5544 AM which is 1783/1784 CE. The groom’s name is Avraham, the …

    1. ב.ה׳׳[..]
    2. בשישי בשבת  ב[עש]רה ימים א.[. ....] חמש[ה] אל[פי]ם וחמ[ש]
    3. [מא]ות [ארבע]ה וארב[עים שנים] לב[ריא]ת עולם [למני]ן שאנו מנין הכא -
    4. במתא רשיד יע…

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  31. 6375Literary textENA 3668.15

    The Geniza fragment ends here but the continuation can be read in the versions of Kalīla wa-Dimna available online (e.g., https://al-maktaba.org/book/26537/296#p1 or Bodleian Library MS. Pococke 400, fol. 143a at digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk).

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  32. 6376LetterMoss. V,333.2

    Letter from Abū l-Ḥasan Ibn al-ʿIrāqī (written on his behalf by Zikrī b. Khiyār) to the well-known druggist Abū Saʿīd Ibn al-ʿAfṣī. The sender has …

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. [כתאבי א]טאל אללה בקא מולאי אלשיך אלאגל ואדאם עזה ותאיידה
    3.  וסעאדתה וסלאמתה וסעאדתה(!) ונעמתה ושוק אליה שדיד אסאל
    4. אלכא[לק . . . . . . . . .]ת…

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  33. 6377LetterT-S 10J12.28

    Letter from Abū l-Manṣūr b. Abū l-Faraj al-Qubaybiyya(!) to his mother in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. He apologizes for not visiting the house while he has …

  34. ואלשיך אבו נצר כוציה עני בסלם
  35. Top margin, perpendicular lines.

    ואבו לכרם ואולדוה | ומן ענדוה כוציהום | באפצל אלסלם | וגמיע אחבבנא מכצוצין | באפצל אלסלם | ובעד דאלך לא תשלוא(!) | קלובכום לאגל אנני עבכרת | עליכום ולם אם כול אתמלא | בכם אנכום תעדרוני | ותערפו אנני מא צדקת | אני אסיר אסבוק מפרי | ומא אחתג(!) אפסר | לכום אנתום תערפו | ליש מא אגת<מ>עת מעכום | ומא תחתאגו תפסיר |

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  36. 6378LetterT-S 13J29.7

    Letter from Yisrael b. Natan, probably from Qayrawan. Around 1040. The addressee in unknown, maybe it is Israel’s brother – Nahray, or another younger relative. …

  37. וכנת עדת אלי

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    1. מוסי צהרי

    2. אלמשנה אלתי

    לפני־כן החזרתי(?)

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    למוסא גיסי את המשנה שהשאיר לי אבי נ"ע, ונסע עמה אל השאם ולא נודע לי הדבר אלא אחרי שיצא ; שמא תוכל לקחת אותה ממנו, או תכריז חרם בעניינה.

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  39. 6379LetterBL OR 5542.14

    Letter from the teacher Abū Saʿīd to al-Shaykh al-Raṣuy, in which he asks in the most humble terms to be paid the fees due to …

    1. אלממלוך אבי סעיד יקבל אלארץ בין ידי אלמולא
    2. אלשיך אלרצוי אללה תעאלי יוסע רזקך ויתבת סעאדתך
    3. ויקים גאהך ויחבס עליך ולדך ולא יקטע בך יא מולאי
    4. לולא יעלם …
    God knows that I would not have mentioned thisto my lord, had I not known that my lord does not tolerate such a state of affairs.

    Moreover, some little orphan girls live with me who are deprived of everything one needs in this world — yes, no less than this.

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  40. 6380LetterBL OR 10578A.6

    Recto: Small fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions 'ha-Rav Rabbenu Yeḥiel.' Dating: probably 13th century. Alludes to a dispute (waqaʿa fī hādhā kalām). Verso: …

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  41. 6381LetterBodl. MS heb. a 2/22

    Recto: Bottom part of a letter from Berakhot probably to Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–37). Concerning public affairs. Asking him to act with regard to certain …

  42. אנס אנהא אלממלוך דלך
  43. עבדו ברכות
  44. Recto  - right margin

    1. לילה אלאתנין
    2. ד תמוז

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  45. 6382LetterT-S 10J4.1

    Recto (secondary use): Letter to 'al-ḥaver al-meʿulle ḥakham ha-yeshiva" (possibly this is Mevorakh b. Saadya, although Goitein suggested that the letter was actually intended to …

    1. בש רח
    2. כתב עבד מולאי אלחבר אלמעולה חכם הישיבה אדאם אללה עלוה וחרס
    3. עזה יעלמה אן קד וצל כתאבה מע אבו סעד אלחלבי ופי טי אלכתאב ספתגה
    4. בעשרה דנאניר ותפצל …

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  46. 6383LetterBodl. MS heb. d 75/24

    Letter from a prominent member of the Yeshiva in Palestine writing to a communal leader in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. Ends with the …

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    1. אומתא [ ] פי [
    2. מן ודיד מודתך ותקת[ך
    3. אדאם אללה אלאמתאע בך ולא אכלאני [
    4. וענד תעוילי עלי אלספר אלי אלפסטאט לתגדיד אלעהד
    5. באהלהא חרסהם אללה בדאתך בה…

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  47. 6384State documentENA 3907.14

    Two receipts for payment of kharāj in grain (qamḥ)and beans (fūl) on one sheet of paper from 535/1140–41 (date works well with return to collection …

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  48. 6385LetterENA NS 71.15

    Towards the end of the letter he describes that he would rather die “mittu wa-lā ʿishtu” as no one could enter the building(?), he is also unable to fast or observe holidays.

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    1. بسم الله ال]رحمن الرحيم

    2. الذي اعرف به سيد]ي ووالدي جعلني الله فداه انني كتبت عدة كتب وما

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  49. 6386List or tableJRL C 56

    Lists in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew related to communal contributions that are organized in a format similar to JRL SERIES C 63 (PGPID 31913). In the …

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  50. 6387List or tableJRL C 63

    Lists in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew of donations collected before various Shabbatot. Individual contributors are mentioned and specific weeks of the liturgical calender are indicated by …

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  51. 6388LetterMIAC 186

    Letter in Hebrew from a man, Yiṣḥaq _____[illegible], in Jerusalem to Samson, in Derbent, calling for him to immigrate to "Zion and Jerusalem." Dated 24 …

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  52. 6389LetterMoss. II,110.2

    Autograph letter by Avraham Maimonides to Moshe b. Peraḥya. Dating to 1205–1237 CE, based on Avraham Maimonides years of service as Rayyis al-Yahūd. It is …

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  53. 6390Legal documentT-S 13J34.4

    Deposition (modaʿ) in court made by one Abū Saʿd. Location: Cairo. Dated: Tammuz/Av 1466 Seleucid, which is 1155 CE, under the authority of the Nagid …

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  54. 6391LetterT-S 20.172

    Letter from the merchant Abū l-Riḍā ha-Kohen in Tiberias to his brother Seʿadya, in Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address mainly in Arabic script on …

    1. אכוה אלכהן
    2. אבו אלרצא
    3. יוי נסי
    4. וצל כתאב מולאי אלשיך אלאגל
    5. אלסיד אלאך אלאעז אדאם אללה
    6. סעאדתה וערפת מא דכרה
    7. ומא כאן אלאמר בינה וביני
    8. הדא אלא כאן קאל תכר…

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  55. 6392State documentT-S Ar.40.125

    Petition, draft. in Arabic script. Arranged in four columns on a bifolio, with additional text at 90 degrees in the space between columns. Mentions a …

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  56. 6393Legal documentT-S AS 147.65 + T-S 6J2.31 + T-S 6J8.12

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–38), with a reshut formula indicating that it was drawn up in the time of Maṣliaḥ …

    1. ]דנא לתחתא כן הוה חצר אלינא אלשיך אבו אלמנא
    2. ]קאל לנא כאן ענד וצולי מן דמשק וצלת עלי ידה
    3. . . . . . . . . . . ]על[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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  57. 6394Legal documentT-S AS 151.19

    Legal document headed "memorandum of testimony" (tadhkirat shahāda). The court convened in the synagogue; present were Bū l-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Wathīq and Sulaymān al-Ṣāʾigh, who negotiated …

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  58. 6395LetterT-S AS 183.254

    Letter/petition of appeal for charity from a woman ("al-mamlūka"). Very damaged; unclear if any of the substance of the request is preserved. Mentions an appeal …

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  59. 6396List or tableT-S AS 202.396

    Recto: Maimonides autograph. A list of contributors, probably related to collecting money for ransoming captives. Mentions names such as Barakāt b. Ṭayyib, Baqāʾ al-ʿAssār(?), Abū …

    1. אלשיך אבו אלטא[הר מסתעמל(?)
    2. אלכתאן ד[ינאר
    3. ברכאת בן עמאר בקיה
    4. דינאר
    5. ברכאת בן טיב
    6. דינאר
    7. בקא אלעטאר נצף
    8. אבו אלמני אלמסתעמל
    9. דינאר
    10. מכארם שריך בקא
    11. דינאר
    12. א…
  60. Sālim the seller—one half.
  61. Hiba the dyer and his children—one half.
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  63. 6397LetterT-S NS 164.124

    Two autograph instructions written by Moshe Maimonides on the blank space of a literary fragment about the laws of blessings. The first instruction is that …

    1. אלשיך אבו אלתמאם יצלי
    2. לילה אלכמיס פי אלכניסה
    3. אלעראקיין מטלקא להא
    4. מן בין ידינא ושלם
    5. משה בר מימון זצל

    Margin

    1. אלדיאן אלמשכיל בו הבה אללה             …

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  64. 6398Legal documentT-S NS 320.114

    Formal letter of resignation from the judge Nissim al-ʿAnqarī. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Friday, 16 Iyyar 5301 AM, which is 1541 CE. He says …

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    1. בהיות כי הסבות המונעות אותי מלחפוץ בדיינות מהם נגנות וידועות ומפורסמות
    2. ...]רות וטמירות ונעלמות ועל כלם בעת שקרה לי מ…

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  65. 6399LetterT-S NS 324.142

    Letter in the hand of Saʿīd b. Marḥab, in Aden, to Abū Zikrī b. ʿAṭiyya. Dated: Kislev 1497 Seleucid, which is 1185 CE. With a …

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  66. 6400LetterT-S NS J339

    Business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th century. Mentions Alexandria; business negotiations with Abū Naṣr, concluding with a purchase for only 30 dinars; refers to …

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