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  1. 601Legal documentT-S 6J12.9

    Fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Concerning the sale of an enslaved man (ghulām) possibly named …

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  2. 602Unknown typeENA NS 85.783

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  3. 603LetterT-S AS 157.128

    Recto: letter or note, possibly in the hand of Abraham Maimonides. Verso: Arabic jottings mentioning words such as حلقة and سكر.. (Information from CUDL)

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  4. 604Legal documentENA 3962.1

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. Made by Q[...] b. Mūsā al-[...], "one of the captains of the victorious fleets" (aḥad quwwād al-asāṭīl al-manṣūra). …

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  5. 605Unknown typeENA NS 77.170

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  6. 606List or tableT-S AS 118.360

    Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Reused for liturgical text in Hebrew. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  7. 607State documentT-S Ar.40.16

    Petition to an Ayyubid sultan from a Jewish physician. "The slave Makārim b. Isḥāq, the doctor. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. …

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    1.                    المملوك 

    2.                    مكارم بن اسحق المتطبب

    3. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 

    4. يقبل الارض فينهى انه ممن نشا طبيبا ماهرا ف…

    1. The slave
    2. Makārim ibn Isḥāq, the doctor.

    3. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.

    4. (The slave) kisses the ground and reports that he …

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  8. 608List or tableENA 3256.9

    Accounts in Arabic with Coptic numerals. The verso was used for piyyut liturgical poetry in Hebrew (FGP). Both of the scribal hands help to date …

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  9. 609LetterT-S 8J41.1

    Recto: Brief letter/petition from a person in dire straits suffering from illness and lack of clothing, and unable to buy anything to eat for the …

    1. יקבל אלארץ וינהי בין ידי אל [ . . . . . . .
    2. אלאגל [ . . . . . . . . . . ] הבחור ביקר סט
    3. אלמנעם אלמתפצל עלי עבדה וגלט.
    4. פי כל וקת ואלממלוך שאכר מן
    5. . .…

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    1. [...k]isses the ground and informs the most illustrious
    2. [...] “the Precious Chosen One,” (may your) e(nd be) g(ood),
    3. the beneficent, who acts …

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  10. 610Legal documentT-S 13J21.7

    Details of an oath to be taken by Abu al-Ḥasan Qasim as demanded by the haver Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham with regard to a consignment of …

    1. אל]די לזם אבי אלחסן קאסם פי מא טאלבה
    2. בק[ . . . . ] יצחק החבר נט רח פי אמר
    3. אלזנגפור אלדי ארסל מע גלאמה לידפעה
    4. באלמהדיה לחסאן בן חסאן פטאלבה ר יצחק
    5. וק…

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  11. 611LetterJRL A 987

    Very faded document in Hebrew, likely a letter.

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  12. 612State documentCUL Or.1081 J66 + ENA 2738.1

    Recto: State document in Arabic script. Reused for Hebrew literary text (recto) as well as a draft of a document of the qodesh (verso, see …

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  13. 613Legal documentT-S Ar.38.2

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). Dated: Shawwāl 400 AH (May–June 1010 CE). Abū l-Ḥasan Mubārak b. Asad al-Zajjāj al-Isrāʾīlī ("the Jewish glassmaker") receives a loan of …

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    1.  بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصلى الله على محمد النبى واله وسلم [ تسليما ]
    2.    أقر مبارك ويكنا ابا الحسن بن اسد الاسرائيلى الزجاج وهو شاب معتدل القا…

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    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate. God bless Muḥammad, the prophet, and his family and save them.  

    2. Mubārak, who has the p…

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  14. 614Legal documentT-S AS 149.92

    Legal document concerning an inheritance. In the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli? Much of the date is broken off, but mentions a number of names …

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  15. 615LetterMoss. IV,86.2

    Letter from Mordechai. Dating: probably 16th century. It is headed by an ornate בע''ה. Verso and the margin on recto contains jottings (signature practice) in …

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  16. 616Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 180.154

    Order of payment. In Arabic, with a Hebrew 'emet' at the top. Abū l-Karam is asked to pay the bearer 4 of something, perhaps dirhams. …

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  17. 617List or tableT-S AS 152.138

    Late accounts with many names, for example ʿAlī b. the elder Muḥammad and Ibrāhīm al-Jāwī, and Hebrew numerals. (Information from CUDL)

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  18. 618Unknown typeENA NS 85.327

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  19. 619List or tableBL OR 5549.5

    Verso: Contributors list. Dating: ca. 1140s CE. Giving 2: Abū l-Makārim b. Nissim; Amīn al-Dawla. Giving 1: Abū Subḥī(?) b. Ghulayb; Abū Naṣr b. Faḍlān; …

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  20. 620State documentT-S Misc.28.164

    Verso (original use): Remnants of three words of a state decree in enormous calligraphic Arabic script ("...ī maṣāliḥ al-musli[mīn]" (ى مصالح المسل[امين...). Dating: pre–1108 CE, …

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  21. 621Unknown typeENA NS 85.929

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  22. 622LetterENA NS 63.17

    Recto: Letter from Ḥayyim b. S[..], in Damietta, addressed to a certain Yiṣḥaq, presumably in Fustat/Cairo. In Hebrew. Dated: שנת והלך לפניך צדקך, which is …

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  23. 623LetterENA 2727.16

    Letter begging for help from a communal authority ('sayyidnā'), written by Abu Sahl b. al-Ahuv during a famine. Likely early 13th century. He opens with …

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    1. ממלוכה אבו סהל

    ולד אלאהוב זל

    1. אלממלוך //יקבל// אלארץ וינהי למאלך רקה אנה ערף מא יאול אמרה אליה מן
    2. סבב מות אכיה ואיקאעה //פי אלתהמה// ומותה ו…

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  24. 624Legal documentT-S AS 173.106

    Possibly a legal document, or something to do with an excommunication. Small fragment. ...להם אחד ולא יעאמלהם... [ול]א יכמל בהם קדיש ולא ידבח... ארבע אמות...

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  25. 625Unknown typeT-S AS 178.54

    Unidentified text(s) in Arabic script, at least partially about calligraphy: "al-khaṭṭ wa-l-qalam... yatalāqayā..."

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  26. 626Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#12) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 6r of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Undated, but likely c. …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 6r

    1. למא כאן נהאר תאר׳ סנה תאר׳ חצרת אלגמא׳ בר׳ יה׳ פי דאר שמ׳
    2. וחצ'ר בחצ'ורהם אד׳ הנ׳ הג׳ שמואל הדיין יצ׳׳ו וכ׳׳ר יהודה הרופא…

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  27. 627State documentT-S Ar.40.153

    Tax collection (ḍamān) contract from the era of the caliph al-Mustanṣir, dated 477 kharājiyya (1087–88 CE). Mūsā b. ʿĪsā takes upon himself a payment of …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. ضمن لمولانا وسيدنا الامام المستنصر بالله امير المومنين صلوات الله عليه وعلى ابائه الطاهرين وابنائه الائمة

    3. الاكرمين…

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    1. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.  
    2. Mūsā ibn ʿĪsā pledged to our master and lord, the 'imām al-Mustanṣir billah,  commander …

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  28. 628Literary textJRL Genizah Ar. 645

    Literary text, in Arabic script.

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  29. 629Unknown typeENA NS 85.385

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  30. 630LetterENA 2808.21a

    Letter from Avraham Maimonides (autograph) to Fakhr al-Dawla al-Kohen. In Judaeo-Arabic. He has heard that Fakhr al-Dawla is upset at him, and he is shocked …

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  31. 631LetterT-S 8J18.32 + T-S 8J22.24

    Letter from Avraham b. Seʿadya he-Ḥaver the Hebronite to (his son-in-law?) Moshe b. Ghulayb in Cairo. Dating: beginning of the twelfth century. Avraham orders the …

    1. בשמך רח
    2. שלום משמי מרומים וברכות כנחלי ימים וחן וחסד ו[רחמים]
    3. וצדקת בא בימים ונעקד כשה תמים וחז סולם בחלומים
    4. מאשוי מימים יהיו כולם נזר ועטרה לגק מר ו…

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  32. 632List or tableT-S 8J11.2

    Recto: Memorial list (ancestry tree) of Maimonides’ wife’s ancestors. Written in 13th century handwriting (Goitein). Verso: List mentioning Netan'el, his son Berakhot and grandson Menakhem, …

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    1. כבוד גדולות [[ק]] מרנו ורבנו נתנאל
    2. הוד המלכות זצל' וחמודו זכר
    3. כבוד גד קדוש מרנו ורבנו ברכות
    4. החסיד בעודו זצל' וחמודו כגק'
    5. מרנו ורבנו מנחם החכם …

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  33. 633Literary textAIU VI.B.94

    Bifolium from a kabbalistic and/or magical work in Judaeo-Arabic as well as Hebrew and Aramaic.

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  34. 634LetterCUL Or.1081 J15

    Letter from a man, in Minyat Zifta, to his cousin (walad al-ʿamm), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender has sent 40 wariq dirhams and he …

    1. ] . . . [
    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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  35. 635List or tableT-S AS 184.357

    Accounts. Headed "li-l-shaykh Dāʾūd."

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  36. 636List or tableENA NS 9.17

    Commercial accounts for Abū Yaḥyā Nahray (b. Nissim). Heading: מערפה מא וצל ל . . . . אבי יחיי נהראי. On verso: حساب نهراي ايده …

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  37. 637Literary textENA 3922.5

    Persian poetry.

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  38. 638List or tableENA NS I.53

    Recto: Likely a distribution list for communal funds. Entries include: al-ḥazzan; al-shammash; al-munaqqī(?); Menashshe; the house (bayt) of Yeshuʿa; Ibn al-Ḥazzan; Bū l-Faḍl Shomer; the …

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  39. 639LetterT-S NS 320.77

    Verso: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Mostly consists of especially deferential phrases: ...wa-fa-qad ʿalima l-khāliq anna ʿinda samāʿī... wa-tanwīh ismih wa-ḥusn thanāh min kull ṣādir... wa-anā …

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  40. 640Legal documentYevr. II A 1241/10

    Karaite betrothal document. Date: 17 Tammuz 5519 AM (1759 CE). Location: Cairo. The previously married bride is Hana bt. Yeshūʿa b. Yosef and the groom …

    1. ביום ששי בשבוע והוא שבעה עשר יום מחדש תמוז יא׳׳ל שנת חמשת אלפים וחחש מאות ותשעה
    2. עשר שנים לבריאת העולם ואלפים ושבעים שנים למספר יונים בעיר אלקאהרה הס…

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  41. 641Legal documentCUL Or.1081 1.17

    Fragment of a deed of sale for real estate. In Arabic script. One of the landmarks is Ḥammām al-Dīk. Also mentions common features such as …

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  42. 642LetterT-S 20.76 + T-S 10J20.10

    Letter from Ya’aqov b. Isma’il al-Andalusi, from Sicily, to Yoshiyyahu b. Natan, Fustat. Around 1050. The letter mentions “the enemy,” the identity of which is …

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    1. . . . . . . . . . . ] רבאעיה [ . . . . . . . . . ] כלפה ג רבאעיה וקד . . ת . [
    2. רזמה פיהא ק פרכה עריצה מקצורה ופרכתין כאס לפאיף צו עמאמה [
    3. תלאל…

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    1. על שמך
    2. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ויהיה לך ועמך בכל מעשיך מגן ומושיע,
    3. מן הבית, בא' באלול, יחתום אותו …

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  43. 643List or tableT-S NS 264.58

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic in the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef. Mentions Abū l-Faḍl Ibn al-Dhahabī; and al-Naṣrānī.

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  44. 644LetterT-S 24.77

    Letter from Maymūn ha-Kohen b. Adonim b. Yoshiyya, on board the Sultan's ship which was to leave Alexandria for Spain, to Seʿadya b. Elʿazar. In …

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  45. 645LetterT-S 12.16

    Draft of a letter of recommendation by Eliyyahu Ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon, on behalf of the scribe of the Yeshiva, Shemuel b. Semah the cantor …

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    1. ]בעריה ובבנותיה וכל
    2. סביבותיה חזניהם והמומחים שלהם
    3. (!)והפרנסים והעומדים בצריכיהם
    4. וסוחריהם יועדפו ברכותיהם וחן וחסד ימציאם
    5. יקומם ויבנה ביתו בימיהם…

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  46. 646List or tableT-S D1.75

    The recto begins with citations from 2 Kings 23:30 and 24:6, noting the deaths of the kings of Judah, Josiah and Jehoiakim. This is followed …

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  47. 647LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 453

    Typical letter formula "وادام تاييدك", in an elegant hand, most likely a draft or writing exercise. Pen trials can be seen interspersed between the two …

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  48. 648List or tableENA 3934.2 + ENA 3934.3

    Unidentified Arabic text. The paper is ruled with wide lines. Calendrical? Each lines contains an ordinal number and possibly the beginning of one of the …

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  49. 649LetterT-S AS 200.251

    Letter to David Ben-Naim in Alexandria from his father Meir Ben-Naim in Cairo. Dated 26 Heshvan [5]580 AM (קף) which is 1819 CE.

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    1. ב׳׳ה فى ٢٦ חשון (הת)ק׳ף                                                                                  
    2. ל׳י׳די׳ן הבחור ונח׳ כה׳׳ר דוד ן׳ נעי…

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  50. 650List or tableENA NS 40.21

    Lists of names. Recto: Hārūn; Binyamin he-Ḥasid; Aharon ("the deceased"); [...]; Binyamin; Elʿazar; Moshe; Hillel; Binyamin; [...]; Avraham; Petaḥya; Hillel; Shelomo; Yeshuʿa; Avraham; Yiṣḥaq; Avraham; …

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