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  1. 601Legal documentT-S Misc.25.89

    Legal testimony. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: [14]59 Seleucid = 1147/48 CE. The century digit is missing, but can be filled in based on the reference to …

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  2. 602State documentT-S Misc.25.97

    Bottom of a petition. In Arabic script. "...al-raʾy al-sāmī... bi-l-wuqūf ʿalā mā anhāhu... wa-yaqif ʿinda... in shāʾa llāh...." On verso there is piyyut.

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  3. 603LetterT-S Misc.25.103

    India Book III, 15: Letter from Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq in Aden to Avraham Ibn Yijū in Jurbattan (Srikandapuram), dated Elul 1458 Sel. (August 1147). Written …

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    1. בשמֹ רחֹ
    2. בלכתך לא יצר צעדיך ואם תרוץ לא תכשל
    3. והיה שדי בצריך וכסף תועפות לך
  4. “I was like one that finds much spoil” (cf. Ps. 119:162). It was reassuring for me to learn from it

  5. about your well-being and your satisfactory state. Then I praised God for

  6. this very much and asked Him to give you more of all the best

  7. in His mercy.

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  9. 604LetterT-S Misc.25.104

    Letter. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions acquiring a muʿtaṣimī (a wooden tray with small compartments, named after the Abbasid Caliph al-Muʿtaṣim) from Bū ʿAbdallāh and pawning it …

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  10. 605LetterT-S Misc.25.105

    Dated: 2 Nisan 1551 Seleucid = 26 March 1240 CE. The handwriting resembles that of Avraham Maimonides (but cannot be his, because he died several years earlier).

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  11. 606LetterT-S Misc.25.106

    Letter from an emissary of the Yeshiva, in Fustat to Yosef ha-Kohen Av Bet Din b. Shelomo Gaon, in Jerusalem. Dating: August 1053 CE. The …

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    כי ביי תוחלתי

    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי אלריס אלגליל ואדאם תאידה ועלוה וכבת

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  12. 607Legal documentT-S Misc.25.107

    Deathbed will in which Sitt al-Dalāl bt. Ḥananel (n’e) endows the enslaved woman who took care of her through illness with freedom (and likely other …

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  13. 608Legal documentT-S Misc.25.108

    Mentions Adrianople/אנדרינופולי (Edirne) multiple times in l. 25 (f. 1r), l. 27 (f. 1r), l. 3 (f. 1v); and Castile l. 17 (f. 2r). "Levanīm" coinage is mentioned throughout, an alternate label for Ottoman silver akçe.

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  14. 609Paraliterary textT-S Misc.25.109

    Declaration against Qaraite tendencies, according to Goitein's index card. In Hebrew. Unusually large and beautiful script. The name of the ruler who sent the heads …

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  15. 610LetterT-S Misc.25.121

    Letter from ʿEli b. Yeḥezqel ha-Kohen, in Jerusalem, to a ḥaver, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Dating: Mid-11th century. (Identification …

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  16. 611Legal documentT-S Misc.25.122

    Recto: Legal testimony, possibly a draft. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: Sunday, 9 Iyyar 1559 Seleucid = 3 May 1248 CE. Location: Fustat. Involves Sulaymān al-Ṣayrafī al-Levi …

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  17. 612LetterT-S Misc.25.123

    Letter of condolence in Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic, on the death of 'the father.' Beautiful prose and calligraphic script. Likely a formulary.

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  18. 613List or tableT-S Misc.25.129

    Accounts of rents of communal apartments occupied (with one or possibly two exceptions) by women, including Dār al-Maqāniʿiyya and Dar Ibn al-Kallām. Dating: ca. 1181 …

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  19. 614LetterT-S Misc.25.130

    Letter from Ṣāliḥ b. Dā'ūd, in Tinnīs, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1055 CE. Regarding the debt and goods belonging to the …

  20. להם [             ] אלשיך אבי אלפצל

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    1. בצאעה עלי מא ערפת פסאלתה אן

    2. יתפצל ויעמל של יתיבה אללה עליה

  22. ...האדון אבו אלפצל
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    סחורה על פי מה שידעתי, וביקשתי ממנו שיואיל לעשות משהו שיהיה לו עליו גמול מאלוהים, שמא יציל משהו בשבילו, כי הלוא הוא על פי מה שאומרים ....

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  24. 615LetterT-S Misc.25.133

    Letter from an unknown merchant from Alexandria, early 11th century. The writer might be from the Taharti family, maybe Yishaq b. Barhun. Describes his deep …

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    1. נשתרי וכאן וצל הונא מיעא אוביעת ג'>' ווצל שי אכר
    2. אוביע ב'>' אלי אן וצל ואוביעת בדינר >' תם אליום גאו קום

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  25. 616State documentT-S Misc.25.135

    Six lines of poetry or rhymed prose in Arabic script, with wide line spacing. Probably the introduction to a formal (state?) letter. Reused for Hebrew …

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  26. 617LetterT-S Misc.25.136

    Letter from Yiṣḥaq b. Shemuel ha-Sefaradi to Sar Shalom b. Ḥiyya (?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Very deferential. Almost the entirety of the letter consists of greetings …

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  27. 618LetterT-S Misc.25.137

    Letter from an authority in Fustat to the leaders of the community of Ṣahrajt. Prefaced by rhymed Hebrew blessings. The sender has previously sent two …

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    1. שלום ושקט ואמת וקשט ויושר וכושר והון ועושר
    2. והצלחת מעש והסרת כעס     כל הברכות

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  28. 619Legal documentT-S Misc.25.138

    Guardian deed from the heirs of Israel b. Yosef Januni to Nahray b. Nissim. Around 1065. Marduk and Yosef, the sons of Israel, probably from …

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    1. חצ'רא אלינא נחן אלשהוד אלמסמון אספל הדא אל[מחצ'ר] מ'ר' מרדוך ומ'ר' יוסף בני מ'ר' ישראל ביר

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    1. באו לפנינו אנחנו העדים הנקובים בשמותיהם בתחתית המעשה הזה, השניים: מ"ר מרדוך ומ"ר יוסף בני מ"ר ישראל בי"ר
    2. יוסף ג'נוני זכ' לב', והם בריאים בגופם ובשכלם ובגמר דעתם לא אנוסים ולא מוכרחים
    3. ואמרו לנו השניים: לפני זמן מינה אבינו מ"ר ישראל את מ"ר נהוראי בי"ר נסים נ"ע שיגבה לו
    4. מן יורשי מ''ר מנשה בי"ר דויד נ"ע את המגיע לו מאת מ''ר מנשה בשטר מוחזק שהוא עכשיו בידינו,
    5. והיו המעשים אצל מ"ר נהוראי זה כדי שיגבה בהם, ונפטר אבינו והסתלק לגן עדן ....

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  29. 620Legal documentT-S Misc.25.140

    Legal document. Renewed ketubba after an incomplete divorce. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Dated: Sunday, 5 Elul 1438 Seleucid = 14 August …

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    1. כאן קד גרי בין מ [חל]פון המכ[ונה] א[בו דאו]ד בר אלעזר אלזגאג סט ובין זוגתה אלתי הי אלאן פי

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  30. 621State documentT-S Misc.25.144

    Report from the period of al-Afḍal, probably. In Arabic script. Nine lines from the middle of the report are nearly completely preserved. Sent from a …

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  31. 622LetterT-S Misc.25.146

    Draft of a letter from Yefet b. Shekhanya, from Fustat, to Daniel b. Azarya, around 1053. Daniel did not reply to Yefet's requests to supervise …

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    1. כתב עבד סידנא הנשיא הגדול וראש ישיבת גאון יעקב יכונניהא אל
    2. עד עולם סלה אטאל אללה בקאה ואדאם עלאה ותאיידה וסעאדתה ונעמאה

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  32. 623Literary textT-S Misc.27.2c

    Small fragment in Latin script. Needs examination.

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  33. 624Literary textT-S Misc.27.2d

    Small fragment in Latin script. Needs examination.

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  34. 625Literary textT-S Misc.27.2e

    Small fragment in Latin script. Needs examination.

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  35. 626Unknown typeT-S Misc.27.3.5

    Mysterious text in Hebrew and Aramaic. "I, Moshe...." Looks more magical than legal.

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  36. 627Legal documentT-S Misc.27.3.6

    Fragment of a ketubba. In the handwriting of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–38), from the period of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (1127–39). Bride: [...] bt. Natan. On …

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  37. 628Legal documentT-S Misc.27.3.7

    Large legal document. Fragment (left side only). Written in a large square hand. Dating: Might be 11th century. Concerns a partnership in a shop and …

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  38. 629Literary textT-S Misc.27.3.8

    Mysterious table in Hebrew. Lists the various tribes of Israel and gives the date of birth and age at death.

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  39. 630List or tableT-S Misc.27.3.9

    Accounts in Arabic script and Coptic numerals. Several items seem to be food (kuzbara, ḥummuṣ, zaʿtar).

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  40. 631LetterT-S Misc.27.3.10

    Letter of condolence from Shelomo ha-[...] b. Tammām(?) to [...] b. Yiṣḥaq(?), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The writer calls the both the addressee and the …

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  41. 632State documentT-S Misc.27.3.11

    Official letter in Arabic script. ~4 lines preserved.

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  42. 633Literary textT-S Misc.27.3.18

    Literary text in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  43. 634Literary textT-S Misc.27.3.19

    Literary text in Arabic script. On parchment. Appears very old (e.g. resembles T-S Ar.53.33). Technical instructions of some kind.

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  44. 635Paraliterary textT-S Misc.27.3.21

    Calendar in Hebrew.

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  45. 636LetterT-S Misc.27.4.1

    Document in Arabic script, possibly a commercial letter. Dating: 18th- or 19th- century based on the paleography. A potential Common Era year appears in the …

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  46. 637Legal documentT-S Misc.27.4.2

    Drafts of legal documents in the hand of Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). In Hebrew. Recto and verso are closely related to each other. …

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  47. 638LetterT-S Misc.27.4.5

    Letter from Yaḥyā b. ʿEli Kohen Fasi, in Qayrawān, to his brother Yosef, in Alexandria. Dating: Tishrei [= Jumādā I 444 AH] = August/September 1052 …

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    1.       [בשמ]ך אלהים

    2. [כתאבי אליך יאסידי] וריסי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך מן אל

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    1. (2−1) בשמך אלוהים; אני כותב לך, אדוני וראשי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך, מ־
    2. ....

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  48. 639LetterT-S Misc.27.4.6

    Letter from Moshe b. [Ghālib?]. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions the fast (Yom Kippur?) in Fustat. Regards from Abū l-Ḥasan, Abū Saʿīd, and al-Kohen al-Ḥazzān.

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  49. 640LetterT-S Misc.27.4.7

    Letter from Sulaymān b. Shaʾul, perhaps in Sicily, to Salmān b. Shabīb al-Kohen, perhaps in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: mid-11th century. Touches briefly on business …

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  50. 641LetterT-S Misc.27.4.8

    Letter/petition from Umm Bū l-Munā to a notable. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. She asks/reminds him to send a letter on her behalf with the bearer …

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  51. 642LetterT-S Misc.27.4.9

    Letter of appeal for charity or assistance. Addressed to Peraḥya ha-Kohen. The sender came down with an illness (wa-thāra ʿalā ʿabdih al-maraḍ) and he has …

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  52. 643LetterT-S Misc.27.4.10

    Letter/report/petition addressed to the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Concerns Ḥāzim the tax rallier (ḥashshār) who was placed under house arrest (tarsīm) and relieved of his …

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    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. כי שמש ומגן ייי אלהים חן כבוד

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  53. 644Paraliterary textT-S Misc.27.4.11

    Magical or esoteric text. Mainly in Hebrew and Aramaic.

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  54. 645Paraliterary textT-S Misc.27.4.14

    Calendrical text in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  55. 646List or tableT-S Misc.27.4.15

    Likely private/mercantile rather than official. Entries are organized by date. Needs examination.

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  56. 647Literary textT-S Misc.27.4.16

    Literary text in Arabic script. Astrological/astronomical. Mentions Saggitarius (burj al-qaws) several times.

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  57. 648LetterT-S Misc.27.4.17

    Letter fragment addressed to Ṣadaqa ha-Sar. In Hebrew (poetic introduction) and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Late, probably no earlier than 15th century. Only the beginning is preserved. …

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  58. 649Literary textT-S Misc.27.4.18

    Recto: Literary text, or possibly an amulet, in Hebrew. On verso there is also Hebrew script, but it is completely erased by being covered with …

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  59. 650LetterT-S Misc.27.4.19

    Letter in the hand of the judge Shela b. Mevasser on behalf of the community of Alexandria addressed to the Nagid Mevorakh b. Saʿadya, in …

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