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  1. 6501Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#85) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 29v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 6 Heshvan 5325 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 29v

    1. למא כאן בתא׳ לילה אן יספר צבאחהא נהאר אלכמיס ו׳ פי שהר מרחשון
    2. סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ה׳ ליצירה אשהד עליה אלאך ע׳אלרחים א׳אלמר׳ אלמול…

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  2. 6502LetterBL OR 2598.162

    What purports to be a copy of an excerpt from a letter of appointment to the attendant of the synagogue at Ezra's tomb north of …

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    1. אן ירתב ולדה מעה פי כדמה אלמכאן לינוב מנאבה ויקום מקאמה
    2. ויסאעדה מדה חיאתה פי אלכדמה עאגלא ויכון כלפה אגלא ואלדי

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  3. 6503LetterBodl. MS heb. e 98/76

    Fragmentary letter (on vellum) from Tunisia by Manashe b. Ammar to Joseph b. Salman b. Ya'ish, expressing the wish to give up the hard "service …

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  4. 6504LetterENA 2738.3

    Petition in Judaeo-Arabic with a Hebrew beginning for financial assistance addressed to Rabbenu Avraham, can be dated by script to around the 13th century (i.e. …

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  5. 6505LetterENA 2805.11

    Letter from Hillel b. Ḥasan, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, ca. 1065. Hillel opens his letter lamenting the death of an important person who …

  6. ובחאגה אן תכון לה ובכדמה אן נכדמה

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    1. בהא 

    2. פאני לאתשרף

  8. אם אתה זקוק לקניות או לשירות שנשרתך
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    בו, לכבוד יהיה לי. רב עואץ לקח את מפתח כמה פעמים, הוא אמר לי שיש כאן חרצית רפואית וכי בא

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    1. למסור אותה לאבו ערוס אחרי אשר בילה שני לילות באונייה,
    2. אבל האונייה היתה עמוסה ולא סידר דבר.

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  10. 6506LetterENA 3616.27

    Letter fragment (opening lines on recto, address on verso). In Judaeo-Arabic, with the address in Arabic script. Dating: Probably 11th century. There are no names …

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  11. 6507LetterENA NS 50.16

    Letter addressed to Abū Saʿīd Ibn al-ʿAfṣī ("the gallnut merchant") al-ʿAṭṭār, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. The addressee is known …

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  12. 6508LetterT-S 6J2.24

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Addressed to Abū ʿAlī. The sender says that "all the doc[tors] prescribed [...] for me... and after that they prescribed me …

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  13. 6509LetterT-S 10J15.31

    Letter to a physician, with blessings for his sons Saʿadya and Abū Mansur Elʿazar, and mentioning the sender's longing for a third person. Also with …

  14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] משאהדת[ה
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    ותכץ עני אלשיך אבו אלסרור | וכדלך אדא אגתמע באלכהנים | אולאד בן חפאץ תכצהם

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  16. 6510LetterT-S 12.348

    Letter to a Gaon, according to Goitein, perhaps from the time of Nethanel Gaon (1160), congratulating him on his son's recovery from illness, and complaining …

    1. אכבארהא יגארי זואלהא אללה יגריהא
    2. על גמיל עואידה ואיאדיה אלגמילה
    3. תם אני מהני בכלאץ אדונ גאון שצ
    4. אם העבים סתרו אור השמש הצפוי
    5. והקווי להתגלות ולצאת בגב…

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  17. 6511Legal documentT-S 18J1.33

    Legal document dealing with a debt of Hiba/Natan the dyer b.'Ulla to al-Sheikh Abu 'Ali Yefet b. David for two qintar of indigo he bought …

    1. למא כאן פי יום אלאתנין אלסאבע מן שהר טבת שנת
    2. אלפא וחמש מאה וארבעין וחד שנין לשטרות
    3. בפסטאט מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא רבה מותבה רשותיה
    4. דאדוננו נגידנו אברהם…

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  18. 6512List or tableT-S Ar.34.232

    State document in Arabic script. Dating: Likely Ayyubid or early Mamluk-era, based on hand and layout. Very difficult to read, and the substance is unclear. …

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  19. 6513LetterT-S AS 150.170

    Minute fragment of a letter. On recto a few words from the beginning (prefaced כי רם ייי) and in the margin. On verso part of …

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  20. 6514Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 151.132

    Order of payment in Arabic script. The "judge" (al-dayyān) is asked to pay 4 dinars to the bearer. On verso, in Judaeo-Arabic, the name "Abū …

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  21. 6515Legal documentT-S AS 152.382

    Torn at the top-right, but otherwise almost complete, but faded, Bill of divorce (get). The name of the bride is Turfa. The signatures are too …

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  22. 6516LetterT-S AS 158.192

    Fragment of a letter from a woman to a benefactor and/or family member. In Judaeo-Arabic. Opens with a taqbīl and goes on to describe her …

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  23. 6517LetterT-S AS 177.112

    Bottom of a letter in Arabic script. Moderately wide space between the lines. Dealing with logistics, maybe mercantile. Asks to have something sent with Abū …

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  24. 6518Unknown typeT-S AS 204.208

    Document or literary text in Hebrew script. Late. Possibly a letter. Mentions שלש אמות(?) של מצרים, the "three mothers(?) of Egypt." The context is unclear …

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  25. 6519LetterT-S NS 225.15

    Letter from Mevasser b. David (Tinnis) to Nahray b. Nissim (Fustat), ca. 1052. Mevasser b. David appears to have recently arrived from the Maghreb (al-Mahdiya). …

  26. ] מולאי מא עלי קלבי מן אמור אלמהדיה מן מא

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    1. וכאן ולדי

    2. טפל אן סגיר

  28. ...אדוני, כמה אני מודאג בגלל העניינים במדייה, בגלל מה ....
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    והיה בני ילד קטן, ומי הוא אשר (ינחמני) ומי הוא אשר יחזק את לבותינו. נודע לי שהגיע ה'קארב' של הווזיר ממהדייה, ורבו דאגתי והמיית לבי ....

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  30. 6520LetterENA 2700.23

    Recto: Letter (end only) referring to difficult events that happened to Sayyidnā and the people of Fustat and Cairo, apparently delivered with an item of …

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    1. ולא יקדר אחד יצהר ומא כפא ען מואלי
    2. מא גרי עלי סידנא ירום הודו ועלי אהל מצר

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  31. 6521LetterT-S 10J29.10

    Fragment of a business letter from Barhun b. Salih al-Tāhartī in Busir, probably to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat, mentioning bales of flax being prepared …

  32. סרעה קראת עלי כאצתך אלשריפה אפצל אלסלם ואבו אברהם יכצך אלסלם ויוסף [

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    1. באקי

    2. יו דינ

  34. ...הריני שולח לך, נכבדי, את מיטב דרישות השלום, ואבו אברהם שולח לך דרישות שלום, ויוסף ....
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    היתרה יו דינר מן המשאוי כולל ההוצאות וישלם לי עיאש שני דינרים ....

    verso, address

    ....

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  36. 6522Legal documentJRL Genizah Ar. 187

    Legal document. In Arabic script. Large. Elegantly written, with moderately wide spaces between the lines. The lines initially descend and then sharply ascend at the …

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  37. 6523Legal documentT-S AS 168.112

    Digest of a deed of sale for a house. Mostly written by Halfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE) in his worst cursive hand. The …

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  38. 6524LetterENA 4194.3

    Evidently, Abu Saʿīd did not have any heirs of the first degree, and the officials of the diwan al-mawārīth (line 5: aṣḥāb mawarif!)[…] Not taking any chances, the officials would sequester Abu Naṣr's assets and, moreover, those of Abū Zikrī, since the partners' holdings were stored together.

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    1. [... א]טא[ל] אללה בקאה ואדאם עזה וסו[אלי מן] 

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    1. (2−1) אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת אושרך ....

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  39. 6525Legal documentT-S 13J37.11

    Fragment of a Qaraite ketubba. Groom: Meshullam. Dating: probably first half of the 11th century. Location: perhaps Fusṭāṭ. The dowry is a total of 277 …

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    1. [נה]ר פישון מושבה ביום הזה בא …
    2. … [ל]שון שלזכות שאני אומר לפני[כם] …
  40. ...The total value of these belongings is of two hundred seventy seven dinars
  41. … like everything which belongs to him, and that he will not change anything without
  42. … [except for what] is worn out.
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  44. 6526LetterT-S 8.22 + NLI 577.10/1

    Description from NLI 577.10/1: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably late 12th or early 13th century; this range can probably be narrowed based on the …

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    1. לאנה כאן פי אלאתנין ובאע(?) נקץ(?) פטן(?) אל[שי]ך אבו אלכיר א . . .  פי אלא . . ואלאשראף(?)

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  45. 6527LetterT-S 13J17.2

    Letter from Yosef b. ʿEli ha- Kohen al-Fāsī, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1057. In the handwriting of Salmān b. Hārūn. Yūsuf b. …

  46. ותעלי//מהא

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    1. אלא חתי

    2. תעבת כתיר

    אל הרשימה והחתימה עליה, הגעתי

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    רק אחרי עמל רב, אולי יביא לנו אלוהים ידיעות טובות. וביום שבאו אותן ידיעות רעות, עם בן אלקמילה, נפלו לי י"ד דינרים והלך הרכוש, והוא כספי וקנייני, אין לאיש חלק בו; אלוהים ישלח את החילופין לטובה.

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  48. 6528Legal documentBL OR 8696.1

    Legal document. In Judaeo-Arabic. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1427 Seleucid, which is 1115/16 CE. Ghāliya bt. Shelomo the divorcee …

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  49. 6529List or tableBL OR 10123.4

    Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic and western Arabic numerals. Dated: Sivan 5482 AM which is May-June 1722 CE. The account heading states that the monthly entries are …

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  50. 6530LetterT-S 8J14.10

    Recto: letter to Moses ha-Kohen השר האדיר, whose name appears in the opening of the letter and in the address on verso. Also mentions Mordechai …

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  51. 6531State documentT-S Ar.39.245

    It seems that the seller is Baqāʾ b. Manṣūr and the buyer is Farajallāh b. Abū l-Thanāʾ b. Abū Saʿīd al-Naṣrānī.

    1. نزل(؟)
    2. والمبلغ اثنين وعشرين
    3. درهما
    4. الحمد لله على نعمه
    5. نزل(؟) ذلك
    6. والمبلغ اثنين وعشرين
    7. الحمد لله على احسانه
    8. لے
    9. اقام فرج الله ابن ابو الثنا ابن ابو سعي…

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  52. 6532Literary textT-S AS 178.62

    Practically identical to the anecdote titled "خبر الجعدين" in modern editions of al-ʿIqd al-Farīd (https://shamela.ws/book/23789/2643). Here it is titled "خبر الجعد بن المهجع." On verso, on the righthand side, there is a basmala followed by a few undeciphered lines in Arabic script.

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  53. 6533LetterT-S AS 182.84

    Letter in Arabic script. The script is difficult and the text is quite faded, though the address at the top should be legible (to Abū …

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  54. 6534Legal documentT-S NS 224.84

    Seller: Sitt al-Banīn bt. [...] the wife of [...]. Buyer: Sālim b. [...]. Enslaved person: Ibtidāʾ.

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  55. 6535Legal documentT-S NS 320.63

    Deed of manumission for a female slave, given by Yefet b. Yosef. Location: Cairo. Dated: Tuesday, 2[.] Shevaṭ 1341 Seleucid, which is 1030 CE. The …

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    1. בתלתה בשבא דהוא עשרין יום לירח שבט שנת

    2. אלפא ותלת מאה וארבעין וחדא שנין למנינא

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  56. 6536Legal documentT-S NS 320.86

    Bill of divorce (geṭ). Written and signed by Shemuel b. Seʿadya ha-Levi (active 1165–1203). Location: Fustat. Dated: Tishrei 14[..] Seleucid, which corresponds to the range …

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  57. 6537Paraliterary textBodl. MS heb. d 76/64

    Medical prescriptions in Judaeo-Arabic, or perhaps drafts for a medical treatise. The text on recto contains many words crossed out and many corrections. The main …

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  58. 6538Legal documentENA 972.4

    Bill of divorce. Dated: Tuesday, 8 Nisan 1435 Seleucid, which is 1124 CE. Written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Husband: Yeshuʿa b. Shelomo ha-Kohen. …

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  59. 6539List or tableENA 2591.5

    List of names and accounts under the heading "Sues" (סואייס). The dating for this fragment is likely from 16th-century. The verso is blank but on …

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  60. 6540LetterENA NS 8.45

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Moderately wide space between the lines. Quite faded. Reports on something that occurred after exiting the synagogue with the congregation. There is …

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  61. 6541LetterENA NS 77.89

    Minute fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: likely 12th century. Besides the opening of the first two lines (recto) a portion of the address …

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  62. 6542Paraliterary textIOM D 55.9

    Record of a birth, probably. In Judaeo-Arabic (in two different hands) and Arabic script. The date is given according to multiple calendars, including 13 Iyyar …

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  63. 6543LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1863/17

    Document about the shipment of a purse containing 113 dinars to Nahray b. Nissim and Yaʿaqov b. Ismāʿīl al-Andalusī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1050 CE. …

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    1. רב סלם ברחמ[ת]ך ובלג

    2. בקדרתך אלי אבי יחיי

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    1. (2-1) אלוהים שים שלום ברחמיך ועשה שיגיע, על פי גבורתך: אל אבו יחיא 
    2. (3–4) נהוראי בן נסים ויעקב בן אסמעיל, כיס, עם 
    3. (5–6) יעקב בן עמנואל ; המשקל ק' דינר וחצי ושני דברים פחות שישית ; 
    4. (8-7) המספר: קי"ג דינר.

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  64. 6544State documentJTS Krengel 110

    Fiscal document(s) in Arabic script. The document on verso is headed "Dīwān al-Khāṣṣ al-Saʿīd." This is followed by various sums of money. The text block …

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  65. 6545LetterMoss. IV,90.1

    Letter from Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi, probably in Qalyūb, to a family member, in Fustat. Fragment: left side of recto, right side of verso, tapering …

    Recto:

    1. ] בעד אלסלאם עליכם ותקביל
    2. ] וצל לי אלסכינתין ואלדפתרין

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  66. 6546LetterMoss. VII,133.1

    Formal letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Wide space between the lines. Dated Tuesday, 18 Ḥeshvan. Portions of 6 lines are preserved from near the beginning. Some of …

    1. יום] אלתלתא יח במרח[שון
    2. ]ה שדיד ווחשתי לפראק [
    3. וייי ברחמיו] הרבים יראיני פניו המיוקר [
    4. ] מנד פארקתה ואלי הדה אלגאיה ואנני מא כנת בחסב
    5. ] . ד מן אלגהה…

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  67. 6547LetterT-S 8J36.10

    Recto: Letter addressed to Shelomo b. Yehuda, the Gaʾon of the Palestinian yeshiva. Dating: ca. 1025–1051 CE based on th years when Shelomo b. Yehuda …

    1. אגדי השלומות להצ[עיד] ומגדי הנעימות להתמיד
    2. חמדי נחמדים להחמיד ונכדי עם ניני להעמיד
    3. לאיש הראש ושר ואמיר ומחכים גם משכיל ומלמיד
    4. לכל חכם ושכל ותלמיד בח…

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  68. 6548Legal documentT-S 13J17.13

    Marriage contract containing details of a dowry and written at the time of the Nagid ʿAmram (1378-1383). The name Avraham is preserved. (Information from Goitein's …

    1. ה[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. רשותיה דאדוננו נגידנו הודנו והד[ר] . . . . . . . . . תפארתינו
    3. ועטרת ראשנו…

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  69. 6549LetterT-S 32.9

    Recto: poem in honour of a new leader. Verso: pen trials and a draft of a letter in Arabic script. (Information from CUDL.) The letter …

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  70. 6550LetterT-S Ar.51.108

    Verso (secondary use): Letter which consists entirely of a versified Grace after Meals for Shabbat in Hebrew (this identification is from FGP) and the closing …

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