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  1. 6551List or tableT-S AS 114.128

    List in Arabic script written in a formal style. One line has the name Bū l-Maʿālī, and the rest are months (al-Muḥarram, Ṣafar, Rabīʿ I, …

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  2. 6552Legal documentT-S AS 145.79

    Bill of divorce (geṭ). Location: Fustat. Dated: 14[..] Seleucid, which means no later than 1188 CE (and probably several decades earlier). The husband appears to …

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  3. 6553Legal documentT-S AS 145.90 + T-S AS 145.97

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dated: Friday, 18 Tammuz 5319 AM, which is 23 June 1559 CE. Partnership in a muqāṭaʿa (Ottoman Turkish: mukata’a) …

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  4. 6554LetterT-S AS 151.153

    Letter from a woman to Eliyyahu the Judge. Small fragment (upper right corner). In Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is likely his wife Sitt Rayḥān; she is …

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  5. 6555LetterT-S AS 152.250

    Note to a certain Nāsir (al-muʿallim is likely an honorific rather than meaning an actual teacher). In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 13th or 14th century. Mentions …

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  6. 6556LetterT-S NS 134.132 + T-S NS 108.44

    Recto: Copy of a letter of condolence for Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon (r. 1127–39 CE) upon the death of a son. Verso: A dirge with ṣidduq ha-din …

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  7. 6557State documentT-S NS 201.132 + T-S AS 116.410 + T-S AS 103.49 + T-S NS 209.47

    Report to al-Afḍal. The join between T-S NS 201.132 and T-S AS 116.410 + T-S AS 103.49 + T-S NS 209.47 is very probably but …

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  8. 6558State documentT-S NS 259.49

    State document, in Arabic script. One line in a chancery hand. Mentions farming and possibly the Egyptian village of Banī Murra (near Asyūṭ) — although …

    1. ومن زرع بها من بني مرة والرخصين

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  9. 6559LetterT-S NS 278.250

    Informal note in Arabic script. Begins, "The slave reports (=I report) that the aforementioned shipment/bale (ḥaml) is still with me, and if you order me …

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  10. 6560State documentT-S NS 305.19

    Petition. In large Arabic script, wide space between the lines, in a chancery hand. This is a small fragment from the lower right corner of …

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    1. ولمولاي الامير الجـ[ليل
    2. فيما يامر به الـ[ـالراي الاعلى
    3. والحمد لله وحده وصلى الله[على سيدنا محمد واله وسلم تسليما]
    4. [وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل]

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  11. 6561Legal documentT-S NS J94

    Deathbed declaration of Abū l-Maʿālī Shelomo al-Dhahabī. The witnesses to the declaration are ʿEli he-Ḥaver and Araḥ Ibn Kokhav (or Kawkab), and the judge is …

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    1. חצר אלינא אנן בי דינא ומאן דחתים עימנא [ ]
    2. ורבנא עלי החבר בס גד החכם והנבון יש[צו ]

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  12. 6562LetterT-S NS J333

    Recto (secondary use): Fragment of a letter from Aharon b. Efrayim. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. The name Aharon b. Efrayim appears in the upper margin. …

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  13. 6563Legal documentYevr. II A 1241/6

    Karaite betrothal document with faded ornamental designs along the upper border. Date: 14 Adar 5454 AM (1694 CE). Location: Cairo. The previously unmarried bride is …

    1.                בסימן [טוב ובהצלחה]
    2. ביום רביעי בשבועה והוא ארבעה עשר יום מחדש אדר שנת [חמשת אל]פים וארבע מאות וחמשים וארבעה שנים לבריאת
    3. העולם ואלפים …

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  14. 6564LetterAIU VII.E.131

    Mercantile letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Relates to the India Book. Possibly written in Yemen. The sender's name looks like Abū Naṣr and the addressee's name looks …

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  15. 6565Legal query or responsumENA 3748.13

    Recto: Legal query with responsum. Dating: First half of the 11th century. Concerning a cantor who took an oath not to lead prayers in the …

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  16. 6566State documentMichaelides (charta) A169

    Petition to the caliph al-Āmir (1101–30) from a woman attempting to collect a large debt of 241 dinars on the estate of a deceased person. …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 1 بسم

    2. صلوات الله وبركاته ونوامى زكواته وافضل سلامه وتحيـ[ـاته على مولانا]

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  17. 6567Legal query or responsumT-S 8J23.23

    Legal query. Dating: Early 13th century (per Goitein). Concerning the wife of a Kohen who traveled two or three times without letting her know how …

    1. מא יקול סידנא ירום הודו ויגדל כבודו פי
    2. אמראה בעלהא כהן סאפר דפעה ותנתין
    3. ותלאתה ולם תעלם וקת ספרה ומא
    4. כלא להא לא מא תאכל ולא מא תשרב
    5. תם חלפת באימאן ת…

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    1. What does our lord—may his splendour be exalted and his honour increase—say concerning 

    2. a woman whose husband, a Kohen, has travelled, once, twice,  

    3. and three times.

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  18. 6568LetterT-S Ar.40.117

    Recto: Letter in Arabic script. Possibly a draft, as it is covered with subsequent jottings. Addressed to 'the brother' Abū l-ʿAlā' (this is not completely …

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  19. 6569LetterT-S AS 177.239

    Letter possibly to a negligent landlord, written (satirically?) in the style of an ornate petition. Dating: Probably 12th or 13th century. After approximately 10 lines …

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  20. 6570Paraliterary textT-S AS 185.157

    Fragment containing what purports to be an autograph signature of Moshe Maimonides (משה ביר מימון זצל). Next to this: מסכת סוכה / אבות / משנה …

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  21. 6571Literary textAIU VI.C.10

    Two different fragments. First fragment: An abridgement of some of the dietary and lifestyle advice from Chapter 4 of the Hebrew plague treatise "Moshiaʿ Ḥosim" …

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  22. 6572LetterT-S 13J22.29

    Letter from Yefet b. Menashshe to his brother Abū l-Surūr Peraḥya b. Menashshe. In Judaeo-Arabic. This is a complete and well-preserved letter, which is rare …

    1. בש
    2. כתאבי אליך יאכי וסידי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל
    3. אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך וסעאדתך ונעמתך
    4. ושוק אליך שדיד גמע אללה ביננא עלי אסר
    5. חאל ואלדי אעלמך בה אן קד וצלת אלע…

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  23. 6573Legal documentT-S NS J401n + ENA 3616.22

    Legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Abū l-Ḥasan Mevasser b. Yeshuʿa he-ʿAni and Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Efrayim b. Yefet appear …

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    1. שהדותא דהות באנפנא אנן ש|הדי דחתמות ידנא לתחתא כן הוה חצרא
    2. אלינא אלשיך אבו אלחסן מרור מ|בשר הזקן יש צו בר מר ור ישועה הזקן

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  24. 6574LetterDK 353

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The sender is probably Maḥrūz b. Yaʿaqov, an India trader and shipowner (nākhudā) known from documents dating from 1131/32 to c.1150 CE. …

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    1. מ . []
    2. וארגע . . . . . []

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  25. 6575LetterAIU VIII.B.32

    Letter (fragment) of which only the bottom section of the body and marginal portion of the text remains. In l. 15r one S[eñor] Curiel is …

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  26. 6576Legal query or responsumBodl. MS heb. d 74/35

    Legal queries from al-Maḥalla. The first one asks how to calculate the value of a marriage contract (ketubba) where there is no fixed rule concerning …

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  27. 6577LetterENA 2806.6

    Letter, poetic, contains mostly blessings, ending 'to our fourth (= fourth of the yeshiva) rabbi son [of ...],' that is, Masliah Gaon. ENA 2806.5–7 are …

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  28. 6578LetterENA 4010.27

    Letter from Menashshe b. Pinḥas to Yoshiyyahu ha-Sar, in New Cairo. The addressee's father's name appears in the main text, but is very faded. Consists …

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  29. 6579LetterENA NS 47.15

    Letter of appeal for charity addressed to Yiṣḥaq Barukh. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, maybe 16th or 17th century. The writer is a teacher. Mentions Jerusalem …

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  30. 6580Literary textHUC 1086

    Verso: poem written for a notable (Yosef?) on the occasion of the circumcision of his son Efrayim (or perhaps twin boys, one of whom is …

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  31. 6581LetterJRL A 673

    Letter in which the author, who calls himself 'Mansur,' expresses his feelings of longing for the addressee and conveys greetings to him from a certain …

    1. אלסלאם ואנא מנצור אלדי
    2. כתבת לך אלכתאב לאני קלבי
    3. ענדך כתיר ומגוד בן סקלי
    4. יקריך אפצל אלסלאם

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    1. אפצ[ל
    2. אלסלאם
    3. ואם
    4. אבו אל
    5. ....

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  32. 6582LetterJRL A 849

    Most of a family letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Probably sent from Minyat Ghamr (last line of recto) to Fustat (verso). The addressee is named Baqāʾ. Concerning …

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  33. 6583Legal documentJRL B 6676

    Legal document, fragment. In Hebrew. Mentions a payment of 3 muayyadis/medins per month. There is a Yaʿaqov. It looks like the document was abandoned at …

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  34. 6584Legal documentJRL L 20

    Engagement deed dated June 1760 CE (15 Tammuz 5520 AM). Moshe b. Avraham ha-Levi Caraso is engaged to Mlīḥa bt. Yosef Najjār. 100 arayōt (groom's …

    1. בסיימן טוב ובשעת ברכה והצלחה ששון ושמחה ו.תר הרוחה אד..(?) שדך
    2. הבחור נחמד וחשוב החתן המפואר כה׳׳ר משה הלוי ידיע קראסו יצ׳׳ו בן 
    3. המנוח כה׳׳ר אברהם הל…

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  35. 6585List or tableL-G Ar. I.58

    Recto: Accounts in Arabic script. Two entries concerning money owed to Abū Kathīr and a date (of repayment?) in Rabīʿ II. On verso there is …

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  36. 6586LetterMoss. V,345.3

    Note in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably late 12th or 13th century. The hand seems familiar. The addressee is asked if a certain meeting has taken place. …

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  37. 6587LetterT-S 6J3.8

    Letter to a father from his son, reporting business troubles he is having with his brother. The son requests a small loan from his father. …

    1. אעלם מולאי אלואלד שצ אנני קד
    2. וחלת מע אכי ודלך אנני אשתרית
    3. מנה אלעמאמה בסתה וארבעין דרהם
    4. וטלבת מנה אן יחאסבני בסבעה
    5. עשר דרהם מא פעל וקבץ מני
    6. אחד ועשר…

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  38. 6588LetterT-S 6J9.11

    Recto: letter from a father to his son. Verso: jottings in Hebrew and Arabic script, which includes names such as ‘the leader Abū l-Mufaḍḍal’ - …

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    1. ] וקרה עיני וצלני כתאבך ואנת תחמל פיה
    2. ] עליי מן אמר אלמינוי וחיותך יא ולדי מא עז הדא

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  39. 6589LetterT-S 8.178

    Letter on parchment from a woman to her husband, Shelomo ha-Bavli, complaining that he has left her with no money while she is eight months …

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  40. 6590LetterT-S 8J14.5

    Note in which a physician is requested to pay for some items including a sign above his store that publicizes his practice. (Information from Mediterranean …

    1. ינעם חצרה מולאי אלרייס דאם עזה ייסייר לכאדמה
    2. בקיה תמן אלמיזאן והו דרהם ונצף וענד ולדה אלרייס
    3. אבא אלפצל שצ פצלה חק מאורד וגירה דרהם
    4. ותמן אלעלאמה אלדי…

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  41. 6591LetterT-S 13J24.2

    India Book III, 37: Letter of request, addressed apparently to Madmun b. Yefet, by a person in inland Yemen, for help against Ibn Yiju, involving …

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    1. מעה [...] 
    2. אלסדיד אט[א]ל [אללה בקאה ... ]
    3. אנעם אלנאכדה אלאגל במא קד 
  42. the most illustrious nākhuda was kind enough (toassist) in what
  43. you had already begun. Praise and thanks
  44. are only to you.
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  46. 6592LetterT-S 13J33.1

    Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen, in Fustat, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel. Dated: Monday, 1 Shevaṭ 1444 Seleucid, which is 9 January 1133 CE. (Information from …

  47. ב̇ג דנא' גיר רבע
  48. אלדבה
  49. Recto,top margin

    1. קראת עלי ח̇צר̈ה אל
    2. סאמיה אפ̇צל סלאמי ואקרי מולאי

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  50. 6593Paraliterary textT-S Ar.38.50

    Prescription or recipe in Judaeo-Arabic. Likely medical or culinary (wa-yustaʿmal al-... bi-ṭabīkh al-ḥummuṣ(?)... wa-l-ʿaṣāfir...). Mentions honey, cloves, milk. On recto there is a document in …

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  51. 6594State documentT-S AS 150.195

    State document, Fatimid period, 1130–49. Opening lines of a petition with a blessing on al-Hāfiẓ. On verso there is additional Arabic text in a different …

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    1. [بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم]
    2. صلوات[الله وبركاته ونوامي زكواته وافضل تحياته على سيدنا ومولانا]

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  52. 6595LetterT-S AS 151.185

    Letter to a son. In Judaeo-Arabic. Rudimentary hand and spelling. At one point the number nine is written both as a word (תשע = تسع) …

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  53. 6596LetterT-S AS 159.189

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Colloquial register. Refers twice to a young woman or girl (ṣabiyya). There is some reported dialogue, including the sender …

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  54. 6597LetterT-S AS 169.231

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Opening with very deferential praises (. . . וארתקאהא ותמכינהא . . . ). The content is a set of technical instructions, …

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  55. 6598Legal documentT-S AS 170.139

    Legal fragment. Probably a partnership agreement in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli. Refers to a period of two years and various mutually agreed upon …

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  56. 6599LetterT-S AS 183.152

    Unidentified document(s) in Arabic script. Recto mentions Aḥmad b. [...] al-Khawlī(?) . . . . wa-l-nawwātiyya (something to do with the sailors?). This is then …

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  57. 6600Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 183.320

    Order of payment. In Arabic script. Bū l-Najm al-Firnās (the parnas) is to pay the bearer a sum of money (10 nuqra dirhams?). Ends with …

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