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  1. 6651LetterT-S 6J1.23

    Letter to Eli ha-Kohen ha-Parnas dealing with money owed.

    1. שלומך אהובנו וחביבנו רבנא עלי
    2. הכהן הפרנס נאמן הישיבה יגדל:
    3. יגב אן יעלם חרסה אללה אני אסתחק
    4. עליה ארבאעון אלדי אכדהא מני ואסתחק
    5. איצא עליה דינ/א/ר חק א…

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  2. 6652LetterCUL Or.1080 J172

    Letter from Yehuda, unknown location, to Shalom, in Jerusalem. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: No earlier than 13th century, based on handwriting, overall appearance, and linguistic evidence. …

    1. לקי כי. .
    2. ואתה שלום וג
    3. שלום לך ל. וג
    4. כי השם יהיה וג
    5. סלאם אללה תע וברכאתה ואופא תחיאתה עלי אלמולא אל
    6. גליל אלמוופק אלסעיד כהר שלום סט אדאם אללה בקאה
    7. ו…

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  3. 6653List or tableT-S Ar.35.23

    Business accounts, probably. In Arabic script. Possibly but less likely fiscal.

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  4. 6654List or tableT-S AS 177.131

    Account, maybe official/fiscal. Mentions names including Bū l-Faraj b. Maḥfūẓ.

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  5. 6655Legal documentBodl. MS heb. f 56/53

    3 entries in a court register. (a) Marriage portion of Munā the freedwoman of Ibn Futayḥ marrying Abū l-Faraj Yeshuʿa b. Avraham al-Tinnīsī. 10 + …

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  6. 6656LetterT-S AS 146.109

    Business letter related to the India trade, mentioning commodities such as pepper, quantities of dinars and ʿAlī al-Fawfalī (a well-known nākhudā from the mid-12th-century) and …

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  7. 6657Legal documentT-S 28.17

    Legal document. Court proceedings. Yaʿqūb b. Yūsuf claims that Da’ūd and Ṣedaqa, sons of Ṣemaḥ b. Da’ūd al-Raqqī, have withheld profits from a partnership in …

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    1. בש רח
    2. שהדו אלשהוד אלמסמא אסמאיהם פי הדא אלמחצר שהדו אנהם יעידו
    3. יעקוב בן יוסף ודאוד וצדקה בני צמח בן דאוד אלרקי באשכצהם ו..
    4. ואסמאהם ואנסאבהם אח…

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    1. In (Your) na(me,) O Mer(ciful One.)
    2. The witnesses whose names are specified in this report testified that
    3. Ya‘qūb b. Joseph and Dā’ūd and Ṣedaqa,…

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  8. 6658LetterT-S Misc.22.122

    Informal note from M[...] to Abū Naṣr. In Judaeo-Arabic. The subject matter is unclear. The writer may be unhappy with something or somone the addressee …

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  9. 6659List or tableT-S AS 185.127

    List of expenses (מצרוף) in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating is 15th- or 16th-century based on the paleography. Requires further examination for content.

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  10. 6660Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 151.198

    Recto: Order of payment. In Arabic script. The addressee Abū l-[...] is to a pay a dirham to the bearer [...].

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  11. 6661Literary textENA NS 83.104

    Literary fragments in Arabic.

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  12. 6662Legal documentT-S AS 184.298

    Document in Arabic script, not completed. "Collected from Samawʾal b. Mūsā (=Shemuel b. Moshe) on..." The header might be a ḥamdala.

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  13. 6663LetterT-S AS 184.341

    Verso: Letter of appeal for assistance in Arabic script. الشيخ الجليل . . . ادام . . . والخوف والقلة Recto: Unidentified text in Judaeo-Arabic.

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  14. 6664Legal documentT-S 18J1.11

    Legal testimony. Location: Fustat. Dating: one of the last days of Ṭevet 1393 Seleucid, corresponding to one of the first days of January 1082 CE. …

    1. יקול מן יתבת כטה פי אכר הדא אלמחצר
    2. אנה חאצר ביום שבת בכניסת הבבליים
    3. דהוא עשרין וחמשה יומין בירח כסלו
    4. דשנת אלפא ותלת מאה ותשעין ותלת שנין
    5. למנינא דרגי…

    He who has signed at the end of this writ of testimony states that he present on the Sabbath day in the synagogue of the Babylonians—namely, [on] the…

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  15. 6665LetterT-S NS J487

    Informal note addressed to a certain Abū ʿAlī. In Judaeo-Arabic. Verso is a draft of recto. The addressee is asked to go to the sender's …

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  16. 6666Legal documentMoss. VII,116.3

    Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Mentions: [Abū l-]Faḍāʾil Yosef; Qurrat al-ʿAyn Sitt al-Milāḥ; her late father [Abū …

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  17. 6667State documentT-S AS 134.233

    Part of a state or legal document in Arabic script. Mentions a community or group (al-jamāʿa) and the middle of Shawwāl. Reused on recto for …

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  18. 6668Literary textENA 3959.14

    Biblical translation in Arabic, written in Arabic script. Exodus 2:3–9 and 2:12–17.

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  19. 6669LetterMoss. IV,22.1

    Bifolio containing multiple documents. Dating: Unknown. Recto, right page: Acknowledgment (iqrār) of a debt of 400 dinars owed by the Jew Naṣr b. Abū Saʿd …

    Recto (left side, 90 degrees)

    1.  بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

    2. وصلت كتابك ايها الامير الموفق السعيد النجيب سعد الدولة وتوفقها

    3. افتخار الدولة وسعدها جمال …

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  20. 6670LetterENA 2560.9 + ENA 2727.35

    Letter from Natan ha-Kohen b. Mevorakh and one other person, in Ashqelon, to Avraham b. Elʿazar, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 1130 CE. Bottom missing. …

    ENA 2727.35

    1. בשמ רחמ
    2. עבדא אלחצרה אלסאמיה אלאגליה אלתקתיה אל[שר]יעיה הדרת כגק מרנו ורבנו נז[רנו]
    3. וכתרנו אברהם השר הגדול המשכיל בתורת האלהים החכם והנבו…

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  21. 6671LetterENA 3721.2

    Letter of appeal, probably. In Hebrew. Mentions the addressee's brother who married a wife. Goes on to complain about the hardships of fate.

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  22. 6672Unknown typeT-S AS 204.96 + T-S AS 204.95 + T-S AS 204.166 + T-S AS 204.186 + T-S AS 204.206

    Small fragment in Arabic script (and some Hebrew script?). The name Abū Naṣr b. al-[...] appears. Needs examination.

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  23. 6673Legal documentT-S NS 327.132

    Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script. Dating: 1127–39 CE, as Abū Manṣur Ṣalaḥ b. Sulaymān the head of the Jews (Raʾīs al-Yahūd), who appears …

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  24. 6674State documentT-S AS 184.88

    Receipt ("tadhkira bism...") for the capitation tax of Maʿrūf b. Yahūdhā al-Yahūdī, an indigo merchant (nīlī) and perfumer (ʿattār), in Fustat. See T-S AS 177.105 …

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  25. 6675Legal documentFriedberg MSS 9-004/26

    Letter addressed to Yiṣḥaq ha-Rav ha-Gadol. In Judaeo-Arabic. Small fragment. Concerning a cantor Ibn [...].

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  26. 6676LetterBodl. MS heb. c 64/13

    Letter in Hebrew dated April/May 1807 CE (Nisan 567 = ונשמחה בכל ימנו), from the Jewish community of Safed to the Jewish community of Pisa, …

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  27. 6677Legal documentYevr. III B 627

    Ketubba. Entirely in Hebrew and Aramaic (Qaraite?). Groom: Aharon b. Sameaḥ. Bride: Rayyisa bt. Yehuda b. Yiṣḥaq. Groom's agent: Yeshaʿya ha-Zaqen ha-Ḥaver b. Namir. Sums …

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  28. 6678List or tableMoss. IXa,3.10

    Short account, probably 12th century. AA

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  29. 6679LetterT-S AS 161.109

    Part of a letter, with marginal text, mentioning Shemuʾel the Nasi (?) and one and a quarter dinars. (Information from CUDL)

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  30. 6680Unknown typeENA NS 76.482.13

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  31. 6681LetterT-S AS 150.154 + T-S Misc.22.6

    Business letter, first half of the 16th century. The subject matter is a dispute between merchants who dealth in skins, pepper, and tin. An Avraham …

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  32. 6682Legal documentT-S 20.2

    Ketubba, Qaraite. The date and location are not preserved but the town is next to a ‘salty sea’ (possibly the Mediterranean or the Dead Sea). …

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    1. … [יבנו וי]צ'
    2. … [הס]מוכה לים המל[ח] בא אחינו […] מבורך החתן בן שמו[א]ל
    3. [ויאמר אליהם היו עלי עדים וקנו ממני מעתה בכל לשון] שלזכות שאני אומר לפנ…

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    1. … [May they build and] prosper [?] (II Chron. 14: 6).
    2. … near the Salty Sea, Mevorakh, our brother, the groom, ben Samuel [came before the elde…

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  33. 6683LetterT-S 13J26.13

    Communal letter in Hebrew, from a city in Palestine (per Goitein and Mann) or Damascus (per Gil) to the yeshiva in Jerusalem (per Gil) or …

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    1. [ ] שהמים בבורותינו
    2. וכשגרמו העונות וגברה יד הערביים לשלוט וישאו ראש עם
    3. פריצי המדינה וחשוביה //וזקניה// והשופט שהיה //בה// הנה הנקרא בן אכת אבו …

    The increase of our iniquities caused the hand of the Arabs to strengthen its rule, until, growing bold, the tyrants of the city, its notables, its e…

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  34. 6684List or tableJRL L 11

    20 pages of lists of names with some accounts, organized by days of weeks.

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  35. 6685List or tableYevr. II A 1556

    List of the Karaite in Qal'a and Khozlayov

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  36. 6686Legal documentENA NS 36.29

    Verso: Draft of a legal document regarding a ketubba payout following a divorce. The dating is likely early nineteenth century based on the verso note …

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  37. 6687LetterT-S AS 150.207

    Recto: beginning of a letter. Mentions Rabbenu Ḥananʾel, blessings for a recovery from an illness, and "there are only a few left." Verso: unidentified. (Information …

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  38. 6688LetterENA 3593.8

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Perhaps 11th century. The handwriting may be known. Mentions 15 dinars and 27 qintars of something and ships that are …

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  39. 6689Legal documentT-S 8J6.16

    Verso: Bill of divorce. Location: Fustat. Dated: 1564 Seleucid, which is 1252/53 CE. Husband: Nissim b. Sar Shalom ha-Levi of Damascus, the same husband from …

    1. בתלתא בשבת דהוא [תאלת עשר תשרי] דשנת אלפא
    2. וחמש מאה ושתין וארבעה [שנין] למנין שטרות דרגילנא לממני
    3. ביה ה[כא] בפסטאט מצר' [דעל] נילוס נהרא מותבה איך אנ…

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  40. 6690LetterT-S 8J28.7

    Recto: Letter in which a teacher complains about an unruly pupil. "Whenever I beat him, I do so excessively; but as soon as I begin, …

    1. צפרך טב ובריך אעלם בה
    2. אלמולי באן קד גלבת פי תרביה הדא
    3. אלצגיר אבו מנצור פלעל אן תקדר
    4. עלי מסאעדתי פיה פאנני אנה
    5. אדא צרבתה אסרף פי צרבה ואנה
    6. אדא צרבתה …

    Translated by Amir Ashur and Benjamin M. Outhwaite.

    What I have to inform my lord is that I have been defeated in educating this young man, Abū Manṣū…

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  41. 6691List or tableJRL C 55

    Lists in Judaeo-Arabic that mention a wide array of potable and other items such as meat, bread, beans, soap, mastic[?] "מסתכא" (l. 2r), and many …

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  42. 6692LetterHalper 343

    Letter fragment. In Judaeo-Arabic. Regarding events that happened in the court of Maṣliaḥ Gaon (1127-38) and perhaps some dispute over the distribution of 20 dinars. …

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  43. 6693Literary textT-S AS 137.240

    Recto: Poem in honor of the wedding of a dignitary

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  44. 6694List or tableT-S AS 181.197

    Accounts.

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  45. 6695State documentT-S NS 204.38

    Subsequent use, probably: Drafts of petition text in Arabic script addressed to al-maqām al-[...] al-Ḥāfiẓī (dating to the reign of al-Ḥāfiẓ, 1132–49). On the other …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. المملوك يقبل الارض امام المقام النبوي الحافظي
    3.                           ] ويعلم انه لما انعم عليه من اعـ[

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  46. 6696List or tableT-S Ar.51.75

    Inventory of the items from a dead man's estate that are in Alexandria, mainly books (two pages) and various household items (last page). In Judaeo-Arabic …

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  47. 6697LetterT-S AS 177.258

    Letter fragment. Looks like a join with T-S AS 177.259.

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  48. 6698Unknown typeENA NS 85.497

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  49. 6699Legal documentENA 2420.2

    Birth records. In Italian and Hebrew. Location: Venice. Probably non-Geniza. First document: Dated: Sunday, 1 Sivan 5536 AM, which is to 19 May 1776 CE. …

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  50. 6700State documentNLI 577.8/8

    State document, in Arabic script. Probably late. Mentions "al-waraq al-sāmī al-Muʾarrakh". Needs examination.

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