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  1. 7001LetterT-S Misc.35.49

    Letter of recommendation written by Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq, 'av bet dinsellekol yisra'el', for Yehoshuaʿ b. Eli and David b. Shemuel.

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    1. אל רבי העדה ואצילי הצבור [
    2. ואחד לשארם כולם לפי פאירם ו[               ] מבחרם
    3.      שלום אהבה ברכה רחמים השקט מבטחה אב[
    4. המבר נוטרי ביר ונוצרי ח…

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  2. 7002LetterMoss. X,135.1

    A letter to Musa Yahya from Yahya Ibrahim - needs examination. No image

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  3. 7003Legal documentFriedberg MSS 9-004/20

    Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138 CE). First few lines only (abandoned draft). Involves a female broker (al-dallāla).

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  4. 7004LetterT-S AS 152.390

    Fragment of an 11th-century mercantile letter. On parchment. Might join with T-S AS 152.383. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  5. 7005LetterJRL A 1184

    Upper left corner of a letter in Ladino. A Gatenio is mentioned.

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  6. 7006Unknown typeENA NS 85.359

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  7. 7007Unknown typeENA NS 85.1271

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  8. 7008Unknown typeENA NS 14.30

    Small fragment with some Judaeo-Arabic text (lā man tawallā. . ."). Unidentified.

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  9. 7009List or tableBodl. MS heb. f 101/47

    Accounts or legal inventory in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably first half of 13th century. Stating that Abū Naṣr has a contract for 480 (dirhams? dinars?) beginning …

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  10. 7010LetterT-S Ar.34.117

    Letter fragment. In Arabic script. Addressed to a 'son.' The names Ibrāhīm and Ismāʿīl appear in the address.

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  11. 7011LetterT-S AS 147.49

    Letter from a community of Jews (ʿabīduhā jamāʿat yahūd [...]) to the dignitary Yakhin b. Netanʾel (a.k.a. Abū l-Faḍl Thābit b. Hibatallāh) Rosh ha-Qehillot (روش …

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  12. 7012List or tableT-S NS 125.124

    List of names (e.g., al-shaykh Abū ʿAbdallāh) and sums of money in Arabic script. Unclear if private or official. Evidently cut up and reused for …

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  13. 7013LetterT-S AS 202.375

    Extremely faded letter mentioning the Nagid. On verso there is a note about an oath.

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  14. 7014LetterT-S 10J18.19

    Letter to a woman in which the writer mentions his mother and aunt, and gives news about a marriage that has taken place. The addressee …

    1. שלום שלום ל[רחוק ולקרוב
    2. תבורך [
    3. תנו לה [ מפרי ידיה
    4. . . . . . [
    5. אלי חצרה אלאכת אלע[זיזה
    6. אלסת [ס]תיתה אט . . . . . [
    7. אלפצל ואלאחסאן לא אכל[
    8. כיר ועאפיה…

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  15. 7015Legal documentT-S AS 167.52 + T-S AS 167.51

    Two fragments from the bottom of a legal document (or draft) in Judaeo-Arabic, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (active 1100–38 CE). Contains release …

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  16. 7016Legal documentENA 2727.23a

    Legal document. Commenda. Following the Talmudic isqa method whereby the agents have some responsibility for losses, the active partner or partners (Abū Sa‘d and his …

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    1. [חצר אלינא אנן ח]תומי מטה אלשיך אבו אלמעאני .... מר ור
    2. [ .ן הלוי הזקן היקר נע וולדה אבו סעד]
    3. [וקאלו לנא אקנו] מנא ואשהדו עלינא בגמיע אלאלפאט […

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    1. The Elder Abū al-Ma‘ānī … (our) tea(cher) and m(aster) …
    2. […] the Levi the beloved Elder (who) r(ests in) E(den,) and his father Abū Sa‘d
    3. [came be…

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  17. 7017Paraliterary textT-S Ar.30.91

    Recto: astrology, mentioning ṣāḥib al-ṭāliʿ several times. Verso: a continuation of recto, transitioning into a formulary for a spell of some kind that involves burying …

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  18. 7018Legal documentJRL B 2377

    Fragment of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (1100–1138 CE).

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  19. 7019LetterT-S 8J14.1

    Letter/petition. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 12th century, during the tenure of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. The sender asks the addressee to assist him …

    1. ] פודה אליסורים בעונות[ינו ה]רבים ואלדין
    2. ]ד אלשי פי מתל הדא אלמועד ואסעה
    3. חצר אלממ בין ידין סידנא יסתמטר
    4. אנפאדה באן יעטדה ענד בעץ אלגמאעה
    5. בתדביר ס…

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  20. 7020LetterENA NS I.1

    Letter from Barakāt b. Manṣūr, unknown location, to Eliyyahu the Judge (active 1204–41), in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic, with a Hebrew header and the address partially …

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    1. הנה אל ישועתי אבטח ולו אפחד כי עזי וזמרת יה ׳׳ ויהי ל[י לישועה]
    2. אלי אלמגלס אלסמי אלאגלי אלמולוי אלפצל אלמתפצל עלי ממא[ליכה . . . . .]
    3. כתרת תשו…

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  21. 7021LetterMoss. II,134.2

    Letter, fragment, in Arabic script or official correspondence. Needs examination.

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  22. 7022Legal documentBL OR 5566B.7

    Legal document. Deed of dedication of a house in Damascus to the Great Synagogue, ca. 1090. A certain Meshullam, known as Ibn Shurayq al-Dimashqi, i.e. …

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    1. וארבע מ[אות ] למנינא דרגיליננא [ לממניה ביה בפסטאט מצרים דעל]
    2. נילוס נהרא מותבה כן הוה חצר בבי דינא רבא //אלי\\ כב גד קד מר ורב אדני[נו]
    3. דויד ה…
    1. .... and four hundred according to the era to which we are accustomed here in Fustat of Egypt which 

    2. is situated on the Nile River. This happened…

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  23. 7023LetterENA NS 19.6

    Letter from Shelomo b. Semah of Ramla to Efrayim b. Shemarya written in his own hand. Dating: ca. 1030 CE (per Gil) and ca. 1007–1055 …

    ENA NS 19, f. 6 ed. Gil, Palestine, Pt. 2, pp.370-371 (Doc. #204), C.B. 01-28-88 (p) Fragment of a letter from Solomon b. Semah of Ramle to Ephraim b…

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  24. 7024Unknown typeMoss. V,367

    Awaiting description - see Goitein's index card.

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  25. 7025State documentENA 3941.4

    Official salary receipt issued by the state administration for silk production in Alexandria. Dated: Jumādā II 1239 AH (1824 CE). In the introduction to her …

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    1. وداعة
    2. من يد قدرة الاكابر وعمدة الاعيان ذو العز والشان حضرة
    3. سيدنا الامير المكرم الحاج عمر اغاه ناظر انوال الحرير لثغر سكندرية وذالك
    4. قبض ابراهيم…

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    1. Deposits

    2. from the hand of the exemplar of the great and support of

      the notables, of power and renown, his excellency

    3. our master the noble…

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  26. 7026LetterBodl. MS heb. e 100/56

    Letter from a certain Abū l-Faraj to a judge. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 12th or 13th century. He complains that after he had paid 10 …

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    1. אלממלוך יכדם אלמגלס אלעאלי לא
    2. גלקה אללה פי ושההנא וינהי אן בעד
    3. מא סאפר אלשיך מוסי בעד מא
    4. אופינא רבינו אלדיין אלעשרה דנאניר
    5. אלמתקררה עלינא וחק …

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  27. 7027List or tableT-S AS 149.71

    Calendar. (Information from CUDL)

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  28. 7028LetterT-S NS 226.53

    Fragmentary letter from Yefet b. Menashshe Halevi to his brother Halfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100–1138) informing on various business transactions including one to Dammuh. Cairo …

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  29. 7029Paraliterary textENA 2713.43

    Love spell in Judaeo-Arabic. For Esther bt. Nazlī to fall in love with Ḥayyim b. Barda. The hand looks late and possibly Iraqi—but that is …

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  30. 7030Legal documentENA NS 77.185

    Minute fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. Legal? There are some names: Sitt al-Sā[da] and ʿAmram b. [...].

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  31. 7031LetterJRL B 4037

    Letter from Allush ('Lamb') b. Makhlūf al-Nafusi to M[ahr]uz ben Yaʿaqov. Dating: 1130s or 1140s. Business letter concerning payments involving and owed to various merchants, …

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    1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא חצרה מולאי אלשיך
    2. ואדאם עזה ונעמתה וכבת אעדאה א.ל[...
    3. וצל אלשיך אבו סעיד מכלוף ואעלמ[......
    4. אגתמע מע אכי יצחק ועז עלי דלך ו…

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  32. 7032Legal documentJRL B 3726

    Fragment of a legal document in Judaeo-Arabic involving Mūsā b. Yeshuʿa. Very damaged.

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  33. 7033LetterCUL Or.1081 2.36

    Letter opening, preserving only the shawqiyya, from Seʿayda b. Isḥāq to a certain respected Elʿazar.

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  34. 7034LetterT-S 16.174

    Letter from Nissim b. Yiṣḥaq al-Tāhartī, in Sūsa, to Nahray b. Nissim, in Fustat. Dating: ca. 1052 CE. The letter mentions the connections that Nahray …

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    1. כתאב[י יא]סידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ותאיידך ונעמתך

    2. וכאן לך [ול]יא וחאפצא פי גמיע אמורך ואצרף אלאסוא ענך ברחמתה מן סוס…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת עזרתו ואת חסדיו לך
    2. ויהיה לך מגן ושומר בכל ענייניך ויסלק ממך …

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  35. 7035Legal documentT-S 24.12

    Ketubba fragment. Location: Fusṭāṭ. Dated: [..]45 (probably 1345 Seleucid = 1034 CE). Groom: Avraham ha-Levi. Bride: Durra bt. Shelomo, a virgin and a rich woman. …

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  36. 7036LetterT-S Misc.22.217

    Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer reports that he met with the judge regarding a certain purchase. Also mentions a thawb and gold.

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  37. 7037LetterBodl. MS heb. c 28/44

    Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda to Avraham Ha-Kohen b. Hagay, Fustat.

    1. ליקר פאר כק מ ורב אברהם הכהן החכם והנבון החשוב יהי צור [עזרו וצל]
    2. סתרו וירבה כבודו וישלח מקודש עזרו ומציון יסעדו ויתן לו כלבבו וכל עצתו
    3. ימלא בן מר ו…

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  38. 7038LetterL-G Misc. 55

    Letter sent from Alexandria to Avraham ha-Rav ha-Sefaradi. (Perhaps the same Avraham ha-Sefaradi as in ENA 2558.13, who corresponded with the Nagid Yehoshuaʿ Maimonides in …

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  39. 7039LetterT-S 6J7.3

    Letter from a man to his father. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Probably 1238–52 CE, as it has to do with the removal of David I Maimonides …

    1. בש רח
    2. ואעלם אלואלד ופקה אללה אנני כתנת יום
    3. ט באב לשכץ יקאל לה מפצל [אבן?] אלענברי
    4. והו עם מהדב ואבו סע[ד אבן?] אלענברי
    5. וכאנת כתאנת עגיבה מע [. . . .]…

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  40. 7040Legal query or responsumT-S G1.21

    Two drafts, in two different hands, of legal queries concerning whether a teacher who took an oath not to teach his clients can be released …

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  41. 7041LetterT-S AS 176.308

    Letter in Arabic script, probably a private letter of appeal for charity or assistance.

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  42. 7042LetterDK 322 (alt: 14)

    Business letter from Abū al-Surūr b. David (al-Mahdiyya) to his cousin Abū al-Afrāḥ ʿArūs b. Yosef (Fustat), ca. 1095. The writer sent to the recipient …

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    1. חצרה מולאי אלשיך אלאגל צאנה אללה מן אלאסוא כלהא ואכתרה מן אל

    2. נעם באגלהא וחבאה מן אלעאפיה באגמלהא ותוחדה במא לא ת[ב]ל[ג]ה אל

    3. דעא אליה ולא …

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    1. הדרת אדוני ורבי הנכבד, יגן עליך אלוהים מפני כל רע וישפיע עליך
    2. מכל טובה נעלה ביותר ויעניק לך בריאות נאה ביותר ויכתיר אותך ביותר משתשיגנו
    3. התפילה…

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  43. 7043Literary textJRL B 2677

    Literary fragments in Hebrew.

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  44. 7044Unknown typeDK M75 (alt: 123/i)

    Perhaps a letter. Gotein's note reads in part, "Calligraphic (Torah script) to Yosef Rosh Kalla ve-Aluf (=Ibn ʿAwkal) [...] Thanks and שנתחדשה הצרה זאת. Scheiber, …

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  45. 7045List or tableT-S AS 177.84

    Small fragment of a prescription or account for materia medica in Arabic script. Mentions small quantities of saffron and camphor.

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  46. 7046Legal documentBL OR 5524.5

    Geṭ (bill of divorce). Location: Fustat. Dated: Thursday, 20 Av 1473 Seleucid = 2 August 1162 CE. Husband: Thābit b. Abū l-Faraj. Wife: Sitt al-Nās …

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  47. 7047LetterDK 36.16

    Letter in Hebrew. The letters on folios 16 and 23 are both addressed to an Avraham b. Yosef ha-Levi. The former at least is signed …

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  48. 7048Literary textJRL B 2476

    Appears to be 4 pages of rabbinic literature. Very faded.

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  49. 7049Unknown typeT-S Ar.20.26

    Document in Arabic script, probably legal, probably late. The date is given but is difficult to read. There are several different blocks of texts in …

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  50. 7050Literary textJRL A 694

    A piece of the opening page of the abridgement of the Karaite linguist Abu l-Faraj Harun's "Hidayat al-Qari" (aka Kitab al-Shurut). See the edition by …

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