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7151LetterT-S 8J40.10
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Barhūn b. Mūsā, in Alexandria, to his father Mūsā b. Barhūn, in Fustat.
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1. כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי וריס[י ותא]ג ראסי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וצ[רף]
2. אלאסוא ענך במנה וצל כתאבך ווק[פת עלי] מא דכר[תה] וגמיע מא ד…
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1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי וראשי ועטרת ראשי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ויסלק
2. ממך כל רע בחסדו. הגיע מכתבך וקראתי מה שכת…
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2004
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7152LetterT-S 10J15.14
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Nahray b. Nissim in Alexandria to Abū Isḥaq Ibrāhīm b. Ḥananel, known as ʿAwāḍ or ʿIwāḍ, in Fustat, in which the writer asks for information about prices of goods in Fustat, ca. 1045-1096.
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1. כתאבי יאכי וסידי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך ונעמתך מן אלאסכ[נדריה ]
2. כלון מן תשרי ערפך אללה ברכתה ואעאדה עלינא ועליך סנין כתירה וג…
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1. אני כותב, אחי ואדוני, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך, מאלכסנדריה….
2. בתשרי, יודיעך אלוהים את ברכתו ויחדשנו על…
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- 11th c
- awad b. hananel
- commodities
- nahray b. nissim
- prices
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1991
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1511
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7153LetterT-S 10J17.21
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from ʿAwaḍ b. Hanan'el in Alexandria to Nahray b. Nissim in Fustat, in which the writer complains of hardships he has endured, and asks for details about prices of goods in Fustat, ca. 1045-1096.
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1. כתאבי יאשיכי וסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאה
2. ואדאם סלאמתה וסעאדתה ונעמתה
3. לי מדה מא וקפת לה עלי כתאב אללה תע'
4. יגעלה פי חיז אלסלאמה ויגעל ולדה
5. וקד א…
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1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים
2. ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך ואת חסדו לך;
3. מזמן לא קראתי מכתב ממך; אלוהים יתעלה
4. ישימך במחוז הש…
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7154LetterT-S 10J20.18
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Natan b. Nahray, Alexandria, to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat, in which the writer states that an amount of money sent by Nahray was delivered by Natan to the widow of Awad b.
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1. כתאבי אטאל אללה בקא מולאי ואדאם תאידה וסלאמתה ונעמאה
2. תקאדם כתאבי למולאי ארגו וצולה אליה ואנא מהניא למולאי בהאדא
3. אלצום אלמבארך תכתב בספר ח…
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1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויחמיד את עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת חסדיו לך.
2. כתבתי לך מכתב לפני זה, אדוני, אקווה שהגיע אליך.…
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1991
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7155LetterT-S 10J31.12
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter from Yeshuʿa b. Mevorakh the Alexandrian, in Malīj, to an unidentified addressee.
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2017
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7946
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7156List or tableT-S 12.395
Primary language
Arabic
It is a list of names accompanied by sums of money, e.g., "al-Rūmī: 4 dirhams." Perhaps an alms list. See separate record for Hebrew document(s) on the same fragment.
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7157List or tableT-S 16.284
Yaʿqūbb." Books include al-Manṣūrī and the poems of al-Ḥarizi. (Information from Goitein's note card) ASE
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- booklist
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2021
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7158Legal documentT-S 18J4.21
Primary language
Hebrew
(Information from Mediterranean Society, III, pp. 255, 483, 280.) See also Moss. VII,89.4.
1. מ.ג והם מספרים שבחך על ישראל . . . . . . . . . . . .[. . . . . .
2. ביושר מעשיך וראינו לכתוב אליך אשר ספרו בכתבם וכן אמרו כי הנפטר
3. שלמה בן יפת צוה קודם…
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2017
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3536
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7159Literary textT-S Ar.19.6
Primary language
Arabic
Bifolium in Arabic script of Kitāb al-Shihāb, a collection of sayings ascribed to Muḥammad, by Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad b. Salāma b. Jaʿfar al-Quḍāʿī (d. 1062). Includes the final page. ASE.
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- arabic literary
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7160LetterT-S Ar.30.184.1
Primary language
Arabic
Includes the phrase "anā al-ghāʾib wa-anta al-ḥāḍir." The sender set sail on a boat/ship (وكنت قد اقلعت في المركب. . . .)
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7161LetterT-S Ar.34.108
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
b. Mevorakh. There are also sundry jottings in Hebrew script and Arabic script (one mentioning Hippocrates).
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7162State documentT-S Ar.42.88
Document date
601 Hijrī (29 August 1204–17 August 1205 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Mentions the mustakhdim al-jawālī in Damietta. Dated: 601 AH. Amount: 1.25 dinars. ʿAlāma: الحمد لله وبه استعين. Endorsed across the text rather than above it, which is unusual.
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- dimme
- tax receipt
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7163List or tableT-S AS 139.84
Primary language
Arabic
One section is headed Friday (yawm al-jumʿa). Mentions commodities and quantities (qadaḥ, ūqiya). The bottom section is probably headed "al-jumla."
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7164LetterT-S AS 146.93
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Mentions a dispute and not being able to put up with a qāḍī (קלת לא נחנא נטיק אלקאטי...); also mentions New Cairo and the name ʿAbdallah. (Information from CUDL)
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7165Legal documentT-S AS 149.254
Inferred date
1127–1138 CE
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). Mentioning Alexandria (possibly drawn up there) and the authority of Maṣliaḥ Gaʾon.
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2018
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7166List or tableT-S AS 150.125
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Accounts of a textile dealer mentioning names such as Murhaf al-Dawla, [...] al-Dawla, and Sibāʿ. Entries include a jūkāniyya (spelled shūkāniyya here), the making of an ʿarḍiyya, silk, and the dyeing of wool.
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- dyeing
- textiles
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2018
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7167LetterT-S AS 153.23
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
The portion preserved here consists of blessings and longing. Also a prayer for the coming of the messiah (אלגאל) in the lifetime of "our master and the turban of our head" (סידנא ועממת ראסנא).
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7168List or tableT-S AS 176.12
Primary languages
Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals
Headed: "Collected on the blessed day of Thursday, 19th Rajab, pertaining to the deceased woman, by the Jewish banker ʿAbd al-Wahhāb known as al-Dajjāj." The rest needs further examination.
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37172
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7169Legal documentT-S AS 177.486
Document date
Shawwāl 899 Hijrī (5 July 1494–2 August 1494 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Mentions a state official: walī Amīr l-Muʾminīn Abī ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad al-Ḥalabī. Needs examination.
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7170List or tableT-S AS 182.69
Primary languages
Arabic, Greek/Coptic Numerals
Contains some accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals, but also contains two entries that begin اصفح(?), and one may mention a woman who was killed by her husband.
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- to examine
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7171LetterT-S AS 182.304
Primary language
Arabic
Mentions a sale of something, the addressee's mother, requesting a response to this note, and referring to 'this noble month' (fī hādhā al-shahr al-sharīf). On verso there are Arabic notations in a different hand.
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7172Legal documentT-S AS 183.316
Primary language
Arabic
Fragment from the top of an iqrār made by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿUbayd known as [...] al-Fakkāh. The document continues وهو يومىذ which would have been followed by his ḥilya, now missing.
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7173List or tableT-S AS 185.123
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
The list names חנין סמען in the heading, perhaps: Ḥanīn Simʿon. Also mentions the name Mosseri.
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- 19th c
- pencil
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7174LetterT-S AS 208.177
Primary language
Arabic
Letter from Mūsā b. Sulaymān(?) al-[…] to Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf b. Ibrāhīm al-[...].
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7175Legal documentT-S NS 163.63
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Shekhanya (though his poorest handwriting also resembles that of Efrayim b. Shemarya).
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- dowry list
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7176State documentT-S NS 202.56
Primary language
Arabic
Refers to the rent or wages for the pressing of sugarcane (al-ujra ʿan iʿtiṣār qaṣab al-sukkar). Reused on both sides for Hebrew piyyuṭ/seliḥot.
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7177Legal documentT-S NS 224.91
Inferred date
1100–1138 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Mostly involving transactions relating to property. There is also imprinted mirror text from a different fragment.
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- halfon b. menashshe
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7178Legal documentT-S NS 226.143
Document date
1431 Seleucid (8 September 1119–25 August 1120 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Bottom of a legal document written and signed by Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi. Also signed by Avraham b. Shemaʿya. One of the parties is Abū l-M[...].
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- halfon b. menashshe
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7179LetterT-S NS 228.49
Letter from Iṣḥaq b. Eli al-Majānī (al-Mahdiya?) to his son Wāfī (Fustat?)
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1. ] להדא אלוקת פוצל כתאבכם מע
2. וז]נת עליהא ח דנא ושק עלי דלך ווצל אל
3. ]יס טויל אלרוח כמא ת…
Recto
1. .... עד הזמן הזה, ואז הגיע מכתבכם בידי
2. .... שילמתי בעדם ח' דינרים, והיה הדבר קשה עלי. והגיע
3. .... בעל אורך רוח כפי שידוע לך. בני הוא כפי שהיה.
4. …
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2018
PGPID
6074
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7180LetterT-S NS 269.214
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Mentioning Būṣīr and Alexandria. Dating: likely 11th century. Four full lines are preserved on both sides.
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7181Paraliterary textT-S NS 272.29 + T-S NS 272.88
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
There is diagonal marginal text (resembling the format of a letter) which contains some Judaeo-Arabic including the word "al-kitāb." Join: Alan Elbaum.
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7182List or tableT-S NS 305.73
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Written at 180 degrees in Arabic script, twice: Abū Manṣūr al-Tustarī al-Kātib.
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- al-tustari
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7183List or tableT-S NS 315.186
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Mainly piyyuṭ. Verso also has several entries of accounts in Judaeo-Arabic.
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7184List or tableT-S NS 320.21
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Mentions transactions in Alexandria. Merits further examination.
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7185Legal documentT-S NS 320.93a + T-S NS 320.93b + T-S AS 146.64
Primary language
Hebrew
The groom is Yefet, and the bride Sirwa (or perhaps Surūr[a]). There is also someone named Iyyov/Ayyūb. These pieces do not join directly.
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- qaraites
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7186Legal documentT-S NS 324.79
Inferred date
1014–1014 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Opening of a legal deed from Aleppo. Mentions Elḥanan Rosh ha-Seder b. [Shemarya?].
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2019
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7187Unknown typeT-S NS 324.125
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
According to FGP it is a poem with end rhyme referring to `thousand shoes and `two brass lamps' but it might be also a fragment of a list of items. One of the lines opens with: "and the city of copper" (ומדינת אלנחאס).
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- copper
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7188Legal documentT-S NS 327.153
Primary language
Arabic
Probably a marriage contract. Mentions ʿAskar b. ʿAlī b. Faraj al-Maghribī in the first line. There are additional notes in the upper margin and on verso.
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7189LetterT-S NS J589
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Mentions a wasaṭ garment; Alexandria (spelled סכנדריה); [not] being able to go out; great distress (shughlun ʿaẓīm); something good that happened (khayrun ʿaẓīm); and noble (jiyād) Jews.
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7190LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1430
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Sayyidna is mentioned throughout the letter, but the period can be determined. Cairo is also mentioned. needs further examination
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7191Legal documentYevr.-Arab. II 1841
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Qaraite formulary for a bill of debt drawn up in the city of Sh[ām = Damascus?]. (There is also some text that seems like it is more appropriate for a letter than a legal deed above this.)
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- karaite
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7192LetterAIU VII.E.98
Document date
Sunday, 21 Adar II 5480 Anno Mundi (31 March 1720 CE)
Primary language
Ladino
Letter from Moshe Yehoshuaʿ Ashkenazi, in Alexandria, to Alpalas y Sahlon, in Cairo (spelled Cairro). […] Moshe seems aggravated: "as there are other things to be doing, I will be brief" (ll. 29–30), and "I have carried out a thousand contrabands but have never had so much trouble as with this one" (in standardized Spanish spelling: mil contra bandos hice nunca me tomé tanto ṣaʿar como esto") (l. 33). See "Alpalas y Sahalon" tag for other documents from the same group.
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7193LetterCUL Or.1080 J24
Document date
Adar 1451 Seleucid (22 January 1140–20 February 1140 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from ʿAmram b. Yiṣḥaq, in Alexandria, to Ḥalfon b. Netanel ha-Levi, in Fustat. […] She was treated for “the obstruction of the heart (inqifāl al-qalb) mentioned by al-Rāzī in the Manṣūrī,” but the medicine only made matters worse.
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1. בשמך רחמ'
2. קד עלם אלבארי גלת קדרתה מא וגדתה לפראק
3. חצרה מולאי כבוד גד' קד' מרנ' ורבנ' חלפון
4. הלוי הקהתי החכם והנבון הירא שמים מנעוריו
5. אטאל אללה ב…
recto
1. בשמך רחמ[נא].
2. אמנם יודע הבורא, תתגדל יכולתו, כמה מצר אני בגלל עזיבתו של
3. הדרת אדוני כבוד גד[ולת] קד[ושת] מרנ' ורבני חלפון
4. הלוי הקהתי החכם והנבו…
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- ib-untranslated-eng
- ib4
- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
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2017
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9121
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7194Legal documentENA 4011.47
Document date
last third of Shevaṭ 1448 Seleucid (15 January 1137–24 January 1137 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
They concern a rent agreement between Sitt al-Nās (the lessor) and Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī (the lessee / mustaʾjir). […] Verso: The body of the document refers to the year 533 AH = September 1138 – September 1139 CE. It also refers to a period of three years, so the 533 date is probably the end of the 3-year lease.
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7195Legal documentENA NS 2.45
Inferred date
1100–1138 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Verso: Small fragment of a legal document, also in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe, written on the back of the ketubba, dealing with money which was not included in an inheritance. Beginning of date preserved: 14__ (Seluecid); given the alef after and knowing Ḥalfon's lifetime, this likely dates to the 1440's (1128-1138 CE).
1. אל. . .ה ען אלתלתה מואצע אל[
2. קניא א.כתארדונה באלביע וקבץ אל[
3. ירושה בעולם ואן ליס לה אלתעלק ב.[
4. הכשר לקנות בו מעכשו בביטול כל מוד[עין
5. וגעלתה ברסם כבז…
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7196LetterENA NS 48.29
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter addressed to Sitt Shaʿl, in Dār al-Nāqa, Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The handwriting is distinctive, with stylized loops at the end of all the descenders. […] I know that the community will not let me leave the town, and also there will be a pesiqa on the holiday. Give to Abū l-Murajjā Sālim your relative the goods that you cannot carry, and send your sister's jar (zīr) with the bearer of this letter so that he can treat himself with it{s contents} (?
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1. . . . . . . . . . . . אדאם] אל בקאכם ואדאם עזכם ומן חסן אלתופיק
2. לא אכלאכם גמע] אללה אלשמל ביננא עלי אסר אלאחואל במנה
3. וכרמה אנה ולי דלך ואלקאדר…
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7197Legal documentENA NS 64.7 + ENA NS 77.168 + ENA NS 16.4 + ENA 77.168 + ENA NS 77.167
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Shemaʿya are parties in a debt settlement. Mentions 13 dinars. Also a testimony on the arrival of Barukh b. Yiṣḥaq from Aleppo to Egypt.
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7198Legal documentJRL B 3787 + JRL B 3788 + Moss. VII,26
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Legal document. Location: al-Maḥalla (בעיר אלמחלה הגדולה הסמוכה לצען). Dating: Likely late 11th century, based on the reference to the court of David ha-Nasi ha-Gadol (=David b. […] The validation is signed by the scribe Yosef b. Moshe ha-Levi (also the scribe for the main document?); Yaʿaqov b. [...] ha-Kohen; and [...] b. […] The document itself concerns ʿĀliya bt. Yosef ha-Kohen Peqid ha-Soḥarim and Yeshuʿa b.
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7199LetterMoss. IV,27.2
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Judaeo-Arabic
Their mother is going to pay a visit to Sitt 'Abid, Sitt Aqran, while their father is going to pay a visit to Abu ‘Ali and al-As‘ad (family members of ‘Imrān’s wife?)[…] IV,27.2) and Abu Sahl (in T-S 8J24.1) both send regards to al-Shaykh al-Yesod in Qalyub. ASE.
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1. יאכי ואללה קלבנא כלנא ענדך ואשגלת קלבנא בעאקה כתבך ואמרתי //לך// הגיד לי דבר הנימול
2. ולא שלחתה ואמך בלסאעה תחב תכרג אליך לאגל עאקה כתבך ועמך ע…
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7200LetterMoss. V,353.1
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Judaeo-Arabic
Recto: Note from a sick man to a physician, it seems beseeching him to assist an older family member who is also sick. "By the Law, if I revealed the state of my master (father?)[…] By God, act with me for the sake of Heaven and have mercy on me." It is also possible that the sickness/medicine/physician references here are metaphorical, and this is primarily an appeal for charity due to poverty — in this case, the orders of payment on verso might be the affirmative response to this appeal for help.
1. וחק אלשריעה לו כשפת חאל מולאי לקד כנת תרתי לה ממא הו פיה
2. מן אלשדה ואלהמום אלתי עליה ואנת אלטביב אלמאהר ואנא
3. אלמריץ בין ידיך אפעל מעי לאגל כאלקך תדאפ…
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