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  1. 8001Legal documentT-S NS J401i

    Legal fragment. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Refers to: a period of one year; an aforementioned document; "that I …

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  2. 8002Legal documentYevr. III B 634 + T-S 8J32.1 + Bodl. MS heb. f 108/61 + Bodl. MS heb. b 13/48

    Marriage contract (ketubba). In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. Dated: Tuesday, 5 Adar II 1437 Seleucid, which is 1126 CE. Groom: Elʿazar b. Shemarya. …

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  3. 8003Legal documentT-S AS 184.272

    Legal document in Arabic script. There is a date and witness signatures. Refers to a sum of 5 1/2 dinars and a monthly payment schedule. …

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  4. 8004LetterT-S 8J19.24

    Letter from Zekharya b. Ya’aqov b. al-Shama, from Tripoli (Libya), to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1060. The letter deals with shipments of goods and …

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    1. כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם עזך ותאיידך וסלאמתך ונעמתך מן אלמסתקר

    2. אסרו חג סכות אעאדה אללה עליך סנין כתירה שש ושמח ואלחאל סלאמה…

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    1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את גדולתך ואת עזרתו לך ואת שלומך ואת חסדו לך, מן הבית
    2. אסרו חג סוכות, יחדשנו עליך אל…

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  5. 8005Legal documentBL OR 12136.1

    Recto: Dedication of a Torah with Targum to the Babylonian synagogue. Location: Fustat. Dated: Ḥeshvan 1403 Seleucid, which is October-November 1091 CE. There are several …

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    בתרין בשבה דהוא חמשה יומי בירח מרחשון דשנת אלפא

    וארבע מאה ותלאת שנין למנינא דרגיליננא ביה בפס//ט//אט

    מצרים דעל נילוס נהרא מותבה חצר בבי דינא כא…

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  6. 8006List or tableT-S AS 142.159

    Bifolio. Original use: Account in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. Several entries list the value of ruqʿas (orders of payment?) either "in my hand" (bi-khaṭṭī) …

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  7. 8007Legal documentT-S 18J1.25

    Copy of a will of Mahara bat Avraham ha-Kohen that had been made and dated in Alexandria in January 1143, issued at the request of …

    1. חצר אלינא מר ור אבו סעיד ביר משה נע ואלתמס מנא נסכה וציה כאלתה מהרה
    2. ברת אברהם הכהן נע אד לה פיהא זכות יצל אליה והדה נסבתהא אות באות ומלה במלה:
    3. שהדות…

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  8. 8008List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 304

    Table in Arabic letters, might be astronomical.

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  9. 8009LetterJRL Gaster heb. ms 1772/10

    Letter from an unknown man, in Damietta, to his mother, probably in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic with the address in Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps 13th–15th century. …

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  10. 8010LetterAIU XII.104

    Difficult-to-read and very brief Arabic document, containing the common but mysterious glyph لے at the top of recto and phrases such as "mamlūkuhu", 'li l-sharṭ' …

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  11. 8011Legal documentYevr. II A 1301

    Incomplete Karaite betrothal agreement. Dated Wednesday 28 Tevet 5399 AM (1639 CE). Location: Cairo. The marriage will take place a year and a half after …

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    1.                       בסימן טוב ובהצלחה
    2. ביום רביעי בשבוע והוא שמונה ועשרים יום מחדש טבת יא׳׳ל שנת חמשת אלפים ושלש מאות ותשעים
    3. ותשעה שנים לבריא…

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  12. 8012LetterAIU VII.E.92

    Late letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Karo y Frances & Company, from Avraham Haman and Gavriel Ḥefez. Dated 29 Elul [5]569 AM Information from Wagner, Linguistic …

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  13. 8013State documentT-S AS 184.197

    Seems to be a state report on agricultural tax collection. Dating: Likely Mamluk-era based on formulae, names, and handwriting, but this is a guess. Seems …

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  14. 8014List or tableT-S Misc.8.64

    List of names (al-Shofeṭ; Abū l-Mufaḍḍal; Abū Kathīr al-Ṣayrafī; Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Barādī(?); Salāma al-ʿAṭṭār; Abū Ṭāhir al-T[...]; Abū l-ʿAlā al-Ṣaydalānī; Ḥasan al-Tājir; Ibn Rashīd; Abū …

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  15. 8015LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/26

    Letter addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda, in Alexandria. Dating: Last quarter of the 15th century. Only the beginning and the address are preserved. The sender …

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  16. 8016List or tableT-S NS J225

    Verso and bottom of recto: Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Verso is headed: "inventory of that which I brought with me to Būṣīr." Mentions names such as …

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  17. 8017Unknown typeT-S NS 304.24

    Minute fragment, Few words in Arabic - needs examination.

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  18. 8018LetterENA NS 7.74

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. The writer defends himself for having to refuse a request of the addressee (he cites a version of a couplet of Arabic …

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  19. 8019Literary textT-S J3.1

    Geonic literature. In Hebrew.

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  20. 8020Legal documentBL OR 5566A.2

    Will, probably. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe (fl. 1100-1138 CE). In which Sayyid al-Kull disposes of his possessions (including a drug store, dukkān …

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  21. 8021Literary textT-S AS 183.192

    Possibly from a historical chronicle. Headed, "One of the governors (ʿāmil min ʿummāl) of Homs wrote to ʿUmayr(?) ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz(?). . . ." This is …

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  22. 8022LetterT-S Misc.8.18

    Public letter in the hand of Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE). The cantors of Fustat are instructed to read it aloud in the synagogue on …

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    1. אמת
    2. אלחזנים במצר ינדרו אלגמאעה
    3. בר יה אלנסא ואלרגאל שני
    4. וחמישי ושני ויום אלשבת
    5. בשחרית אן לא יתערץ אחד
    6. לצבאג אלחריר פי אלביות
    7. לאגל אן אלצאמן שכ…

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  23. 8023Credit instrument or private receiptJRL B 6116

    Informal note addressed to Abū l-Afrāḥ requesting that he urgently send the writer 5 dinars with the bearer. Also mentions sending it with the jāriya …

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    1. . . . בה
    2. על שמך
    3. מולאי אלשיך אבו אלאפראח
    4. אדאם אללה עזה ינעם
    5. באן ידפע למוצלהא ה דנאניר
    6. פאני בשהאדה אללה מחתאג
    7. להא גאיה אלחאגה פינעם
    8. בהא מע אלגאר…

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  24. 8024List or tableT-S AS 153.79

    Lists of goods and sums of money. In the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe? Likely related to T-S AS 145.241 (PGPID 18215).

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  25. 8025List or tableT-S AS 207.169 + T-S AS 207.144

    Accounts in Arabic, related to the nearby shelfmark T-S AS 207.144. Dating is 16th-century or later based on the paleography.

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  26. 8026Legal documentJRL A 460

    Ketubba fragment with an elaborate floral border pattern. Dated [5]5[..] AM, thus 1739-1839 CE. Based on the dating the location is likely "[Cairo near] Fustat …

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  27. 8027List or tableAIU VII.F.98

    Interesting fragment of a grid containing prognostications in Judaeo-Arabic with interspersed Arabic for various questions. E.g., "This man swore falsely" or "This woman will become …

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  28. 8028State documentT-S Ar.40.107

    Draft of a letter/petition, in Arabic script. Addressed to Huṣām al-Dawla. The sender asks that 'you rescue me from this man' (bi-an tukhalliṣ ʿabdak min …

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. كتبت هذه الى حضرة مولاي الشيخ الاجل حسام الدولة  ادام  الله
    3. عزه والمسموع من طيب اخباره والمنقول من جمل اثاره وما ت…

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  29. 8029LetterMoss. IV,82

    Letter from Yisra'el b. Natan to a relative in Egypt. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 1060 CE. The fate of the addressee was apparently a cause …

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    1. [ ] من اسرائيل بن سهلون الفسطاط
    2. ان ساء الله

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    1. [כתאבי יא סידי ומולאי אלעזיז] אטאל אללה בק[אך]
    2. [ואדאם עזך ותאידך מן אלקדס] עמרה אללה…

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  30. 8030List or tableT-S AS 204.254

    Calendar in Hebrew script. Needs examination.

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  31. 8031LetterT-S 8J14.27

    Letter from Yeḥiel b. Yiṣḥaq ha-Ṣarfati, in Jerusalem. In Hebrew. Dating: No earlier than 1221 CE, as that is the year Anatoli died. He sends …

    1. . . . . . . . . . .] ושלמה בני בית . .ם
    2. ותודיעו לנו שלוותכם על יד מקדים
    3. ונשמח בשמחתכם ופרסו
    4. שלומותיי לאהבי נדבה החבר
    5. המלמד החכם ר יפת יפת אלהים
    6. ליפת…

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  32. 8032LetterT-S Ar.54.23

    Verso: Letter of appeal for charity addressed to al-Rayyis Yūsuf. In Arabic script, calligraphic with large letters. Asking him to bestow two garments (thawbayn) on …

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    1. المملوك يصدق على العايلة ثوبين والسلام

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    1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
    2. يخدم المجلس العالي المولوي
    3. المخدومي الاجلي المحترمي
    4. الريسي ريس ا…

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  33. 8033LetterT-S AS 146.449

    Fragment from a letter or account, mentioning 5 raṭl. (Information from CUDL.) In the hand of Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (d. 1212).

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  34. 8034Legal documentNLI 577.1/72

    Fragment from the bottom of a document in Arabic script, probably legal. Dated probably 16 Dhū l-Qaʿda 863 H.

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  35. 8035List or tableT-S AS 187.71

    Bifolio of accounts in Arabic with Greek/Coptic numerals. Medieval-era. There is a detailed and well-preserved heading on the recto that merits further examination.

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  36. 8036List or tableJRL Genizah Ar. 203

    Writing exercises in Arabic script, in which the main sentence copied is about al-Muʿallim Samʿūn b. al-Muʿallim Anṭūn.

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  37. 8037Unknown typeENA NS 85.1160

    Newly treated and encapsulated, must be examined

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  38. 8038List or tableAIU VII.F.83

    12 pages of late accounts. Dated on 1r and 3r as 1267 AH which is 1850/51 CE. The dated heading on 3r mentions Muṣtafa tabiʿ …

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  39. 8039Legal documentT-S AS 157.434

    Legal document in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu. Signed by Pinḥas b. Sheʾerit ha-Kohen. Dating: probably Wednesday, 17 Adar 1536 Seleucid = 26 February …

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  40. 8040LetterAIU VI.B.22

    Fragment of an Arabic family letter (فبالله عليك . . . باتم السلام وعلى الوالد افضل السلام . . .). May allude to a bad …

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  41. 8041Legal documentT-S 8J5.9

    Court record concerning evidence of possession of a compound in Fustat, mentioning lanes and buildings in the city including two kanīsa, the zuqāq al-laban. Dated …

    1. נקול נחן אלשהוד אלמתבתון כטוטנא פי הדא
    2. אלשימוש אננא חצרנא פי מנזל ר שבתי
    3. המלמד ישמ צורו וחצר מענא ל וראק
    4. כביר באלצדאקה ואחצר לה ר שבתי
    5. דנן כתב הדה א…

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  42. 8042Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 146.334

    Order of payment by Abū Zikrī Kohen to pay 6 raṭl and a sum of money to the elder Khalīl. (Information from CUDL)

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  43. 8043List or tableDK 36.4

    Notebook, probably belonging to a 15th-century Byzantine merchant, filled with records of various transactions. The language is primarily Hebrew but the months are Julian (אפריל …

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  44. 8044Legal documentT-S AS 147.81

    Validation (qiyyum) from a legal document, signed (and probably written) by Efrayim b. Shemarya (fl. 1007–1055 CE). Also signed by Avraham b. Mevasser and perhaps …

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  45. 8045LetterT-S AS 203.78

    Fragment from the end of a letter in Arabic. Including greetings for Bū Naṣr(?).

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  46. 8046Legal documentT-S AS 145.215

    Draft of the beginning of alegal document. Involves a woman named [...]ini bt. [...]. (Information in part from CUDL)

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  47. 8047LetterJRL Genizah Ar. 583

    Letter fragment, in an official looking hand. First preserved line contains blessings "المالك سبحانه بالعلا" and in the next line "سبحانه من شا". Also mentions …

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  48. 8048Legal documentT-S AS 146.62

    Legal document giving the testimony of Shelomo (aqūl anā shelomo....), and mentioning Elʿazar and Yeshuʿa and release formulae. (Information from CUDL)

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  49. 8049LetterBodl. MS heb. d 66/108

    IB V, 8. Letter from Shemuʾel b. Avraham Ibn al-Majjānī, probably in Aden, to (Abū Zikrī) Yehuda ha-Kohen b. Yosef, in Fustat. In Judaeo-Arabic. The …

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  50. 8050List or tableT-S NS 69.59

    Minute fragment of a commercial letter or notes. Verso (but not recto) looks like the hand of ʿArūs b. Yosef.

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