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  1. 8051Legal documentMS 9160.5

    Legal document. Location: Cairo. Date: Tuesday, 12 Sivan 1814 Seleucid = 6 June 1503 CE, under the authority of the Nagid Yiṣḥaq (Sholal). Likely a …

    1. בש׳ רחמ׳
    2. וחנ׳ 
    3. למא כאן בתאריך יום אלתלאתה תאני עשר יום מן שהר סיון שנת אלף ושמנה מאות ועשר
    4. וארבעה שנים לשטרות למנינא דרגילנא לממני ביה הכא בעיר אלקא…

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  2. 8052Legal documentENA NS 47.17

    Legal document. In Hebrew. Location: Fustat/Cairo. Dating: [..]19 AM, which is either 1858/59, 1758/59, or 1658/59, or conceivably 1558/59 CE at the very earliest. Of …

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  3. 8053Unknown typeENA NS 85.1199

    Small fragment with Hebrew text on the recto and verso. The recto mentions a payment שיפרעו לו לזמן פלוני, possibly formulary. Requires further examination.

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  4. 8054LetterT-S AS 145.216

    Letter fragment (middle third, missing both right and left sides). A lot of text remains, but it is frustratingly vague. The name(s) on verso may …

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  5. 8055LetterBL OR 5542.8

    Note to Seʿadya the cantor. Dating: Probably 12th or 13th century. In Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic. Asking him to list the contributors to a collection (pesiqa) …

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  6. 8056Paraliterary textT-S Ar.40.163

    Calendar or ephemeris in Arabic script. Lists entries for the days of the week along with corresponding celestial objects.

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  7. 8057Legal documentT-S 10J28.1

    Legal document. Concerning a betrothal (qiddushin). Mentions the witnesses Bū ʿAlī b. al-Faḍlī (or al-Faṣlī?) and Ṭayyib al-Ṣayrafī. Early portion of 5 dinars. The transfer …

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    1. [...] פתאמלתה
    2. [... א]בו עלי בן אלפצלי ובחצרה
    3. [... ובח]צרה טייב אלצירפי ואקנינא
    4. [...] באלג בחצרה שני עדים
    5. [...] ואשכשפת עלי חאלהא פקיל לי
    6. [...…

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  8. 8058LetterENA 1157.12

    Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Fragment (lower right corner of recto). Written on parchment. Likely a Maghribī mercantile letter of the 11th century. Twice refers to "my …

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  9. 8059Legal documentMoss. V,380

    Debt contract. Location: Minyat Ashna. Dated: middle third of Av 1460 Sel. = July 1149 CE, under the jurisdiction of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. …

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  10. 8060Unknown typeT-S AS 178.232

    Bifolio with unidentified text(s) in Arabic script, probably documentary. Needs examination.

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  11. 8061Legal documentYevr. II A 2859

    A legal declaration regarding lease of a land

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  12. 8062Legal documentYevr.-Arab. I 328

    Legal record (#96) in a court register/pinqas from a Karaite beit din in Cairo (on f. 32v of Yevr.-Arab. I 328). Dated 14 Sivan 5326 …

    Yevr.-Arab. I 328, folio 32v

    1. למא כאן] נהאר אלאתנין ראבע עשר פי שהר סיון המכובד סנה ה׳ש׳כ׳ו׳ ליצירה אשהד עליה
    2. ... ...]ן אלמולא יוסף אלנקאש מן כלפון […

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  13. 8063List or tableAIU VII.F.67

    List of donations collected on various Shabbatot.

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  14. 8064Legal documentT-S AS 152.188

    Fragment only shows mirrored script. Probably from a legal document, in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe. (Information from CUDL)

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  15. 8065LetterT-S Ar.18(1).34

    Letter draft from Hillel b. ʿEli, in Tyre to the Nagid Mevorakh b. Saʿadya, in Fusṭāṭ. Dating: ca. 1094 CE and, broadly, 1094–1108 CE based …

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    1. כת אטאל אללה בקא חצרה סידנא אלריס [א]ל[גלי]ל //שר השרים// אלוף הבינות 
    2. חכם בינו סנהדרא רבה נגיד עם יי צבאות [ ] בבקאיהא
    3. סנד אלאמה ורפע בעזהא בנד א…

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  16. 8066LetterMoss. IV,51.3

    Fragment of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions wheat, blessings for somebody, a request to purchase something, and having sent something to Rabbenu Elʿaz[ar].

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  17. 8067Legal 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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  18. 8068Literary textENA 3982.31

    Medical treatise in Arabic script.

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  19. 8069Legal documentT-S 8.112

    Engagement contract in which Ṭahor b. Yehuda b. Saʿadya ha-Kohen pledges his minor daughter after 5 years to Muhadhdhab b. Shemuel (appears also in BL …

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  20. 8070Literary textAIU IV.A.293

    Late Judaeo-Arabic medical prescriptions for preparing bandages, e.g. for tumors. Headers in red ink.

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  21. 8071Legal documentBodl. MS heb. c 28/41

    Recto: Legal record of a sale of an upper-story apartment made by Surūra bt. Shelomo ha-Rofeʾ to Yiṣḥaq b. Avraham al-Qābisī. In the margin mentions …

    1. מעשה שהיה לפנינו אנו בית דין הקבוע במצרים והעדים החותמים עדותם
    2. מטה בכתב הזה איך מרב יוסף המכונה אבו אלפצל [ב]ר מרב פרחיה /אתא קדמנא/ קובל על מרב
    3. צבי…

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  22. 8072LetterT-S NS 71.2 + T-S NS 38a.132 + T-S NS 38a.136

    Letter in the hand of Mevorakh b. Natan addressed to a dignitary named ʿAzaryahu. (For the addressee, cf. T-S 8J19.8 + CUL Add.3342.) Recto consists …

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  23. 8073Paraliterary textPER H 2

    Placard in large beautiful letters including Jeremiah 17:7 and other verses. Information from Goitein's index card.

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  24. 8074LetterBodl. MS heb. c 72/12

    Letter addressed to Moshe b. Yehuda. Mainly in Hebrew with some Judaeo-Arabic (isolated words throughout and a block of text in the middle of verso). …

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  25. 8075Legal query or responsumJTS Schechter 27

    Responsum/letter regarding different versions of the Tosefta, mentioning Fustat, Damascus, and Babylonia. Verso: "This letter pertains to the venerable elder Shela b. Nissim." See FGP …

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  26. 8076LetterPER H 34

    Verso: Document(s) occupying the verso of one of the small handful of Judaeo-Arabic papyri. Labeled "papyrus III" in the classification of Blau and Hopkins. Dating: …

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  27. 8077List or tableT-S AS 176.349

    Detailed accounts in Arabic. Refers to a ruqʿa and 'kātib al-muwaffaq.' Needs further examination.

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  28. 8078Legal documentT-S AS 166.118

    Draft of a legal document in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Menashshe ha-Levi (fl. 1100–1138 CE). Some lines crossed out near the bottom.

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  29. 8079Literary textENA 1055.27

    Prayer in Judaeo-Arabic

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  30. 8080Legal documentT-S 13J4.13

    Deed of indebtedness. Location: Fustat. Dated: 5 Iyyar 1603 Seleucid, which is 1292 CE, under the authority of David I Maimonides. Legal document concerning a …

    1. נקול [נחן] אלשהוד אלואצעין כטוטנא אכר הדא אלמסטור אן למא
    2. כאן פי אליום אלכאמס מן שהר אייר דשנת אלפא ושית מאה ותלת
    3. [שנ]ין ל[שטרות] למניינא דרגילנא לממ…

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  31. 8081Legal documentENA 972.5

    Bill of divorce. Location: Minyat Zifta. Dated: Tuesday, 23 Iyyar 1436 Seleucid, which is 1125 CE. Husband: Ḥalfon b. Moshe. Wife: Banāt bt. Sibāʿ. Written …

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  32. 8082LetterENA NS 77.299

    Letter in Hebrew. Late. Mentions a woman named Simḥa; Sutayta; the addressee;s mother; and the addressee's brother-in-law Menaḥem.

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  33. 8083LetterT-S AS 146.214

    Letter to Abū l-[...]. (Information from CUDL)

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  34. 8084Credit instrument or private receiptT-S AS 183.113

    Document in Arabic, maybe the bottom of a receipt.

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  35. 8085List or tableT-S AS 172.57

    List in Judaeo-Arabic with Hebrew alphanumerals. 16th-century or later based on the paleography.

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  36. 8086LetterT-S 8J19.33

    Letter from a Greek-speaking Jewish man to a woman in Fustat. "The beginning of the letter is missing, and it is impossible to reconstruct the …

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    1.                 ]מ'[  ] ל'א אהיה בטוב כי
    2.              ] מיש'תין מצא אותנו עת רעה

    3.            ]יה חמשה ואחר כך מלטנו האל

    4.           ]..ות המ…

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    1.         ... I am not well because
    2.          ... found us at a bad time

    3.          ... five and then God rescued us

    4.           … the east to S…

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  37. 8087LetterT-S NS 320.14

    Recto: Letter of appeal for charity from a Torah scholar. In Hebrew.

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  38. 8088Paraliterary textJRL Genizah Ar. 330

    Medical prescription(s). In Arabic script. Numerous ingredients. On verso there are notes in Judaeo-Arabic and in Arabic script, apparently an additional recipe/prescription. The Judaeo-Arabic reads: …

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  39. 8089Legal 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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  40. 8090Legal documentT-S NS 321.75

    Fragment from a legal deed, written by Halfon b. Menashshe Halevi (Date: 1100-1138)

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  41. 8091LetterCUL Or.1081 2.43

    Fragment of a business letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: probably 11th century. The sender is writing from Alexandria on the 5th of Sivan. Mentions a battle …

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  42. 8092List or tableENA 3727.6

    List of accounts. The paleography supports a dating estimate of 16th- or 17th-century. At least two entries mention iron, the more detailed instance is in …

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  43. 8093LetterMoss. IV,10

    Letter from Yosef ha-Kohen b. Shelomo Gaon to Ephrayim b. Shemarya, ca. 1035.

    1. נקדום נקדמו מכתבי אושר אלי אח הכושר חכם הפשר מתיר אגודי קשר שלומיהן יובל
    2. לשוי תשר הוא כבוד גדולת קדושת מר ור אפרים החבר המתמשר יזכה נין ונכד לשרשר
    3. מ…

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  44. 8094Legal documentENA NS 18.29

    Ketubba in the hand of Hillel b. ʿEli (fl. 1066–1108 CE). Dated: Tuesday, 28 Elul 14[.] Seleucid, so no earlier than 1089 CE, and no …

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  45. 8095LetterT-S Misc.11.132

    Probably a draft of a petition. In Judaeo-Arabic with some Hebrew. Dating: likely no earlier than 13th century based on handwriting. The text is written …

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  46. 8096Legal documentENA NS 18.34

    Fragment of a ketubba of the groom Yefet b. Avraham from Alexandria signed by Avraham b. Yaʿaqov. Dated ca. 1100. (Information from Mediterranean Society, IV, …

    1. ד. . . .[. . . .]. . .[. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    2. . .ך …

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  47. 8097LetterT-S AS 173.158

    Small fragment from the end of a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: ca. 12th century. The text preserved is either from the right margin or the …

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  48. 8098LetterT-S AS 183.146

    Letter fragment. In Arabic script. Addressed to 'my brother' ʿAbd al-Salām (r3). The sender reports that he or she obtained a maymūn (a kind of …

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  49. 8099Paraliterary textT-S NS 325.140

    Piyyuṭ for Shabbat Balaq with a colophon. "By Ibn al-Shaṭnāsh (אלשטנאש/الشطناش), may God have mercy on him. Written by the cantor Abū l-Ḥasan the son …

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  50. 8100LetterT-S NS 164.199

    Possibly a letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Quite faded and damaged. Might also be literary. Mentions someone's death and something that "is not hidden from you" and …

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