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8301Legal documentT-S K25.166
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
(Information from Goitein's index card.) Same scribe and layout: T-S Ar.51.82 (PGPID 21246) and T-S K25.166 (PGPID 8536).
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2017
PGPID
8536
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8302State documentT-S Misc.22.282
Primary language
Arabic
In Arabic script, in a very large (chancery?) hand. Full of fancy words and phrases like "al-kamāl al-mutaʾalliqa al-anwār."
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8303List or tableT-S Misc.28.100
Primary languages
Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
[Saʿd?]. Underneath, in large Judaeo-Arabidc and Hebrew, there is a writing exercise in which Shelomo b.
Tags
- arabic script
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8304LetterT-S NS J399
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Official letter from the office of one of the later Maimonidean Nagids. Headed with an elaborate Emet.
He requests, therefore, that his matter [...s]o that he does not experience shame from anyone. As you know, the highest and noblest form of charity is credited to the one who bestows charity upon someone anonymously, rather than that he take.
Tags
- charity
- recommendation
1 Translation 1 Discussion
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8305Legal documentF 1908.44SS
Document date
Tammuz 1453 Seleucid (26 June 1142–24 July 1142 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
ʿOvadya. The father-in-law and wife must fulfill some condition involving property rights, and if they do not, she will be divorced without a right to her ketubba. […] Price: 34 dinars. 2 dinars will be paid in Tishrei 1454 Seleucid = 1142 CE, and the remaining 32 dinars in monthly installments of 1 dinar. The guarantor is al-Labbān b. ʿAbdallāh. Jinān has a 2-year-old daughter named Wafāʾ, who will remain with the seller (separated from her mother).
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Tags
- ledger
- slaves
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8306LetterMoss. Ia,23
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
He was hardly able to write to you after the terrible blow, had we not made him him write to you. . . . He lay sick in bed for a period of three months. [. . .] took up his treatment . . . until God saw fit take to His trust." (For the strange-seeming phrase "lahu marīḍ," see also ENA 2738.37.) The context is unfortunately quite difficult to decipher.
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1. בשרח
2. הצור תאמים באעלו כי כל דראכו ומשבט אל אימונה
3. ואן עאול צדיק ויאשר הו באשר דבר מלך שלטון
4. ומיומר לו תפעל אתצלת בנה אלפאגעה אלעצימה
5. אלתי //עמ…
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- abu zikri al-rayyis
- condolence
- grief
- illness
- illness letter 969-1517
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26662
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8307List or tableENA 2219.50
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Requires further examination. NB: The IIIF label for this shelfmark (ENA 2219.49) in DPUL is currently one digit off the actual value displayed in the image itself.
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Tags
- cmp
- silk
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2025
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8308LetterENA 2727.25b
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Regards to his brother-in-law Dā'ūd. This letter is addressed to Avraham Kohen Vini(?)
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- late ja
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2017
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8309Paraliterary textENA 3773.4
Primary languages
Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
From top down: 1 line of names in Hebrew (Elʿazar, Hillel, Shela, Yefet, ʿEli); 4 rows of magical symbols; 1 line in Judaeo-Arabic, "the [r]esponse to a letter from the land of the Franks"; 4 lines in Arabic script, an invocation of God (who split the sea for Moses and destroyed [Pharaoh], etc.) to do something (taḥill?)
Tags
- franks
- magic
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8310Legal documentENA NS 3.14
Primary languages
Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Marriage document. A large damaged piece from a ketubah, from the 12th century, 1127 onward, based on the title יהי שמו לעולם כירח יכון עולם, which started to appear during the tenure of Maṣliaḥ Gaon as the Head of the Jews.
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- ketubba
- marriage
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8311LetterENA NS 54.21
Primary language
Hebrew
However, there are many earlier Geniza letters (11th–13th century) with similar handwriting and formulae, and it's unclear if there's any evidence supporting a later dating. (Information in part from A. David via FGP.)
1. יגדל שלום אדוני ושלום תורתו
2. ושלום ביתו אכן עשיתי כאשר
3. צ[יוי]תני ואם תאהב אותי אל
4. תראה לאדם כי אני לכבודך
5. עשיתי ואמרתי כל מה שאמרתי
6. להם ואל יפתוך ואפ…
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8312State documentFrankfurt 128
Primary language
Arabic
Reused for Hebrew piyyuṭ on both sides by a scribe whose hand seems familiar from the large cluster of reused state documents under al-Afḍal (early 12th century).
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8313List or tableJRL A 34
Primary language
Hebrew
The final image under this shelfmark appears to be a fragment of unrelated early modern accounts, 16th-century or later.
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- 18th or 19th c
- calendar
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8314List or tableJRL C 166
Inferred date
1707–1850 CE
Accounts related to various coinage types such as dirham, fiḍḍa, and gold zingirli (here spelled as "גנזרלי"). The latter helps date this fragment as no earlier than 1707 CE when gold zingirli coins first began to appear in wide circulation within the Ottoman empire (Pamuk, A Monetary history of the Ottoman Empire, 174).
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- 18th c
- numismatic dating
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8315LetterMoss. IV,13
Inferred date
1168–1204 CE
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
The note's purpose is to inform al-Shaykh al-Wathīq that there will be a gathering of the elders on Shabbat and warning him not to be late. He says that the addressee's note arrived but was too wet to read.
1. תדכל חצרה אלשיך אלותיק שצ
2. ליקע אלאגתמאע בהא ~~אדא~~
3. פי יום אלסבת במחצר אלשיוך
4. ויקרר מא ינעמל ושלומה
5. ירבה ואמא רקעתהא
6. פמא וצלת אלא מבלולה
7. בללא לא ימכן מע…
Margin
1. It is particularly important that you not come late. Greetings.
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- autograph
- maimonides
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2022
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8316LetterT-S 8.15
Primary language
Hebrew
Saʿīd, to his brother Moshe. In Hebrew. Late. Greetings are offered to his father and (another) brother.
Tags
- will
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2004
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8317Legal documentT-S 8J4.1
Document date
1028 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Shari undertakes to pay after his return from Alexandria, no later than after 40 days. Dated Iyyar, 1028, and witnessed by seven signatories, headed by Yosef ha-Kohen, the judge.
1. בשמך רח
2. תום חצר סרי בר עלי למ צדקה בר
3. ואסתקר אלאמר בינהומא עלי אן [
4. פי אסתיפא מא יגב לה מן אלחוכם פי גמי[ע
5. אלמוטאלבאת אלמקדם שרחהא פי אלמושב
6. אלמקדם …
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- 11th c
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1990
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2092
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8318LetterT-S 10J12.17
Inferred date
1025–1051 CE
Primary language
Hebrew
Abraham, particularly concerning the latter’s preference for the title bestowed by the Babylonian yeshiva to that of the Jerusalem yeshiva.
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1. להבין את דבריו בת[בונה ] לשונו ב[ ] בשו[ם שכל]
2. [או]לי יינצל ולא יהי בוטח[ בעצ]מו וכמדומה אני כי כ[ת]וב ב[ו השם]
3. המכובד גאון הגולה והתר[ו ב]ו וד…
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- 11th c
- communal
- efrayim b. shemarya
- sahlan b. avraham
- shelomo b. yehuda
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1988
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1498
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8319LetterT-S 10J17.33
Primary language
Hebrew
Verso: Part of an address. C. late 16th century. (Information from CUDL)
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8320LetterT-S 12.241
Salman al-Hariri, from a port city in Syria (maybe Ladikiya), to Nahray b. Nissim, Fustat. Around 1050.
recto
1. [כתאבי יאסידי ומולאי אטאל אללה בקאך] ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך
2. [ ] מן תשרי ערפך אללה ברכתא(!) וברכת
3. [ ] אעאדה עליך ואיצא וכל ישראל שנים רבות א…
recto
1. אני כותב לך, אדוני ורבי, ייתן לך אלוהים אריכות ימים ויתמיד את שלומך ואת אושרך
2. .... בתשרי, יודיעך אלוהים את ברכתו ואת ברכת
3. (החודשים הבאים אחריו…
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2017
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5844
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8321Unknown typeT-S 12.423
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Legible words: "ḥerem stam. . . min al-wujūh. . . lahum shay' yaṭlubuhum. . . fa-innahu bāqī lī 'indahu. . .
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8322Legal documentT-S 12.669
Primary languages
Aramaic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Ṣibyān ha-Kohen to Shelomo b. Avraham. A large sum of money is named: 291 dinars, of which 100 dinars belongs to the partnership.
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8323LetterT-S 13J35.6
Primary language
Hebrew
Poetic letter of congratulations, from the Ḥaver, thein-law of the 'head,' Abū Is[ḥāq] b. Saʿadya, to Yeshuʿa b.
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2017
PGPID
8080
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8324Legal documentT-S 18J1.17
Document date
Dhū al-Qada 508 Hijrī (April 1115 CE)
Primary language
Arabic
Natan/Hibatallāh, the widow of Nahray b. Nissim, in late 1108, in Judeo-Arabic. Here on verso, in 1115 CE, this mistress sells the woman to the Christian physician ʿAbd al-Masīḥ b.
1. انتقلت الجارية المسماه بباطنها وهي نعيم
2. من ملك ست المنا ابنة هبة الله الاسراىئيلي
3. الى ملك عبد المسيح بن مقارة بن هرون النصراني الطبيب
4. وتسلمت ثمنها و…
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2023
PGPID
38380
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8325LetterT-S 20.84
Primary language
Hebrew
On parchment. In Hebrew. Large but extremely faded. Appealing for assistance on behalf of prisoners (פדיון שבויים) and the poor.
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- byzantium
- communal
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2017
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20112
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8326List or tableT-S Ar.30.274
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Quantities and prices (the latter in Greek/Coptic numerals). Items include Indian myrobalan and Turkish rhubarb.
Tags
- druggist
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2017
PGPID
8203
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8327State documentT-S Ar.30.291 + T-S Ar.30.310
Primary language
Arabic
ʿammā yaṣil min al-nawāḥī al-baḥriyya... al-[...] al-sulṭānī...). Large, with multiple distinct entries. Needs examination.
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8328List or tableT-S Ar.30.297
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
Bishr; Ibn Baḥr; Abū Sahl; Ibrāhīm; Ibn Kohen; Ghālib.Sometimes lists brokerage fees (juʿl). The numbers seem large.
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8329State documentT-S Ar.41.14
Primary language
Arabic
In Arabic script. Dating: Late. The margins and verso are filled with additional documents or jottings in Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic, and Arabic script.
1. المملوك سليمان من بني سراج من اعمال طحا والاشمونين
2. يقبل الارض لدى المواقف العالية وينهي انه مغارق(؟)
3. مال السلطان و..لال واخذته زيادة عن مال
4. السلطان …
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- to edit
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8330Legal query or responsumT-S AS 112.325
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Regarding a quarter of a house given as a gift at the time of a marriage and then 10 years later a situation involving a mortgage and using his wife's property for redeeming it.
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2
Tags
- moshe b. levi ha-levi
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2023
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8331LetterT-S AS 145.89
Primary language
Hebrew
The sender is known from ENA NS 49.20 (a legal deed dated 1563 CE) and T-S 8J14.28 (as the addressee of a Ladino letter from Yiṣḥaq Baronito). He asks for financial help, as the tax collector has detained him in the 'mishmar' (perhaps house arrest).
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2019
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8332LetterT-S AS 157.222
Primary languages
Arabic, Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Dating: probably 13th century, based on hand, formulae, and layout. Addressed to a physician (al-ḥakīm). Contains prolonged blessings and praises, hopes that God will remove a cause of discord, and curses upon sinners and enemies.
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2018
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8333LetterT-S AS 174.28
Primary languages
Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic
The sender complains about the lack of letters, thanks God for some good outcome, and quotes Deuteronomy 28:67 (בַּבֹּקֶר תֹּאמַר מִי יִתֵּן עֶרֶב וּבָעֶרֶב תֹּאמַר מִי יִתֵּן בֹּקֶר) and spends the rest of this fragment expounding the verse.
Verso
1. אנקטאע כתבך ענא . . . . [
2. כתאבך וערפתנא פיה חסן סלא[מתך
3. פשכרנא אללה תעאלי עלי חסן [[אל . . .]]
4. אלעאקבה וקד [[כאנת אלנאס]] //צח// מא קאלה
5. אלכתא…
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22524
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8334State documentT-S AS 184.156
Primary language
Arabic
Petition or report to a vizier (beginning only), possibly under al-ʿAḍid (see line 4, where the blessing uses the verb ʿaḍada; thanks to Lara Balaa for this observation, though this blessing was also used for earlier viziers, see for example T-S Ar.39.304 (PGPID 20876), fol. 1v, l. 4).
1. مولانا وسيد[نا
2. وابنائه الاكرمين [
3. المجلس السامي السـيد[ي
4. الكاملي الهادي عضد [الله به الدين وامتع بطول بقاءه امير المؤمنين]
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2016
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30830
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8335Legal documentT-S J3.33
Primary language
Aramaic
A late ketubba. From the date only the end of the year-36- is preserved.The groom's name is Shemuʾel (l.11) and a sum of dinars is listed in line 12.
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- ketubba
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8336Paraliterary textT-S K1.115
Primary language
Latin
A transliterated Latin prayer (borrowed from a Christian thief-catching ordeal), an Arabic version of a gnostic saying of Secundus the Silent Philosopher, a Hebrew praise of God, an Aramaic recipe for path-jumping and the beginning of an Aramaic recipe (for revelation?)
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8337Paraliterary textT-S K25.159
Recto: three recipes of folk remedies in Ladino, integrating magical elements. The ingredients include turpentine and organic foodstuffs like sardines.
Tags
- ladino literary
- medical
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8338Unknown typeT-S NS 38a.133
Primary language
Arabic
Four discrete blocks, each with a header in larger letters followed by 2 lines in smaller letters.
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26133
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8339List or tableT-S NS 83.25
Inferred date
1869–1869 CE
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
In any case, the contextual clues all point to late-nineteenth-century dating.
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Tags
- 19th c
- late ja
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8340Legal documentT-S NS 306.66
Primary language
Arabic
Portions of at five different witness statements are preserved. Dating: looks late, perhaps Mamluk-era. ASE
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8341LetterT-S NS 322.145
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Contains a complaint about the lack of letters and reports that the entire congregation longs for Avraham's news.
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8342LetterT-S NS J495
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
In the margin he apologizes for his handwriting and style, because he wrote it in a hurry by the light of a lamp. ASE.
Tags
- moshe b. levi
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8343LetterYevr.-Arab. II 1419
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Letter from Sulaymān al-Skandarī, in Damascus, to his brother-in-law Faraj Allāh Ibn Fāḍil and his wife (the writer's sister), in Cairo.
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- damascus
- hama
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8344Legal documentHalper 344
Document date
Iyyar 1457 Seleucid (15 April 1146–13 May 1146 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
Netanel repaid the debt of his late brother Abū ʿAlī Yeḥezqel. Location: Alexandria. […] The present document deals with the sale of the silk, part of whose proceeds (43 2/3 dinars) paid off part of the debt (25 dinars), which means that Ḥalfon must have paid the remaining balance of 20 3/4 dinars from his own money.
Recto
1. חצרנא נחן אלשהוד אלכאתמין שהאדתנא אספל הד[א אלכתאב פי ביע]
2. אלחריר אלבלדי אלדי כאן ודיעה אלשיך אלאגל ⟦כג''ק⟧ אב[ו ס]ע[יד כג''ק מר]
3. ור' חלפון הל…
recto
1. היינו נוכחים, אנו העדים החותמים את עדותנו בסוף [המסמך] הזה, [במכירת]
2. המשי המקומי שהיה פיקדון של השיך המפואר ביותר ⟦כג''ק⟧ אב[ו ס]ע[יד כג''ק מר…
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2017
PGPID
9131
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8345List or tableBL OR 5561B.17
Document date
Kislev 5549 Anno Mundi (30 November 1788–29 December 1788 CE)
Primary language
Judaeo-Arabic
One of the numerical figures is labeled "the wages for two weeks pay of the carpenter" (or perhaps someone with the surname Najjār).These accounts may be related to the legal agreement on recto.
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8346LetterBodl. MS heb. b 12/9
Primary language
Hebrew
The signatories seem to be writing on behalf of a larger community, but the context of this letter has yet to be determined.
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2017
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6358
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8347LetterDK 306
Primary language
Hebrew
Letter addressed to a certain Daniel. In Hebrew. Dating: Late, perhaps 15th or 16th century. The sender asks to be forwarded any letter or news that arrives from אירודוס (=Rhodes?).
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8348Unknown typeENA 1069.50
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
Note in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew, possibly an addendum to a letter given the content and folding pattern of the paper. 16th-century or later based on the paleography. The writer discusses Yaʿacōv and Ḥ___[?]
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- 16th c or later
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8349Paraliterary textENA 2420.1
Primary languages
Hebrew, Italian
The Italian portion reads in part: "Dia Sempre Gloria e Vittoria al Nostro Sovrano Imperator Francesco Secondo D'Astria Con Tutta la sua Real Famiglia astriacha(?)." Dating: 1792–1835 CE.
Tags
- italian
- latin script
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2017
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12489
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8350Literary textENA 2700.10
Primary languages
Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic
The poem on the other side alternates between Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic from one hemistich to the next, inverting the order of the languages from verse to verse: ABBAABBAABBA, where A = Hebrew hemistich and B = Judaeo-Arabic hemistich.
Tags
- judaeo-arabic poetry
- macaronic
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PGPID
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